Posted by Metal Insider on April 23, 2015
This past weekend, the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival kicked off the Festival season in earnest. Always a must-attend for anyone on the eastern seaboard, this year’s fest upped the ante with everything from prog (Between the Buried and Me) classic metal (Death Angel, Testament, Exodus, Nuclear Assault) and relatively rare performances (Corrosion of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 17, 2015
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 up on the list. We’re writing this from the upstairs at the New England […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 15, 2015
One of the most recognizable faces of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal was Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair, whose floor-length dreadlocks and signature vocal style put him alongside Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe and Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta as the leaders of the movement. On a hiatus of sorts, Shadows Fall isn’t playing the […]
Posted by Metal Insider on February 18, 2015
Right now, much of New England is covered in snow. However, in two months, instead of weather systems hitting the region, Worcester MA will be set upon by metal fans as the seventeenth annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival takes place at the Palladium. Featuring their most impressive lineup in a while, Between the […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 12, 2015
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We knew that Blind Guardian was going to have a solid first week when we saw last week’s Metal by Numbers, when it sold 300 copies even though it wasn’t technically in stores yet. […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on February 3, 2015
Whether you like power metal or not, you have to respect Blind Guardian. This band is one of the greatest in the world when it comes to their genre, and no one will ever dispute that. While other bands have fallen apart and had to restructure themselves along the way, Blind Guardian has just been […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on January 21, 2015
It’ll be April before we know it, and that means the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival line-up is coming together. With headliners like Testament, Between The Buried and Me, and Motionless In White already announced, we’re stoked to bring you the news of the third wave of bands that will round out this year’s already impressive line-up! When […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 7, 2015
It’s hard to believe that the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest will be celebrating its 17th year this year – until you see the lineup for this year’s festival. Testament, Between the Buried and Me, Exodus and Nails have already been announced, and now it’s got a whole crop of new additions to the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 8, 2014
If you’re anywhere in the Northeast, you’ve likely already marked April 17th, 18th and 19th on your calendar, as the 17th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival had already announced it’s dates. Now the first wave of bands have been announced, and it’s a damned impressive list, with Between the Buried and Me, Overcast, Testament, […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on October 10, 2014
Bullet Tooth is putting out a collection of Overcast releases, titled Only Death Is Smiling, a three-CD set containing 45 tracks from 1991 to 1998, coming out in the fall of 2014. Said Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage: “In my eyes, Overcast was one of the most influential bands from their era. They came at a time […]
