by Metal Insider | Sep 26, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
When Down decided to release four EP’s over the course of a year, it was essentially done so there wouldn’t be another five year break between albums. That might be a good idea. While the first of the four planned EPs sold nearly 12,000 copies,...
by Metal Insider | Sep 18, 2012 | New Music
The idea of a multi-part album cycle or EP series is not new in the metal world. Bands have been engaging in such concepts for decades, even becoming well-known exactly for that reason. Hell, there are even some bands whose entire discography is portrayed as chapters...
by Metal Insider | Jun 17, 2011 | Let's Get Real With Jeff Paulick
Let’s Get Real with Jeff Paulick is a new column featured on Metal Insider featuring the thoughts and opinions from Lazarus A.D.singer/bassist Jeff Paulick. He’ll be sharing his views on everything from the music industry to life on the road (and everything in...
by Metal Insider | Jun 7, 2011 | Releases
Did someone put out a memo saying that June 8th was the date when every record label…wait a minute, today’s date is June 7th. And that sentence seems familiar…from exactly one year ago, in fact! Today, we celebrate one year of New & Noteworthy, and what a...
by Metal Insider | Apr 19, 2011 | Releases
For better or worse, there are some bands in metal that persist no matter how much hate is thrown at them. It doesn’t matter if they have no original members left, their sound has changed completely, their genre has been out of popularity for ages, or their core...