by Zach Shaw | May 1, 2013 | Festivals
The second annual Orion Music + More festival is slated to feature a pretty diverse lineup. In addition to Metallica, the two day festival will feature performances from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, Rise Against, Bassnectar, a reunited Infectious Grooves, Dropkick...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 25, 2013 | Festivals
As promised last week, Metallica revealed the lineup to the second annual Orion Music + More Festival this morning. Being held at Belle Isle in Detroit on June 8 and 9, Metallica will be headlining their own festival with (drum roll please…) Red Hot Chili Peppers,...
by Matt Brown | Feb 13, 2013 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another year, another Grammy Awards Ceremony that most metalheads probably ignored in favor of something that wasn’t hosted by LL Cool J. Inevitably, a huge...
by Metal Insider | Feb 6, 2013 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. In the metal community, we usually aren’t the types that cross our fingers hoping that our favorite bands get a big debut on the charts. This is mostly because...
by Chris Colgan | Jan 29, 2013 | Metal on Metal
Throughout the last 15 years, there have been enough one-hit wonder metal bands to fill several weekend festival lineups to capacity. The bands appear, gain a huge following almost overnight, and then fade into obscurity just as quickly. These bands are not hard to...