Tag Archives: Punk Goes Pop

New & Noteworthy, July 14th 2017: New Music Goes Pop

Posted by on July 14, 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 a new Punk Goes Pop album, and new music from Silverstein and Edguy. If you would like to check out last week’s New & Noteworthy, can do so here. You can also check […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/21: We heart Sylosis

Posted by on January 21, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Now that’s more like it! The first good helping of metal debuts for 2015 is spearheaded by some great up-and-comers with one or two oddities thrown in (thanks, Melvins). Meanwhile, a certain album by a certain […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/14: Babymetal ring in the New Year

Posted by on January 14, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We have our first debut of 2015! And it’s weirdly appropriate that the band in question is Babymetal. The band spend all last year building up an audience here in the good ol’ U.S. […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/8: New year, same charts

Posted by on January 8, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As is typical of the New Year, we don’t have any debuts this week. That’s soon to change, but for now all we have to tell you is that Taylor Swift is still number […]

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Metal By Numbers: Metal fans choose rock over bust

Posted by on December 10, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Notable Debuts: AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #3, 171,900 sold Quite an impressive bust, eh? Well, not bad, but just six years ago, their last album Black Ice sold an amazing 784,000 copies in its […]

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Metal By Numbers 12/3: Surviving and streaming

Posted by on December 3, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You may notice that the charts seem a little weird today, especially when you compare them to last week. What’s going on? Well, times they are a-changin’ is what’s going on. Two weeks ago […]

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Metal By Numbers 11/26: Thankful for album sales

Posted by on November 26, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Of course, the only artist that could dethrone Taylor Swift from the top of the charts is One Direction a.k.a. we really want you to like boy bands again. In addition, Christmas music has […]

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Video for Upon a Burning Body and Ice-T cover of ‘Turn Down For What’ released

Posted by on November 17, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/tQh7OjYIGWA[/youtube] Whether you’re a fan of DJ Snake and Lil’ Jon or not, you’ve probably heard “Turn Down For What” if you listen to top 40 radio. Upon a Burning Body enlisted Ice-T to for their cover of it on the Punk Goes Pop 6 compilation, and they’ve just released the video for the song. Not […]

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