Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 19, 2016
After three years as a destination fest in Southern California, the Psycho California Fest became Psycho Las Vegas earlier this year. Giving attendees everyone from stoner legends like Boris and Yob to cool uncle music like Alice Cooper and Blue Oyster Cult in Sin City proved to be a huge success, and 2017’s lineup including […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 30, 2015
Swedish post-hardcore band Cult of Luna have definitely taken their fans on a roller coaster of emotion over the past few years. First, at the end of 2013, they hinted to fans that they would be going on a hiatus. At the beginning of the year, however, they announced a North American tour. Or rather, […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 17, 2015
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. People often talk about how bad thing come in threes, but this week it seems good things come in twos: two newer bands putting out their respective sophomore albums, two bands with decade long […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 31, 2015
It’s been six years since Minsk last released an album. The pioneering post-metal band had three albums under their belt before disbanding in 2011. Thankfully, it didn’t take, and they found themselves back together in 2013. The band are equal parts psychedelia, sludge, melody and crushing heaviness. Original member Sanford Parker isn’t in the band any […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 26, 2015
On April 7, Minsk will release their fifth album, The Crash and the Draw. Today, Stereogum premiered another new song from the it, “When the Walls Fell.” It’s a perfect post-metal epic. Building over the course of its 10 minute running time, the song ebbs and flows, building and contracting in heaviness. While the band were very […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 21, 2009
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and […]
