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Wacken Open Air Festival already sold out for 2016

Posted by on August 4, 2015

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival had a good, eight-year run. Meanwhile, next year’s Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival has already sold out – for the 11th year in a row. That’s 75,000 tickets already sold. For an event without a complete line-up announced. From the official Wacken Open Air website: “You are really crazy. Thank you for your loyalty and […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/29: Have an Iced day

Posted by on January 29, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’re finally getting to the point of the year where there are a decent amount of debuts. The charts this week found many releases from Sunday’s Grammy awards getting a sizable bump, which is […]

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New & Noteworthy, January 21st: Days of Rage

Posted by on January 21, 2014

After two slow weeks to start off the year, our new release calendar gets a major kick in the ass today, with several well-known artists releasing albums. Take a look at what’s in store!     Iced Earth, Plagues of Babylon (Century Media)   The group’s second album with ex-Into Eternity vocalist Stu Block also […]

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‘Ten Worst Metal Albums’ List Is #1 Worst List

Posted by on September 28, 2011

Listen we get it. Any list of something is a) purely subjective and b) link bait because people love it when things get ranked for them. But the list that Yahoo! came out with yesterday of the 10 Worst Metal Albums of All Time is one of the most ill-informed lists we’ve ever read. Using […]

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