Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 23, 2023
With one week to go, there’s five bands left to be announced for Round 11 of 70000tons of Metal. The event is scheduled to set sail on January 30th in Miami, Florida to Bimini, Bahamas and back on February 3rd, 2023. Promising sixty bands to perform two sets throughout the voyage. Dragonforce, Bodyfarm, Wormed, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 10, 2022
The Halo Effect, the new project featuring Dark Tranquillity and former In Flames members, are gearing up for their debut album, Days Of The Lost, out Friday (12th) via Nuclear Blast (pre-order here). We caught up with guitarist Niclas Engelin (ex-In Flames) to discuss the record. While at first it seemed like a […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 21, 2022
We’ve surpassed the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. These unprecedented times have brought loss and challenges being forced to adapt and re-adapt to “new normal,” “newer-new-normal,” and so forth standards. Shows were once considered a thing of the past as bands had to reinvent the wheel by livestreams and constant reliance on social […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 27, 2022
Whether it’s looking forward to Corpsegrinder’s debut solo offering, or enjoying the release of Battle Beast’s new album, Circus of Doom, here are thirteen music videos to check out. 01) Corpsegrinder unleashes “On Wings of Carnage” lyric video: Cannibal Corpse vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher is gearing up for his debut solo […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 15, 2021
From Watain to Killswitch Engage’s rescheduled tour, here are five awesome tours recently announced. 01) Mayhem & Watain announce 2022 North American Tour with Midnight Mayhem and Watain have announced a 2022 North American trek with support coming from Midnight. Watain have finished recording their seventh studio album, which will be released in […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 1, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What? No, of course I’m not going to do some half-assed April Fools joke with the charts. Do you really think I would do something like that? I know how annoyed people get when […]
Posted by Matt Brown on January 13, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) is a criminal now I guess. You’d think that, being a fan of Iced Earth, I would be devastated by this turn of events while trying to […]
Posted by Matt Brown on January 6, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Hello and welcome to 2021, or, as some like to call it, 2020 New Game Plus. Yes, the outlook, for this year is a mix of “let’s hope this year is better” […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 24, 2020
2020 kicked off with a bang. Beginning with another successful year at 70000tons of Metal to seeing Heilung, Vader, and Opeth live, what could go wrong? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the music industry to the point that I don’t know where things will stand in a post-pandemic world. This year felt like […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 16, 2020
Metal Hammer has shared their Top 10 Death Metal Albums of 2020. This list includes a few pleasant surprises, including, Ulcerate and Vader. Check out the list below and read Metal Hammer’s explanations here: 01) Cryptic Shift, Visitations From Enceladus 02) Ulcerate, Stare Into Death And Be Still 03) Ingested, Where Only Gods […]
