What’s the Best DAW for Metal Production in 2025? The Brutal Truth.
This age-old question that has launched a thousand forum wars, shattered countless friendships, and sent otherwise sane guitarists into a spiral of "what-if" trial-download paralysis when they’re wondering about the best DAW for metal producers: What is the best DAW...
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil to release memoir ‘A Screaming Life’ in May 2026
Soundgarden founding guitarist Kim Thayil will release his memoir, A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Beyond, on May 19, 2026 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. The book traces Soundgarden's journey from Seattle's underground...
Gibson unveils limited-edition acoustic guitar Kirk Hammett Raven, now sold out
Yesterday (28th), Gibson Custom officially unveiled the Kirk Hammett Raven, a limited-edition acoustic guitar created in collaboration with legendary Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and the master luthiers at Gibson's Bozeman, Montana workshop. The guitar, priced at...
Bad Omens announce 2026 North American arena tour with Beartooth and President
Bad Omens have announced a massive 2026 North American headline arena tour with support from Beartooth and President. The trek kicks off on February 22nd in Salt Lake City, UT, and runs through March 27th in Oakland, CA. General onsale begins this Friday (31st) at...
Children of Bodom members’ ‘A Celebration of Music’ concert now sold out
Members of the legendary Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom will honor the band's legacy with a special concert, A Celebration Of Music, on February 26, 2026, at Tavastia in Helsinki. Tickets, which went on sale earlier this morning (29th), via...
Album Review: Despised Icon – ‘Shadow Work’
There's something almost romantic about the idea that Despised Icon managed to survive both deathcore's mid-2000s cultural extinction and the internet's insatiable need to parody anything sincere. Every metal band eventually has to confront its own mythology. For...
Interview: Nekrogoblikon’s John Goblikon discusses goblins, comedy, and more goblins
It’s no secret that I’ve been in love with Nekrogoblikon's John Goblikon for years. Not in the rational, “he seems cool, I’d buy him a beer” kind of way, but in the unhinged, metaphysical sense where you’re daydreaming about an alternate timeline with a version that...
Volbeat scores twelfth #1 spot on the charts
Volbeat just scored their twelfth No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart with “Time Will Heal,” which is either a miracle or a statistical inevitability, depending on how you feel about guitar solos in the year 2025. It’s the kind of record that shouldn’t even...
Babylon LA and Jackass Rock Las Vegas Complexicon
Crazy busy weekend for news. Las Vegas isn’t short on noise, but this past weekend at ComplexCon, the loudest thing in the room wasn’t a sound — it was a collaboration. Babylon LA, the Los Angeles streetwear label founded by Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson of...
Weight of the Tide vocalist Mark Moots launches podcast
If you’ve ever driven through Reno, you already understand why a sludge metal band could be born there. The city feels like the place you go when Las Vegas is too ambitious. There’s neon, but it flickers. There’s nightlife, but it smells like truck stop coffee and...
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Ambush’s Osker Jakobsson share his Top 5 NWOTHM bands
Swedish heavy metal outfit Ambush have released their long-awaited fourth album, Evil In All Dimensions, today (5) via Napalm Records. Packed with unrelenting energy, the record gives a resurgence to traditional heavy metal. To celebrate the release, Ambush’s Osker...
Nine Inch Nails drop new video; faces unexpected Santa moment on tour
Nine Inch Nails have released a Maxime Quoilin-directed video for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” the lead single from their Tron: Ares soundtrack, out September 19 via Interscope. The track marks the band’s first official new music in five years. The band is...
Vimic premiere new track “Parasite Persona” + Kalen Chase interview on honoring Joey Jordison
Vimic have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere their latest single, "Parasite Persona," out September 5. The track serves as the final preview of their long-awaited debut album, Open Your Omen, scheduled to arrive on October 3, 2025, following a successful...
New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...
New & Noteworthy: Hell, Fire And Releases – 1/19/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see highly-anticipated works from the likes of Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Saxon and Neck Deep, among many others....
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...
