Virginia-based progressive rock outfit Shumaun have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere the video for their latest single, "Opposing Mirrors." The track is the title track from their upcoming album, set to arrive on June 28th. The single features a lineup of...
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Video Premiere: Shumaun – “Opposing Mirrors”
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Xasthur release new single “Selling Yourself to Die”
Xasthur has released "Selling Yourself to Die," the final single from their upcoming album Disharmonic Variations, set for release on July 5th. Scott Conner comments: "Giving too much of yourself, or whatever you have, and receiving very little in return. It means not...
Ill Niño return with new EPs & extensive Summer tour
Ill Niño are back with two new EPs, Ill-Mortals - Vol. 1 and Ill-Mortals - Vol. 2, releasing on June 29 and July 26. The group will embark on a global tour, traveling across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Australia and performing at Inkcarceration, Louder Than...
Metal Insider Contributor Chris Colgan’s Top 10 of 2014
If you've ever spent days agonizing over a project, checking and rechecking to make sure that it's right, finding something at the last minute that changed everything, and then finally deciding that you were just done and had to cut it off, then you understand what it...
New & Noteworthy, December 9th – You Can’t Get Enough
This is the second to last week of new music in 2014. Top 10 lists are being finalized as we speak. Gift cards for music are being purchased in droves. And through it all, we have ONE - count it again, ONE - new release in the heavy music realm this week. Long past...
New & Noteworthy, December 2nd – Skies on Fire
The end of the year is upon us, and Top 10 lists are already starting to appear on most of the major metal news sites. Be sure to remember the last few albums to be released in 2014, including the ones listed here, as you prepare your own list. It was a great year for...