New & Noteworthy, October 31st: Deceiving Eyes

This release week will be somewhat atypical for me, both because the list is coming out on a Wednesday and because I will NOT be giving mandatory imperatives of getting out to the store to buy albums. Why are things this way, you ask? It is because of this: yesterday,...

Flyleaf Singer Lacey Sturm Storms Off

Actually her departure from the band was much more amicable, but the fact of the matter is, Lacey Sturm is leaving Flyleaf after ten years as the band’s lead singer. The tricky part might be that the band’s final album with singer Sturm, New Horizons, is...

Metal By Numbers 1/12: Metal By Not Much

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week So right after this paragraph is usually where we list the notable metal debuts of the week. That’s not going to happen this week, because nothing came out last...

New & Noteworthy, December 7th – Winter Madness

This is my least favorite time of year, at least for the metalhead part of me. The new release supply is disappearing faster than a melting snowman. Tours are few and far between as bands take time off to be with their families. The tantalizing list of 2011 releases...