Metal By Numbers 3/30: Another Lively Week

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week sees a handful of new releases making their debut, five of whom making it into the top 200. However, for the second week in a row, the top metal and hard...

Hot Topic Shuttering ShockHound

Looks like there’s one less place to buy H.I.M. shirts online now, as Hot Topic’s online retailer, Shockhound.com, is shuttering in May. Actually, the site was a decent place to buy DRM-free music, and had some decent original content to go along with the...

HD Radio Shoots Itself In The Foot Again

Remember when HD Radio was supposed to be terrestrial radio’s savior? The digital signal boasted surround  sound, it was a lot clearer than a normal broadcast signal, there were additional substations on HD2 and HD3 bands, and best of all, it’s free once...