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 Bram Teitelman | Jan 14, 2017 | Sad News, Video
While the sudden death of former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza last year hit the metal community hard, it obviously hit his family even harder. His 15 year-old son Nick Menza Jr. hadn’t lived with him regularly, only getting to see him several weeks out of the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 12, 2017 | Collaborations, Updates
When you’re listening to the next Body Count album, Bloodlust, you might hear a guitar solo that sounds a little different than all the rest. That’s because Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine lent his guitar skills to a track on the forthcoming album....
by Metal Insider | Jan 5, 2017 | Columns, Metal By Numbers
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...
by Zach Shaw | Dec 30, 2016 | Best Of 2016, Columns, Top 10
Well, it’s been a year, 2016 has. A year where a gorilla getting shot was one of the least shitty things that happened, 2016 opened with the metal community still in shock over the passing of Lemmy and closed with the death of Princess Leia and her mom a day...