by Bram Teitelman | Mar 14, 2016 | Festivals, News, Touring
With the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival having closed up shot last year, organizers Kevin Lyman and John Reese, along with the energy drink, have turned their focus towards resurrecting another dormant festival. It’s been announced that the Taste of Chaos...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Record Store Day
As sales of digital downloads and compact discs continue to fall and streaming continues to rise, there’s one big exception, and that’s vinyl. In fact, in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30 percent, to nearly 12 million. There are several reasons for this....
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 8, 2016 | Metal By Numbers, News
It’s now over a week into 2016, so it’s time to stop saying “Happy New Year” and look forward to the next 51 weeks. That being said, our weekly Metal By Numbers continues to track what albums are still being bought, and with 2015 in the rear...
by Sean Matthews | Dec 16, 2015 | Festivals, News
Adding to a post from earlier this year, additional details have been released about the upcoming ShipRocked 2016. The complete lineup will see We Are Harlot, Red Sun Rising, Like A Storm, The Glorious Sons, Stitched Up Heart, Biters, The Standstills, Doll Skin, and...
by Seth Werkheiser | Nov 11, 2015 | News, Touring, Video
This has been a good year for Halestorm, whose most recent album Into the Wild Life debuted at #4 back in April. Their song “Amen” hit #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Song charts, and vocalist Lzzy Hale has kept in the spotlight from singing...