Mark Lafay runs a technology/creative firm in Indianapolis and also a blog on the music industry and marketing. This article is reprinted from there with his permission. From: Mike Question: Hi, Mark. Do you have any tips on writing a band bio? I realize a professional can always be hired, but most of us musicians are poor [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This week is jam packed with lots of new releases, including two juggernauts of gothic doom metal, seasoned veterans and fiery upstarts in hardcore, intense Viking death metal, and much more. So let’s not waste any more time and just get right to it! Prong, Carved Into Stone (Long Branch) It’s been five years [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
This week is going to be jam-packed with high-selling metal albums, I can already tell. The list of high-profile new records appearing today just seems to keep going on and on and on! It’s certainly exciting, but it also raises the question – is it possible to have too many big releases in one day? [...]
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
To say that 2010 was a rough year for metal has to be one of the most colossal understatements any journalist could conceive. Listing all of the fallen heroes of this year would be a column unto itself, as would a list dedicated to the many near-miss accidents, sicknesses, and crimes endured both by entire [...]
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Haste The Day has announced dates for their upcoming farewell tour. The Winter tour will also feature Mychildren Mybride, The Chariot and A Plea For Purging on the bill. Tweet
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
If you’re not in the holiday spirit by now, then you must be Ebenezer Scrooge, The Grinch, or Satan. Even venues are getting into the holiday cheer, with holiday discounts on tickets all over the place. And with Black Friday looming this week, there’s no reason not to capitalize on the sale prices and buy [...]
Monday, November 22, 2010
After ten years, five albums, two DVDs, four member changes, over 350k albums sold globally and a few thousand tour dates, Haste The Day are hanging it up. There isn’t a lot of magic to a decision like this. I’ve been fortunate to have seen several of my artists’ careers through from beginning to the [...]
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Haste The Day has announced dates for the 12 Days Of Christmas tour, featuring Oh, Sleeper, Our Last Night and Conditions providing support. Tweet
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Well known throughout the metal industry, manager and concert promoter Mark LaFay announced earlier this week that he was leaving the biz. Having co-founded concert promotion company Kulture Entertainment in 2000, LaFay parlayed the success of that company into Middle Coast Management, discovering and signing bands such as Haste the Day, Still Remains, Demiricous, Gwen [...]
Monday, August 23, 2010
Taco Bell’s annual Feed The Broke Beat program is launching again today. It’s the fifth year of the program and alongside other genres of music, they’ve always shown support to metal bands. In the past few years, they’ve sponsored Shadows Fall, Atreyu, The Devil Wears Prada, American Speedway, Earthless, Eyes Set To Kill, Haste The [...]
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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