Posted by Mark Zapata on April 13, 2022
Hypocrisy have announced drummer Henrik Axelsson of The Crown as the group’s session member following the departure of longtime drummer Reidar “Horgh” Horghagen, who left earlier this month. Hypocrisy released the following statement on social media: “Please welcome Henrik Axelsson! This talented Swedish musician played in Implode and Soils of Fate. Since 2014, he […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 14, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Godspeed You! Black Emperor has always had interesting album titles and this one is no exception. The only way it could be stranger is if the named their album after Elon Musk and Grimes’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 7, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Man, it was Papa Roach and Serj Tankian topping the charts last week and now its Evanescence this week. There’s even an Underoath box set on here. Next you’ll tell me Ozzfest is happening […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 1, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What? No, of course I’m not going to do some half-assed April Fools joke with the charts. Do you really think I would do something like that? I know how annoyed people get when […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 24, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Long album and song titles are always funny to me. Unless they have a commonly understood abbreviation, fans are forced to say the whole title out loud. In the case of Rob […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on January 14, 2021
The Crown are now streaming a new music video for their single, “Motordeath” off the upcoming album, Royal Destroyer. The record drops March 12th via Metal Blade Records and bassist Magnus Olsfelt commented on the sound of the LP: “It is our album number ten, so now we are in the big boys club. I […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 28, 2018
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I haven’t listened to much of Stone Temple Pilots, but man this band has been through a lot. A band moving forward following the death of a frontman is a sad yet familiar story, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 6, 2018
The Crown’s upcoming album Cobra Speed Venom will be released next Friday (16th) via Metal Blade Records. Today (6th), these Swedish death metal giants have unveiled another taste, by premiering the third single track, “We Avenge!” The group commented about the new album: “We are really looking forward to finally be able to show our […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on January 8, 2018
Swedish death metal band, The Crown have announced their return via their tenth record, Cobra Speed Venom. The band plans to release the album through Metal Blade Records on March 16th. The band spent most of 2017 focusing and rehearsing 13 songs before jumping in the studio. The record was recorded at Studio Fredman and produced by the […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on January 13, 2015
Restarting the year in music is normally a slow process, but metal is jumping out the gate faster than most other genres. This week sees a pretty good mix of established groups and new talent, led by a band that leaped into prominence early in their career and has never let go. This hot new […]
