Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Hate
Countdown to 2026: 77 Days SOOOOOOON, a word 70000tons of Metal cruisers know all too well, love it or hate it. 70000tons of Metal, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, returns for its 2026 edition from January 29 – February 2, 2026, setting sail from...
Deaf Club remove catalog from Spotify
Hardcore experimentalists Deaf Club have pulled their entire music catalog from Spotify, announcing the decision in a politically charged statement shared in both Spanish and English. Read both statements below: Original: "Deaf Club siempre estará con el pueblo....
Photos: Biohazard bring ‘Divided We Fall’ to Brooklyn on 10/28/2025 w/ Onyx, Bayway & Swollen Teeth
Biohazard have been dominating the tour circuit since their resurgence, following an eight-year absence from the live stage that began in 2015 and ended with their return at the 2023 edition of Milwaukee Metal Fest. Now, with a renewed mindset and a healthier...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
AC/DC return to Australia, perform “Jailbreak” live for the first time in 34 years
AC/DC kicked off their Australian Tour, the long-awaited return to their homeland, on November Wednesday (12). These legends performed before 80,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, making their first Australian show in a decade a success. Continuing their Power...
Black Label Society announce 2026 North American tour with Zakk Sabbath
Black Label Society have announced a 2026 North American tour where you will see frontman Zakk Wylde, bassist John "JD" DeServio, and drummer Jeff Fabb perform double duty, also taking the stage as part of their Black Sabbath tribute act, Zakk Sabbath. Dark Chapel,...
Album Review: The Devil Wears Prada – ‘Flowers’
MySpace was the Overlook Hotel of the internet; everybody thought it was a party until they realized they'd been wandering through a hedge maze built by sociopaths with webcams. Somewhere in that chaos, The Devil Wears Prada became a compass. They didn't just...
Unheard Chuck Schuldiner cover of Madonna’s “Frozen” surfaces
A previously unheard instrumental cover of Madonna's "Frozen," recorded by the late Chuck Schuldiner of Death and Control Denied, has surfaced online. The track was shared on Tuesday (11) by Schuldiner's nephew, Chris Steele, who posted a video of himself playing the...
Eye of Melian (Delain) sign with Napalm Records, new album arriving in February
Eye of Melian, the Tolkien-inspired symphonic project founded by Martijn Westerholt (Delain) and Finnish vocalist Johanna Kurkela (Auri) have signed with Napalm Records. The band's new album, Forest of Forgetting, is scheduled to arrive on February 20, 2026. To...
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Rob Zombie unleashes new song “Punks and Demons; new album arriving in February
Rob Zombie has announced his eighth studio album, The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. The new record marks the follow-up to 2021's The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. To coincide with the announcement, the...
Track Premiere: Beau Anderson – “As If”
ATL alt-rocker Beau Anderson has teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere his latest single, “As If,” out October 9th. The track hits with sludgy riffs and heavy grooves, channeling a failing romance destined to collapse. “As If” is taken from Anderson’s debut EP,...
Album Review: Orbit Culture’s Death Above Life & Interview with Niklas Karlsson
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...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...
New & Noteworthy: Ridiculous And Full Of Releases 6/14/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Friday’s releases include new music from legendary artists John Cale and Fu Manchu, long-running bands Annabel, The Early November...
New & Noteworthy: Theories of Releases – 6/7/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of June sees releases from veteran bands like Bon Jovi, Cactus and Evergrey, as well as Butthole Surfers’ JD...
