Tag Archives: Annihilator

Annihilator to commemorate 35th Anniversary of ‘Alice In Hell’ at Topfest 2024

Posted by on December 23, 2023

    Canadian thrashers Annihilator will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their iconic Alice In Hell album in 2024. The group announced an exclusive performance of the classic 1989 record at Topfest 2024 in Slovakia next June. Stu Block will join as the vocalist for the entire album performance alongside the return of original drummer […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/9: Scorpions are chart believers

Posted by on March 18, 2022

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Notable Debuts: Scorpions, Rock Believer (Spinefarm) Debut # 4 12,125 sold This is the German band’s nineteenth studio album.           Bad Omens, The Death Of Peace Of Mind (Sumerian) Debut #29 […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/2: Immolation top the charts

Posted by on March 18, 2022

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.     Notable Debuts: Immolation, Acts Of God (Nuclear Blast) Debut #50 1,550 sold The eleventh studio album from the New York death metal act.           Star One, Revel In Time (InsideOut) Debut #95 […]

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New & Noteworthy: The Impera of new music – 3/11/2022

Posted by on March 11, 2022

  New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with March 11th through February 11th 2022’s releases, which features new music from Ghost, Crowbar, Corpsegrinder, Amorphis, and more. For previous releases you can read February 4th’s New & […]

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Nine Videos to check out this week – 2/18

Posted by on February 18, 2022

  From Slipknot to Dagoba, here are nine videos to check out this week. 01) Slipknot – “The Chapeltown Rag” Slipknot have shared their official performance video for their latest single, “The Chapeltown Rag.” The clip was directed by the band’s M.Shawn “CLown” Crahan, and features footage from their Knotfest Roadshow 2021 trek. Watch the […]

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Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho’s cause of death revealed; Annihilator’s Jeff Waters responds

Posted by on March 5, 2021

  Children of Bodom/Bodom After Midnight frontman/guitarist Alexi Laiho’s cause of death has been revealed. According to his former Sinergy bandmate Kimberly Gross, whom Laiho never legally divorced, the frontman died of “alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue.” A cocktail of painkillers, opioids, and insomnia medication was also found in his system […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/11: F8 of the charts

Posted by on March 11, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   So did Five Finger Death Punch decide on the title of the new album before or after the release of the film The Fate of the Furious a.k.a. F8? Either way, the band is back, and if […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/26: The New Empire

Posted by on February 26, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   It’s hard for me to find time to just sit and listen to new music nowadays and it’s harder when it’s early in the year and I haven’t found anything I’m interested in […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/19: Getting lost in the charts

Posted by on February 19, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   “Perdida” is Spanish for “lost”, in case you didn’t know. I’m not sure what that has to do with the new Stone Temple Pilots album, but its the top debut for hard […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/12: Sales say nothing

Posted by on February 12, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   The 2017 album Wake Up Call was the first album that abbreviated Theory of A Deadman’s name to just Theory. Why? I dunno. It’s a sorta long name I guess. And I suppose being […]

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