by Metal Insider | Mar 14, 2015 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 12, 2015 | News, Touring
On June 2, Ipecac will re-release the Melvins’ 2001 album Electroretard. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, the band will begin a tour in June that will last for about a month and a half with labelmates Le Butcherettes opening. Melvins’ most recent...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 3, 2015 | News, Video
Melvins are currently supporting their 59th album, Hold It In (we’re exaggerating a little). And they’re a pretty unconventional band, which makes them not quite mainstream enough for late night television, but perfectly palatable for late late night. The...
by Matt Brown | Feb 4, 2015 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What we have for you here is the biggest list of debuts of 2015 thus far. And it’s got a couple of doozies, not least of all Periphery heading it off with a...
by Metal Insider | Jan 28, 2015 | Columns, Metal By Numbers, News
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The last time Marilyn Manson released an album, 2012’s Born Villain, it solid about 39,000 copies. He’s got the #6 album in the country right now, which...