It’s wild how fast a decade can fly by. Some bands take ten years, or longer, to break through, while others explode in what feels like overnight. Back in 2015, everything felt different: pre-COVID, pre-AI explosion, and still on the path of the rapidly evolving...
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Children Of Bodom are hitting the road this Summer on a North American headlining tour with The Devin Townsend Project, Obscura and Septicflesh. To celebrate this tour, Metal Insider is giving YOU the chance to win the ultimate Children Of Bodom prize pack. What’s in...Win The Ultimate S.O.S. Hardcore Package!
Featuring Scott Vogel (Terror), Matt Henderson (formerly of Agnostic Front and Madball), Sam Trapkin (Trapped Under Ice), Chris Beattie (Hatebreed), and Nick Jett (Terror), S.O.S. is anything less than a hardcore supergroup. Their debut EP comes out on June 21 via...Win A Copy Of The ‘Diary of a Madman’/ ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ 30th Anniversary Remastered Albums
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In addition to being the primary songwriter for Motley Crue, bassist Nikki Sixx is also a New York Times bestselling author. His second book, This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx, landed at #4 on their...Win An Autographed Copy Of Volbeat’s Beyond Hell/Above Heaven!
So currently Danish metal band Volbeat are winning audiences over on a sold-out headlining club tour. While I’ve appreciated the band on record, which Metallica’s James Hetfield described as “some kind of Elvis metal thing,” it took me seeing...Follow Us
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Green Carnation unveil title track from upcoming album ‘A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia’
Norwegian prog-metal veterans Green Carnation have released “The Shores of Melancholia.” The single is the title track from their upcoming album A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia, scheduled to arrive on September 5, 2025, via Season of Mist. Marking the...
Scorpions share “Blackout (Coming Home Live)” video
Scorpions have released a live video for "Blackout (Coming Home Live)." The clip is taken from the icon's upcoming live album, Coming Home Live, scheduled to arrive on November 14. The album captures their massive 60th anniversary concert on July 5, 2025, at Hanover...
New & Noteworthy: The hex of new releases – 11/17/2023 – 11/24/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out over the next couple of weeks. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Madness, Plain White T’s, Bad Suns and more. This week,...
New & Noteworthy: Dark Releases – 11/3/2023 -11/10/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Last week saw new albums from the likes of The Struts, Suffocation, Bad Wolves, Spiritbox, Silent Planet, Yawning Balch, Dying...
New & Noteworthy: Forever Releases & Proud – 10/27/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week marks the return of Dokken and The Gaslight Anthem, as well as big releases from the likes of King Gizzard & the...