Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. No, I’m not going to go into some kind of rant about illegal downloading as the title might suggest. It just happened to fit nicely with the top debut and album of the week, [...]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well okay, the charts aren’t actually ruined (except for the fact that the soundtrack to Twilight is on it). There have been various boosts to certain albums this week and we’ve got some debuts from [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s been approximately…never since my last confession. Actually, I don’t think anyone here at Metal Insider has ever made a confession that wasn’t preceded by downing a bottle of whiskey beforehand. Just kidding. We [...]
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
It’s a nice start for As I Lay Dying’s sixth album, although it’s their first album since 2005 to not debut in the top ten. In other news, with Mumford and Sons selling 600,000 copies of their sophomore album this week to have this year’s biggest debut, you might want to think about dusting off [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week, there are fourteen metal/hard rock releases making their debuts on the charts. Six of those releases made it into the top 200. And while two records in particular have been considered the [...]
Monday, September 26, 2011
Prog metal fans probably know by now that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt, Mike Portnoy, and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson have been working on a new project together called Storm Corrosion. The last major update we’ve heard about the super group, though, was that Portnoy was no longer involved. However, now we’ve learned that recording for Storm [...]
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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