Posted by Matt Brown on January 13, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) is a criminal now I guess. You’d think that, being a fan of Iced Earth, I would be devastated by this turn of events while trying to […]
Posted by Matt Brown on January 6, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Hello and welcome to 2021, or, as some like to call it, 2020 New Game Plus. Yes, the outlook, for this year is a mix of “let’s hope this year is better” […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 24, 2020
2020 kicked off with a bang. Beginning with another successful year at 70000tons of Metal to seeing Heilung, Vader, and Opeth live, what could go wrong? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the music industry to the point that I don’t know where things will stand in a post-pandemic world. This year felt like a real-life […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 16, 2020
Metal Hammer has shared their Top 10 Death Metal Albums of 2020. This list includes a few pleasant surprises, including, Ulcerate and Vader. Check out the list below and read Metal Hammer’s explanations here: 01) Cryptic Shift, Visitations From Enceladus 02) Ulcerate, Stare Into Death And Be Still 03) Ingested, Where Only Gods […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 16, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This will in all likelihood be the final edition of Metal By Numbers for 2020. I want to thank you all for reading, putting up with my little soapbox rants, and for […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 9, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This is usually the time of year where I’m listening to album after album, searching for any gems from the year that I might have missed (and believe me I miss a few) […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 2, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The purpose of a live album is, arguably, to give the listener the next best thing to seeing the band in person. I don’t need to tell you that 2020 has been devoid […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 30, 2020
Dark Tranquillity released their first album in four years, Moment, on November 20th via Century Media Records (order here). The follow-up to 2016’s Atoma is a first with guitarists Chris Amott (ex- Arch Enemy) and Johan Reinholdz and showcases a different creative approach from the band’s previous efforts. We caught up with frontman […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 20, 2020
Dark Tranquillity have unveiled the new video for the song “Eyes of the World.” The track is taken from their new album, Moment, which is out now. The video was shot in Gothenburg’s Stora Teatern, the same location where the band will be performing Moment live in its entirety tomorrow (21st) at 20:00PM CET […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 30, 2020
Dark Tranquillity have released a video for the song “The Dark Unbroken.” The track is taken from the Swedish melodic death metal pioneers’ upcoming twelfth full-length effort, Moment, which arrives on November 20th via Century Media. The clip was filmed in Gothenburg with director Erik Eger (Thicker Than Water, One Hundred Years of Evil). The […]
