Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s the week after the week after Christmas, which means one thing for record sales: they’re going down! After the weeks of holiday shopping, followed by the redemption of iTunes and Amazon gift cards [...]
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Remember when Katatonia’s Anders Nystrom told us that the band’s initial plans to tour with Opeth again last fall fell through? Well, it looks like it’s been rescheduled, as Opeth have announced plans for a spring North American tour with Katatonia once again serving as main support. You may also recall that Opeth ended 2012 [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Trying to find a new metal album on the charts at this time of year is like trying to find a store that isn’t playing Christmas music: there’s at least one, but not whole [...]
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As we get to the end of the year, there’s really not too much happening with the charts. Usually, there’s an uptick with almost every band on the charts as people start to buy [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. When Kid Rock has a top 10 album and there are only a few new metal releases, you know that it’s basically the end of the year as far as metal releases go. Besides, [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Once again, Kid Rock releases an album, and it sells a bunch of records. I guess that’s what happens when you decide to release an album digitally after years of holding out. For the [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
So, in response to my conclusion from last week, I never did figure out why this week’s releases came out on Monday. I can only imagine that it has something to do with the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday. The strange thing is, some retailers are listing album release dates for both Monday and Tuesday [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
For some time now, fans of progressive music have been awaiting music from Storm Corrosion, the collaboration between Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. Today fans have been rewarded with “Drag Ropes,” the first track from the album, which lands on May 8. Many fans of the Opeth or Wilson knows that this [...]
Thursday, March 1, 2012
OSI is essentially a dream come true for prog rock fans, bringing together Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos and Chroma Key/ex-Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore. For the past ten years, the two have been collaborating on progressive and experimental music, often sending recordings and ideas back and forth to each other from a distance. And [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Last September, Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson assured fans that their collaboration would see the light of day in April 2012, even revealing the project’s name as Storm Corrosion. Since then, the two have given small updates and have even posted pictures of the project’s Facebook page. Now, though, we know [...]
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.
Unsigned & Streamed alum Pheroze has released a video for the song “Today I Belong To The Dead.” The song appears on Pheroze’s recently released EP, Ennui.
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