by Metal Insider | Apr 23, 2015 | News, Photos
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...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 17, 2015 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings, News
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 | Apr 15, 2015 | Interviews, News
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...
by Metal Insider | Feb 18, 2015 | Contests, News
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....
by Matt Brown | Feb 12, 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. 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...