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10 of the MOST INSANE BANGERS of 2025 BY DJ ALEX KAYNE 

10 of the MOST INSANE BANGERS of 2025 BY DJ ALEX KAYNE 

by Alex Kayne | Dec 30, 2025 | Lists, Top 10

As the year comes to an end there was so much to pick from I could have done a 25 list in Black, Death, Thrash, and Traditional Metal seperately. Records are still being released this month that I’ve yet to sit down with. Who knew my town Brooklyn was gonna...
Album Review and Interview: Castrator – ‘Coronation of the Grotesque’

Album Review and Interview: Castrator – ‘Coronation of the Grotesque’

by Alex Kayne | Sep 15, 2025 | Interviews, Reviews

CASTRATOR IS ON THE ATTACK   ALBUM REVIEW and INTERVIEW BY DJ ALEX KAYNE  Death Metal Killers CASTRATOR are back, and more deadly than ever with their 2nd opus “Coronation of the Grotesque” (Dark Descent Records) Make no mistake – Castrator is...
Album Review/Interview: Embrium – ‘Timekeeper’

Album Review/Interview: Embrium – ‘Timekeeper’

by Alex Kayne | Apr 8, 2025 | Interviews, Reviews

EMBRIUM: TIMEKEEPER ALBUM REVIEW BY DJ ALEX KAYNE Regardless of what Metal genres are your mainstays, if you have an open mind, then one cannot help but enjoy riding the delicious crests, dips, swells, vocals, and riffs brought up from the San Francisco Bay Area’s...
Interview: Destruction mastermind Schmier discusses new album ‘Birth of Malice’

Interview: Destruction mastermind Schmier discusses new album ‘Birth of Malice’

by Alex Kayne | Feb 24, 2025 | Interviews

Alex Kayne: Hello Metal Insiders! …Since late 1984 with the advent of the EP “Sentence of Death”, Destruction has forever been tearing us limbs from limb with some of the most prolific Thrash Metal ever recorded. Three dead serious dudes on the cover drenched in...
Interview with Lacuna Coil’s Andi Ferro discussing new album ‘Sleepless Empire’

Interview with Lacuna Coil’s Andi Ferro discussing new album ‘Sleepless Empire’

by Alex Kayne | Feb 7, 2025 | Interviews

Hails Metal Insiders!  Lacuna Coil has a brand new album coming out called Sleepless Empire, which will be released on February 14 from Century Media Records. The band has taken their signature sound up a notch, with those dark, jarring, yet familiar, and...
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Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’

I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....

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Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26
Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26

Hey, welcome to a new feature on Metal Insider, where it's all about the best of the best albums released throughout the month. Get ready to catch up with me - January was about riffs and heavy metal brakdowns! Bullet, Kosuke Hashida, and Megadeth all have that...

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Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 1/28/2026
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 1/28/2026

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last at the end of 2025, January has brought an extensive batch of fifty-three new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs from...

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New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...

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New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...

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