Swedish viking metal veterans Månegarm have returned with Edsvuren, released on August 29th via Napalm Records. Marking a powerful new chapter in their 30-year career and continuing their legacy, the record blends Norse mythology, folk traditions, and blackened...
Tides From Nebula guitarist Adam Waleszyński’s Top 5: (Semi) Instrumental Albums
Poland’s Tides From Nebula give instrumental rock a good name. Just check out their album Eternal Movement (out now via Long Branch Records) below if you don’t believe us. So we decided to ask guitarist Adam Waleszyński what five instrumental albums influenced him the...Battlecross guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala’a Top 5: Bands from Detroit
Detroit has given birth to a wealth of metal bands. One of our recent favorites to rise out of the Motor City is Battlecross. Having released their new album War Of Will this past summer, as well as play this year’s Mayhem Fest and Metallica’s Orion Music + More, the...Noctum’s Top 5: Swedish And Most Evil Bands
Noctum is a prime example of just how evil the citizens of Sweden can be. Their new album Final Sacrifice (out October 29 via Metal Blade) has many under their spell, with Decibel Magazine even hailing them as the new wave of Satanic rock. So we asked...Seeker Vocalist Bryce Lucien’s Top 5: Differences Between Being Signed and Unsigned
Earlier this year, Metal Insider featured Dallas’ Seeker in our Unsigned & Streamed column. Then just a few months later, the metal quartet signed to Victory Records. With the band’s new album Unloved coming out on October 29, we asked singer Bryce Lucien to share...Rivers Of Nihil guitarist Jon Kunz’s Top 5: Black Metal Releases
Rivers Of Nihil is arguably one of Metal Blade’s finest recent death metal signings. While the Reading, PA five piece’s first full-length offering The Conscious Seed Of Light (out on October 15) captures the brutality of classic death metal, it also blends in the...Follow Us
Månegarm’s Erik Grawslö shares his Top 5 viking metal bands
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Ambush’s Osker Jakobsson share his Top 5 NWOTHM bands
Swedish heavy metal outfit Ambush have released their long-awaited fourth album, Evil In All Dimensions, today (5) via Napalm Records. Packed with unrelenting energy, the record gives a resurgence to traditional heavy metal. To celebrate the release, Ambush’s Osker...
Nine Inch Nails drop new video; faces unexpected Santa moment on tour
Nine Inch Nails have released a Maxime Quoilin-directed video for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” the lead single from their Tron: Ares soundtrack, out September 19 via Interscope. The track marks the band’s first official new music in five years. The band is...
New & Noteworthy: Release Ballads – 4/12/2024
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 debut of Jakobs Castle, the return of classic rockers Blue Öyster Cult, Mark Knopfler and James, as well as new...
New & Noteworthy: God Damned You To Releases – 4/5/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Albums hitting shelves this week include the return of The Libertines, the final album from Cock Sparrer and the debut solo LP from...
New & Noteworthy: Thoughts & Releases – 3/29/2024
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 final album from Sum 41, the debut of Glyph and a tour EP featuring Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Primus,...