Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 12, 2020
This year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day releases exclusively for November 27th have been revealed. We took some time to look over the entire catalog and made a few selections in the rock and metal categories. This year’s artists include Alice In Chains, Baroness, Corey Taylor, Chris Cornell, Dio, Volbeat and more. […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 26, 2019
Music industry trade publication Pollstar has released their list of the top 20 touring artists of the 2010s. While the list includes newer pop artists like Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift, it also features established rock and metal bands who have proven to be huge draws over many decades. Topping off the list is U2, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 10, 2018
The extensive list of albums that are being exclusively released for this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day on November 23rd have been revealed. We looked over the entire catalog and made a few selections from metal, hard rock and other classic rock albums. Artists include A Perfect Circle, Type O Negative, Babymetal, Anthrax, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 11, 2017
Headed to Manchester, TN for Bonnaroo? If so, it’s not going to be to see any metal. Much like Coachella, the festival has nothing remotely heavy on it. In fact, it shares a lot of the same artists as Coachella this year. With the exception of headliners U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers, this could […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on July 13, 2016
When you look at the numbers of rock and metal bands and compared them to pop artists like Taylor Swift or Adele, it’s obvious that they’re never going to be close to making those figures. Having said that, there are a handful of successful bands that still make enough money to make it to Forbes‘ annual […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 19, 2016
As you can tell from watching just about all of their videos, Every Time I Die have a great sense of humor. You’d also know that if you’re one of the 45,000-plus that follow the band’s guitarist Jordan Buckley on Twitter. Yesterday, in reaction to Apple’s open letter to the FBI stating that they wouldn’t […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on February 15, 2016
Disturbed started their headlining tour this past weekend and during the first date of the trek, the band decided to play a 10 minute mix of covers which included Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer,” U2’s “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” The Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” and Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name.” It’s a […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on December 14, 2015
You may have seem our Boxscore rundown, which consists in tour earnings and attendance of your favorite rock and metal artists around the globe. Billboard provides the industry with a weekly summary of these numbers and now they published an annual summary of all of them and came up with the list of their highest […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 8, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Wzi_A2cyWu8[/youtube] There were rumors swirling over the weekend that Eagles of Death Metal would return to Paris, playing with U2. U2 themselves denied that, and Patti Smith instead was the band’s special guest on their Sunday (6) show. However, Hughes was seen in Paris yesterday, and indeed, the band’s special guests on the final night […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 4, 2015
By now, you’ve probably had a chance to witness Eagles of Death Metal’s moving interview with Vice, where they relived the attack at the Bataclan in Paris as they were playing. 89 people were killed by terrorists in the attack, and as heart-wrenching as the interview is, it ends with a note of hope, saying the […]
