by Metal Insider | Jun 20, 2012 | Metal By Numbers, Metal on Metal
Five years ago, the last Rush album, Snakes & Arrows, sold 93,000 copies. That’s why it’s even more impressive that in 2012, their new album has sold over 100,000 copies, matching the #2 peak that they reached back in 1993 with Counterparts. Is rock...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 8, 2012 | Metal on Metal
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkVsmBbeXRI[/youtube]And just when you thought that Dee Snider couldn’t debase himself more than recording a Broadway covers album. The Twisted Sister frontman is now starring in a commercial for carpet cleaning company...
by Metal Insider | Jun 5, 2012 | Metal on Metal, Video
Comedian/musician/performance artist Reggie Watts stopped by The A.V. club studios for their “Undercover” series. In it, the editors come up with a list of 25 songs and invite artists to come by and perform a cover of something on the list. Once the song...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 5, 2012 | Interviews, Metal on Metal
30 years ago, record store employee Brian Slagel put out a compilation of local bands called The New Heavy Metal Revue presents Metal Massacre. That compilation, the first release on Metal Blade Records, included a little band called Metallica, as well as Ratt, Black...
by Bram Teitelman | May 30, 2012 | Metal By Numbers, Metal on Metal
Chew on this: While Slash has kept himself extremely busy after leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, it took him until 2010 to release his first solo album. That’s almost as much time as it took for Axl and friends to record Chinese Democracy, which came out in...
by Zach Shaw | May 30, 2012 | Metal on Metal, Releases, Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVatOqSHOnE[/youtube] Two weeks ago, Periphery not only let the release date to their new album slip, but also guest appearances (including Dream Theater’s John Petrucci, The Faceless’ Wes Hauch and The Aristocrats’ Guthrie...