by Jillian Drachman | Feb 10, 2024 | News
The Sinister Initiative has been infecting the world with many of the most brilliant and lethal musical atrocities since its rebirth in 2022. TSI was founded by Shining’s genius mastermind, Niklas Kvarforth, who brings decades of experience as a label owner....
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 22, 2023 | New & Noteworthy
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. We’re deep in the first month of the year and possibly already seeing one of the top albums already with Katatonia’s ‘Sky...
by Mark Zapata | Mar 22, 2022 | Festivals, News
Lollapalooza 2022 will return on July 28-31 in Grant Park in Chicago, IL. Headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza include Metallica, Dua Lipa, Green Day, Doja Cat, Lil Baby, J. Cole, Kygo and Machine Gun Kelly. More than 170 acts are scheduled across...
by Elise Yablon | May 29, 2020 | New Music, News, Releases
Metal-influenced rapper Ghostemane has released another black metal EP. His side project Baader-Meinhof released its self-titled three-song EP on Soundcloud May 22 through his Blackmage label. The music on ‘Baader-Meinhoff’ is eclectic and unsettling, jumping...
by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 13, 2020 | Interviews, New Music, Releases
Next Friday (21st), Demons & Wizards’ new album III will finally arrive via Century Media (pre-order here). This marks the first record in fifteen years from the longtime collaborative project featuring Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian’s Hansi...