Metal By Numbers 2/27: You Will Confess
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s been approximately…never since my last confession. Actually, I don’t think anyone here at...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 3/6: The Charts Are Ruined
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well okay, the charts aren’t actually ruined (except for the fact that the soundtrack to Twilight...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 3/14: How To Destroy Album Sales
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. No, I’m not going to go into some kind of rant about illegal downloading as the title might...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 3/20: If You Listen To Fools, The (Adrenaline) Mob Rules
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. By now, you’ve hopefully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day, or, as I like to call it, Every One Is...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 3/27: Clutch Rock The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. BUUUUUUAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHA! *ahem* Sorry, got carried away. Also, if you don’t know what the hell...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 4/3: Black Out The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ah, April. Where spring gets going, where you can’t trust the internet for a day, and where people...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 4/10: Killswitch Engage Disarm The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What do you get when one of the master bands of metalcore gets their original vocalist back? Well,...
View ArticleHighlights From The Revolver Golden Gods 2013
Last night’s Revolver Golden Gods wasn’t just about handing out awards to hard rock bands. The evening was jammed packed with one-time-only special performances and its fair share of memorable moments....
View ArticleMatt Brown’s (A Pale Horse Named Death/Seventh Void) Top 5: Songs For A...
We fell in love with A Pale Horse Named Death’s debut album And Hell Will Follow Me back in 2011. So it didn’t take long for us to become head over heels for the group’s latest offering, Lay My Soul To...
View ArticleOrion Music + More Wraps Up Triumphant Second Year
As soon as they announced the lineup of last year’s Orion Music + More Festival. it was apparent that Metallica were doing things differently. While anyone could have slapped together a solid two-day...
View ArticleCraig Locicero’s Top 5: Bay Area Thrash Bands And Overall Influences
Craig Locicero has gone from shredding in thrash legends Forbidden to riffing with stoner hard rockers SpiralArms. With that in mind, we asked the guitarist to share both his top five favorite Bay Area...
View ArticleMetallica play Grammys; Hanneman, QOTSA/NIN snubbed
Well, we know that Black Sabbath picked up a Grammy for Best Metal Performance yesterday before the awards show began, and in telling you about it, suggested that the awards show was still worth...
View ArticleMetal By Numbers 2/5: People Clearly Want To Buy Records
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mark up your calendars now kids because its taken only little over a month into 2014 to hype up all...
View ArticleDid Led Zeppelin steal ‘Stairway to Heaven?’
While Led Zeppelin might have been considered ‘metal’ in their initial ’70s run, it’d be pretty hard to consider them that now. Regardless, their iconic anthem “Stairway to Heaven” is written into...
View ArticleToday in Metal: ‘Killing the Dragon’ by Dio turns 13 years old
Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 13 years ago today, Dio took us on his second-to-last magical...
View ArticleUnreleased Led Zeppelin song? Why not?
Although they’re not technically a metal band, Jimmy page’s guitar riffage, Robert Plant’s howls, and John Bonham’s animalistic drumming made Led Zeppelin one of the hardest-rocking bands of the late...
View ArticleDizzy Reed: ‘I really hope new Guns N’ Roses happens this year’
It’s hard to believe this, but while not an original member of Guns N’ Roses, keyboardist Dizzy Reed has been in the band for nearly a quarter century. Joining the band in 1990 for the Use Your...
View ArticleBirmingham Venue that booked first ever Black Sabbath show, The Crown, to close
The iconic Birmingham, England venue The Crown is being sold to Japanese developers for a rumored £1.2 million. Although it may look like any ordinary small venue, The Crown was a stepping stone for...
View ArticleYep, heavy metal spin class is a thing
Brooklyn is no stranger to trends, trend pieces or metal. Every now and then, the three combine. for something that’s either awesome, a head-desk moment, or a combination of the two. We’re talking...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus covers Zeppelin with surprising results
Pop star Miley Cyrus, probably best known for twerking and her dad, has released a cover of “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You,” the Anne Bredon song made popular by Led Zeppelin on their first album. If like...
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