Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 6, 2018
Northlane bassist Alex Milovic has decided to leave the band. The Australian metalcore outfit has revealed it is an amicable split. The group will continue with their upcoming tour dates as they plan to announce Milovic’s replacement shortly. Read the full statement below: “Throughout the years we have experienced the highest highs and some debilitating […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 12, 2017
It has been just over a decade since Australian alternative rockers Silverchair’s latest effort, 2007’s Young Modern. A few years after their fifth and final album, the group split and former frontman Daniel Johns went on his own musical R&B adventure to create his debut solo album Talk, which was released in 2015. However, it […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 12, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mastodon have been a cornerstone for modern metal for years now, so to see them take the top spot makes my day. In a time where many metal bands that reigned in […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 5, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. One of the things I’ve enjoyed about writing this column for nearly five years (wait, that long?) is seeing sales patterns of bands growing in popularity, tracking the numbers for their new top 20 […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 3, 2017
Back in October, Avenged Sevenfold released The Stage with no advance notice. While the band still sold a respectable 72,000 copies it’s first week, that’s less than half of what their past two albums had sold in their first two weeks. In fact, the 169,000 copies it’s sold in five months are, while still pretty respectable, only […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 30, 2017
Last week Northlane surprised us with the sudden release of Mesmer. Meanwhile, their fans managed to shock them with the overwhelming response. The band expressed the following on their Facebook: “It’s now been five days since we released ‘Mesmer’ out into the universe, and to say the response has been overwhelming feels like a drastic […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 24, 2017
This could be called a week of surprises. Steel Panther gave us an early treat with the free stream of their new album Lower the Bar and Northlane surprised us with the release of their fourth album Mesmer. With that said, a few music videos shocked us as well and here are this week’s best videos. […]
Posted by D. Zachary Fehl on March 24, 2017
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new releases from Pallbearer, Steel Panther, and Northlane. If you want to check out last week’s releases you can do so here. Next week is going to be a big one, […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on June 13, 2016
The Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards happened tonight in the UK and among their nominees, there were many great bands including Enslaved, Slayer or Lamb of God but unfortunately not everyone can take home the prize, so we bring you the list of winners for this year’s edition. Among the winners and celebrations, there were […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on April 4, 2016
Music awards are usually focused on popular styles of music with mostly mainstream artists being nominated and some try to pretend they also acknowledge metal but usually fail doing so. That’s why, if you wanted to see metal in one an award ceremony, you have to look at those exclusive awards like the Metal Hammer […]
