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Balancing Acts: Aoidos’ Freitanás juggles sound engineering and blackened death metal

Balancing Acts: Aoidos’ Freitanás juggles sound engineering and blackened death metal

by Zenae Zukowski | May 9, 2025 | Guest Blog

Balancing Acts is Metal Insider’s new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. João Freitas, known as Freitanás, vocalist and guitarist of Portuguese blackened...
Balancing Acts: How guitarist Kyle Mazlik’s day job fuels Sunmancer’s growth

Balancing Acts: How guitarist Kyle Mazlik’s day job fuels Sunmancer’s growth

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 25, 2025 | Guest Blog

Balancing Acts is Metal Insider’s new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Guitarist Kyle Mazlik of Atlanta metalcore outfit Sunmancer, who recently...
Balancing Acts: Hi/Jack’s Ron on juggling music, podcasting, and career

Balancing Acts: Hi/Jack’s Ron on juggling music, podcasting, and career

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 26, 2024 | Guest Blog

Balancing Acts is Metal Insider’s new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Ron of Milwaukee, WI rockers Hi/Jack, who released their new album,...
Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square

Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 12, 2024 | Guest Blog, New Music, Releases, Touring

Balancing Acts is Metal Insider’s new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Seven Kingdoms guitarist Camden Cruz discusses the group’s...
Balancing Acts: Letallis’ Jake Calonius on navigating the grind between day jobs and rock dreams

Balancing Acts: Letallis’ Jake Calonius on navigating the grind between day jobs and rock dreams

by Zenae Zukowski | Aug 16, 2024 | Guest Blog

Balancing Acts is Metal Insider’s new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Guitarist/vocalist Jake Calonius of New Jersey’s Letallis has...
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Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister honored in England; lost 1976 album The Manticore Tapes out in June
Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister honored in England; lost 1976 album The Manticore Tapes out in June

On Friday, 9th, Motörhead fans gathered in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, for the Lemmy Forever ceremony, honoring the late legend, Lemmy Kilmister. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell was on hand to place Lemmy’s ashes into a new statue created by local sculptor...

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Sodom release new single “Witchhunter”
Sodom release new single “Witchhunter”

German thrashers Sodom have released a video, created by former guitarist Andy Brings, for their latest single, "Witchhunter." The track is an homage to their late drummer Chris Witchunter and is the second single taken from their upcoming album, The Arsonist,...

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Deadguy return after 30 years with new album’ Near-Death Travel Services’
Deadguy return after 30 years with new album’ Near-Death Travel Services’

Metalcore veterans Deadguy have announced Near-Death Travel Services, their long-awaited sophomore album and first in three decades, arriving June 27 via Relapse Records. The band reunited after their 2021 documentary Killing Music, recorded the album, and have now...

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New & Noteworthy: Even in Releases – 5/9/2025

New & Noteworthy: Even in Releases – 5/9/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week includes new albums from the likes of Sleep Token, Behemoth, Ghost Bath, Peter Murphy and Tetrarch among the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: Children of releases 5/2/2025

New & Noteworthy: Children of releases 5/2/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first week of May sees new works from the likes of Propagandhi, PUP, Nightfall and Puddle Of Mudd among the many outstanding works...

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New & Noteworthy: April’s flood of new music with UNATØNED, Necro, Aspiral (4/25/2025 – 4/11/2025)

New & Noteworthy: April’s flood of new music with UNATØNED, Necro, Aspiral (4/25/2025 – 4/11/2025)

April 25, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of April will see the return of Billy Idol, new works from Ghost, Machine Head and Wednesday...

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