Swedish melodic death metal outfit The Halo Effect have released a video for "March Of The Unheard." The single is the title track from their upcoming album, scheduled to arrive on January 10, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. Guitarist Niclas Engelin comments: "This...
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The Halo Effect share “March of the Unheard” video; new album arriving in January
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Watch Chelsea Wolfe’s NPR Tiny Desk concert; new EP arriving in November
Chelsea Wolfe continues to support new album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, with a new NPR Tiny Desk Concert that showcases highlights like "Dusk," "Place In The Sun," and "Whispers In The Echo Chamber," alongside "Flatlands" from her 2012 acoustic...
Unreqvited share “The Starforger” video; new album arriving in January
Unreqvited has released a lyric video for the new song "The Starforger." The track is the first single from the upcoming album, A Pathway to the Moon, out January 24, 2025 via Prophecy Productions. This marks the Canadian blackgaze solo project's seventh full-length...
New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s New Music Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...
New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...