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...
Woman injured by Fishbone frontman’s stagedive wins $1.4 million lawsuit
The subject of stagediving has been a touchy one in the metal community as of late, and the following story is another example of when things can go horribly wrong. Four years ago in February 2010, a woman named Kimberly Myers was injured at a Fishbone show at the...Skinny Puppy chats about invoicing the U.S. government
While industrial metal band Skinny Puppy found out their music was being used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, they wrote their current album, Weapon, about it. And while they’ve invoiced the U.S. government for using their music, that actually initially...Skinny Puppy invoice US gov’t after music used to torture prisoners
It would be a stretch to call industrial provocateurs Skinny Puppy “metal,” as the UK’s Independent does. However, it’s pretty insane to read that their music was used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo Bay prison camps, and even more insane to...Label Lawsuit: Frontier Records Versus Frontiers Records
So this is a bit of a funny (if not confusing) nugget. It appears that there’s a legal battle going on between two record labels: Frontier Records and Frontiers Records. In case you couldn’t figure it out just by reading the names, Frontier want Frontiers...
Unto the lawsuit: former Machine Head bassist suing band
About a year ago, Machine Head parted ways with their longtime bassist, Adam Duce. While at the time the split was described as amicable, that seems to not be the case, as it’s been announced that he’s suing the band. According to the Courthouse News, Duce...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...