by Chris Colgan | May 10, 2011 | Releases
Is it just me, or does it seem like there are a LOT more bands debuting this year than in years past? Virtually every week on this column, I have a debut release from a band freshly signed to their first deal and eagerly trying to make a name for themselves. By the...
by Metal Insider | Dec 1, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a pretty solid week for album sales, with the top four albums selling upwards of 240,000 and the top 11 selling over 100,000. These things happen around...
by Metal Insider | Nov 24, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Just like last week, the highest hard rock related debut came from someone who shouldn’t be considered metal at all, or at least not any more. As the years have gone...
by Chris Colgan | Nov 16, 2010 | Releases
The name of Ronnie James Dio is synonymous with the very essence of metal. One of the greatest ambassadors for the genre around the globe, Dio made it okay for anyone of any persuasion to like metal. He even gave us the most widely-used symbol for metal...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 4, 2009 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have...