by Bram Teitelman | Jan 11, 2017 | Festivals, News
Headed to Manchester, TN for Bonnaroo? If so, it’s not going to be to see any metal. Much like Coachella, the festival has nothing remotely heavy on it. In fact, it shares a lot of the same artists as Coachella this year. With the exception of headliners U2 and...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 5, 2017 | Touring, Video
Babymetal are a blast to see live, and if you don’t get that, then you haven’t seen them yet. Sure, the three teenage leads singing and dancing in Japanese while a metal band backs them is gimmicky, but the musicianship is amazing, the energy is infectious...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 19, 2016 | Video
The Red Hot Chili Peppers played London’s O2 Arena last night, and their opener was a little band called Babymetal. And while playing songs about California is fun, apparently drummer Chad Smith likes to step things up a little bit, as he sat behind the kit with...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 12, 2016 | Metal By Numbers, News
Until last year, when the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) began factoring streaming into what counts as an album sale, there weren’t anywhere near as many albums or singles qualified as gold or platinum albums (meaning sales of 500,000...
by Sean Matthews | May 31, 2016 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews
In 2007 Rock on the Range was brought to life, when 35,000 “Rangers” sold out Columbus Crew Stadium for its inaugural event. With just 14 bands on the original lineup, a new Rock/Metal festival was born. Fast forward to 2016, which marked the 10th anniversary...