by Ian Weber | May 20, 2024 | Reviews
There are certain gigs I’ve wondered about reviewing since debuting on Metal Insider in 2022: Overkill (they’re bound to return to New York), a concert worth taking the night off work to provide coverage for, and a Blind Guardian show. The former two...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 9, 2024 | Exclusive, New Music, Premieres, Releases
Shroud of Despondency from Michigan are gearing up for their latest cosmic black metal offering in collaboration with LanzerRath. This split EP, set to arrive tomorrow (10th). Rory Heikkila, the driving force behind Shroud of Despondency, channels personal loss and...
by Zenae Zukowski | May 3, 2024 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week, with order links provided by Amazon. As we’re still vetting out artists for this week’s New & Noteworthy column, we’ve switched things up today...
by Jillian Drachman | May 2, 2024 | Interviews
Breaking Benjamin guitarist Keith Wallen prepares to unleash his sophomore solo album, Infinity Now, via Rise Records on May 3. Infinity Now is the follow-up to This World or the Next (2021), which was preceded by The EP Allies (2014). This catchy and radio-friendly...
by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 30, 2024 | News, Touring, Updates
Twenty-five years ago, a small band at the time, Slipknot, from Des Moines, Iowa, with many members in orange jumpsuits, released their self-titled debut album. Twenty-five years later, they’re one of the biggest acts formed within the nu-metal, post-grunge era,...