Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, you’ll know that last week marked the release of the biggest metal album of the year, Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter. The hugely anticipated fifth major release from the Iowan nine piece had been over six years in the making, and it’s…
Yet more success in 2014 when it comes to the UK album charts for rock and metal (and punk rock in this case) artists and this week it’s a double dose to continue on from other successes, most recently Mastodon hitting the top ten. When it comes to metal bands, and especially British metal bands…
Achievements like this are usually reserved for pop royalty – your Beyonce’s, your Lady Gaga’s, or for indie rock such as Coldplay or Snow Patrol that most readers of this website wouldn’t touch with a barge pole. Fortunately, we are very happy to report that a certain band from Franklin, Tennessee has scored a smash…