Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Wherever you are in the world, I find it my civil duty to inform you that, here in New Jersey, it is starting to get hotter than Satan’s fleshy fun-bridge. You might say I [...]
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Late last night, As I Lay Dying announced that they would be pulling out of Killswitch Engage’s summer tour in lieu of Tim Lambesis’ current… legal woes. Shortly after, Killswitch Engage announced that not one, but two bands will be filling the void left by As I Lay Dying. Those two bands will be Darkest [...]
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis remains behind bars after getting arrested for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife. While details continue to unravel, Lambesis’ arrest certainly puts his band’s future plans in jeopardy. That’s why it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that As I Lay Dying has officially pulled out of their [...]
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well, maybe not completely unstoppable. The charts this time around are just a tad skimpy especially compared to last week when it seemed like everybody had an album debuting. For this week, our top [...]
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As you start to look at the charts this week, you’ll notice two things: 1) There were a shit ton of albums that debuted this week, and 2) HIM is our top debut. Alright, [...]
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Women, huh? You can’t live with them, you can’t arrange to have them killed. Seriously, we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis is currently being held in California on suspicion of hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife. We’ll likely find out [...]
Thursday, May 2, 2013
We haven’t heard too much from former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones since he left the band in early 2012. While at the time, there was no official reason given for his departure, it turned out that Jones had type 2 diabetes and he hadn’t been taking care of himself. And after leaving the band, [...]
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Was there ever a Rob Zombie album where he didn’t have a menacing look on his face under a tangled mass of hair? You know, as if he’s trying to say “Look at my [...]
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Did Ghost really get paid $750,000 to sign with Universal? Probably not, but the unsubstantiated rumor has flown around the internet since before they were even officially signed. But regardless of what they got [...]
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Last week on Headbanger’s Brawl, we all discussed how Volbeat, Stone Sour, and Device were likely to have big first week sales, though we debated as to who would come out on top. And [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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