Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...
Metal By Numbers 3/28: The Charts Make Us Unsane
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Last week saw some major debuts in the top 200, while next week promises even a motherlode of metal debuts. This week, though, we only have one release that sold...Metal By (Some) Numbers 3/23: Selling Albums Can Be Torture
With Metal By Numbers, we normally try to report weekly on the top metal sellers and debuts that appear on the Top 200 and Top New Artist Albums/ Heatseekers charts. However, for numerous reasons, we are unable to provide a full analysis on this week’s top sellers....Metal By Numbers 3/15: Every Time I Tie With Jeezy
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Only three hard rock or metal debuts made it onto the charts this week. However, not only does Every Time I Die have the top metal debut, but they also had a very...Metal By Numbers 3/7:Veil Of Maya Eclipses Previous Chart Position
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The charts are flooded this week with new metal/ hard rock releases, with four of the twelve debuts cracking the top 200. However, this week’s top debut comes from...Metal By Numbers 2/29: Poison The Charts – With Hipsters!
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The charts promise to be dominated by a heavy dose of metal and hard rock debuts in the weeks ahead. This week, though, there isn’t a single heavy debut to report...Follow Us
Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025
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Bury Tomorrow release “What If I Burn” video; new album arriving in May 2025
Bury Tomorrow have announced their new album, Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience, is set to release on May 16. The forthcoming record marks a new chapter for the band with guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast, who joined during a...
Opeth share visualizer for “§4” featuring Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Swedish progressive metal legends Opeth are celebrating the arrival of their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, out today (22nd) via Moderbolaget // Reigning Phoenix Music. To mark the release, the band has shared a visualizer for the track "§4,"...
New & Noteworthy, January 5th, 2018: With Black Metal We Come
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Yeah, yeah. Title, phrasing. Moving on. Happy New Year, this week's list of album is particularly on theme. Just as the east coast is...
New & Noteworthy, December 15th, 2017: s/t
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The year is winding down, and so are releases, but this week we got new music from Asking Alexandria and Autopsy, as well as a live Linkin...
New & Noteworthy, December 8th, 2017: Releases on Fire
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The year is winding down, and so are releases, but this week we got a new album from Diablo Swing Orchestra and War of Ages. If you would...