by Mark Zapata | Jul 23, 2021 | News
Queen tops the list of highest paid hard rock and heavy metal acts of 2020 according to Billboard’s highest-paid musicians of 2020 list. Reaching the no. 7 spot on the list of highest paid musicians overall, Queen tops the hard rock and heavy metal...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 21, 2020 | Label Moves
This probably won’t come as a surprise to you, but a lot of songs you’re hearing aren’t all written by the artists. Take, for example, this week’s #1 song at rock radio, Shinedown’s “Atlas Falls.” It was co-written by Zac...
by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 9, 2018 | News, Touring
Joe Perry has announced tour dates in support of his latest solo effort Sweetzerland Manifesto, which was released earlier this year via his Roman Records imprint/distributed worldwide by Amped Distribution. The trek kicks off on November 30th in Sioux City Iowa...
by Metal Insider | Jun 15, 2018 | Columns, Metal By Numbers
If you’re a regular reader of Metal Insider, you likely check out Metal by Numbers, in which we look at the week’s biggest-selling heavy titles. Of course, streaming is more or less taking over as the way many people consume music, but hard rock and metal...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 16, 2018 | News
How far is too far? Last week, Spotify recently removed both R&B singer R Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from their playlists due to their history with sexual misconduct. Unfortunately, there’s no easy right answer to that question as neither artist has been...