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Crafting Your Own Instrument from Scratch

Crafting Your Own Instrument from Scratch

by Metal Insider | Jan 2, 2026 | News Around the World

Crafting Your Own Instrument from Scratch Building your own instrument is a dream many musicians quietly nurture. Beyond simply playing music, crafting an instrument from scratch offers an unparalleled level of connection with your sound.  Every curve, every...
What’s the Best DAW for Metal Production in 2025? The Brutal Truth.

What’s the Best DAW for Metal Production in 2025? The Brutal Truth.

by Metal Insider | Oct 29, 2025 | News Around the World

This age-old question that has launched a thousand forum wars, shattered countless friendships, and sent otherwise sane guitarists into a spiral of “what-if” trial-download paralysis when they’re wondering about the best DAW for metal producers: What is...
Crafting Your Own Instrument from Scratch

The Evolution of Guitar Design: From Classic to Contemporary

by Metal Insider | Oct 29, 2025 | News Around the World

Since their beginning, electric guitars have experienced incredible changes as they have evolved in terms of appearance, functionality and acoustical features. From the first solid-body instruments, up to the latest models available in the market, every generation is...
Forging Your Own Sound: Building a Custom Axe for Metal Music

Forging Your Own Sound: Building a Custom Axe for Metal Music

by Metal Insider | Oct 22, 2025 | News Around the World

There’s something thrilling about creating your own weapon of sound. For metal musicians, building a custom guitar, your very own “axe,” is a chance to craft an instrument that reflects your style, power, and identity. It’s not just about playing music; it’s about...
How to Start Playing Metal Music: A Beginner’s Guide

How to Start Playing Metal Music: A Beginner’s Guide

by Metal Insider | Sep 26, 2025 | News Around the World

How to Start Playing Metal Music: A Beginner’s Guide Metal music is powerful, energetic, and full of emotion, making it one of the most exciting genres to dive into as a musician. Whether you’re drawn to blistering guitar riffs, pounding drums, or guttural vocals,...
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Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release

Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...

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Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’

Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...

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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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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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