Swedish metal giants Avatar have unleashed their new album, Don’t Go in the Forest, on Friday (31st). Known for their elaborate theatrics and always-evolving creativity, the band pushed their craft to the next level with this latest release. The record gets a bit...
Dissident Aggression: None Will Mourn Skinfather
There was a time when you could easily identify a death metal band based on their geographic locale. Swedish death metal bands sounded utterly Swedish in the buzzsaw way. New York bands had their sound, Floridian bands theirs, Brazilian bands theirs, and so on and...Dissident Aggression: Through The Dead Looking Glass With Epistasis
It’s getting harder and harder for musical acts to really form their own sound, especially in the world of extreme music where seemingly every avenue of musical expression has been explored over and over again. So when an act comes along with a truly unique...Dissident Aggression – Return Of The Pilgrim
It’s been a bleak and weary winter in New England this year. The arctic cold has come blasting from the North like a Panzer attack, set up shop, and refused to release its icy death grip. The snow has come like waves at the beach, lapping up everything in site...Dissident Aggression: Finding Hell’s Martyrs in Dread Sovereign
“…If we can’t live in peace then let us die in peace…”, comes the voice of cult leader Jim Jones from the now infamous final audio of Jones addressing his tribe before committing mass suicide (and in some cases murder). This sample is...Dissident Aggression: Trying On Some New Socks
We should all know by now where metal gets it’s lineage from. The well-documented tales of the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Blue Cheer, Rainbow and a host of others are aplenty. But the tales of those who carry the proto-metal, psych rock torch are...Follow Us
Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström talks ‘Don’t Go in the Forest,’ today’s true crime obsession, and opening for Metallica in 2026
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Defecto breakdown new album ‘Echoes of Isolation’ with track-by-track guide
Danish metallers Defecto are celebrating the release of their new album, Echoes of Isolation, out now via Frontiers Music Srl. Today (31st), the group teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide. Echoes of Isolation - Concept: This album explores the...
Aephanemer unveil track-by-track breakdown of new album ‘Utopie’
French melodic death metal outfit Aephanemer are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, Utopie, out today, October 31, 2025, via Napalm Records. To continue with the celebration, the group has teamed up with Metal Insider for a track-by-track guide....
New & Noteworthy: Post Releases – 12/20/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As we near the end of the year, this next-to-last week of 2024 sees new releases from the likes of Subway to Sally, Epitaph and Pandemic...
New & Noteworthy: Fasomas releases – 12/13/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s releases include works from the likes of Mörk Gryning, Fatal Embrace, Dark Embrace and Orbiter among the...
New & Noteworthy: Renovate Releases 12/6/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Entering the final month of 2024, this New Music Friday features new music from the likes of White Denim, Until I Wake and The Old Dead...