When Down decided to release four EP’s over the course of a year, it was essentially done so there wouldn’t be another five year break between albums. That might be a good idea. While the first of the four planned EPs sold nearly 12,000 copies, that’s a far cry from the 29,000 or so that Down [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week Seriously, what kind of world is this when we have a soundtrack for a book full of BDSM porn for 40 year old women – that began as Twilight fan fiction – on the [...]
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The idea of a multi-part album cycle or EP series is not new in the metal world. Bands have been engaging in such concepts for decades, even becoming well-known exactly for that reason. Hell, there are even some bands whose entire discography is portrayed as chapters within an overarching series. So is it really a [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Looks like Gallows are headed back to the States! After previous news about the UK hardcore band launching their own record label in the UK in early May, the band has now signed with Bridge 9 to release their new album in the US early this fall. The band offered the following statement: We are excited [...]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Gallows have been working on their first album since 2009’s Grey Britain. It’ll mark their first full length with new singer Wade MacNeil, though technically he made his recording debut on the 2011 EP Death Is Birth. However, their third album will also mark the British hardcore punk band’s first release via their own record [...]
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
“True Colors,” a new Gallows song, has been made available on their website in exchange for your e-mail address. Two notes: the song is 37 seconds long and it’s not a cover of the Cyndi Lauper song. Tweet
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Fans of Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire were likely bummed out when they suddenly announced their breakup yesterday. In a posting on their website, singer George Petit claimed that the band’s breakup was “not amicable,” and stated that guitarist Wade MacNeil was asked to join another band. Now we know that the band he was asked to [...]
Monday, July 11, 2011
Frontman Frank Carter announced his departure from the UK punk/hardcore group Gallows over the weekend. Tweet
Monday, January 11, 2010
Last year’s Grey Britain was one of the ballsiest major label releases ever, so it only makes sense that after one album, Gallows have been dropped by Warner Bros./Reprise. The critical favorite showed the U.K. punk band upping the ante from their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves. It was more intense, had better production, their [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
With Halloween just around the corner and Saw VI out in theaters that day, what better time to throw a metal party? That was the thinking behind the first annual Metal Insider CMJ Listening Party, which took place on Friday, October 23 at New York’s The Studio @Webster Hall. With dozens of metal radio DJs [...]
Megadeth has added two dates in New York City to Gigantour this summer, bringing the touring festival to the Hammerstein Ballroom on August 6 and 7.
As They Burn has premiered a new video of them performing the song “Medicine 2.0″.
Battlecross has premiered a new song called “Flesh & Bone” with Metal Sucks. The song appears on the band’s new album, War Of Will, due out on July 9 via Metal Blade Records.
letlive. are streaming their new album, and first for Epitaph, The Blackest Beauty. The album is set to be released on July 9th, but you can check it out in full here.
Chimaira has announced dates for a U.S. headlining tour in support of it’s forthcoming album, Crown Of Phantoms. Support on the trek will come from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
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