Swedish viking metal veterans Månegarm have returned with Edsvuren, released on August 29th via Napalm Records. Marking a powerful new chapter in their 30-year career and continuing their legacy, the record blends Norse mythology, folk traditions, and blackened...
New Years Day’s Nikki Misery’s favorite metal albums of the decade
New Years Day have been aggressively touring in support of their new album, Unbreakable, which was released in April 2019 via Century Media. We were lucky to catch them live during Exit 111, and their song “Shut Up” has appeared on one of our year-end lists. We...
Witherfall’s favorite albums of the decade (2010-2019)
Witherfall have been busy working on their follow-up to 2018’s A Prelude To Sorrow, which landed on our top 225 albums of the decade. From 2017’s Nocturnes and Requiems followed by their latest effort along with making a killer Helloween cover, we wanted to know more...
Archspire’s Tobi Morelli’s Top Fifteen Albums of the decade (2010-2019)
Between touring and giving “acting” lessons, Archspire were busy in 2019. Somehow, the Canadian technical death metal outfit found time to start working on the follow-up to 2017’s Relentless Mutation. For 2020, it looks like album number four will be their primary...
Metal Insider’s Top 30 Albums to (hopefully) look forward to in 2020
While some of these bands already have a release date set, we went ahead in hopes of seeing new albums from the following twenty-seven artists will arrive before the year ends. 30) The Night Flight Orchestra It’s official! The Night Flight...Jinjer’s Eugene Abdukhanov’s Top Six Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)
2019 was a phenomenal year for Jinjer. Especially with their new album, Macro. You can see a massive shift in the band towards the end of the decade as they went from booking their first-ever North American tour to their first-ever headlining trek within two...Follow Us
Månegarm’s Erik Grawslö shares his Top 5 viking metal bands
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Ambush’s Osker Jakobsson share his Top 5 NWOTHM bands
Swedish heavy metal outfit Ambush have released their long-awaited fourth album, Evil In All Dimensions, today (5) via Napalm Records. Packed with unrelenting energy, the record gives a resurgence to traditional heavy metal. To celebrate the release, Ambush’s Osker...
Nine Inch Nails drop new video; faces unexpected Santa moment on tour
Nine Inch Nails have released a Maxime Quoilin-directed video for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” the lead single from their Tron: Ares soundtrack, out September 19 via Interscope. The track marks the band’s first official new music in five years. The band is...
New & Noteworthy: Awakening releases – 03/17/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Check out the releases from March 10th & 17th! Don’t forget to check out the playlist below. Enjoy! March 17th: ...
New & Noteworthy: Time Will Take Us to Releases – 03/03/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. March is here! Check out the releases from March 3rd! Don’t forget to check out the playlist below. Enjoy! Ace Of Spades,...
New & Noteworthy: Seriously bad releases – 02/27/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The last of February releases arrived on Friday (24th). Which ones did you listen to over the weekend? We were blasting to the...