Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
Many events that have occurred within the last ten years have been both exciting and sad. We hit significant losses in the metal community including Lemmy Kilmister, Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, Jill Janus, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Warrel Dane, Scott Weiland, Vinnie Paul, Paul O’ Neil, Keith Flint, Kyle Pavone, Jon Schnepp, Dolores […]
Posted by Matt Brown on December 5, 2018
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s edition of MBN reflects the sales numbers of Black Friday/Record Store Day, so you’ll see a lot of albums posted here that you can’t get anymore (not for cheap anyway) and […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 10, 2018
The extensive list of albums that are being exclusively released for this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day on November 23rd have been revealed. We looked over the entire catalog and made a few selections from metal, hard rock and other classic rock albums. Artists include A Perfect Circle, Type O Negative, Babymetal, Anthrax, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 17, 2017
The Dead Kennedys’ 1981 single “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” was an iconic song when it came out, but when Napalm Death covered the song in 1993, it became one of their best-known songs too. Given that the alt-right movement, which is pretty much Nazism under a different name, seems to be thriving right now given […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 10, 2017
While we didn’t attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past Friday, with the exception of Rush’s Geddy Lee playing bass with Yes as they were inducted, it doesn’t appear like we missed all that much. Journey was inducted, and while Steve Perry was present, he didn’t perform with the band, despite media […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 20, 2017
Last year, the Riot Fest did what many thought couldn’t be done and reunited the Misfits with Glenn Danzig. Those were the only two shows the band played, and given the place where they seemed most likely to reunite was a courtroom, we figured it would never happen. With that under their belt, you’d think […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on March 24, 2016
Canada may not be on the same level as Europe when it comes about rock and metal festivals but they are working their way there with massive festivals across their maple-y country. Amnesia Rockfest is one of the biggest festivals our northern neighbors have and, aside from being the set of cheesy porn videos, they […]
Posted by Metal Insider on December 23, 2015
As we look back at 2015, it was a pretty batshit crazy year all around. There were tons of releases, almost as many tours, and as jaded at the metal community is, there are always a handful of things that take everyone by surprise. Given the way the year wound up, the #1 most shocking moment […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 18, 2015
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen someone famous try to co-opt punk culture. A few years ago, it was Chris Brown wearing a Noel Austin-designed jacket with Municipal Waste, Cro-Mags and Suicidal Tendencies patches on it. Kanye West also wore Metal Church-inspired sweatpants, and Rihanna has worn a Krokus shirt/dress last year. Why are we […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on March 2, 2015
At a recent show at the Oakland Metro Opera House, in Oakland, CA, Jello Biafra joined Napalm Death on stage to sing “Nazi Punks, Fuck Off!” a song originally sang by Jello with the Dead Kennedys way back in 1981. That was the same year that Napalm Death got their start! We recently asked Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway […]
