Posted by Chris Annunziata on September 9, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What a week! The end of August (queue 36Crazy Fists) had many notable debuts from all over the metal spectrum. Topping the charts was Turnstile with their impactful debut, crushing the metal competition. This […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on September 3, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another chart! This was an eye-opening week as we saw many last week debuts fall off this week, including heavyweight legends, Sepultura. Only Slaughter to Prevail and Destruction charted this week after […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 24, 2017
Supergroup KXM, comprised of dUg Pinnick (King’s X), George Lynch (Lynch Mob/Dokken) and Ray Luzier (KoRn) released the third video from their upcoming sophomore album Scatterbrain out March 17 via Rat Pak Records for the song “Noises In The Sky.” The video was directed by Jamie Brown, who previously worked on KXM’s other videos, and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 9, 2017
Back in 2013, metalcore monsters As I Lay Dying quickly disbanded after frontman Tim Lambesis was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his wife. His arrest and subsequent six year jail sentence would have had him out of jail in 2020. However, according to former Dokken guitarist George Lynch, who’s daughter had been engaged to […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 28, 2015
This past Friday, one of the biggest metal albums of the year came out, Lamb of God’s VII: Sturm und Drang. If you care about the state of the music industry and like metal, you’ve probably already bought it. As Randy Blythe noted in an Instagram post, it’s battling Jill Scott for the #1 album […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 2, 2015
[youtube]http://youtu.be/8cq3EN3WR8U[/youtube] We’ve known for a while now about a tribute album for former Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot guitarist Randy Rhoads was in the works. With the album, Immortal Randy Rhoads, The Ultimate Tribute, being released tomorrow via UDR, it’s streaming now. As the guitarist for Ozzy’s first two solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a […]
Posted by Chris Valenzuela on January 12, 2015
In just 25 years, on Ozzy Osbourne first two solo albums and a stint in Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads cemented himself as one of the best and most imitated guitarists in metal. And while the guitarist’s life was tragically cut short in 1982, he’s getting his due via a tribute album (and no, we’re not […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on March 11, 2014
Leaving a longtime record label and starting over with a new one is never easy, but it’s become commonplace in the modern record industry, so artists need to be prepared. Today, our list is topped by a band experiencing such a change right now, along with a new supergroup and some underground releases. Check it […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 28, 2013
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Crazy to think how within a few hours, we suddenly had TWO Black Flag reunions to choose from. Hell, even one version of the punk icons plan to record a new album. But the circumstances of the multiple Black Flags […]
Posted by Metal Insider on March 29, 2012
This Saturday, March 31, That Metal Show kicks off its tenth season on VH1 Classic. Featuring appearances from members of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Disturbed, Motörhead, Pantera, Machine Head and many others, we thought it would be nice to have co-host Don Jamieson once again give us a preview of a few episodes. My sideburns and […]
