Posted by Miguel Rozo on October 30, 2023
After having experienced Amorphis headlining the Dong Open Air last July, I was more than thrilled when I heard about their European tour this autumn. So last Friday, I took the train to Cologne and arrived at the Carlwerk Victoria-Köln on the northeast side of the city. The venue has a capacity of 1,600 people, and it was […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 11, 2017
Children of Bodom are returning to North America this fall to celebrate 20 years since 1997’s debut Something Wild. The 24-date trek will begin this Halloween in Dallas, Texas and run its course until December 1st in Montreal. These Finnish melodic death metallers will be joined by Carach Angren, Lost Society, and Uncured. Frontman/guitarist Alexi […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 24, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If you’re at all familiar with Metallica, then you know that The Black Album is one of the best-selling albums of all time. What you might not have known is that for the past couple weeks, The […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on February 12, 2016
Winter weather up here in the northeast has decided to show up in force in recent weeks, and as the temperatures have dropped, so too has the release calendar cooled off somewhat. Here’s to hoping that things get hotter on both of those fronts in the weeks to come. In the meantime, enjoy these new […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 9, 2014
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Wow. That’s a lot of debuts. Some of them were highly anticipated (This Is Your Life), some have been surrounded by controversy (Triple Brutal), and some no one really asked for (Punk Goes 90’s […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on April 2, 2013
The greatest display of how metal bands differ from the rest of the musical world occurs when a former member is welcomed back into the fold with open arms and no questions asked. In so many other genres, band members that leave are ostracized and are barely ever mentioned by the other band members, for […]
