Swedish rockers Ghost are back, announcing their long-awaited new album, Skeletá, scheduled to arrive on April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings. To celebrate the reveal of their upcoming sixth record, the group has unveiled a video for their latest single, "Satanized."...
Happy 50th birthday to Slayer’s Kerry King
While a lot of the coverage about Slayer in the past year has rightfully been about the sad and shocking passing of guitarist Jeff Hanneman (and also the dismissal of original drummer Dave Lombardo), perhaps the most iconic member of the band is guitarist Kerry King....Nikki Sixx got married this past weekend
Too young to fall in love? Not if you’re Courtney Bingham, who married Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx over the weekend. The 28 year-old model, and 55 year-old musician exchanged vows at Greystone Mansion in Los Angeles this past Saturday (15) with 130 guests in...Soundgarden to perform ‘Superunknown’ in its entirety at SXSW
While there are already a handful of SXSW parties worth attending (and you’ll be getting our list of them later this week), Soundgarden just went and upped the ante. The band have announced via their website that they’ll be performing their fourth...
Meshuggah celebrating 25 years in style
It’s hard to believe, but Swedish five-piece Meshuggah have been releasing music for 25 years this year. And the band plan on celebrating a quarter century of technical progressive metal by not only releasing some music this year, but also doing some select live...St. Anger Gets Some Respect On Its Tenth Birthday
On this day a decade ago, I was caught up in a frenzy of people excited about a new Metallica album. It was all my friends and I could talk about. It was going to be everything that we had wanted for so long. Metallica was going to be heavy again. Metallica was going...Follow Us
Ghost unveil new song “Satanized;” new album arriving in April
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Track Premiere: Disciple – “Sound the Alarm”
Disciple have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere their latest single, "Sound the Alarm." Set for official release on Friday (28), the track arrives as the first taste of the deluxe edition of their 2023 album Skeleton Psalms, due out April 25. Produced by Josiah...
Cancer return with ‘Inverted World,’ set for April release
UK death metal outfit Cancer are back with Inverted World, their highly anticipated seventh album, arriving April 25 via Peaceville Records. The band, known for their brutal, uncompromising sound, continues their legacy with a dark exploration of dystopia, corruption,...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Collector – 1/17/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new music from the likes of DUNES, Pigeon Pit and Grave Digger, as well as the final album from Necrodeath, among the...
New & Noteworthy: March of the Releases – 1/10/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday includes the latest works from Franz Ferdinand, Stick To Your Guns, Tremonti and The Halo Effect, as well as the...
New & Noteworthy: New Year, New Releases – 1/3/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. To Start off 2025, this week sees new music from the likes of Megafauna and Patriarkh among the outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...