by Bram Teitelman | Dec 4, 2014 | Best of 2014, Lists, News
It’s December, which means that, for the most part, the year in music is over. Almost everything that’s going to come out has already, as the music industry focuses on the holiday shopping rush by pushing everything that’s come out in the first 11 months of the year....
by Metal Insider | Nov 28, 2014 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings
It’s Black Friday, but Metal Power Rankings don’t rest: 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...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 21, 2014 | Columns, 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 Metal Insider | Oct 13, 2014 | CMJ Music Marathon
Next week, New York will be overtaken by hundreds of bands from around the world, even more college students from the United States and Canada and countless music industry executives for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. If you’ve looked at Metal Insider in the...
by Matt Brown | Jul 2, 2014 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a strange feeling when something so highly anticipated is finally in your hands. The new Mastodon album was being hyped before recording had officially...