Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 31, 2018
Cassette tapes are a blast from the past, or perhaps they are on the road to becoming a suspicious, BLAST. While there’s countless of horrific bomb threats all over the globe, it seems there’s been some confusion after looking at this piece of vintage technology. According to local news station CBS 17, a bomb squad […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 19, 2018
With the hope that the rumors we heard about Ozzy touring with Stone Sour and Slayer with Anthrax, Testament, Lamb of God, and Behemoth, turn out to be true, these could be one of the biggest tours of the year. However, while we wait for these details to be confirmed, Journey and Def Leppard have […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 5, 2017
Mid-last year, we broke down what the biggest-selling albums of 2016 were through the first four months of the year. A lot more records came out since then, and with the year over, we’ve taken a look at what the biggest-selling metal and hard rock records in 2016 were. Notice we didn’t say “of” 2016, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 18, 2016
Today, the increasingly irrelevant Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2017 were announced, and there are a few surprises, but nothing that exciting. Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam, Yes and Bad Brains are among the more rock-leaning of this year’s nominees, who needed to have had their first single or album released in 1991 […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 2, 2016
We’re more than 1/3rd through 2016 already, and we’re not sure where the time’s going. What we are sure of is that there’s a lot of metal out and a solid amount of it is selling. Last year in August, we took a look at what the biggest selling metal titles in 2015 were through […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 28, 2016
Jorn Lande has recorded a lot of music – over 40 albums, according a press release we got this morning. And his powerful vocals are front and center on everything he does. Today he announced his latest album, Heavy Rock Radio, due out on June 3 on Frontiers Music. Unlike most of his albums, this will […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 1, 2015
Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has quite a resume – over the course of his career, he’s drummed with Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzmosis), Steve Vai (Alien Love Secrets), and he’s going to be on the new Fear Factory album for a song as well. There’s something else on his resume he might want erased from it though – […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 26, 2015
It’s been about a year since Fear Factory announced that they were heading over to Nuclear Blast for their ninth album. The finish line is finally in sight for Genexus, with an August 7th release date and a brand new bassist in the form of Tony Campos, former Static-X and Ministry member. He’s not the only notable […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 27, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Ip4F9fGHZ00[/youtube] Yeah, we know it’s not really metal and you’re probably sick of “Don’t Stop Belevin’” for one reason or another, but this is pretty cool. Steve Perry, best known as the former frontman for Journey, made a his first live appearance in 19 years at an Eels show in St. Paul, Minnesota. He song […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 15, 2013
A lot of back and forth comments have been made between Sebastian Bach and Nikki Sixx. The center of it all has been whether or not the former Skid Row singer was asked to replace Vince Neil in the early 90s, with Bach insistent that he was despite Sixx denying it. The Motley Crue bassist […]
