by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Record Store Day
As sales of digital downloads and compact discs continue to fall and streaming continues to rise, there’s one big exception, and that’s vinyl. In fact, in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30 percent, to nearly 12 million. There are several reasons for this....
by Matt Brown | Mar 9, 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. Within the past six months, three-fourths of the Big Thrash Four have released new albums, all of which had their own buzz surrounding them. Slayer’s latest was...
by Metal Insider | Mar 7, 2016 | Editorials, News
As the worldwide metal community celebrates the 30th anniversary of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, I’ve realized just how much in the last few weeks we’ve been inundated with news and visibility of the entire Big Four. Along with Puppets’ birthday,...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 4, 2016 | Columns, Remember When
It’s not that often when metal creeps its way into mainstream pop culture. So when metal/hard rock acts do actually pop up in beloved sitcoms, dramatic films, cartoons or even reality series, it’s kind of awesome. So in the weekly column Remember When, Metal Insider...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 2, 2016 | News, Video
As I wrote in my review of Anthrax’s For All Kings, the highlight of the album is “Blood Eagle Wings,” an eight-minute epic that slowly unfolds. And while “Evil Twin” and “Breathing Lightning” have already been released as...