Posted by Mark Zapata on September 3, 2019
Argonauta Records has signed Niklas Sundin and his Mitochondrial Sun. Mitochondrial Sun is the solo project of Sundin, one of the masterminds behind Dark Tranquillity, a Swedish metal band that has shaped an entire genre of metal music and created scores of disciples. Mitochondrial Sun is a musical departure for Sundin delivering mostly instrumental, atmospheric, and […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 26, 2018
The lineup for 2019 Hellfest Open Air has officially been revealed. The festival is scheduled to run from June 21st through 23rd in Clisson France as Manowar, KISS and Tool are set as the event’s headliners. Additionally, the event will mark Slayer’s final France performance. Check out the current lineup below: 06/21: Manowar Dropkick Murphys […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 6, 2017
There are a handful of people who have attended 70,000 Tons of Metal since the beginning, and 2018 will find it sailing into its eighth journey. During this past holiday weekend, Andy Piller, the Skipper of this four-day voyage, started the band announcements on Facebook. We are one day away from ticket sales for “survivors,” […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 19, 2017
Swedish melodic death metal icons Dark Tranquillity are returning to North America for an early Fall tour in continuation to support their incredible 2016 album Atoma. The tour kicks off on September 6th in Margate Florida and concludes on October 7th in Dallas Texas. Looking at it closely, it seems they only have one day […]
Posted by Matt Brown on January 11, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The debut week drought continues, but it seems we’ll be seeing more action in the weeks to come. In the meantime however, many albums have reappeared on the charts thanks to a combination of […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 14, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top debut is odd for a few reasons. First of all, it’s a big name release coming out in the middle of the December, which doesn’t happen often. Second, said release […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 7, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We now come to the time of year on Metal By Numbers where list of debuts grows very small. This week feels particularly bare after Metallica’s album sales were revealed last week. But we’ve […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on December 7, 2016
It’s December, which means that everyone’s starting to look back at the year that was, even though we’re not quite through it yet. Over the next several weeks, Metal Insider will be bringing you our picks for the best albums of the year, as well as those from some of the artists that made some […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 30, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Before August this year, fans kept out a casual eye for news of the next Metallica album. It’s been eight years and for a while all we had to go off of was a […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 23, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While the metal world (and the music world in general) is recovering from the celebration of Metallica’s new album, Metal By Numbers is here to report on album sales in the meantime before Hardwired…to Self-Destruct‘s […]
