by Metal Insider | Jan 4, 2018 | Metal By Numbers
It should surprise no one that streaming is surpassing sales as the medium of choice for people buying albums. Yet as evidenced by the list below, people are still buying music, too. Nielsen just released their year-end report that found that streaming grew...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 2, 2018 | Legal Woes
We’ve already written abut Spotify being sued today, so we might as well keep the legal metal news going. Another suit filed last month came from Gibson Brands, creators of the iconic Les Paul guitar. Law360 states that they brand is suing toy manufacturer Funko...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 12, 2017 | News
Metallica’s latest effort Hardwired…To Self-Destruct has placed at the #1 spot on Billboard’s year-end 2017 selling charts for the top 50 Hard Rock Albums along with the band being placed at #1 on their top 10 Hard Rock Album Artists. Despite their tenth studio...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 8, 2017 | Lists
Forbes has named their highest-paid musicians of 2017, and what isn’t that surprising is that there’s not that much rock and metal on the list. However, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses, thanks to their massive touring this year, appeared on the list....
by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 30, 2017 | News
According to TMZ, Big Sean is now the owner of Slash’s former mansion in Los Angeles. The rapper purchased the seven bed, eight bath, 11,000 sq. ft Beverly Hills lot for a grand total of $8.7 million. Apparently, this was quite a bargain since the original asking...