by Metal Insider | May 22, 2012 | Releases
In the highly competitive music industry, even metal bands have to fight for increasing recognition with each new release. It’s very difficult for bands to see increases in sales numbers from one album to the next, as any reader of Metal by Numbers is aware....
by Zach Shaw | May 15, 2012 | Covers
Children Of Bodom have recorded covers of everyone from Alice Cooper to even Britney Spears. In fact, they’ve recorded so many over the years that they had enough to compile into Skeletons In The Closest. And for their new compilation album Holiday at Lake Bodom (15...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 3, 2012 | Say Cello To My Little Friend
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUsPxZ7dN0[/youtube] Meet Sarah Chaffee. You may have heard her cello playing on Abigail Williams’ latest album Becoming. And in her spare time, Chaffee performs cello renditions of metal and rock songs. She’s previously...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 23, 2012 | Events
So Idle Hands Bar is kind of the metal hangout in Manhattan (St. Vitus or Duffs if you’re in Brooklyn). And while it’s a popular go-to for after-parties and has a rock vibe in general, last month, we inaugurated a monthly night of metal at the bar. But...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 15, 2012 | In Memoriam
It was confirmed late last night that Tonmi Lillman, best known as Lordi’s drummer Otus, has passed away. A cause of death has not been revealed yet. Lillman was 38 years old. The members of Lordi released the following statement confirming the unfortunate news: “Our...