by Bram Teitelman | May 26, 2016 | News
When former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapsed onstage this past Saturday in Los Angeles three songs into his set with Ohm (a band also featuring former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland), some had assumed that he’d suffered a heart attack. Yesterday, news came...
by Metal Insider | May 25, 2016 | New Music, News
This djent stuff has the kids abuzz. To me, it’s mostly rehashed and polished-up Meshuggah soundalikes that would make great soundtracks to someone falling down the stairs – technical for technicality’s sake. But hey, nothing is perfect. It’s...
by Zach Shaw | May 25, 2016 | Label Moves, News
Last month, Five Finger Death Punch found themselves in an unusual situation: getting sued by their label, Prospect Park, for releasing music too fast. Well though they still owe Prospect Park one more album (and are still in the midst of a legal battle with them),...
by Matt Brown | May 25, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If last week’s charts felt a bit scarce to you, fret not: we have twelve debuts this week. A handful of these are heavy hitters too, which is saying something...
by Bram Teitelman | May 25, 2016 | Interviews, News
Four years ago, flush from the success of his show Metalocalypse: Dethklok and its accompanying albums, show creator Brendon Small released Brendon Small’s Galaktikon, a concept album (or “comic book album,” as he called it) that allowed him to...