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Last week was a huge week for heavy metal, topped by the release of Black Sabbath's first new album in 35 years to feature...
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Dave Mustaine and Cory Brennan of 5B Artist Management are duking it out in court.
CD sales didn't do so hot, though.
Is this the future of the music business or the end of authenticity?
Last week was a huge week for heavy metal, topped by the release of Black Sabbath's first new album in 35 years to feature...
If you read our review of Super Collider or listened to this week's Livecast, you know that we are not such big fans of...
While rumors were aghast for the last few weeks, Apple just officially announced it's long-awaited streaming radio service, "iTunes Radio" just now at their...
As you're reading this, Frank is en-route to Detroit for the second annual Orion festival, kicking off tomorrow. We'll have video coverage starting next...
According to the Department of Labor, there are 45% fewer working musicians now than there were ten years ago. I think I need to...
Google Play has been Google's music store for about two years now, to compete with the likes of Amazon.com and iTunes, now Google is...
If you're interested in the potential demise of Facebook marketing for bands and why you may be seeing much less in your news feed...
Protest The Hero isn't the only band getting in on the crowd funding action. Misery Signals just announced they raised $50k for a comeback...
For all the crap I give Metallica about licensing their name and image for shitty things like ties, jigsaw puzzles and Monopoly games, I...
File sharing and "illegal downloading" are very touchy subjects. Some musicians are not really into it (see: Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato, Yngwie Malmsteen)...
For the first time since 1999, an increase in revenue was seen from the sales of recorded music (as picture above). Could things be...
Oh hey, remember when we told you about the Copyright Alert System a few months ago and that it's coming. Yea, well..it's here!
Motorhead is going all in when it comes to licensing their name to alcoholic beverages. They already have Motorhead beer, Motorhead vodka, fancy Motorhead...
A few weeks ago, Machine Head's Robb Flynn went off on a rant stating that he would never buy physical product again. This got...
Earache is proving they're all about modern times. They recently launched a $160 USB stick that had their entire discography on it and now...
When was the last time you bought a physical CD? I honestly can't even remember my last CD purchase. Physical media in general is...
Protest The Hero are known as a progressive band. With their record label contract up, and the band decided to take a progressive step...
The Black Dahlia Murder do not hide their love of weed. Fuck, we based a whole interview with them on this very subject. The...
Metallica are a money making machine! In the last few months, we've learned how much both James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are currently worth,...
I personally really enjoy when a band takes the time to rant about the music industry. We all have our complaints but these are...
In an announcement that should come as a shock to absolutely nobody, Megadeth have announced they have parted ways with Roadrunner Records and they...
In 2000, Lars Ulrich and Metallica, issued a lawsuit against the (illegal) file-sharing software, Napster and it's founder Sean Parker. Twelve years later, the...
There it is! The logo for Metallica's new record label. I was really banking on them going with Damage Inc. for the label name...
