Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...
Is the Rock Band franchise coming back?
About ten years ago, the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchise were a new and exciting fusion of music and video games. Many gamers were turned on to music, much of it heavy, by playing the games. Dragonforce and The Sword were among the bands that got popularity boosts...Torche want you to play with them
We love Torche’s blend of sludge, pop and metal, and with their new album (and Relapse debut) Restarter coming out on February 24, many more will get a chance to hear them. And while music fans will enjoy the band, there might be some gamers turned on to them,...Petition started to immortalize Oderus Urungus in Mortal Kombat game
Someone has gone out of their way to create a petition on thepetitionsite.com for the upcoming video game Mortal Kombat X to try to convince NeverRealm studios to add the late Oderus Urungus as a playable character. Oderus Urungus, the intergalactic frontman of GWAR,...Melvins’ King Buzzo appears in ‘Sunset Overdrive’
[youtube]http://youtu.be/ACAdZnE8bzY?t=1m11s[/youtube] We haven’t gotten around to getting a next-gen system yet. They’re still pretty expensive and the Xbox 360 still works fine. However, looking at Sunset Overdrive for Xbox One is almost enough to make...Destrage release 8-Bit version of ‘My Green Neighbour’
[youtube]http://youtu.be/1DfhUl644ZI[/youtube] Ever wonder what an 8-Bit version of “My Green Neighbour” from Italian metal band Destrage would sound like? Apparently, so did their guitarist, Matteo Di Gioia, who made an NES-like version of the zombie...Follow Us
Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025
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Bury Tomorrow release “What If I Burn” video; new album arriving in May 2025
Bury Tomorrow have announced their new album, Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience, is set to release on May 16. The forthcoming record marks a new chapter for the band with guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast, who joined during a...
Opeth share visualizer for “§4” featuring Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Swedish progressive metal legends Opeth are celebrating the arrival of their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, out today (22nd) via Moderbolaget // Reigning Phoenix Music. To mark the release, the band has shared a visualizer for the track "§4,"...
New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...
New & Noteworthy: Infinity Releases 5/3/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first week of May will see the returns of P.O.D., Better Than Ezra and Dååth, the debut of Return To Dust and new works from the...
New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024
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 heavy new works from Accept, Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Deicide, Full Of Hell, Alien Ant Farm and Black Tusk, the debut...