Top 10 Breakthrough Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 1993
It’s hard to believe that 1993 was 30 years ago. With grunge becoming a mainstay on MTV and Top 40 radio over the previous couple of years, the mainstream was starting to favor a harder edge to their music. The year saw highly praised debuts from Tool, Cynic...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Hyperia’s Jon Power reveals his cat’s metalhead tendencies since kittenhood
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Hyperia’s Jon Power reveals his cat has enjoyed metal since she was a...
Top 5 Essential Audiobooks for Metalheads
Essential Audiobooks for Metalheads For those of us too busy to sit down and binge a book, there's always the audiobook, and there's no shortage of metal to be found here. For biographies and histories, the audiobook will probably feel more personal, engaging,...
Paws, Pets & Metal: Display of Decay’s Brandon Siefert reveals his cat loves the band’s new album ‘Vitriol’
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Display of Decay’s Brandon Siefert, who just released their new...
Alluvial unleash “Fogbelt” video; new EP arriving in January
Alluvial have unleashed a video for their latest single "Fogbelt." The track is taken from their upcoming EP, Death Is But a Door, set to release on January 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. The live performance video, shot and edited by Randy Edwards, captures the...
New & Noteworthy: Dark Releases – 11/3/2023 -11/10/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Last week saw new albums from the likes of The Struts, Suffocation, Bad Wolves, Spiritbox, Silent Planet, Yawning Balch, Dying...
Hinayana share “A Tide Unturning” lyric video featuring Wolfheart’s Tuomas Saukkonen
Austin, Texas-based melodic death metal unit Hinayana are set to release their sophomore album, Shatter And Fall, tomorrow (10th) via Napalm Records. The group has now shared a lyric video for their latest single, "A Tide Unturning," featuring guest vocals from...
Green Lung share “Hunters In The Sky” video
Green Lung's third full-length offering, The Heathen Land, arrived last week via Nuclear Blast. To continue with the celebration of their new record, the group has shared a video for their latest single, "Hunters In The Sky." Tom Templar comments:...
Steven Wilson unveils “Beautiful Scarecrow” video
Steven Wilson shares a haunting music video for "Beautiful Scarecrow," a track from his latest album, The Harmony Codex. The video, directed by Jess Cope and Venkatram Viswanathan, tells a gothic horror story in a post-apocalyptic world divided by a deadly...
Porcupine Tree share “Harridan” live video from upcomnig live album ‘CLOSURE/CONTINUATION.LIVE’
British rockers Porcupine Tree mark their triumphant return with the announcement of CLOSURE/CONTINUATION.LIVE, an all-new live album capturing their 2022 world tour. Recorded at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on November 7, 2022, the album showcases Porcupine Tree's...
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††† (Crosses) announce 2024 Tour Dates; reveal “Pleasure” visualizer
††† (Crosses), the musical project led by Chino Moreno (Deftones) and Shaun Lopez, has revealed a 2024 North American tour to support their latest album, their first in nine years, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., out today (13th). Accompanying the...
Judas Priest share “Panic Attack” lyric video
Following their appearance at the inaugural Power Trip Festival in Indio, California, Judas Priest have unveiled their new single, "Panic Attack." The track is taken from these metal legends' upcoming album, Invincible Shield, set to arrive on March 8, 2024....
Video Premiere: Foetal Juice – “Legion of the Grotesque”
UK's Foetal Juice are set to release their new album, Grotesque, on November 17th via Gore House Productions. Comprising the formidable talents of Derek Carley (Burial, Wolfbastard), Ryan Whittaker, Rob Harris (Necronautical), and Lewis Bridges (ex-Ond), Foetal...
New & Noteworthy, June 3rd – Let’s Shake Some Dust
We've gotten quite a lot of great new music in the past few weeks, and today just adds to the pile. How does one find the time to listen to all of this? If you've figured out a way, please let me know in the comments, because I have yet to figure it out! ...
New & Noteworthy, May 27th – Nothing Stands in Our Way
As we roll into summer, more and more great bands are releasing their new albums, filling the charts with heavy music. The summer touring season is always a great time for new releases, and we're getting into that period in full swing. Just look at the list of...
New & Noteworthy, May 20th – Ambitions
After last week's deluge, we get a slightly more normal output of new music this week. Highlights include the first album in four years from one of Europe's biggest attractions, and a veteran band that often flies under the radar releasing another great record. Check...