by Zach Shaw | Dec 8, 2011 | Events, New Music
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mRQXRsQao[/youtube] During the second night of their intimate 30th Anniversary shows at the Filmore in San Francisco (December 7), Metallica performed yet another song that was recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions but...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 6, 2011 | Digital Media
Spotify has been gaining a strong following in the U.S. since its stateside debut back in July. Now, though, Century Media Records isn’t the only metal label not showing the streaming service any love. This past week, Metal Blade Records removed the remainder of...
by Metal Insider | Apr 21, 2011 | Events
This Saturday, for the first time in America in over 25 years, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax will take the stage as the Big Four in Indio. The metal titans have played European festivals before, but their sole American date (so far, anyway) is seeing people...
by Metal Insider | Jan 12, 2011 | Rumors and Gossip
It’s been almost three years now since Scott Weiland abruptly left Velvet Revolver, the supergroup featuring ex-Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. And yet the band has still been unable to find a new singer. Even though Slash released a solo...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 21, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week saw a good amount of metal debuts. Three of them in fact came from Metal Blade Records. However, it was everyone’s favorite “not quite metal” band that had the...