This past weekend, Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke announced that he was kicking I See Stars off The Thug In Me Is You Tour for allegedly using drugs and unprofessional behavior. And it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I See Stars didn’t take too kindly to the accusations, with both the band and [...]
You know what’s punk rock? Smashing an instrument onstage. You know what the opposite of punk rock is? Throwing all of your band’s microphone stands into the audience, especially when playing for a bunch of kids at an amusement park. That’s what happened on Saturday at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. During the [...]
Nuclear Blast is having one hell of a year. The German label set a record in April when Meshuggah’s Koloss sold over 18,000 copies. Now they’ve broken it just four months later with Testament’s 10th album. Dark Roots of the Earth sold over 8,000 copies more than 2009′s The Formation of Damnation. The Bay Area thrash [...]
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. A slow week for new metal releases this week, with the top debut coming in the form of a compilation. However, that particular greatest hits package just so happens to come from Slipknot. Antennas [...]
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While it’s a week jam packed with new releases, all eyes arguably are on Baroness. With all the buzz that has surrounded the group over the past few years, many wondered whether their adventurous [...]
Ah, 2001. It was a simpler time. People still cared about rap-metal, and San Diego’s Payable On Death released their fourth album, Satellite – on September 11th. In the wake of what else happened on that day, the album’s first single, “Alive” became somewhat of an inspirational anthem. After that album, they slowly lost relevance, yet [...]
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Anyone that thinks the djent movement was just a fad is probably eating their palm-muted words right now. Periphery’s sophomore album has a debut that many more established bands would kill for. For a [...]
Earlier today, a press conference held at the Grammy Museum in LA to announce details and the nominees for the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards. A slew of rock and metal’s finest, including Alice Cooper, Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy and a handful of others, were on hand to reveal that this year’s [...]
It’s that time of year again, where the Rock On The Range festival announces its lineup. Co-headlining this year will be Incubus and Rob Zombie. Also appearing on the May festival bill will be Marilyn Manson, Shinedown, Megadeth, Slash, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Chevelle, Volbeat, The Darkness, Down, Trivium, Lacuna Coil and many more. [...]
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. With four out of eight metal/hard rock new releases hitting the top 200 this week, the top debut comes from ex-Escape The Fate singer Ronnie Radke’s new band Falling In Reverse. Though we know [...]
Monday, November 5, 2012
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