In Loss: A Look Back at the Breakups of 2010

To say that 2010 was a rough year for metal has to be one of the most colossal understatements any journalist could conceive. Listing all of the fallen heroes of this year would be a column unto itself, as would a list dedicated to the many near-miss accidents,...

Now That The Big Four Have Performed Together …

The “Big Four” series of European shows came to an end last night (June 27) in Istanbul, Turkey. Many metal fans thought the day would never come when they’d see Metallica share the same stage with Megadeth (let alone with Slayer and Anthrax as well). But now that we...

Metal By Numbers 4/14

By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college a and commercial stations that have...