Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 3, 2023
There is officially less than one month to go until 70000tons of Metal round 11, 2023 edition. More bands have been announced during the holiday and New Year break after a few weeks of silence. The pressure is always on, making fans wonder if a full sixty bands will be announced before the ship […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on June 16, 2022
Metalfest in Pilsen traditionally marks the start of the summer festival season for Czech promoter George Daron and his company Pragokoncert. Thankfully, this year the festival could finally take place again in the picturesque amphitheatre Lochotín in one of the beer-brewing capitals of Europe after a two-year hiatus courtesy of Covid-19. Due to the […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on September 10, 2021
Being in a metal band (or any band, for that matter) has not been easy in 2020 and 2021. Many industries were hit hard in the past two years marred by the Covid-19 pandemic. But, I daresay few as hard as the music industry, in a time when physical and even digital sales are only […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 9, 2021
Since its inception in 2016, Metal On the Hill festival, organized by Austrian powerhouse metal label Napalm Records, has been a bona fide success story for the organizer. After an unfortunate cancellation in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival is back on schedule for its 2021 incarnation (buy tickets here). From 13th to […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 23, 2019
I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the sound leaves behind […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 17, 2019
Freedom Call are currently touring all over Europe in support of their new album M.E.T.A.L, which was released on August 23rd via Steamhammer (order here). We caught up with the group’s mastermind Chris Bay to discuss more on their latest effort, twenty years since their debut, and to not take things too seriously. Was […]
Posted by Matt Brown on September 4, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Hey, it’s September. This month means different things for different people. If you’re a student, it means you’re back at school. If you’re Billy Joe Armstrong, it means it’s time to go to […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on August 23, 2019
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features news music from Sacred Reich, Crobot and more! For last week’s releases you can check out the last New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales numbers Metal by […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 30, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Before August this year, fans kept out a casual eye for news of the next Metallica album. It’s been eight years and for a while all we had to go off of was a […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on November 11, 2016
The new release list is a somewhat manageable size for the first time in over two months, signaling the winding down of what has been an incredible year for new music. This is also the second week in a row headlined by a stalwart of the Gothenburg music scene, which may be a first for […]
