Posted by Ian Weber on May 23, 2022
First of all, if you’ve never felt something around people going hard to see a mutual favorite band in concert, then I’m not sure if I trust you. Secondly, what a WEEK for shows. All That Remains, Suicide Silence, Matt Pike, Born of Osiris (!), and Primus (approved by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee) […]
Posted by Metal Insider on December 30, 2021
The 2021 entries are in for team Metal Insider’s best albums of 2021. In case you missed it, you can check out lists from Chris, Smitty, Kyle, Zenae, Bram, Matt, and Siegfried. While all lists are relatively different, we took an additional step to combine everyone’s picks based on comparison to make an ultimate […]
Posted by Mark Smitty Neal on December 30, 2021
Here are my picks for 2021. Top Ten Albums of the Year: 10) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) Key Track: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium” 09) The Bronx, VI (Cooking Vinyl) Key Track: “Breaking News” 08) Evile, Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records) Key Track: “Disorder” […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 29, 2021
2021 has been another challenging year, but we saw a return of live music. Artists have once again found more creative ways to virtually bring live music, such as Epica’s unique cinematic event with Omega Alive. Many have unveiled powerful new tunes via LP and EP releases. As difficult as it was to select […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on December 15, 2021
Rolling Stone has declared these to be ‘The 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2021.’ That full list, and the mags reasoning behind their choices can be found here. Here is their list: 10) Panopticon – “…And Again Into The Light“ 09) King Woman – “Celestial Blues“ 08) Skepticism – “Companion“ 07) Portal – “Avow“ 06) […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on November 29, 2021
Last week Decibel Magazine revealed their top 40 albums of 2021 and now, Revolver Magazine shared their top 25. As expected, both lists are much different from each other with very few similarities. Check out Revolver’s list bottom to top below: 25) Frozen Soul, Crypt of Ice 24) Slaughter To Prevail, Kostolom […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 22, 2021
The year-end lists are beginning to surface as Decibel Magazine has shared its Top 40 albums of 2021. Whether the pandemic has inspired many to write new music, this year particularly has shown a plethora of fantastic new records out that will inevitably make another diverse set of year-end lists. 40) Rivers […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on October 20, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Topping the charts was the great effort by Trivium, the Kings of Streaming! Not only did they sell 8,800 physicals this week but they also sold 4,000 digital albums and had roughly 194,000 video […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on October 19, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. These are the chart rankings from 9/29! A lot of notable debuts! Enjoy! Notable Debuts: Spiritbox, Eternal Blue (Rise Records) Debut #3 19,100 sold An incredible debut for such a fairly new band. One of […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on October 18, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another chart! This week features Judas Priest co-founder and former guitarist KK Downing at the top of our debut list. As for the notables, Metallica unsurprisingly remains on top with their Blacklist. Unfortunately, […]
