Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
Lars Ulrich Vs. Scott Ian Vs. Dave Mustaine
It’s been one hell of a summer for band feuds, and between Fear Factory, Anthrax/Dan Nelson and Ozzy/Zakk, you can imagine my exhaustion. I’m just too worn out from all this to process some press-driven drama about Scott Ian spreading rumors to Dave...Iron Maiden/The Monkees Mashup Is Actually Not Terrible
This is one of the best random genre mashups we’ve heard. Thanks Metal Sucks! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7bAuzNTIBs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]Not Crab-core, Just “Signature Crouches”
The above caption, taken from a New York Times profile of the crab-core, screamo-crunk-autotune-infested 2009 Warped Tour, is great on so many levels. Who is this Jon Caramanica, and why is a credible establishment like the New York Times hiring someone who takes this...Massive LULz: Metal Legends’ High School Yearbook Photos
Props to Axl at Metal Sucks for finding this gem: high school yearbook photos of Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett (pictured). Click through for more, including Eddie Van Halen, Axl Rose, Slash, Tommy Lee, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Jon Bon Jovi....Fear Factory: Nu-Metal Or Not?
All this Fear Factory brou-haha got me dusting off my old copies of Demanufacture and Obsolete, and apparently I was not alone as MetalSucks’ Vince Neilstein started pulling up old videos and debating whether or not the band was/is nu-metal. I always thought...Follow Us
Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
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Architects drop “Whiplash” video; new album arriving in February
British metalcore outfit Architects are back with a new record, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, scheduled to arrive on February 28, 2025, via Epitaph Records. Their forthcoming eleventh full-length offering is the overall follow-up to 2022's The Classic Symptoms...
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
German progressive/technical death metal masters Obscura have announced their new album, A Sonication, is scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. The album marks the second installment of their conceptual trilogy, and overall follow-up from 2021's...
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...