Saor unveil “Amidst the Ruins” video; new album arriving in February
Scottish Caledonian metal project Saor has released the title track and video for their upcoming album, Amidst the Ruins, due February 7, 2025, via Season of Mist. Blending black metal's intensity with Celtic folk melodies, the song reflects on Scotland's rich...
The Great Old Ones unveil “In the Mouth of Madness” video
French post-black metal act The Great Old Ones have released the video for “In the Mouth of Madness." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album Kadath, out January 24, 2025, via Season of Mist. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,...
Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
Architects drop “Whiplash” video; new album arriving in February
British metalcore outfit Architects are back with a new record, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, scheduled to arrive on February 28, 2025, via Epitaph Records. Their forthcoming eleventh full-length offering is the overall follow-up to 2022's The Classic Symptoms...
Devin Townsend announces North American Tour with Tesseract
Devin Townsend will embark on a North American tour in May 2025, following the release of his latest album, PowerNerd. Special guests on the trek include Tesseract. Tickets go on sale this Friday (22nd) at 10:00 AM local time. Tour Dates: 05/02 Nashville,...
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
German progressive/technical death metal masters Obscura have announced their new album, A Sonication, is scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. The album marks the second installment of their conceptual trilogy, and overall follow-up from 2021's...
Life of Agony’s Mina Caputo announces detransition plans
Life of Agony vocalist Mina Caputo has come forward, publicly announcing her plans to de-transition to male, reclaiming the singer's birth name, Keith. The artist shared a thirteen-minute, personal video on Instagram on Tuesday (19th) expressing plans to be completely...
Septicflesh announce 2025 North American Winter Tour w/ Vltimas & Ex Deo
Septicflesh will return to North America this winter. Following their appearance at 2025’s 70000tons, these Greek metal kings will make a North American trek on February 10th in Houston, TX, and run through March 2nd in New York City. Support will come from Vltimas...
Napalm Death and the Melvins announce co-headlining 2025 U.S Tour
Napalm Death and the Melvins are teaming up in 2025 for their Savage Imperial Death March Part II tour, set for spring 2025, marking their first co-headlining trek since 2016. The nine-week run kicks off in April 2025, featuring openers: Weedeater (April 4–May 5),...
Primus launch public search for new drummer
Looking for a career change or ignite following your dreams on being a drummer? Well, look no further, Primus are searching for a new drummer following the sudden exit of longtime member Tim "Herb" Alexander last month in October. The band invites submissions from...
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Saor unveil “Amidst the Ruins” video; new album arriving in February
Scottish Caledonian metal project Saor has released the title track and video for their upcoming album, Amidst the Ruins, due February 7, 2025, via Season of Mist. Blending black metal's intensity with Celtic folk melodies, the song reflects on Scotland's rich...
The Great Old Ones unveil “In the Mouth of Madness” video
French post-black metal act The Great Old Ones have released the video for “In the Mouth of Madness." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album Kadath, out January 24, 2025, via Season of Mist. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,...
Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
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...