Posted by Sara Elizabeth on October 13, 2022
Summing up what has made Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival so successful over the years comes down to “Growth.” What started in 2017 as a one-day festival headlined by Creed’s Scott Stapp has ballooned into a four-day tribute to all things rock and metal. While the scope became bigger and better every year, the […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on February 23, 2022
The Blue Ridge Rock Festival continues to dribble out announcements of performers for this year’s festival. So far this is the line up: In Flames Jinjer Kittie Buckcherry Bad Omens Suicide Silence Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Nonpoint The Union Underground Lacey Sturm A Skylit Drive Butcher Babies 2022’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival will take place […]
Posted by Matt Brown on October 28, 2015
With another ten bands making their debut on the charts, it looks there’s a healthy amount of new metal music to blast this weekend whether you’re trick or treating, attending a Halloween party, or just trying to scare shitty kids that take more than one candy from the bowl you left out front. Or if […]
Posted by Matt Brown on October 21, 2015
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a shorter list of debuts this week, but you could probably use a breather from all the new music, eh? The past few months have been bountiful for metal, and each week continues […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on October 9, 2015
This was more what I had in mind two weeks ago when I talked about the slowdown of the new release calendar in October. With only four new albums to check out today, metal fans are feeling the pinch. Please do what you can to support the new releases as much as possible and keep heavy […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 28, 2015
The yearly tour featuring deathcore/hardcore bands announced the first wave of bands confirmed to tour this summer, along with the dates and cities it will hit. As previously announced, the New York stop of the tour will find it joining up with the Summer Slaughter. The bands confirmed playing thus far are: Upon A Burning […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on November 3, 2014
South by So What?! has announced a third group of bands playing the 8th annual South by So What?! festival, taking place on March 20th-22nd, 2015 in Dallas, TX. Joining a line up of already big names like Hatebreed, Atreyu, We Came As Romans, and Motionless in White, will be Vanna, Beartooth, Veil Of Maya and many more (list below). The […]
Posted by Matt Brown on October 16, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s that time again: the charts are topped by a band that many people consider to be A. Past their prime, B. Not actually metal, C. Are just not good, or D. All of […]
Posted by Matt Brown on October 9, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You may have heard of something called the “loudness war”, a term applied to albums that are mixed in a manner to make it sound…well, louder. This isn’t exactly a new thing, but it’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on October 2, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. When Metallica puts out anything, there’s usually a very high chance it will top not only metal album sales, but also the Top 200 (unless it’s Lulu). Since they have both a movie and a […]
