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Headbanger’s Brawl: What do we REALLY think of Tool’s ‘Fear Inoculum’?

Headbanger’s Brawl: What do we REALLY think of Tool’s ‘Fear Inoculum’?

by Metal Insider | Sep 6, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl

Tool are not one of those bands who make one listen albums, you have to give their music time to breathe. So much time that according to Maynard James Keenan, the new Tool album was “fantastic eight years ago.” While one of us has written a review for Tool’s first...
Headbangers Brawl: Ranking Slipknot albums

Headbangers Brawl: Ranking Slipknot albums

by Metal Insider | Aug 9, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl

Slipknot’s new album We Are Not Your Kind has finally arrived today (9th) via Roadrunner Records. This marks the group’s overall sixth studio effort as it was just twenty years ago when the band released their self-titled debut. After waiting five years for a new...
Metal Insider reviews Rammstein – ‘Untitled’

Metal Insider reviews Rammstein – ‘Untitled’

by Metal Insider | May 20, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl, Reviews

Rammstein’s new album has finally arrived on Friday (17th), which marks the German industrial metal giants’ first full-length effort since 2009’s Liebe ist für alle da. A few of us at Metal Insider shared a few words on the record.   Bram Teitelman: First listen...
Headbanger’s Brawl: new Slipknot masks

Headbanger’s Brawl: new Slipknot masks

by Metal Insider | May 16, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl, News

Iowa’s Slipknot released their newest video today entitled, “Unsainted,” which comes off their newly announced record We Are Not Your Kind. We thought we’d get everyone’s thoughts on the latest masks revealed in the video and on Corey...
Metal Insider recognizes mental health awareness month

Metal Insider recognizes mental health awareness month

by Metal Insider | May 9, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl, Lists

May has been recognized as mental health awareness month since 1949, and this year marks the seventieth year of its annual observance. Within the last few years, the music world has been hit with significant losses including Keith Flint, Chris Cornell, Jill Janus,...
Headbanger’s Brawl: Watain & Soilwork vs. Singapore

Headbanger’s Brawl: Watain & Soilwork vs. Singapore

by Metal Insider | Mar 8, 2019 | Headbanger's Brawl

  We were disappointed to see Watain’s Singapore show cancelled and shocked to see there’s a petition out there to ban Soilwork. While it may not shock or surprise one to see a Watain show being called off due to their ritualistic live setting, it’s difficult to...
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Textures breakdown new album ‘Genotype’ with track-by-track guide
Textures breakdown new album ‘Genotype’ with track-by-track guide

Dutch progressive metal veterans Textures are back with Genotype, their long-awaited new album, out today (23rd). Serving as a conceptual counterpart to 2016’s Phenotype, Genotype isn’t a continuation so much as a reset, written entirely from scratch and self-produced...

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The Grudge That Should Not Be: Album Review: Megadeth’s final record
The Grudge That Should Not Be: Album Review: Megadeth’s final record

The overall seventeenth, self-titled album marks the beginning of the end for Megadeth. Dave Mustaine deserves credit. That part isn't up for debate. Getting kicked out of Metallica, starting over, and building Megadeth into one of the defining bands of American...

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Rush Announce Super Deluxe Grace Under Pressure Reissues
Rush Announce Super Deluxe Grace Under Pressure Reissues

Rush will release Super Deluxe editions of Grace Under Pressure, arriving March 13, 2026, via UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records. The 1984 album, has been fully revisited with multiple new configurations, including Super Deluxe box sets on CD, LP, Blu-ray, and digital...

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New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off 2026, this week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Excavated Graves, Fuath, Wildhunt and Dawnbreaker amongst the...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

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New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

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