by Matt Brown | Oct 19, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’ve seen more than a few bands hit new strides on this column, some new some old. In this case, while the achievements of Alter Bridge and Dance Gavin Dance...
by Matt Brown | Oct 13, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If you thought that Opeth’s continued avoidance of their death metal roots would hurt album sales, you’d be wrong. While Sorceress didn’t sell as...
by Metal Insider | Sep 30, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
One of the biggest releases of the whole year? Check. Representation of nearly every subgenre of the metal scene? Check. The mainstream and the underground both well represented by multiple artists? Check. Yeah, this week’s list has it all and then some more....
by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 24, 2015 | Columns, In Defense of Their Good Name
It’s been a while since we put on the cape to defend what many consider to be outrageously wrong in the annals of metal history. We’ve talked about some infamous releases like Iron Maiden’s X-factor or the time Judas Priest was Halford-less and had...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 15, 2015 | News, Touring
Over the course of their career, French duo Alcest have evolved from a black metal band to a duo that mixes post-metal sounds with shoegaze. And now they’ll be headed to the States, as well as Canada and Mexico in support of last...