As mentioned in last week’s music industry analysis, metal fans tend to buy discographies. This week, the Billboard charts revealed how much this phenomenon affects physical media sales.
8 CommentsMusic Industry Considers a New Direction
American music as an industry peaked in 1995, when thanks to the new hip-hop boom, CDs fully taking off, and a record number of Generation X consumers buying music, record sales went through the roof. However, right after that point, something went wrong.
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Tankard’s Early Nineties Albums Reissued
Noise Records is reissuing Tankard’s early nineties output on CD and LP.
3 CommentsTags: beer metal, compact disc, German Speed Metal, germany, news, noise records, reissues, Speed Metal, tankard, vinyl
Kaeck – Stormkult LP Pre-Orders Open
The long awaited vinyl remaster of Kaeck’s Stormkult, The Best Metal Album of 2015, is finally being pressed courtesy of Greek label Heathen Tribes.
4 CommentsTags: Black Metal, Heathen Tribes, kaeck, news, remaster, vinyl
Upcoming Autopsy / Bloodbath Split
Autopsy have an upcoming 7″ split with Swedish death ‘n’ roll band Bloodbath coming out on Peaceville Records this December.
3 CommentsTags: autopsy, Bloodbath, cash grab, death 'n' roll, death metal, news, peaceville, peaceville records, split, upcoming release, vinyl
Revenant – Prophecies of a Dying World Vinyl Reissue
Revenant‘s long out of print Prophecies of a Dying World album is being reissued for the first time since its original release back in 1991.
27 CommentsTags: cash grab, Cosmic Key Creations, death metal, hipster bullshit, news, reissue, Revenant, vinyl
Morbid Angel – Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Vinyl Reissue
Earache Records is reissuing the last decent Morbid Angel record, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, on vinyl LP for self-professed analog maniacs.
12 CommentsTags: cash grab, death metal, earache records, morbid angel, news, reissue, vinyl
Pestilence – Testimony of the Ancients Vinyl Reissue
Hammerheart Records is reissuing Pestilence‘s third album, Testimony of the Ancients, on LP in multiple colors.
5 CommentsTags: death 'n' roll, hammerheart, hammerheart records, news, pestilence, reissue, remaster, vinyl
Blood Demos Reissued On Vinyl
Nuclear War Now! Productions has reissued Blood‘s 1980s demos on LP.
9 CommentsTags: blood, germany, Grindcore, news, nuclear war now! productions, nwn, reissues, vinyl
Nile – In the Beginning Vinyl Re-press
Hammerheart Records is repressing Nile’s In the Beginning demo collection on vinyl LP for every OCD collector who needs to own every single mediocre death metal band’s demo on vinyl.
11 CommentsTags: anthology, cash grab, death metal, demos, hammerheart, hammerheart records, news, nile, reissue, repress, vinyl