I'm trying to remember what John Carpenter was actually about, which is harder than it sounds. I think I know. I think it was minimal synths and blank-faced evil and the sense that suburbia is one babysitter shift away from neighborhood collapse. But really, Carpenter...
2010 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival Recap: Day 1
It’s a sunny Spring day, and metalheads from all over the Northeast are scattered across Main Street in Worcester, Mass, waiting to cram inside the Palladium Theater. This can only mean one thing: it’s time for the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. The 12th...Follow Us
Album Review: Carpenter Brut – ‘Leather Temple’
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Album Review: Rob Zombie – ‘The Great Satan’
The man, the myth, the legend: Rob Zombie. A true visionary and storyteller, he has delivered some of the most distinctive, what-am-I-listening-to records since the nineties with .The Great Satan Album number eight, his first since 2021's The Lunar Injection Kool Aid...
Primus announce illustrated fable Frizzle Fry: Phantoms of Barrington Hall
Primus frontman Les Claypool has written a new illustrated fable, Frizzle Fry: Phantoms of Barrington Hall, expanding on the band’s early Berkeley-era mythology. Labeled as an “illustrated storybook for adults,” the book revisits the surreal world surrounding Primus’s...
New & Noteworthy: The New Releases – 2/20/2026
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 music from the likes of New Found Glory, Brian James, Exhumed, Yungblud and Sylosis amongst the many...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Is Not Enough – 2/13/2026
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 Converge, Gogol Bordello, Mariachi El Bronx and Story Of The Year amongst the many...
New & Noteworthy: Liturgy of Releases – 2/6/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The first New Music Friday of February sees LPs from the likes of Puscifer, KMFDM, Mayhem and Tailgunner amongst the many outstanding...