by Metal Insider | Apr 10, 2015 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings, News
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 9, 2015 | Label Moves, News
It’s been about a week since April Fool’s Day, and we actually fooled a few people with our story that Phil Anselmo had signed J-pop/metal teen sensations Babymetal to Southern Lord Records. Today, however, it was announced that the band have signed a...
by Zach Fehl | Apr 2, 2015 | News
Now that April Fools’ Day has come to a close, and we can once again put our blind faith in the internet without fear of sadness and disappointment, it’s time to recap some of the best music related pranks pulled this year. Some have been funny, some blatantly mean,...
by Metal Insider | Apr 1, 2015 | Label Moves, News
One of last year’s breakout success stories was Babymetal. Combining J-pop with Dragonforce-like hyperdrive power metal, Su-metal, Yumetal and Moametal managed to sell in the area of 17,000 copies of their debut album without it being commercially available in...
by Metal Insider | Feb 17, 2015 | News
By now, pretty much everyone with any interest in metal music is well aware of the Japanese act BABYMETAL. And while reactions to their existence is understandably mixed, there’s no doubt that they have been successful in achieving a now ever-increasing global...