Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 24, 2020
2020 kicked off with a bang. Beginning with another successful year at 70000tons of Metal to seeing Heilung, Vader, and Opeth live, what could go wrong? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the music industry to the point that I don’t know where things will stand in a post-pandemic world. This year felt like […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 18, 2020
Myrkur has unveiled her new song “Dronning Ellisiv.” The track was recorded during the Folkesange album sessions. The single is a reimagining of a song by Harald Foss, telling a tale of the Grand Prince Yaroslav of Novgorod and his daughter Elsiv of Kiev. The press release further explains: Elisiv would later marry King […]
Posted by Matt Brown on September 30, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I already made an “Aces High” pun the last time Ace Frehley put out an album, so the title took me a minute to come up with. Sixteen debuts is pretty hefty but […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 20, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Do I have any Iron & Wine fans in the house who caught my reference in the article title? No? Ah, oh well then. There’s a handful of new albums on the charts […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 13, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Killswitch Engage is just one of many bands that were forced to cancel their touring plans in the wake of the pandemic. Now, as previously reported, they’ve released an EP where 100% […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 6, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. There’s 17 albums on the debuts list this week, and a lot of them have gotten heaps of praise. A few of our contributors have written-up some reviews as well, including the new […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 22, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad time with a Nightwish album, so its nice to get one while the world is in such a muddied state. Their new double album is […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 16, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. There was a time in a my life were I was at a show at least every two months or so. The last show I went to was Dream Theater in March 2019. […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 8, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. At first, I wasn’t going to include Pearl Jam on here because, well, they’re not particularly metal. But we write about so many of their peers (Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots) […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 1, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’ve been writing the Metal By Numbers column for about 7 1/2 years now, and I think it’s about time for change. Something’s been missing from this column and for years I haven’t […]
