The Devil Wears Prada have never taken the easy route. Two decades into their career, the band continues to evolve while refusing to gloss over the harder parts of life. Their ninth studio album, Flowers (out November 14, 2025, via Solid State Records; read our...
DJ Ashba says goodbye to Guns N’ Roses
After six years and no albums with Guns N’ Roses, guitarist DJ Ashba is leaving the band. “It is with a very heavy heart and yet great pride that I announce that I’ve decided to close this chapter of my life and encapsulate the wonderful times that...Avenged Sevenfold part ways with Arin Ilejay
Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they’ve parted ways with drummer Arin Ilejay. He’d joined the band in 2011, leaving metalcore band Confide. The band didn’t have much more to say than the old “we needed to go in a different...After The Burial part ways with paranoid guitarist
There’s been a large wave of bands losing members this month, all of them for different reasons but the most recent one is unique from all of them. Justin Lowe from Minnesota metalcore outfit, After the Burial, decided to leave the band but unlike the usual...Morbid Angel lose another member
Let it be known that the second week of June 2015 is the week with the most band splits in probably forever. To list, once again, all the bands who have graced the headlines with their member changes, we have: Morbid Angel probably firing their frontman, David...Soilwork part ways with bassist, announce replacement
We are just getting to the middle of the week and seems like every band got a memo and agreed to change their line up at the same time. Revocation lost their long time drummer, Phil Dubois; Morbid Angel allegedly fired their frontman, David Vincent, and replaced him...Follow Us
Interview: The Devil Wears Prada’s Mike Hranica talks new album ‘Flowers’
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Megadeth unleash “I Don’t Care” video
Megadeth have dropped a Keith J Leman-directed video for their latest single, "I Don't Care." The track is taken from their upcoming, and final, self-titled studio album, scheduled to arrive on January 23, 2026. Dave Mustaine comments about the single: "How many times...
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
New & Noteworthy: Ridiculous And Full Of Releases 6/14/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Friday’s releases include new music from legendary artists John Cale and Fu Manchu, long-running bands Annabel, The Early November...
New & Noteworthy: Theories of Releases – 6/7/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of June sees releases from veteran bands like Bon Jovi, Cactus and Evergrey, as well as Butthole Surfers’ JD...
New & Noteworthy: Releases of the Forgotten – 5/31/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see new works from the likes of Buffalo Tom, Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Nestor, Shrapnel & Thou, the debut of...