What better way to scare the hell out of Santa Claus when he’s coming down the chimney to give you gifts than with Slayer holiday apparel? The band is currently selling holiday ornaments and stockings (as seen up top) exclusively via their webstore. We already know one gift we could stuff in the Slayer stocking. So this holiday season, Slayer fans better watch out, better not cry, and better not pout, or else Kerry King is coming to town. And unlike another chubby bearded guy, he will kick your ass.

Dark Angel return with first new song in 34 years, “Extinction Level Event”
Dark Angel have officially returned with their first new music since 1991's Time Does Not Heal. The band debuted "Extinction Level Event" on April 10 via SiriusXM's Liquid Metal with Jose Mangin. The track serves as the lead single from their upcoming album Extinction...

Ghost release new single “Lachryma”
Ghost have released "Lachryma," the second single from their upcoming album Skeletá, due out April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings. The track arrives with an official music video, featuring the first full performance from frontman Papa V Perpetua. Watch the clip below...

Brick-By-Birck share Rob Zombie cover “Thunder Kiss 65”
Upstate New York legends Brick-By-Brick have been working on an album they’ve titled, Collapse that is due to come out on April 25th with a release party on April 26th, they have dropped an epic cover of "Thunder Kiss 65" that truly drives what I’m hoping is a...

New & Noteworthy: The Releases Lens – 4/4/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off April’s release schedule are new albums from the likes of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Bleed From Within, L.A. Guns,...

New & Noteworthy: Release Dynasty – 3/28/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The final New Music Friday of March sees highly anticipated albums from The Darkness, Arch Enemy, Memphis May Fire, Sick Puppies and...

New & Noteworthy: The Screaming Of The Releases 3/21/2025
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 spring features highly anticipated albums from Cradle of Filth, The Horrors, Gates to Hell, Lordi and Pop...
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