by Bram Teitelman | Nov 2, 2014 | In Memoriam, News, Updates
With the sudden untimely passing of Wayne Static yesterday, the hard rock and metal community are coming to grips with the loss of the Static-X frontman, which happened just days before his 49th birthday. Information is still scarce about his cause of death, but...
by Metal Insider | Oct 31, 2014 | Columns, Metal Power Rankings
Welcome to the first edition of Metal Power Rankings, a weekly look at the movers and shakers in the metal world. Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre....
by Matt Brown | Oct 29, 2014 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Through collective industry clairvoyance, everyone already knew that Slipknot’s long-awaited new album would top the charts. Hell, people were talking about...
by Seth Werkheiser | Oct 29, 2014 | Metal By Numbers, News
Slipknot hit number one. Again. After months of hype and intrigue, the band’s latest album, .5: The Gray Chapter, topped the Billboard charts this past week, selling around 132,000 copies in its first week of release. This comes after a long promotional campaign...
by Seth Werkheiser | Oct 27, 2014 | New Music, News
New music from Cancer Bats was premiered on BBC Radio 1 over the weekend. The new track, “Arsenic,” is from the upcoming album Searching for Zero, and was produced by Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn). In the interview with BBC Radio 1, Cancer Bats...