Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
Eating It Up With American Sharks: A Food Diary (Part 3)
American Sharks are touring across the country with Clutch and The Sword in support of their self-titled album. But was do the Sharks eat while on the road? In this food tour diary, each member of American Sharks gives us a peek at what they’re munching while on tour....The Sword guitarist Kyle Shutt’s Road Report, #1
Last weekend, Clutch, The Sword and American Sharks took to the road for a fall tour. The Sword guitarist Kyle Shutt is keeping track of the tour for us via his Road Reports. Go behind the scenes of the tour as Shutt outlines what he’s listening to, the venues...Eating It Up With American Sharks: A Food Diary (Part 2)
American Sharks are touring across the country with Clutch and The Sword in support of their self-titled album. But was do the Sharks eat while on the road? In this food tour diary, each member of American Sharks gives us a peek at what they’re munching while on tour....Eating It Up With American Sharks: A Food Diary
American Sharks are touring across the country with Clutch and The Sword in support of their self-titled album. But was do the Sharks eat while on the road? In this food tour diary, each member of American Sharks give us a peek at what they’re munching while on tour....5 Beers Deep with Wilson’s Matt Puhy
Detroit’s own Wilson has been on the road with Scorpion Child, Kadavar, Gypsyhawk, and Mothership. And while they’re a hard working band, they’re equally hard partiers. So rather than have them provide a typical report from the road, we’re having members of Wilson...Follow Us
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Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 48 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything,...
New & Noteworthy: April’s flood of new music with UNATØNED, Necro, Aspiral (4/25/2025 – 4/11/2025)
April 25, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of April will see the return of Billy Idol, new works from Ghost, Machine Head and Wednesday...
New & Noteworthy: The Releases Lens – 4/4/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off April’s release schedule are new albums from the likes of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Bleed From Within, L.A. Guns,...
New & Noteworthy: Release Dynasty – 3/28/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of March sees highly anticipated albums from The Darkness, Arch Enemy, Memphis May Fire, Sick Puppies and...