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 Zenae Zukowski on March 31, 2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. March is leaving us with one more batch of great releases to check out! Which one’s your favorite? Don’t forget to check out the playlist below. Enjoy! Ad Infinitum, Chapter III – […]
Posted by Jordan Jerabek on November 16, 2016
Maybe it’s just me, but 2016 has seen a lot in way way of quality grind. The year started strong with solid (and not to be forgotten) releases from Gadget, Magrudergrind, and Rotten Sound. Weekend Nachos, Nails, Vermin Womb, Wormrot, and Car Bomb have all carried the torch throughout the year releasing critically acclaimed records […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 31, 2016
Over the past weekend, the biggest annual gathering of metalheads in the US took place with the latest installment of the Maryland Deathfest. The eagerness for the “America’s biggest metal party of the year” was visible among my list of friends and foes planning to lose their necks and minds over the excellent list of […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 2, 2016
If you live in the midwest, or are willing to travel for cool festivals, you may know about the open air festival Full Terror Assault in Illinois. The festival started last year and had a very good initial lineup with headliners like Obituary, Napalm Death, Terrorizer and many other domestic bands worth the time and […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 6, 2016
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Hot damn, how about that alliteration in the title, huh? Also: hot damn there’s fourteen debuts this week. April is definitely off to a monster start with all these albums, and there’s only more […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on March 25, 2016
If you happen to live in the west coast and are older than 30, you may have heard of a classic metal festival that used to take place in Los Angeles, CA called Murderfest. The festival started back in 2003 with subsequent editions throughout 2009 which could’ve been compared to the more known Maryland Deathfest, […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on March 25, 2016
If there’s one appropriate way to close out “March is Metal Month”, it’s by having the last Friday in March be the busiest day on the release calendar up to that point for the year. So it is today, with a deluge of new albums taking over the charts and our ears. The most intriguing part […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on January 21, 2016
Grindcore is a genre that only some can find an appeal on but some bands transcend the barriers of styles and make a dent on the extreme metal scene. Insect Warfare was one of the best American acts of the genres in the mid 2000’s before they disbanded in 2009 and many have cried for […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 1, 2013
We knew it was a matter of time before Baroness started to tour again. John Baizley’s solo acoustic set at SXSW proved that he was more than capable of playing onstage, and even in his post confirming the band’s lineup changes, Baizley said that he and Peter Adams had found replacements. And while those replacements […]
