by Metal Insider | Dec 12, 2014 | Metal Power Rankings
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 14, 2014 | Interviews, News
While Finnish label Spinefarm Records has been part of the Universal Music Group since 2002, they’ve only recently started making inroads in America. Last year, the label hired former Roadrunner president Jonas Nachsin as worldwide GM of the label, and made a...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 30, 2014 | CMJ Music Marathon, Events, Metal Insider CMJ Showcase, News
Since Metal Insider began presenting showcases for the CMJ Music Marathon in 2012, we’ve had some great shows, be it Prong on a boat or Byzantine’s first New York appearance in seven years. We might have outdone ourselves this year, though. We’re...
by Metal Insider | Aug 15, 2013 | Releases
Roadrunner is celebrating more than 30 years of music with the release of a box set, XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records, hitting the market October 1. The set, to be released in America and abroad, is a pretty good summation of the label’s beginnings as an...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 8, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I admit, the title is a bit deceiving because even though album sales have been at a crazy low this past Summer, all in all it was a very good season for metal. For...