Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...
Amplified: Gus MacArthur talks about first instruments, early inspirations
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. California oddballs Gus McArthur recently released their debut EP, Chapter I: Hysterics From The Book of Gus, a truly fascinating...
Weekend at Bronys: I was a musical guest at Bronycon
I had a weird weekend. If you’re me, the trick is to always have a weird weekend – but this one was beyond the pale in every sense of the phrase. A couple months back, I got a phone call from my old friend and musical collaborator George. We were in...
Amplified Scene Report: Olathia talk haunted venues, beer, Cleveland community
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. A band that’s been on our radar for a little while now is Cleveland shredders Olathia. They’re a modern take on...
Amplified: One Hundred Thousand talk being in the studio with Sevendust, new record
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. New Jersey’s One Hundred Thousand just released their new record, The Forms In Which They Appear, which is an absolute...Follow Us
Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025
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Bury Tomorrow release “What If I Burn” video; new album arriving in May 2025
Bury Tomorrow have announced their new album, Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience, is set to release on May 16. The forthcoming record marks a new chapter for the band with guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast, who joined during a...
Opeth share visualizer for “§4” featuring Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Swedish progressive metal legends Opeth are celebrating the arrival of their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, out today (22nd) via Moderbolaget // Reigning Phoenix Music. To mark the release, the band has shared a visualizer for the track "§4,"...
New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...
New & Noteworthy: Infinity Releases 5/3/2024
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 will see the returns of P.O.D., Better Than Ezra and Dååth, the debut of Return To Dust and new works from the...
New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024
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 heavy new works from Accept, Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Deicide, Full Of Hell, Alien Ant Farm and Black Tusk, the debut...