In case you’ve been living under a rock or really like Microsoft, Apple had a press conference today unveiling new iPods. The iPod touch got an upgrade, but the big makeovers were reserved for the iPod shuffle and the iPod nano. Check here for a full report on that. Also announced was iTunes 10, with [...]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week saw a lot of metal bands rank either higher than their previous release or for the first time ever. But the highest rock debut comes from Christian metalcore group The Devil Wears [...]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Iron Maiden’s 15th album, The Final Frontier, is not only being hailed by fans as one of their best albums in years, but was also their most successful chart debut ever. Metal Insider wants to give you a chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl. If you’re a reader of a certain [...]
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Congratulations, metal! Between Black Label Society last week and Iron Maiden this week, the last two weeks have each had a metal record debut in the top five. If you take Avenged Sevenfold debuting [...]
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Guess somebody found out early that they might have the #3 album on the U.S. charts next week. A Norwegian newspaper called the Bergens Tidende is reporting that during their visit at the Finnegan’s Irish Pub in Bergen, Norway on Monday (August 9), Iron Maiden and their crew racked up a bar tab of 20109 [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
This week, we will boldly go where no one has gone before, seeking out new life in the world of classic heavy metal. We will explore strange new worlds, and we will engage in new pursuits with one of the most classic, veteran acts in all of heavy music. With this band, not all good [...]
Monday, August 16, 2010
In less than 24 hours, Iron Maiden’s new album The Final Frontier will be released in the States. It’s been four years since their last album, and that wait has felt even longer for those who weren’t too impressed with A Matter Of Life And Death. So needless to say, Maiden fans are pumped, and [...]
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
So the Revolver and Metal Hammer/Kawasaki Golden Gods wasn’t enough to fill your hunger for metal award shows eh? Or maybe it’s just that Germans don’t want to associate with us and our nominees (what’s the matter, not metal enough to have a “Hottest Chick” winner?). Whatever the case may be, the second annual German [...]
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Did the video for Iron Maiden’s “The Final Frontier” make you want to kick some space ass?! Well now you can … sort of. The band has created a new online video game called Search & Savage, which is inspired by the title track to their new album. The game has the player “steering Eddie’s [...]
Monday, July 26, 2010
Remember back in the day, when people bought records? They also used to buy these things called “magazines.” They were like a blog, but written on paper! You could carry them places, like to the bathroom, and read them on the train, like a Kindle you could throw away when you were done reading it! [...]
Taddy Porter is giving fans a chance to win two tickets to see them open for Slash this Fall.
CKY has added more dates to their previously announced Fall tour.
Audio samples from Lordi’s new album Babez For Breakfast can be heard at Amazon.de.
36 Crazyfists has announced dates for a headlining tour, with Straight Line Stitch and Taking Dawn providing support.
Stone Sour is streaming their new album Audio Secrecy in its entirety at NME.com.
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