by Bram Teitelman | Aug 8, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
Nuclear Blast is having one hell of a year. The German label set a record in April when Meshuggah’s Koloss sold over 18,000 copies. Now they’ve broken it just four months later with Testament’s 10th album. Dark Roots of the Earth sold over 8,000...
by Metal Insider | Jul 31, 2012 | New Music
How has thrash survived for over three decades? By being one of the easiest genres of metal to appreciate, that’s how. The diversity of thrash allows for speed, groove, technicality, and ambience to varying degrees, and metalheads around the world know it and...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 16, 2012 | Metal Musical Chairs
As you read last week, Static-X has reunited. But it’s more like The Smashing Pumpkins reuniting than, say, Refused, since Wayne Static is the only original member of the band (and also, because both frontmen have interesting hair situations). At any rate,...
by Metal Insider | Jul 6, 2012 | Metal Musical Chairs, Metal on Metal
With the release of their debut album still a bit over three weeks away, new forces have joined the ranks of Los Angeles-based band and motorcycle enthusiasts Attika7. Leading man Evan Seinfeld (former Biohazard) and famed motorcycle builder Rusty Coones announced...