White Collar Criminals 0 Physical Album Sales Drop Below 1 Million Per Week for the First Time Ever Due to the Coronavirus March 30th, 2020 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein The industry is hurting from the closure of physical record stores and the overall economic collapse.
Metal Merch 0 Bathory Album Among Most Expensive Vinyl Sold in July 2019 September 10th, 2019 at 11:56am Vince Neilstein An original pressing of Bathory’s self-titled album netted some serious coin.
White Collar Criminals 0 Vinyl Could Outsell CDs in 2019 September 10th, 2019 at 8:50am Vince Neilstein It will mark the first time that’s happened since 1986.
White Collar Criminals 0 Digital Streaming Services Reigned King in the Music Industry in 2018 March 4th, 2019 at 12:47pm Karen Espronslayer Meanwhile physical sales were down, and so were permanent digital downloads.
The Webernets 0 Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Goes On Old-Man-Rant About Vinyl (But He’s Kinda Right) October 17th, 2018 at 10:22am Vince Neilstein Shocker, Lars still prefers vinyl to digital!
White Collar Criminals 0 CD Sales Down 41%, Overall Music Revenue Up 9.5% in First Half of 2018 September 21st, 2018 at 4:21pm Vince Neilstein Digital downloads are down and streaming is up.
White Collar Criminals 0 Physical Sales Outpaced Digital Downloads in 2017 March 27th, 2018 at 9:57am Vince Neilstein Also: streaming revenue now accounts for nearly 2/3rds of all income derived from recorded music.
The Vinyl Verdict 0 The Vinyl Verdict: Alcest, Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde Ten Year Anniversary Edition October 20th, 2017 at 10:11am Chain Wallace A quality vinyl reissue of a classic blackgaze album.
Events 0 Tomorrow, MetalSucks & Metal Injection Present: METAL ON VINYL At SONOS Store NYC With MUTOID MAN’s Stephen Brodsky & Renowned Mastering Engineer Alan Douches August 1st, 2017 at 11:25am MetalSucks A discussion panel on the resurgence of vinyl in the metal community. Free food and drinks!
Events 0 MetalSucks & Metal Injection Present: METAL ON VINYL At SONOS Store NYC With MUTOID MAN’s Stephen Brodsky & Renowned Mastering Engineer Alan Douches July 26th, 2017 at 12:18pm MetalSucks A fun summer event in NYC with free booze and food. RSVP now!
Crushing Crowdfunding 0 Help Fund a New Vinyl Pressing Plant! July 12th, 2017 at 11:29am Vince Neilstein Bands often need to wait 8-10 months to press their album. You can help solve that problem.
White Collar Criminals 0 Streaming Revenue in 2016 Topped Downloads, CDs and Vinyl Sales Combined March 31st, 2017 at 9:44am Vince Neilstein Also: has the vinyl resurgence peaked?
Music Dorkery 0 Study Finds Middle-Aged Introverts Driving the Vinyl Resurgence, Water Wet, Sky Blue August 11th, 2016 at 11:30am Emperor Rhombus I’m so surprised I almost dropped this Revolting album I dropped $20 on!
The Vinyl Verdict 0 The Vinyl Verdict: Nails, You Will Never Be One of Us Standard Edition July 13th, 2016 at 5:00pm Chain Wallace This time we’re looking at the standard release for Nails’ aggressive new album You Will Never Be One of Us.
The Vinyl Verdict 0 The Vinyl Verdict: Sumac, What One Becomes June 27th, 2016 at 12:30pm Chain Wallace A new column that focuses on the presentation, the packaging, the sound and the overall quality of metal vinyl releases.
Editorials 0 Why I’ve Stopped Buying Vinyl May 18th, 2015 at 3:30pm Vince Neilstein Vince is over it.
Editorials 0 The State of the Music Industry, October 2014 October 20th, 2014 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein A doom-and-gloom prophesying Billboard article made the rounds last week. Seems like a good time to take stock of what’s going on in the music industry at large, including declining record sales, declining digital sales, and the rise of vinyl.
Metal Merch 0 Here’s a Full List of Metal-Related Releases for Record Store Day 2014 March 21st, 2014 at 11:00am Vince Neilstein Record Store Day might seem on the surface to be […]
White Collar Criminals 0 Vinyl Sales Are Up 745% Since 2008 September 19th, 2013 at 11:00am Vince Neilstein But CD sales are down.
Editorials 990 THE DEATH OF THE ALBUM INTRO TRACK October 4th, 2011 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein I can’t be the only one who feels like album […]
