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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[youtube]http://youtu.be/VuNsEg7O0Tc[/youtube] Marilyn Manson is currently neck deep in his Hell Not Hallelujah Tour and was joined onstage last night by his support act Unlocking The Truth at the Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for a special...The Body and Thou tell a Terrible Lie
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Are you a fan of the prog metal band Dream Theater or the more straight-ahead metal of Avenged Sevenfold? According to Mike Portnoy, the longtime drummer of Dream Theater and the fill-in drummer for A7X’s Nightmare, neither of those were metal bands. We’re...Follow Us
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
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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...
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...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Go in the Forest – 10/31/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Halloween saw new music from the likes of Avatar, Aephanemer, Despised Icon and Primitive Man, as well as an early holiday EP from...
New & Noteworthy: You Are Safe From Releases Here – 10/24/2025
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 music from the likes of Warrant, Mammoth, Serj Tankian, The Acacia Stain, Dayseeker and Soulfly amongst the many...
New & Noteworthy: Releases We Fall – 10/17/2025
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