Metal By Numbers 3/27: The Charts Get Reckless

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So I’m going to use this as soapbox for a bit like I sometimes do. As you can see, the top debut this week is a female fronted hard rock band with said female,...

New & Noteworthy, March 18th: Wake

Last week, when I was forecasting for today’s list, I was expecting to have one big-name group topping a moderately-sized list. I was not expecting to see five big-name releases leading off a list of almost twenty albums. Just goes to show that you never know...

A SXSW Guide To Metal Events

With the interactive portion of the 27th annual SXSW festival kicking off today, downtown Austin is transforming into a shitshow of epic proportions. Literally thousands of bands, hundreds of vendors, countless other companies, and a four-story tall Doritos vending...