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Metal Insider’s Tom Mis’ Top 10 Albums of 2023

Metal Insider’s Tom Mis’ Top 10 Albums of 2023

by Tom Mis | Dec 18, 2023 | Curated Picks, Top 10, we may earn commission from some curated picks links

10) Terminal Sleep, Chapter 2: Elicit Fear (Independent) Four songs, hits only. Terminal Sleep delivers some of the best metal/hardcore crossover in years. Chunky guitars and hyper-aggressive vocals dominate this 15-minute EP. Not a simple rehash of the metal and...
Top 10 Breakthrough Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 1993

Top 10 Breakthrough Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 1993

by Elise Yablon | Nov 10, 2023 | Lists, Top 10

  It’s hard to believe that 1993 was 30 years ago. With grunge becoming a mainstay on MTV and Top 40 radio over the previous couple of years, the mainstream was starting to favor a harder edge to their music. The year saw highly praised debuts from Tool, Cynic...
Metal Rewinder: Top Ten metal albums from February 2003

Metal Rewinder: Top Ten metal albums from February 2003

by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 1, 2023 | Lists, Top 10

  From Omnium Gatherum’s debut, Spirits and August Light, to the transcending record of Souvenirs from The Gathering, February 2003 was an alluring month for metal. We collected ten strong records that recently celebrated their twentieth-anniversary last...
Metal Insider’s Mark Smitty Neal’s top picks of 2021

Metal Insider’s Mark Smitty Neal’s top picks of 2021

by Mark Smitty Neal | Dec 30, 2021 | Lists, Top 10

  Here are my picks for 2021.   Top Ten Albums of the Year:   10) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) Key Track: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium”           09) The Bronx, VI (Cooking Vinyl) Key Track:...
Metal Insider’s Kyle Finlan’s Top 10 albums of 2021

Metal Insider’s Kyle Finlan’s Top 10 albums of 2021

by Kyle Finlan | Dec 30, 2021 | Top 10

  2021 has been quite a dynamic year, with many ups and downs. One of the highlights have been the absolute deluge of new music that has been released in the past 12 months! Perhaps this onslaught of new things to fill our earholes with is being driven by the...
Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman’s Top 10 Albums of 2021

Metal Insider’s Bram Teitelman’s Top 10 Albums of 2021

by Bram Teitelman | Dec 23, 2021 | Top 10

  10) Deafheaven, Infinite Granite (Sargent House) Deafheaven has been divisive for years. Just the mere mention of them sends trve kvlt metalheads into conniptions, but they’ve always been interesting, and it’s been cool watching them move more towards...
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Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA

Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...

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Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 48 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything,...

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Interview: Omnium Gatherum’s Jukka Pelkonen on celebrating tenth album ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ & full breakdown
Interview: Omnium Gatherum’s Jukka Pelkonen on celebrating tenth album ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ & full breakdown

2026 will mark Omnium Gatherum's thirtieth year as they close 2025 with their tenth studio album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, out November 7, 2025, via Century Media Records. These Finnish melodic death metal giants have reached a milestone that not many...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases Stays Together – 9/26/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases Stays Together – 9/26/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of September will feature the likes of Geese, The Starting Line, Dying Wish, Rainbow Kitten Surprise and...

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New & Noteworthy: AMEN Releases – 9/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: AMEN Releases – 9/19/2025

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 the likes of Motion City Soundtrack, 38 Special, Bad Cop Bad Cop, I Prevail, Igorrr and Stoned Jesus among the many...

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New & Noteworthy: The Blue Releases – 9/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: The Blue Releases – 9/12/2025

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 the likes of Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, Between The Buried And Me, Chameleons, Der Weg Einer Freiheit,...

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