Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 20, 2023
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back (again)! We’ve been busy following Metallica in select cities on the North American portion of their M72 World Tour, preparing for an upcoming feature at the end of the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 8, 2023
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We’re back! The best way to return is with Metal By Numbers! Here are the notable debuts and sales from April 21st through May 26th. May 26, 2023 Releases: Notable Debuts: […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 28, 2023
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the notable debuts and sales from March 31st, April 7th, and 14th. For the April 14th date, it is noteworthy that the Billboard Top 200 chart incorporates streaming figures. However, the […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on July 23, 2021
Queen tops the list of highest paid hard rock and heavy metal acts of 2020 according to Billboard’s highest-paid musicians of 2020 list. Reaching the no. 7 spot on the list of highest paid musicians overall, Queen tops the hard rock and heavy metal category with $13.2 million in earnings for 2020. Reaching no. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 6, 2018
Record Store Day has proven to be a savior for the music industry, particularly independent record stores and vinyl sales. Since it launched in 2007, it’s expanded to two days (there’s also one on Black Friday) and vinyl sales have continued to increase every year. Meanwhile, the event, which was meant to get consumers away […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 6, 2017
When Avenged Sevenfold released The Stage about a year ago, they weren’t done with it. Since then, they’ve released not only another original song (“Dose”), but have covered everything from Mr. Bungle’s “Retrovertigo” to the Beach Boys. Yesterday, they released a seventh song (and sixth cover. And to follow up the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows,” […]
Posted by Dan Kozuh on July 13, 2017
While it seems that a band (particularly a metal band) cannot exist without performing at least one Pink Floyd cover it is much more rare to find a quality version. If their name doesn’t give it away, Doom Side of the Moon is a band that does metal covers of Floyd songs but the interesting […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 19, 2016
Anthrax have had quite an action-packed couple of days, what with playing two sold-out shows at the tiny Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn (review coming soon), in between playing in front of considerably more people at Philly’s Rock Allegianc and Connecticut’s Revolution Rock Festival. In between that, they also visited SiriusXM, but instead of visiting Liquid […]
Posted by Jordan Jerabek on May 4, 2016
Inter Arma has set quite the bar for themselves after releasing an eye-opening debut (2010’s Sundown), a mammoth follow-up that landed on tons of year-end lists (2013’s Sky Burial), and a 45 minute single-track EP (2014’s The Cavern). Their new album, Paradise Gallows (out July 8th via Relapse), is likely to continue this trend. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 4, 2016
Jordan Rudess is pretty talented, right? The Dream Theater keyboardist has been playing with the band since 1997, and not only is he a dynamic and talented keyboardist, he’s at the cutting edge of technology as well. But interestingly enough, not only did a young Rudess almost play keyboards on Pink Floyd’s seminal 1979 album The […]
