by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 2, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates, Video
It wasn’t too long ago when we had a Headbangers Brawl on the subject of crowdfunding. How much support does a band need from their fans? Secondly, how much do they need the support after being signed by a label? Yesterday (1) Wintersun launched their first of...
by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 23, 2017 | News, Touring, Updates
It wasn’t too long ago when Arkona and Sirenia announced their upcoming North American tour in May. It is a first in Sirenia’s career for their fans to see them in this area. During their initial announcement, Sirenia mentioned a crowdfunding campaign would soon be...
by Alix Vallecillo | May 8, 2015 | Crowdfunding, News, Updates
The latest addition to the on-going list of bands recurring to crowdfunding campaigns are Canadian titans Cryptopsy. After their decision to go independent back in 2012, they decided to launch a campaign to fund a new set of several EPs called The Book of...
by Zach Fehl | Feb 16, 2015 | Crowdfunding, News, Touring
Massachusetts-based metal outfit Within The Ruins suffered a tragic weather related vehicle accident over the weekend. While trekking from their home state of Massachusetts, and through the grim and frostbitten wasteland that is my home state of Pennsylvania, the...
by Zach Fehl | Jul 1, 2014 | Crowdfunding, News, Touring, Video
This week Australian extreme prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris started a crowdfunding campaign to raise A$40,000 (US $37,936) so that they could go on a world tour, reports Metal Underground. As another example of crowdfunding gone horribly right (ex. Devin Townsend’s...