Tag Archives: The Smashing Pumpkins

Coronavirus: The Smashing Pumpkins cancel ‘Rock Invasion 2’ Tour

Posted by on June 9, 2020

  Smashing Pumpkins have officially cancelled their Rock Invasion 2 tour. The trek was initially postponed from the spring to fall but with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, the group were forced to cancel.   Read the full statement below: “It is with heavy hearts that we must announce The Smashing Pumpkins Rock Invasion 2 […]

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Watch The Smashing Pumpkins and Myrkur perform Black Sabbath’s “Snowblind”

Posted by on June 18, 2019

The Smashing Pumpkins invited Myrkur (Amalie Bruun) onstage during the group’s Download festival performance on Sunday (16th) to perform the Black Sabbath cover of “Snowblind.” This isn’t the first time Bruun joined the group onstage as it was last year we saw her join forces with the band to perform Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.” This time […]

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Silver Snakes Top 5 songs that shaped their sound

Posted by on May 9, 2019

Silver Snakes’ fourth full length album Death and the Moon was released this past Friday (3rd) via Claudio Sanchez’s Evil Ink Records (order here). The group are currently touring across North America with Combichrist as they promote their latest experimental collection. We caught up with singer, songwriter, Alex Estrada and asked him five songs that […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/20: Tesla make a shocking debut

Posted by on March 20, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Man, I remember a mere a few weeks ago I was breezing through this column. Now so many albums have been added. Either that or I’m just slow and haven’t had enough caffeine. […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/16: Searching for a band of gold

Posted by on January 16, 2019

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Things still haven’t quite taken off yet in the debut department here at MBN, but here’s a fun tidbit you may have heard about from another news source: the top album on the […]

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Metal By Numbers 12/5: Record Store Day Rage

Posted by 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 […]

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Myrkur joins The Smashing Pumpkins to perform Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide”

Posted by on October 22, 2018

The Smashing Pumpkins recently brought their latest effort Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol.1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun overseas as the band held two performances in the UK and Italy. Myrkur (Amalie Bruun) opened up for the group as the band also invited the black metal artist to join them onstage […]

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The Smashing Pumpkins premiere “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)” Music Video

Posted by on October 15, 2018

The Smashing Pumpkins are getting us pumped for Halloween as the group premiered a thrilling music video for the song “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts).” The Billy Corgan directed clip takes you on a horror convention journey as you see members being challenged to spend the night at a haunted house. The video captures a handful of […]

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2018’s Black Friday ‘Record Store Day’ releases include Chris Cornell, Type O Negative, GNR, Judas Priest, and more

Posted by 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, […]

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The Smashing Pumpkins to release ‘Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun’ in November

Posted by on September 14, 2018

The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their new album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun will be released on November 16th via Napalm Records. The record was produced by Rick Rubin and it is the group’s first LP in over 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, James […]

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