Swedish progressive metal giants Opeth have announced their overall 14th album, The Last Will & Testament, is scheduled to arrive on October 11 via Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget. To celebrate the announcement the group released the first single, "§1."...
One Love For Chi Helps Aid Ailing Deftones Bassist
While Metal Insider was at The Bamboozle this past weekend, we were psyched to run into our friend Michelle Oakes amid all the 15 year-olds wearing neon shirts and monkeys riding dogs. Michelle, a longtime A&R person at now-defunct label TVT, was running a booth...Southern Lord’s Greg Anderson On “Old, Bloated” Major Labels
Southern Lord Records was formed a decade ago by Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley to release projects by their bands, Thor’s Hammer and Burning Witch. But what started as a vehicle to release their bands has snowballed into one of the premier labels for underground...
Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2019
I try to follow the rules, but, once again, another year of good music has gone by, and I was able to narrow it down to 20 instead of 10. There are a bunch of variables that make me connect to a song or artist. Whether it’s the overall vibrations the...
Metal By Numbers 11/6: Who’s afraid of the big Bad Wolves?
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So I’m only just finding out that Bad Wolves is made up of a number of musicians from other bands, most notably guitarist Doc Coyle from God Forbid. And...Follow Us
Opeth unveil new single “$1;” new album arriving in October
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Better Lovers share “A White Horse Covered in Blood” video; announce debut album
Newly emerged band Better Lovers, featured in Metal Insider's 2023 year-end list for their EP, announced their highly anticipated debut album. Highly Irresponsible is scheduled to arrive this fall on October 25 via SharpTone Records. Ahead of the album release, the...
Jerry Cantrell shares official video for new single “Vilified”
Jerry Cantrell has released a video for his latest single, "Vilified." The track is the debut single from his upcoming album, I Want Blood, set to drop on October 18. The video, directed by Lorenzo Diego, reflects the album's themes, such as sci-fi and the fear of...
New & Noteworthy returns with full January-worthy releases!
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column has returned! We highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with all of January 2022 releases, which features new music from Cloakroom, Battle...
New & Noteworthy: December 3rd, 2021 – Servant of the New Music
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Volbeat, Of Mice & Men, and more! For last week's releases you can read the previous New &...
New & Noteworthy: November 26th, 2021 – Turning to New Music
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Black Label Society, Cynic, Deep Purple, and more! For last week's releases you can read the...