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Today in Satan: Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo

Today in Satan: Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo

by Nick DeSimone | Dec 20, 2016 | Satan

Only in Maine, we guess. A Pagan priest in Augusta made national news when he appealed to the secretary of state for his right to wear goat horns in a state ID photo as a “religious headdress.” Phelan Moonsong is ordained as a Pagan religious figure, and...
Groan: internet predictably flips out over Kanye West in a Testament shirt, Alex Skolnick reacts

Groan: internet predictably flips out over Kanye West in a Testament shirt, Alex Skolnick reacts

by Nick DeSimone | Dec 20, 2016 | We Care A Lot

We know, we know. But it’s also rare that an artist weighs in so heavily as well. Professional shit-disturber Kanye West was photographed wearing a vintage Testament t-shirt this week, following in his new family’s awful footsteps of probably having never...
Orange Goblin frontman sets up crowdfunding campaign to help ex-Team Rock employees

Orange Goblin frontman sets up crowdfunding campaign to help ex-Team Rock employees

by Nick DeSimone | Dec 20, 2016 | For A Good Cause

Yesterday, we learned that Metal Hammer publisher Team Rock is liquidating its assets as the company prepares to close. That’s bad news for metal in print media to be sure, but even worse is that 73 people with homes and families are out in the cold a week...
Orange Goblin frontman sets up crowdfunding campaign to help ex-Team Rock employees

Metal Hammer parent company closing its doors, 2016 continues to be terrible

by Nick DeSimone | Dec 19, 2016 | Calling It Quits

British publishing company Team Rock “went into administration” officially this week, following layoffs of nearly its entire staff. This is essentially the UK equivalent of bankruptcy; the company is currently retaining a small handful of administrators to...
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster vocalist offers update on condition

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster vocalist offers update on condition

by Nick DeSimone | Dec 19, 2016 | Updates

Last we heard from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster/ex-Underoath vocalist Dallas Taylor, he’d survived a serious ATV accident in Florida – the kind where “doing better” was still something you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. After a...
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Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance debuts solo single “Dark Horse”
Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance debuts solo single “Dark Horse”

Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Zacky Vengeance has dropped new music under his real name, Zachary Baker, with his first solo single, "Dark Horse." A full-length album is expected soon. The track marks a stylistic shift, trading Baker's metal roots for a more...

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The Reticent drop “The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic)” video
The Reticent drop “The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic)” video

Progressive metal outfit led by Chris Hathcock, The Reticent, have dropped a video for their latest single, “The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic).” The track is taken from from the band’s latest album Please, out now via Generation Prog Records. “The Bed of...

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Ponte Del Diavolo drop new single “Il veleno della Natura”
Ponte Del Diavolo drop new single “Il veleno della Natura”

Italian blackened post-punk group Ponte Del Diavolo have dropped their new song, “Il veleno della Natura.” The track is the second single taken from their forthcoming album, De Venom Natura, which is scheduled to arrive on February 13, 2026, via Season of Mist. Watch...

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New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025

New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of November sees releases from the likes of Excide, Blut Aus Nord, Plosivs and Equilibrium amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the release of Aerosmith and Yungblud’s collaborative EP and a holiday album from Stryper, as well as new works from...

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New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many...

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