Movie Review – ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’
We are living in an age where streaming and theater markets rely heavily on franchises, reboots, and long-awaited sequels, with very little originality left to bring to the table. Most of these projects get lost in an oversaturated market, tangled in the streaming...
New & Noteworthy: The Blue Releases – 9/12/2025
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 likes of Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, Between The Buried And Me, Chameleons, Der Weg Einer Freiheit,...
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Fabulae Dramatis
Countdown to 2026: 139 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...
Atreyu spark breakup rumors with cryptic “R.I.P.” posts
Atreyu have wiped their social media clean, replacing everything (mostly all on Instagram) with a single black box and the caption "R.I.P." across Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads. Their bios also now display the same cryptic message, sparking speculation over...
Metal By Numbers: Metal in Charts – 9/12/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from August 8, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This week highlights new albums from Babymetal, Halestorm,...
Der Weg Einer Freiheit break down new album ‘Innern’ with track-by-track guide
Der Weg Einer Freiheit return with Innern, their sixth album and one of their most personal to date, out today (12th) via Season of Mist (read our review here). Built on themes of suffering, transformation, and introspection, the record expands their signature mix of...
Mudvayne’s Greg Tribbett to miss tour after wife’s passing
Mudvayne guitarist Greg Tribbett will sit out the band's L.D. 50 25th Anniversary tour, which kicked off on Thursday (11th), following the death of his wife, Debbie. According to a GoFundMe launched over a year ago, his wife lost her battle with angiosarcoma, a rare...
Album Review: Lorna Shore – ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’
The short-handed version of my opinion is that Will Ramos is the living, breathing "Thing," straight from the John Carpenter nightmare we've all been aware of since we were kids (and yes, I know I've referenced Carpenter before and will continue to do so—I honestly...
Brocarde unleashes “Feed My Soul” video featuring KoRn’s Ray Luzier
London-based gothic metal artist Brocarde has released a video her new single “Feed My Soul,” featuring KoRn drummer Ray Luzier. Produced by Chris Collier, the track blends symphonic intensity, exploring themes of toxic relationships and resilience. The single...
Dark Music’s Most Promising: Storm’s Mastermind Discusses the Band’s Debut Album, ‘Join the Storm’
Leo Davadi Sundli is the rising star whose music you absolutely need to know. At just 16 years old, the prodigious Mr. Sundli has now unleashed his debut album under the Storm banner, which is aptly titled Join the Storm, via the celebrated Indie Recordings. That...










