Metal By Numbers – October Legends in charts – 10/17/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 17, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts....
Sebastian Görlach announces new project Avertat
After stepping away from Thuringian death-doom outfit Décembre Noir in April 2024, Sebastian Görlach has returned with a new project: Avertat. Musically and lyrically, Avertat dives into darker corners of human connection. The project’s first single, “[7]”, is...
Pets, Paws & Metal: Born Divided introduce the cat who loves their music
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing 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 Quebec City melodic death metal act Born Divided, who recently dropped...
Fan dies during Battle Beast performance in Slovakia
A tragedy occurred during Battle Beast's show on Monday (1st) at the Majestic Music Club in Bratislava, Slovakia, when a concertgoer suffered a heart attack and passed away during the band's performance. On Tuesday (2nd), Battle Beast issued a statement addressing the...
Metal By Numbers: October when Testament topped the charts 10/10/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 10, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts....
Ex–I Prevail vocalist Brian Burkheiser releases Taylor Swift cover “Look What You Made Me Do”
Former I Prevail singer Brian Burkheiser has dropped a video of a new cover of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” released under his project Scatterbrain. The track marks one of Burkheiser’s first major releases since his departure from I Prevail, which was...
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Lutharo
Countdown to 2026: 57 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...
Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan launches ‘Vernearth’ Minecraft realm
Slipknot co-founder and creative visionary M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan has officially announced Vernearth, an expansive Minecraft universe built to merge survival gameplay, creative building, PVP competition, and high-stakes seasonal challenges. Crafted with custom tech,...
Metal By Numbers – October Bleeds The Charts – 10/3/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 3, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts....
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Krisiun
Countdown to 2026: 57 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...
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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...
Hei’An’s Matic Blagonič share track-by-track guide for new album ‘Kiss Our Ghosts Goodbye’
Metal Insider first caught Hei'An back in 2023 during their debut appearance at 70000tons of Metal, where the Slovenian modern metal outfit impressed us ever-since. Now, vocalist Matic Blagonič has teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide of their...
New & Noteworthy: The end of 2023 Releases 12/29/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this final Music Friday of 2023, we can expect a cover’s album from Lord Of The Lost and the debut of Dominum, among other titles....
New & Noteworthy: Remaining December Releases – 12/22/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Just in time for the holidays, we’ll be seeing new works from more independent and underground artists, along with AI generated works...
New & Noteworthy: Leviathan Releases 12/15/2023
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 the release of never-before-heard tracks from Stymie and the conclusion of a trilogy from Therion among the...
