by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Record Store Day
As sales of digital downloads and compact discs continue to fall and streaming continues to rise, there’s one big exception, and that’s vinyl. In fact, in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30 percent, to nearly 12 million. There are several reasons for this....
by Matt Brown | Jan 13, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well, shit. I tried not to be a downer last week in the first MBN of the year despite it only being a week after Lemmy’s death. But now we’ve got another...
by Matt Brown | Dec 16, 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. Christmas is in a week, and that means children (and some adults too) are hoping against hope they’ll have a white Christmas. Of course, this all depends on...
by Matt Brown | Dec 9, 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’re pretty much settled into that time of year where you can count the number of noteworthy metal releases on one hand. The end years lists are being posted...
by Matt Brown | Dec 2, 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. Ah, December. Some love it, some hate it. For the rest of us, we embrace the oncoming chill of winter as the metal gods intended (unless you’re in Florida, in...