Tag Archives: Annihilator

Metal By Numbers 2/5: Hail to aurora

Posted by on February 5, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Compilation albums usually either mean the band’s greatest hits or a collection of unreleased or rerecorded material. This week’s top debut falls into the latter category, and while such album’s don’t always hit […]

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33 Videos to check out this week 1/24/20

Posted by on January 24, 2020

  This week, we’re doing something a little bit different by listing out 33 videos that have been released over the last few weeks. How many have you watched so far?   01) Bad Wolves unveil “Sober” music video Bad Wolves unveiled the music video for the song “Sober.” The track is taken from the […]

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New & Noteworthy: January 24th – New Music in Motion

Posted by on January 24, 2020

New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new releases from Breaking Benjamin, Kirk Windstein, Annihilator, and more. For last week’s new releases you can check out the last New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales […]

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Former Annihilator frontman Randy Rampage dead at 58

Posted by on August 15, 2018

Former Annihilator frontman Randy Rampage has passed away yesterday (14th). The 58-year-old was also a founding member, bass player and occasional vocalist for the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A. His death was confirmed by the Facebook page of the documentary Bloodied But UnBowed, stating: “Dear friends, Tonight sometime after 7pm Randy Rampage left us to reign […]

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Metal By Numbers 11/15: The dusk in sales

Posted by on November 15, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week The last time Converge put out an album I had barely started writing at Metal Insider. Hell, I hadn’t even taken over Metal By Numbers yet. And, on top of it all, I didn’t […]

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Interview: Jeff Waters talks Annihilator’s ‘Triple Threat,’ favorite guitarists

Posted by on January 31, 2017

Jeff Waters can never be accused of not presenting his fans with something musically challenging, different from the glut of stagnation within the metal marketplace, and true bang for the buck. Waters, and his musical alter ego, Annihilator, has operated at a pace of a new studio album just about every two years, consistently, since […]

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New & Noteworthy: January 27th

Posted by on January 27, 2017

New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases being released. This week features new music from Kreator and Annihilator, a Sepultura boxset and three Opeth vinyl reissues. If you want to check out last week’s releases or see the latest sales numbers , you […]

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Photos: Revolver Music Awards – the awards show

Posted by on December 15, 2016

This past Tuesday, New York was taken over by the metal community even more than normal, as the Revolver Music Awards presented their first annual event after taking off a year and rebranding from being the Golden Gods Awards. A packed Webster Hall saw the likes of Megadeth, Anthrax, Lacuna Coil and Stitched Up Heart […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/7: The charts drive it home

Posted by on October 7, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The list of new debuts this week is notably shorter than previous weeks and lacking in big heavy hitters (no offense to Parkway Drive or any other bands listed here). So you may be […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/30: Fortune shines down on the charts

Posted by on September 30, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Yet another stout list of metal debuts has graces Metal By Numbers this week with a total of twenty bands. I would have definitely missed a few if I hadn’t used Chris Colgan’s handy-dandy […]

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