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Who’s metal’s next big band? CMJ panel attempts to find out

Posted by on October 21, 2014

Pretty much every discussion about metal among those in the industry comes down to “who’s the next X?” Not the ’80s punk band X, but whoever the next arena-filling marquee act will be, be it the next Metallica, Pantera, or even Mastodon. That was the topic for the metal panel at today’s CMJ Music Marathon convention, […]

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Ask a DJ: Metal Radio’s Most Anticipated 2014 Albums

Posted by on January 9, 2014

As 2013 drew to a close, we highlighted several of our favorite albums of 2013 while doing something a bit unusual: we included metal radio’s favorite albums of the year, both in an official most-played capacity and in the form of consensus favorites.  That naturally made us start wondering…what are metal radio’s most anticipated releases […]

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In Honor of Friday, Here’s a Guy Shredding the Star Wars Soundtrack

Posted by on November 2, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvep1WaUmOM[/youtube] As we read earlier in the week, Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and announced a 2015 release for Star Wars: Episode 7.  While that’s both cause for celebration (the saga continues! Disney did Avengers!) and concern (cash grab risks, Darth Mickey, epic nerd rage), it also means that we have a reason to revisit […]

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