Soundgarden founding guitarist Kim Thayil will release his memoir, A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Beyond, on May 19, 2026 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. The book traces Soundgarden's journey from Seattle's underground...
Primus drummer Tim Alexander suffers heart attack
Longtime Primus drummer, is undergoing open heart surgery early next week after suffering a heart attack on Friday (18). The 49 year-old also plays with Puscifer, who broke the news of his illness via a posting on their Facebook page: “Calling All Cars! Rough...Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer undergoes neck surgery
In a highly unfortunate turn of events, Florida veteran metallers Iced Earth had to cancel their 2014 summer touring plans for their Worldwide Plagues Tour due to an ever increasing problem with guitarist Jon Schaffer’s neck. The procedure was originally scheduled to...Eyes Set To Kill’s bassist hospitalized
If you were planning on seeing Eyes Set to Kill on tour with (hed)P.E., you might have to wait, as bassist Anissa Rodriguez has been hospitalized with a blood clot behind her eye. The tour kicked off on Wednesday, and the band’s missed the first two shows so far...Soilwork’s Björn ‘Speed’ Strid suffers back injury, cancels festival appearance
In an unfortunate turn of events, Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork had to cancel their July 11th appearance at Rockharz Open Air Festival in Ballenstedt, Germany. Singer Björn ‘Speed’ Strid suffered a serious back injury while, and needs to take...I, The Breather vocalist hospitalized, band to tour without him
It’s unfortunate timing for I, The Breather, whose vocalist Shawn Spann, has been hospitalized on the eve of the Warped Tour kickoff. Thankfully, Come the Dawn vocalist Marcus Barber will fill in for the immediate future for the ailing singer. Spann left the...Follow Us
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The Munsens share track-by-track guide of new album ‘Degradation in the Hyperreal’
Denver stoner/doom metal outfit The Munsens have returned with their new album, Degradation in the Hyperreal, now available. The band’s sophomore effort follows their 2019 debut Unhanded. To celebrate the release, The Munsens have teamed up with Metal Insider for an...
Galactic Empire share track-by-track guide to new album ‘Cinemetal’
From a galaxy far, far away, Galactic Empire are back with their latest creation, Cinemetal, out now via Pure Noise Records. Known for their interstellar metal renditions of Star Wars themes, these shredding Sith Lords expanded their horizons, bringing a whole new...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...