I love bands that reappear, like a long-forgotten feeling you suddenly remember in a grocery store aisle. The Saddest Landscape obviously enjoy this sort of vibe as their new album, Alone With Heaven (out April 24 via Iodine Recordings), is their first full-length in...
Steel Panther do ALS challenge; your move, The Pope
[youtube]http://youtu.be/gwViiRUoYGo[/youtube] OK, as good of a cause as it is, we’re starting to get a little tired of the ALS ice bucket challenge. It’d be insensitive to say that the movement has jumped the shark, since it’s raised millions of...Isis (the band) mistaken for Isis (the terrorist group)
While post-metal band Isis broke up four years ago, they’ve been in the news lately. Actually, not the band, but the militant Islamic terrorist group that recently claimed responsibility for beheading American journalist James Foley. And while you might not...Because it’s National Doughnut Day, here’s a Weedeater song about doughnuts
Guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? If you guessed International Day of Slayer, you’re right. However, it’s also National Doughnut Day. That means a few things: First of all, you can get free doughnuts nationwide if you play your cards right....Alleged Teen Gunman Supposedly “Obsessed” With Rammstein
And yet again metal is getting attached to a horrific event. This past Monday (August 27), a 15 year-old opened fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Baltimore high school, shooting one classmate and critically wounding another before a teacher stopped the attack. And...The Anti-Defamatation League Thought Hatebreed Was White Power
When we first mentioned that the shooter from the Wisconsin Sikh temple massacre was in a white power hardcore band, we’d expected that metal might be thrown into the spotlight. What we didn’t expect was for CNN to enter the fray with one of the more...Follow Us
The Saddest Landscape announce new album ‘Alone With Heaven’
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Album Review: Mayhem – ‘Liturgy of Death’
For over forty years, Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem have paved the way for darkness and chaos. Throughout their own history, the group has entered new chapters and eras while continuing to unleash bleak realities through a ruthless musical awakening. Their...
Record Store Day 2026 Releases: Meshuggah, Babymetal, Megadeth, Motorhead, etc.
While we highlighted Slipknot's long-awaited, rumored collection, Look Outside Your Window, will get a Record Store Release, there are many more for 2026 to explore. Highlights include records from Megadeth, Meshuggah, Puscifer, Babymetal, Motorhead, and more. Metal...
New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off the month of December, we will see new releases from the likes of Enthroned, Upon A Burning Body, and Blood Red Throne, as...
New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of November sees releases from the likes of Excide, Blut Aus Nord, Plosivs and Equilibrium amongst the many outstanding...
New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025
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 release of Aerosmith and Yungblud’s collaborative EP and a holiday album from Stryper, as well as new works from...