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Metal Insider’s top 5: ‘Star Wars’ metal crossovers

by Metal Insider | Dec 28, 2016 | Top 5

The world, nay, the galaxy, is mourning the loss of Carrie Fisher. As Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, she was many a female’s role model and many a man’s first crush. And apart from those films, she went on to star in others and become a...

Top 5: Hugh Myrone’s 5 influential (underrated) guitarists

by Bram Teitelman | Nov 23, 2016 | Top 5

While you might not know the name Hugh Myrone yet, he’s been making his way around the Los Angeles underground as part of Snaked, a DJ/guitar duo, and you’ll be hearing his music in Drift Stage, a racing game coming to PC/Mac and PS4. The...

Metal Insider’s Top 5: Metallica ‘Hardwired…’ videos

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 18, 2016 | Metallica Insider, News, Top 5

It has been quite a journey leading into what many refer to today, November 18th as Metallica Day. The long eight-year wait is now over and the tenth studio album Hardwired…To Self-Destruct has officially arrived. Many had managed to attend their local record...

Top 5: Klayton of Circle of Dust’s favorite industrial albums

by Bram Teitelman | Nov 8, 2016 | Columns, Top 5

On December 9th, the first Circle of Dust album in nearly 20 years, Machines of Our Disgrace, will be released. Artist/producer Klayton, who may be best-known for his work in post-Circle of Dust project Celldweller, will release CoD’s first album since...

Metal Insider’s top 5: Superhero metal songs

by Alix Vallecillo | Oct 5, 2016 | Comics, Top 5

Today is the kickoff of New York’s Comic Con. While the San Diego incarnation of the convention is the largest, New York is gaining on it. While comic cons are about as old as heavy metal (San Diego’s started in 1970), they’ve grown from their...

Metallica, Faith No More among top 5 videos of the week

by Zenae Zukowski | Sep 30, 2016 | Top 5

Another week has flown by, and there have been quite a few added music videos, where this week seems harder than last to select a top five. It has been a crazy week in music, as we are gearing closer to the release of Metallica’s tenth studio album Hardwired… to...

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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....

ODC mark the release of debut album ‘Twisted Love’ with track-by-track feature

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Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil to release memoir ‘A Screaming Life’ in May 2026

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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...

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