Ukrainian progressive metal band Jinjer have unleashed a video for their latest single, "Green Serpent." The track is taken from their forthcoming fifth studio album, Duél, scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Napalm Records. Watch the clip below and pre-order...
Deafheaven sign with ANTI-, new album in October
[youtube]https://youtu.be/952-KAXOQqg[/youtube] Way back in October of last year, San Francisco black metal/shoegaze duo Deafheaven announced that they’d begun work on the follow-up to their sophomore album, Sunbather. And now it’s done, coming in October...Grave Pleasures album coming in September
The debut Beastmilk album, 2013’s Climax, was one of those non-metal albums that was immediately accepted by metal fans. While there was certainly some heaviness to the band, and singer Mat McNerney logged time in Finnish folk metal band Hexvessel, the...Concord acquires Fearless Records, rest of Wind-Up
The Beverly Hills based indie label Concord Bicycle Music has purchased Fearless Records, along with the remainder of Wind-up Records back catalog, giving the label more than $140 million more to it’s annual revenue, according to Billboard. This is another move...Shining sign worldwide deal with Spinefarm
There are two vastly different European metal bands called Shining. While Sweden’s is a long-running black metal band, the Norwegian band Shining released one of our favorite albums a few years back with 2013’s One One One. Since forming in 1999, the band...Babymetal sign a US deal for real this time
It’s been about a week since April Fool’s Day, and we actually fooled a few people with our story that Phil Anselmo had signed J-pop/metal teen sensations Babymetal to Southern Lord Records. Today, however, it was announced that the band have signed a...Follow Us
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Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025
Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...
Bury Tomorrow release “What If I Burn” video; new album arriving in May 2025
Bury Tomorrow have announced their new album, Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience, is set to release on May 16. The forthcoming record marks a new chapter for the band with guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast, who joined during a...
New & Noteworthy: Releases of the Forgotten – 5/31/2024
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 new works from the likes of Buffalo Tom, Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Nestor, Shrapnel & Thou, the debut of...
New & Noteworthy: Pro Releases – 5/24/2024
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 highly-anticipated works from Lenny Kravitz, Twenty One Pilots, Capstan and Rotting Christ, the return of Say...
New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...