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Metallica named 2016’s Record Store Day Ambassador

by Bram Teitelman | Feb 23, 2016 | Metallica Insider, News, Record Store Day

Record Store Day is less than two months away, with this year’s taking place on Saturday, April 16th. And while the opportunity to pick up rare and limited edition music from artists on CD and vinyl (and sometimes cassette) is incentive enough to coerce many to...

Metallica to reissue ‘Kill ’em All’ and ‘Ride the Lightning’ in deluxe box sets

by Alix Vallecillo | Feb 18, 2016 | Metallica Insider, News, Record Store Day, Reissues, Updates

Metallica have been working on their new album for some time now and until we hear anything resembling completion about it, we won’t have to wait much longer for a Metallica release – even if it isn’t exactly new stuff.. Well over a year ago, the...

Judas Priest, Megadeth, The Sword, NIN lead Record Store Day releases

by Bram Teitelman | Oct 28, 2015 | News, Record Store Day, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice

Whether or not Record Store Day is the bane of the vinyl industry, or a savior to independent record stores, one thing’s for certain: if you’re a collector, there are two days a year where you’ll be able to pick up rare, limited edition or reissued...

A Record Store Day miracle gives U2 fans Tool

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 21, 2015 | News, Oops, Record Store Day

Remember when you had iTunes and wound up getting the U2 album, Songs of Innocence whether you wanted it or not? That was certainly a debacle. If you were a U2 fan, then you might have been happy, but if you weren’t, having the album show up on your computer was...

Record Store Day was successful, metal among top-sold titles

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 21, 2015 | News, Record Store Day

As anyone at an independent record store this past Saturday can attest, Record Store Day was a huge success. In fact, while vinyl has been on an upswing since 2007, this year’s Record Store Day was even larger. How much larger? Well, vinyl sold 1,500% more than...

2015 Record Store Day releases include a lot of metal

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 11, 2015 | News, Record Store Day

Record Store Day is just around the corner. Well, actually, it’s over a month away, on April 18th, but it’s time to start saving up some money to do the old timey thing that people back in the 70s, 80s and 90’s used to do and support independent...

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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”

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