The brilliant Slagmaur has unleashed a magnificent new video for their latest single, “Huldergeist” — the third song on the upcoming masterpiece, Hulders Ritual. Fans have impatiently awaited the follow-up to Thill Smitts Terror (2017) for years, and, fortunately, it...
Neil Fallon joins Mastodon for ‘Blood and Thunder’ in Australia
[youtube]http://youtu.be/DNUhPEuqD6g[/youtube] We mentioned last week that pretty much everything Clutch’s Neil Fallon appears on is enhanced by it. The biggest song he’s guested on outside of Clutch is Mastodon’s “Blood and Thunder.”...Hark, this Neil Fallon-assisted track is great
It’s a rule of thumb that if Clutch’s Neil Fallon drops by for a guest appearance on a track, it’s going to rule. He stole the show on Mastodon’s “Blood and Thunder,” and has appeared on tracks from stoner band Dozer and Soulfly,...letlive. involving fans in their next release
It was just last year that letlive. released their proper debut for Epitaph Records, The Blackest Beautiful. And when the companion piece to that album, “Renditions,” comes out, it will feature the bands fans first and foremost. The album itself will...
Here’s the song of the year ruined by Slipknot’s DJ
We like metal and hard rock here at Metal Insider, so we’re not going to claim to be experts on electronica (or EDM, as it’s called now). So maybe this is genius, but DJ Starscream, who’s better known as Slipknot’s DJ Sid Wilson, has decided to...
Former The Mars Volta, Chili Peppers join a (Kimono) Kult
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from The Mars Volta mastermind Omar Rodriguez Lopez, pretty much since The Mars Volta disbanded in 2012. It’s been even longer since we’ve heard from former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciate, who...Follow Us
Slagmaur Unleashes a Sublime New Video & Finally Announces a Release Date for ‘Hulders Ritual’
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Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”
Mayhem have unveiled a visualizer for their new single, "Despair." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Liturgy of Death, scheduled to arrive on February 6, 2026. Nearly four decades into their career, Mayhem frame death not as an ending but as an inevitable...
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album...
New & Noteworthy: Through Armageddon Madness Releases – 6/27-7/11/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last few weeks (July 11 - June 27) have seen new music from the likes of Fishbone, Dropkick Murphys, Jonathan Richman, Born Of Osirus and Impureza,...
New & Noteworthy: Never Enough Insatiable Releases – 6/20/2025 – 06/06/2025
June 20, 2025 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 music includes albums from the likes of Badflower, Cryptopsy, Alestorm, Malevolence and Yungblud, among...
New & Noteworthy: Songs of Last Releases – 5/30/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final New Music Friday of May will see new music from the likes of Garbage, The Haunted, Rivers Of Nihil and Wolves At The Gate, as...