Posted by Sean Matthews on July 27, 2017
The second annual Chicago Open Air Festival took place this past July 14th-16th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Metal Insider was on site to take in all the music, food, and experiences. Friday Arriving Friday afternoon, the sounds of Failure/Anthem rang out as they opened the second stage to a crowd who was still […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on January 17, 2017
Some big names are taking over Chicago this July, as the 2nd annual Chicago Open Air Festival was announced today. After a monstrous first year that saw Rammstein’s only US appearance, the group behind Chicago Open Air “cranked it up to 11” this year by announcing KISS, Korn and the godfather of metal Ozzy Osbourne, […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 30, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Every week I check out what albums are scheduled for release in the coming months and it always gets me giddy (the absence of a new Tool album notwithstanding). Things look pretty stacked from […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 2, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The death of a band member is a terrible thing, and on this week’s MBN we have two bands who suffered through such a trial, those being After The Burial and Last In Line. […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 17, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So Ghost won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and while those little golden phonographs are among the many things metalheads like to slag on (usually for good reason), seeing Papa get up onstage […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 10, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. With eleven debuts, this week is the biggest week yet for metal in 2016, spearheaded by the always dependable Dream Theater. And just looking ahead in February, it doesn’t look like we’ll be slowing […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 3, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So Megadeth’s Dystopia is the big star this week and the first major release of 2016. It’s in the top five and it’s the second highest debut of the band’s (or Mustaine’s, I should say) […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 8, 2015
Monster Energy’s Carolina Rebellion has been expanded to 3 full days for 2016. The festival set to run May 6, 7 & 8th at Charlotte Motor Speedway will see performances by over 50 bands. The Scorpions, Five Finger Death Punch & Disturbed are slated to headline the three day event in Concord, North Carolina. The […]
