New & Noteworthy, May 7: Electricity

by | May 7, 2013 | New Music

The month of May always brings with it a certain sense of heightened anticipation. It’s the deep breath before the spiraling descent into the madness of the summer months. The festival lineups are set, the release calendar is filled with exciting potential...

New & Noteworthy, November 27th: Settle For Nothing

by | Nov 27, 2012 | New Music

Let us go back, my friends, to the days of the early ’90s, when music was an easily traded commodity, but finding the next big band in metal required the most dedicated searching and motivation. In those days, a quartet from Los Angeles made the decision to fuse...

New & Noteworthy, April 5th – Artifacts of Chaos

by | Apr 5, 2011 | Releases

The upheaval of the music industry continues unabated as we move into April. Each passing week of reading Metal by Numbers only serves to either depress or enrage me. My biggest reason for being upset, though, comes from the consistent non-charting sales numbers from...