by Metal Insider | Apr 26, 2013 | Photos
Last weekend marked the 15th installment of New England Metal & Hardcore Fest in Worcester, MA, and as expected, it was nothing short of barely-controlled mayhem. This year felt especially topical, with the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects coming...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 9, 2013 | Festivals
It’s early January, which means one thing: It’s time to start speculating about all of the festival lineups happening this Spring and Summer. The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival has beat people to the punch by announcing the lineup for their 15th...
by Matt Brown | Oct 11, 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. Unless your band name starts with “M” and you’re from the UK, you probably weren’t seeing the top album sales for this week. That being said,...
by Metal Insider | Sep 26, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
When Down decided to release four EP’s over the course of a year, it was essentially done so there wouldn’t be another five year break between albums. That might be a good idea. While the first of the four planned EPs sold nearly 12,000 copies,...
by Metal Insider | Sep 18, 2012 | New Music
The idea of a multi-part album cycle or EP series is not new in the metal world. Bands have been engaging in such concepts for decades, even becoming well-known exactly for that reason. Hell, there are even some bands whose entire discography is portrayed as chapters...