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Hideous Divinity’s Enrico S reveals his Top 5 ‘Alien’ movies

by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 14, 2021 | New Music, News, Releases, Top 5

Italian death metal outfit Hideous Divinity are gearing up to release their new EP, LV-426, on April 23rd via Century Media Records (pre-order here). What sets this EP apart from the rest is Aliens. By this, we mean the Alien franchise series, which...

Five things LGND’s Chad Ruhlig learned from recording new music during COVID-19 pandemic

by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 24, 2021 | Interviews, Top 5

LGND, the collaborative project led by vocalist Chad Ruhlig’s (For The Fallen Dreams), has been releasing new songs via Rise Records, which is part of a collection of different musicians and producers. The artist recently unveiled the song “Spite...

Five things Dreamshade learned from recording ‘A Pale Blue Dot’ during COVID-19 pandemic

by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 10, 2021 | Top 5

Swedish metal outfit Dreamshade have released their overall fourth full-length effort, A Pale Blue Dot earlier this month (read our review here). We caught up with the group’s Kevin Cali and asked him to share five things they learned while writing and...

Five things Witherfall learned creating ‘Curse of Autumn’ during COVID-19 pandemic

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 2, 2021 | Lists, Top 5

LA’s dark melodic metal outfit Witherfall are no strangers to facing their demons through morbid times. 2018’s A Prelude To Sorrow was an homage to their late drummer, Adam Sagan, who lost his battle with cancer shortly after the group recorded their debut...

Icon For Hire: Five things we’ve learned while creating an album during a pandemic

by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 25, 2021 | Lists, New Music, Releases, Top 5

On February 19th, Icon For Hire’s new album, Amorphous, will be released via Kartel Music Group. We caught up with singer Ariel Bloomer and guitarist Shawn Jump and asked them for five things they learned about creating an album during a pandemic. Read their...

Five new female artists/bands who made waves in metal in 2020

by Elise Yablon | Dec 30, 2020 | Lists, Top 5

If there’s one good thing to come out of the mess that was 2020, it’s that female musicians were finally being recognized for their impact on the rock music scene. Like Louder Sound predicted back in January, this would be the year that the distinction...

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Poppy unveils “the centers falling out” performance video

Poppy's new album, Negative Spaces has dropped today (15th) via Sumerian Spaces. The innovative artist has unveiled a performance video for the song "the centers falling out," in celebration of her latest effort's arrival. Poppy is set to kick off 2025 supporting...

Linkin Park announce 2025 World Tour, drop new single “Two Faced”

Linkin Park have announced a massive world tour in 2025, supporting their new album, From Zero, out tomorrow (15th) via Warner. The trek will cover North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America with special guests on select dates, including Queens of the Stone Age,...

Counterparts announce winter 2025 North American Tour

Counterparts have announced a North American Tour for February and March 2025 with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands. Tickets go on sale Friday (15th) at 10:00 AM local time. The tour announcement arrived shortly after the Canadian metal...

New & Noteworthy: Pro Releases – 5/24/2024

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 highly-anticipated works from Lenny Kravitz, Twenty One Pilots, Capstan and Rotting Christ, the return of Say...

New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...

New & Noteworthy: Infinity Releases 5/3/2024

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first week of May will see the returns of P.O.D., Better Than Ezra and Dååth, the debut of Return To Dust and new works from the...