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Metallica stick to the classics at Record Store Day performance

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 18, 2016 | News, Record Store Day, Video

If you were one of the lucky ones that made it out to Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in Berkeley, California this past Saturday, you got to see Metallica, the ambassador of the event, play a nine-song set. If you weren’t lucky enough, however, you’re...

Metallica to stream live show during Record Store Day

by Alix Vallecillo | Apr 15, 2016 | News, Record Store Day, Updates

As some of you may know, tomorrow is Record Store Day and every year there’s a musician or band named ambassador of the event and this year the honor went to Metallica. Aside from hugely endorsing independent record stores to remain in business, they decided to...

Killswitch Engage Define Love with Record Store Day single

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 14, 2016 | New Music, News, Record Store Day

If you like music, you’ve probably been saving some money for this Saturday, as it’s Record Store Day. There are tons of cool, exclusive and limited-edition albums to buy for collectors. Among the offerings is a limited edition 7″ from Killswitch...

Cover art for Iron Maiden’s Record Store Day release revealed

by Metal Insider | Mar 11, 2016 | News, Record Store Day, Updates

We recently wrote about the upcoming Record Store Day and its many exclusive releases. Today, Iron Maiden have released details about its contribution- a 12″ picture disc of “Empire of the Clouds.” If you’re not familar, here’s a little...

Record Store Day 2016 releases unveiled

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Record Store Day

As sales of digital downloads and compact discs continue to fall and streaming continues to rise, there’s one big exception, and that’s vinyl. In fact, in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30 percent, to nearly 12 million. There are several reasons for this....

Deftones gold vinyl double-album among Record Store Day offerings

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 8, 2016 | News, Record Store Day

While Record Store Day is still a little over a month away, there are still labels just starting to let collectors know what they can pick up in their local independent record store on April 16th. Today Warner Bros., who always have a robust offering, released their...

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