Posted by Ian Weber on March 21, 2022
Traveling home one night, I wondered what my year in concerts is going to look like after seeing Cannibal Corpse hammer down Brooklyn Steel on 2/24 (tap this link that features five highlights from that brutally great night). I realized I needed another twist of motel metal goodness. The mighty Lemmy agreed, as […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 14, 2022
Over the last two years, we’ve seen lineup changes, splits, the works, as the COVID-19 pandemic made many reassess their future. Finnish melodic death metal giants Omnium Gatherum have had quite the extent of this experience. Two years ago, the band’s planned 2020 North American trek with Insomnium led them to perform just one […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 29, 2021
2021 has been another challenging year, but we saw a return of live music. Artists have once again found more creative ways to virtually bring live music, such as Epica’s unique cinematic event with Omega Alive. Many have unveiled powerful new tunes via LP and EP releases. As difficult as it was to select […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on December 8, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are some charts! My apologies for the delay. An underwhelming week for some stellar debuts. The releases that particularly caught my ear were Obscura, The Lurking Fear, and Big Wreck. The riff in “Bombs […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on November 17, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Charts are here and on time! Compared to last week, this week’s numbers were underwhelming. Last week, Mastodon topped our charts with 17,600 sold but this week Bullet For My Valentine only managed 6,000 copies. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 5, 2021
Finnish melodic death metal giants Omnium Gatherum’s new album, Origin, has finally arrived (order here) via Century Media Records. We caught up with guitarist Markus Vanhala to discuss the challenges the group has faced from lineup changes, the overall pandemic to overcoming all odds to bring the new record to life. In […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on November 5, 2021
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Bullet for my Valentine, Omnium Gatherum, and more! For last week’s releases you can read the previous New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales numbers Metal by Numbers. […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on October 27, 2021
Italy’s Symphonic death metal masters Fleshgod Apocalypse and Finland’s Omnium Gatherum have pushed back the start of their European tour to September 2022. All purchased tickets for the postponed 2021 edition of the tour will be honored at the new shows. Here are the new dates, 09/29 Ubach Palenberg, GER @ Rockfabrik 09/30 Pagney, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 26, 2021
Finnish melodic death metal giants Omnium Gatherum have finally announced their long-awaited return to North America for a headlining 2022 tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on February 26th in Brooklyn NY, and will run through March 27 in Boston, MA. Support will be coming from Allegaeon and Black Crown Initiate. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 14, 2021
Omnium Gatherum are gearing up for their new album, Origin, out November 5th via Century Media Records. Today (14th), these Finnish melodic death metal giants have unveiled a video featuring aerial footage from Jani Vihavainen for their third single, “Fortitude.” The group comments: ”’Fortitude’ was filmed at Munapirtti, an island in the […]
