2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2025 nominees, with Bad Company and The Black Crowes receiving first-time nods, while Soundgarden return after appearing on the 2023 ballot. To qualify, artists must have released their first commercial recording 25...
Ministry revisits synth-pop era with ‘The Squirrely Years Revisited’
Ministry's Al Jourgensen is revisiting the past with The Squirrely Years Revisited, out March 28 via Cleopatra Records. Pre-orders are available here. The album features new studio versions of early synth-pop classics, including "Everyday Is Halloween," "Work For...
Album Review: Jinjer – ‘Duel’
Jinjer, the Ukranian hyper-soundscape of nu-metal heartthrob, just dropped the most perplexing example of early Ozzfest-style nostalgia with their new album, Duel. Metal has never been more lucrative and comforting than its current state of remarkable outbursts from...
Changeling (ex-Obscura) drop “Abyss” video; debut album arriving in April
Progressive death metal takes new heights with Changeling, featuring the project's mastermind Tom "Fountainhead" Geldschläger (ex-Obscura, Belphegor). The self-titled debut is scheduled to arrive on April 25 via Season of Mist, which includes an impressive lineup...
Spiritbox unveil “No Loss, No Love” video
Spiritbox have shared a Max Moore and Mike Stringer directed-video for their latest single, "No Loss, No Love." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, Tsunami Sea, due March 7 via Pale Chord / Rise Records. Spiritbox kicks off their European tour on...
Metal Festivals in Czechia 2025 – Preview
Avid readers of Metal Insider will have noticed by now that I have a certain soft spot for metal festivals in the Czech Republic, notably Metalfest in Pilsen, Masters of Rock in Vizovice, and Rock Castle Open Air in Moravsky Krumlov. This has several reasons: Firstly,...
Meshuggah unleash “Ligature Marks” video; announces ‘Immutable – The Indelible Edition’
Swedish metal masters Meshuggah have unleashed a Anthony Dubois-directed video for "Ligature Marks." The clip coincides with the announcement of the reissue of their acclaimed album Immutable. The remastered Indelible Edition arrives April 4, 2025, via Reigning...
Gary Holt comments on Exodus parting ways with Zetro “The marriage was done and over.”
Thrash giants Exodus are entering 2025 with a major lineup shift. Following last month’s sudden departure of vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza and the return of Rob Dukes, some confusion has surfaced regarding the circumstances. Despite Souza's long tenure, it appears his...
Nine Inch Nails Photography Exhibition by Jonathan Rach to make U.S. debut
Award-winning photographer Jonathan Rach will bring his Self Destruct Tour photography to the U.S. for the first time with a special exhibition at Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City from February 20-23, 2025. Following successful showings in Australia, the U.K.,...
Eighth annual Cliff Burton Day celebrated with virtual event
The life of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was honored with a virtual event ahead of February 10, marking what would have been his 63rd birthday. The celebration featured footage from special festivities held on February 8 at the historic Chabot Theatre in Castro...
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Serious Black release new single “Silent Angel”
Melodic power metal outfit Serious Black have released a new video, "Silent Angel." The track is the latest single taken from their forthcoming album, Rise Of Akhenaton, scheduled to arrive on September 27 via AFM Records. Celebrating their tenth anniversary, Serious...
Fleshgod Apocalypse drop powerful new single, “I Can Never Die”
Italian symphonic death metal titans Fleshgod Apocalypse have unveiled a Martina L. McLean-directed video for their new song, "I Can Never Die." The track is the latest single from their upcoming sixth studio album, Opera, set for release on August 23rd via Nuclear...
Zeal & Ardor unveil “Hide In Shade” visualizer
Zeal & Ardor are gearing up for their new, self-produced album, Grief, which is scheduled to arrive on August 23. The group has now unveiled a visualizer for their latest single, "Hide In Shade." The band comments: "We would be remiss if we didn't share something...
New & Noteworthy, February 12th – Crosswinds
Winter weather up here in the northeast has decided to show up in force in recent weeks, and as the temperatures have dropped, so too has the release calendar cooled off somewhat. Here's to hoping that things get hotter on both of those fronts in the weeks to come. In...
New & Noteworthy, February 5th – A Transcendental Serenade
The technical gods smile upon us today, as some of the best technical metal bands in the world unleash new music today. These new albums come amidst a week already packed with great releases, so this should be a great week for metal. If all goes well, there will be...
New & Noteworthy, January 29th – The Bigger Picture
We can officially say that the new year in music is off to a great start, as the final two weeks of January have given us more big-name releases than we normally get in the entire month of January. I'm hoping that the rest of the release calendar is this good in 2016,...
