Tag Archives: Escape The Fate

Metal By Numbers 11/18: The charts bleed records

Posted by on November 18, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here we begin to see the list of debuts shortening as the end of the year closes in. That said, they still aren’t lacking in substance (something especially evident looking at the list of […]

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Metal By Numbers 11/11: The charts have gone Def

Posted by on November 11, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. A handful of albums have dropped off of the charts this week, but you probably won’t notice since, yet again, we have a slew of new debuts added to Metal By Numbers. It’s the […]

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Halloween albums by Escape the Fate’s Rob Ortiz

Posted by on October 30, 2015

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Today, Escape the Fate’s fifth album, Hate Me, is out in stores, and while the October 30th release date makes album makes it a Halloween album, if not thematically. The metalcore band are currently on the road in support of the […]

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New & Noteworthy, October 30th – Telling Ghosts

Posted by on October 30, 2015

Halloween weekend is upon us, and in addition to the candy, parties, and pranks that will be taking place, a whole bunch of new music has shown up as well. Check it all out below.   Puscifer, Money Shot (Puscifer Entertainment) It’s hard to believe that this is only the third full-length album of original music that […]

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Versus Me guitarist struck by lightning at Packers game

Posted by on December 22, 2014

We haven’t written much about WI Metalcore band Versus Me before. And they probably wouldn’t have been on our radar if their guitarist Clint Greendeer wasn’t struck by lightning after the Green Bay Packers game yesterday! The band’s vocalist James Milbrandt reached out to us with the following update: Clint Greendeer and his brother won an all […]

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Atreyu returning to play Aftershock Festival, working on new music

Posted by on July 1, 2014

While they’ve been hinting at it a bit via cryptic pictures on their social media, California metalcore band Atreyu have announced their return. The band have been working on new music and will be playing the Aftershock Festival on Sacramento, CA on September 14th. Here’s what the band’s Brandon Saller said about it: “The time […]

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New Tumblr page ‘Band Dudes on Tinder’ is exactly what you’d expect

Posted by on July 1, 2014

If you’re a relatively successful musician with hedonistic tendencies, you can go the Van Halen route and have a roadie scout out girls to give backstage passes to for after the show. However, not everyone has a dedicated roadie or the fan base to do that, and technology has come a long way since then. […]

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Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival lineup unveiled

Posted by on June 17, 2014

Wow, it turns out that Lou’s LaGrotto mostly knew what they were talking about. The Peru, IL restaurant posted a lineup back in April for the supposed Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival written in marker like it was the day’s lunch specials. Today the lineup has officially been unveiled, and for the most part, it’s […]

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Godsmack, Volbeat, Seether and more rumored for Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival

Posted by on April 11, 2014

The Mayhem Fest lineup has been confirmed for 2014, so naturally it’s time for rumors on Rockstar’s other festival tour, Uproar. These rumors come courtesy of a restaurant in Peru, IL called Lou’s LaGrotto, who were hyping up the tour according to pictures that were taken inside of the restaurant found on Wolverinekills.com. If the […]

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Metal Insider’s top 5: Bands that continued despite legal issues with members

Posted by on April 7, 2014

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last year, many were shocked, but likely none more than the remaining members of the band. Late on […]

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