by Metal Insider | Mar 7, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The charts are flooded this week with new metal/ hard rock releases, with four of the twelve debuts cracking the top 200. However, this week’s top debut comes from...
by Metal Insider | Feb 28, 2012 | Releases
If death metal is the metal subgenre that the music industry continually tries to ignore, then grindcore is the bastard child that the industry has flat-out disowned. No subgenre is as abrasive, aggressive, or downright assaultive as grindcore, and it has been that...
by Zach Shaw | Nov 8, 2011 | Touring
Hard to believe that it’s been fifteen years since Children Of Bodom came to fruition. And the Finnish metal band have some big plans to celebrate their birthday in North America. Presented by ESP Guitars, and in association with Full Metal Jackie, Children Of Bodom...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 31, 2011 | Festivals, I'm On A Boat
Normally we don’t write up a full piece on every band confirmed for the 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise’s second edition. However, we thought it was a pretty big deal that the metal cruise just snagged none other than Cannibal Corpse. That’s right, the death metal legends...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 19, 2011 | Festivals, I'm On A Boat
After the large success of the first 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise this past year, it was pretty inevitable that it would return for a second run. And after only 3 months since the first one came to an end, plans have already been revealed for 2012. The “world’s biggest...