Posted by Sean Matthews on December 15, 2022
The 12th edition of Welcome To Rockville was announced today after weeks of teaser videos, and posts from the masterminds at Danny Wimmer Presents. This upcoming May 18th-21st, 2023, Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida will once again play host to this massively attended event. With more than 150,000 fans converging on […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on December 26, 2018
2018 was a wild year. I moved and got one of those fancy adult jobs with benefits and everything. That in turn led to me being able to go to a whole mess of awesome shows, including traveling for Rock on the Range, ProgPowerUSA Rock & Shock without breaking the bank. My reading list took […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 7, 2018
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Would you believe that one of the greater challenges of writing this column is coming up with a witty, punny title? Bram Teitelman was (still is) a master at the craft, and ever since […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on May 3, 2017
In Las Vegas, there’s always something going on. You can walk down the street, and get comped to almost any show, at any casino on the “Strip.” People are always coming up with new ways of entertaining the masses. The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center decided this was the year to have the inaugural Las […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 29, 2016
Rock on the Range is turning 2017 up to eleven with an outstanding lineup that includes headliners such as Metallica, Soundgarden, KoRn, The Offspring, Volbeat, Primus, Bush, Chevelle, Papa Roach, Seether. Coheed and Cambria, Alter Bridge and so much more. The list is quite diverse -we will also get to see Gojira, Deafheaven, Amon Amarth, […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 20, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Happy 4/20, where stoner metal fans everywhere prepare to smoke some dank kush and play Sleep on repeat. Actually, let’s be honest, they were already probably doing that. In any case, there’s plenty to […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 13, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Okay, well technically, the biggest selling rock/metal act of the week is Black Stone Cherry, whose butt-rock debut for Mascot landed them the #15 current album in the country, but just behind them by […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 27, 2015
Since 2005, Riotfest has been a dependable Chicago music festival catering to punk and alternative. They’ve always thrown some metal in the mix as well, with last year being GWAR’s first post-GWAR-BQ performance without Dave Brockie. The festival, now relocated from Chicago’s Humboldt Park to Douglas Park from Sept. 11-13, has unveiled their first wave […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 21, 2014
If you were wondering how much it might cost to book a band, website Priceonomics has got you covered. They’ve done some number crunching via Degy Entertainment, a third party booking agent. They admit up front that since they’re a third party booking agent specializing in college shows, the numbers are most likely inflated. The list […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 7, 2014
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last year, many were shocked, but likely none more than the remaining members of the band. Late on […]
