Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26

Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26

Hey, welcome to a new feature on Metal Insider, where it’s all about the best of the best albums released throughout the month. Get ready to catch up with me – January was about riffs and heavy metal brakdowns! Bullet, Kosuke Hashida, and Megadeth all have...
Top 3 Best Metal Highlights in Stranger Things

Top 3 Best Metal Highlights in Stranger Things

Stranger Things has officially wrapped its fifth and final season. While spinoffs feel inevitable, the original series leaves behind a cultural legacy that extends well beyond Hawkins, Indiana. One of the most unexpected was how it pulled heavy music into the...
Top 10 Shocking Moments in Metal 2025

Top 10 Shocking Moments in Metal 2025

If you’d asked me at the end of 2024 what 2025 would bring for metal, I’d have drawn a neat little diagram: a few tours, a reunion no one needed, a legacy album. Reality? Metal showed up like a drunken uncle at a wedding, breaking every rule, mixing...