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...
Metal Insider’s Top 5: Unsigned bands playing SXSW
We’ve been talking a lot about SXSW, and with good reason. The majority of the music industry is on its way down to Austin, TX, if they aren’t already. And while there are a ton of already-signed bands that are playing down there (like that young upstart...Get ready for SXSW with our metal playlist
By now, many in the music industry are either touring on their way down to Austin, making a final checklist before heading down there, or already representing at the interactive portion of SXSW. The music segment of the annual South by Southwest conference starts on...SXSW Showcases For MetalSucks and Metal Injection Annonced
In about a month, Austin, TX will be rife with music and more with the South By Southwest from March 7 through 16. There will be plenty of metal events to sink your teeth into should you attend, and our friends over at Metal Injection and MetalSucks have announced...Metal Sucks Announces “South By South Death” Showcase
Austin, we have a problem. Wait, we’re saying that wrong, aren’t we? The point is that our cranky Jewish friends over at Metal Sucks have just lifted the veil on an epic SXSW show. Their second annual “South by South Death” showcase is probably...SXSW: A Metal Insider Guide
Those of you that pay attention to the music industry, are in a band, or live near Austin TX probably know all about South by South West. For the uninitiated, it’s basically a weeklong music, film and technology/social media conference in Texas’ coolest...Follow Us
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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...