by Sean Matthews | Jan 17, 2017 | Festivals, News
Some big names are taking over Chicago this July, as the 2nd annual Chicago Open Air Festival was announced today. After a monstrous first year that saw Rammstein’s only US appearance, the group behind Chicago Open Air “cranked it up to 11” this year by...
by Matt Brown | Dec 7, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We now come to the time of year on Metal By Numbers where list of debuts grows very small. This week feels particularly bare after Metallica’s album sales were...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 1, 2016 | News, Updates
Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe said last week that he was heading to the Standing Rock Indian reservation, and on Monday, checked in with a brief update urging would be anarchists to stay home and promising he’d be giving a more in-depth report of his time...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 30, 2016 | Reunions
Remember Nitro? The ’80s glam metal band was known for two things (aside from big hair): Jim Gilette’s piercingly high vocals and Michael Angelo Batio’s shredding and quad necked guitar. In fact, long after the band broke up in 1993, you could...
by Matt Brown | Nov 30, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Before August this year, fans kept out a casual eye for news of the next Metallica album. It’s been eight years and for a while all we had to go off of was a...