Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 16, 2017
If you were raised in the woods of Norway or live in a major city, the thought of a Hot Topic might not appeal to you, but in suburbs and mall culture everywhere, they’re really a gateway to metal. Once a place to buy CDs, it’s also where you could pick up a metal shirt […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 6, 2014
Have you purchased any Misfits merchandise from Hot Topic recently? If so, condolences on the $75 and the kidney you lost to buy that one t-shirt. Anyway, turns out Glenn Danzig isn’t happy about such merchandise because he makes diddly-squat from it. So, Danzig decided to file a lawsuit against his former bandmate Jerry Only […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on December 13, 2011
Lacuna Coil have premiered a new music video for the song “Trip The Darkness” on Hot Topic’s YouTube page.
Posted by Metal Insider on November 28, 2011
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Thanksgiving was last week, and another Black Friday has come and gone. Which means today, November 28, is none other than Cyber Monday. While most outlets use today as another way to capitalize on consumers trying to find sales on […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on October 6, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3yF7zJ-aY[/youtube] This coming Tuesday (October 11), Five Finger Death Punch will release their new album American Capitalist. We’ve already heard the first single “Under And Over It,” and though we’re only a few days away from the album’s actual release, we now can hear not one, but two new songs off American Capitalist. First up, […]
Posted by Metal Insider on July 13, 2011
This past week has certainly been a big week for Suicide Silence. Coming off of the launch of Mayhem Fest this past Saturday, the band’s third album The Black Crown hit stores on Tuesday (12). To celebrate the album’s release, we’re giving fans a chance to win an awesome prize: a Suicide Silence customized guitar. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 30, 2011
Looks like there’s one less place to buy H.I.M. shirts online now, as Hot Topic’s online retailer, Shockhound.com, is shuttering in May. Actually, the site was a decent place to buy DRM-free music, and had some decent original content to go along with the retail part of the site. Shockhound had just launched in October […]
