by Zach Fehl | Sep 11, 2017 | Festivals
ProgPower USA is the premier U.S. festival for progressive and power metal. For 18 years they have been a paramount part in bringing some of the biggest and best names in the international progressive and power metal scenes to a country not particularly known for...
by Metal Insider | Jan 13, 2017 | Contests
Last year, former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen released her fourth solo album, The Shadow Self. Already acclaimed for her powerful, emotive and sometimes operatic voice, she’s now closing in on ten years of being a solo artist. We dug around the Metal...
by Matt Brown | Jun 15, 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. Any day there’s an metal album in the top ten is worthy of praise. When there’s two, that’s even better. And when one of those albums is second only...
by Metal Insider | Jun 3, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
We’ve gotten quite a lot of great new music in the past few weeks, and today just adds to the pile. How does one find the time to listen to all of this? If you’ve figured out a way, please let me know in the comments, because I have yet to figure it...
by Metal Insider | Jun 23, 2015 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
Summer has officially begun, and heavy music is out in full force this week with a plethora of new albums. Check out the full list for the first batch of music to blare out your newly-opened windows and deafen unsuspecting pedestrians. Breaking Benjamin, Dark...