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Watch metal get made with household objects

Watch metal get made with household objects

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 14, 2016 | Metal Memes, News, Video

A potted plant, a microwave oven, a knife sharpener and a cookie jar seem pretty innocuous on their own, but when YouTubers Joey and Brandon added them into the mix for their “Metal With Household Objects” video, they seem at least slightly more sinister....
Bassist makes Donald Trump’s talk on China sound palatable

Bassist makes Donald Trump’s talk on China sound palatable

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 7, 2016 | Metal Memes, News, Video

We’d never heard of Iggy Jackson Cohen before now, but he’s quickly become our favorite bassist ever. In much the same way a guitarist “covered” a Japanese politician sobbing, Cohen has taken clips of Donald Trump (or is that Drumpf) saying...

Dude covers 75 Lamb of God songs in 7 minutes

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 7, 2016 | Metal Memes, News, Video

While you might not be familiar with the name Pachalis Theotokis, you’ve probably seen some of his work before online. He’s covered all of Metallica’s songs in 10 minutes and Machine Head’s in eight minutes. Now he’s set his sights on...
Rob Scallon makes a piano song with blast beats

Rob Scallon makes a piano song with blast beats

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 3, 2016 | Metal Memes, News, Video

Rob Scallon. Is there anything he can’t do? The YouTube musician has taken on Slayer on banjo, written songs using YouTube user comments as lyrics and had songs with one note. Now he’s turning to drums, or more accurately, midi-triggered electronic drums,...
Rob Scallon makes song using shovel as bass

Rob Scallon makes song using shovel as bass

by Bram Teitelman | Feb 23, 2016 | Metal Memes, News

There’s probably a lot of you out there on the east coast and upper midwest that never want to see a shovel again after the winter we’ve had so far. Rob Scallon isn’t one of those people though. In fact, his friend Bob made a bass out of one using an...
Ten Second Songs makes Bieber bearable

Ten Second Songs makes Bieber bearable

by Metal Insider | Feb 19, 2016 | Covers, Metal Memes, News

Pretty much any time Anthony Vincent of 10 Second Songs has covered something, we’ve written about it. He’s covered Adele, Taylor Swift (twice!) and Linkin Park in 20 (mainly metal) styles. Not only is it insanely entertaining, but it’s a showcase of...
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Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA

Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...

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Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 48 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything,...

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Interview: Omnium Gatherum’s Jukka Pelkonen on celebrating tenth album ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ & full breakdown
Interview: Omnium Gatherum’s Jukka Pelkonen on celebrating tenth album ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ & full breakdown

2026 will mark Omnium Gatherum's thirtieth year as they close 2025 with their tenth studio album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, out November 7, 2025, via Century Media Records. These Finnish melodic death metal giants have reached a milestone that not many...

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New & Noteworthy: Even in Releases – 5/9/2025

New & Noteworthy: Even in Releases – 5/9/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week includes new albums from the likes of Sleep Token, Behemoth, Ghost Bath, Peter Murphy and Tetrarch among the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: Children of releases 5/2/2025

New & Noteworthy: Children of releases 5/2/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first week of May sees new works from the likes of Propagandhi, PUP, Nightfall and Puddle Of Mudd among the many outstanding works...

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New & Noteworthy: April’s flood of new music with UNATØNED, Necro, Aspiral (4/25/2025 – 4/11/2025)

New & Noteworthy: April’s flood of new music with UNATØNED, Necro, Aspiral (4/25/2025 – 4/11/2025)

April 25, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of April will see the return of Billy Idol, new works from Ghost, Machine Head and Wednesday...

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