2000 marked a pivotal year for the rise of nu metal. While the genre had already exploded by the mid-to-late nineties, the turn of the millennium felt like its mecca, when bands like Slipknot, Linkin Park, Deftones, KoRn, Disturbed, and System of a Down (to name a...
GWAR pay tribute to People Who Died in latest AV Club cover
The Onion’s AV Club has has a feature called Undercover for several years now. In the feature, they invite bands to cover a list of songs, and once a song is covered, it’s crossed off the list. For the last three years, they’ve only invited back one...Dave Grohl gives Dave Brockie a shout-out
GWAR is one of the biggest bands ever to come out of Virginia, but perhaps the state’s biggest musical export is Dave Grohl. Last night (17) The Foo Fighters frontman spoke about his experiences with GWAR and late frontman Dave Brockie while playing in the...Late Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan to appear in band’s video game
While Avenged Sevenfold will be spreading their wings on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival this summer, their mascot, the deathbat, will also be doing the same. While we’ve known the band were collaborating on a video game, Hail to the King: Deathbat, since...GWAR releases official Dave Brockie tribute shirt
With the passing of Dave Brockie still fresh in many peoples’ minds, last week GWAR announced the formation of the Dave Brockie Foundation. And while donations can be made to the fund now, The band have revealed a Dave Brockie Memorial shirt that fans can buy to...
Surviving members of GWAR issue video statement, launch The Dave Brockie Foundation
[youtube]http://youtu.be/DT-n5ge7gCQ[/youtube] It’s been almost two weeks since the passing of Dave Brockie, and the metal community is still grieving his death. Now the surviving members of GWAR have come together to issue a joint video statement addressing the death...Follow Us
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Hei’An’s Matic Blagonič share track-by-track guide for new album ‘Kiss Our Ghosts Goodbye’
Metal Insider first caught Hei'An back in 2023 during their debut appearance at 70000tons of Metal, where the Slovenian modern metal outfit impressed us ever-since. Now, vocalist Matic Blagonič has teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide of their...
Kreator announce new album ‘Krushers of the World,’ share new single “Seven Serpents”
German thrash legends Kreator will release their sixteenth studio album, Krushers of the World, on January 16, 2026, via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, with artwork by Zbigniew Bielak, the record follows the band's recent...
New & Noteworthy: Fasomas releases – 12/13/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s releases include works from the likes of Mörk Gryning, Fatal Embrace, Dark Embrace and Orbiter among the...
New & Noteworthy: Renovate Releases 12/6/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Entering the final month of 2024, this New Music Friday features new music from the likes of White Denim, Until I Wake and The Old Dead...
New & Noteworthy: Dreaming the strife for releases – 11/29/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of November sees albums from the likes of Bedsore, Astral Doors, The Gates Of Slumber and Mefitis, among the many,...