Posted by Sara Elizabeth on October 13, 2022
Summing up what has made Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival so successful over the years comes down to “Growth.” What started in 2017 as a one-day festival headlined by Creed’s Scott Stapp has ballooned into a four-day tribute to all things rock and metal. While the scope became bigger and better every year, the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 16, 2019
Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival will return this summer on July 12-14th at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory (Shawshank Prison). The lineup for the three-day event has been announced as Shinedown, Godsmack and Five Finger Death Punch are scheduled to headline. The festival will consist of over 30 bands and 70 tattoo artists. For those who enjoy horror, there will be a brand new haunted house attraction Escape from Blood Prison! Field, camping, and VIP tickets are currently on sale at this location.
Current lineup (so far):
Shinedown
Godsmack
Five Finger Death Punch
+Live+
Taking Back Sunday
Seether
Skillet
I Prevail
Starset
Red Sun Rising
Motionless in White
Fozzy
Buckcherry
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew W.K.
P.O.D.
Stabbing Westward
Light the Torch
From Ashes to New
Smile Empty Soul
Eyes Set To Kill
Awake at Last
The Funeral Portrait
Kerbera
Raven Black
Beyond Unbroken
Rivals
Impending Lies
The Everyday Losers
The Monster Dolls
Posted by Matt Brown on June 6, 2018
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. No, seriously, this list of debuts is longer than I’ve had in a while. Nineteen albums, some you’ll know, some you won’t, some you’ll want to check out, some you’ll take one look at […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 3, 2014
Right now, downtown Austin is bracing itself for the calm before the storm. In just four days (7), annual music, interactive and film mega-convention South by SouthWest (SXSW) will begin, and won’t let up until the following Sunday (16). Spring break for the music industry, place where bands go to get signed, or place where […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on May 22, 2012
In the highly competitive music industry, even metal bands have to fight for increasing recognition with each new release. It’s very difficult for bands to see increases in sales numbers from one album to the next, as any reader of Metal by Numbers is aware. It’s gotten to the point where a band’s new album […]
