Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 29, 2022
The pandemic has given artists time to reflect and create, resulting in many artists releasing new records, surprise EPs, reissues, and live recordings. However, did all bands use their time wisely by releasing one of their strongest albums, or fall flat compared to their prior offerings? This year was a hit or miss, […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on July 23, 2022
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the July 1st releases. Notable Debuts: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic) Debut #1 43,300 sold The seventh studio album by the band and their first to top the all-genre Billboard Top […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on May 10, 2022
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the April 15th releases. Not many albums were released and the overall numbers were down. Sad to see but hopefully next week picks it up. Notable Debuts: Monuments, In […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on March 30, 2022
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Notable Debuts: Ghost, Impera (Loma Vista/Concord) Debut #1 62,500 sold According to Luminate/MRC Data, the Swedish band’s fifth album had the biggest sales week in 2022. This is their fourth top 10 overall album. […]
Posted by Metal Insider on March 11, 2022
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with March 11th through February 11th 2022’s releases, which features new music from Ghost, Crowbar, Corpsegrinder, Amorphis, and more. For previous releases you can read February 4th’s New & […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on February 24, 2022
Haunted Shores, made of Periphery’s Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor, has released a track from their forthcoming album, Void, due March 11 via 3DOT Recordings. The song, “OnlyFangs,” is available for streaming down there. “OnlyFangs was one of the earlier ideas I demo’d during the writing process for Void,” explains Holcomb. “It was pretty […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 13, 2022
Instrumental death/black metal project featuring Periphery’s Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor will release their debut full-length effort, Void, on March 11th via 3DOT Recordings. Their upcoming debut album is their long-awaited follow up to 2015’s Viscera EP. To celebrate the announcement, the project has unveiled the song “Hellfire.” Holcomb comments: “We’re proud to […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on February 21, 2012
Last week, a song from Periphery called “Passenger” made its way around the web. And late last night, the song was made available for purchase via download and uploaded to YouTube by Sumerian Records. Though being dubbed as “new,” many fans of the djent metal group have likely already heard the song. “Passenger” was included […]
