Paws, Pets, and Metal: Yesterday’s Hero’s Tony Smith reveals his dog enjoys watching the band rehearse
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest 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 Tony Smith, guitarist of the Ohio alternative metal band Yesterday’s Hero,...
Metal Insider’s Top 10 Shocking Moments of 2023
It was quite a year for the metal and hard rock music world in 2023. From unexpected bands getting back together and calling it a day to moments that were just plain weird, there were a lot of notable moments that happened this year. Here are just...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Hatred Reigns’ Jeffrey Calder on late dog Finnegan’s role in ‘Awaken The Ancients’ recording sessions
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest 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 guitarist Jeffrey Calder of Hatred Reigns, where the group just released...
Metal Insider’s Elise Yablon’s Favorite Rock Songs of 2023
It’s hard to believe that 2023 is coming to an end. This has been quite a year for music, with a lot of artists putting out stellar albums and tracks. With 2024 almost here, I’m taking a look back at some of the music released in this past year that...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Disorientation reflect on late cat Elsa
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest 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 Disorientation, the avant-garde metal duo from Montreal,...
Metal Insider’s Mar Morannon’s Top 10 Albums of 2023
With the barrage of covid-era recordings being released over the last couple of years and the ease of finding new artists in the modern world, it’s difficult to narrow down a year of metal into just 10 albums. I could easily make a top 10 list for each major...
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....
Metal Insider’s Kyle Finlan’s Top 10 Albums of 2023
10) Seven Spires, Live At ProgPower USA XXI (Frontiers) A live album featuring the return of fantastic US-based melodeath / symphonic metal masters Seven Spires to one of my personal favorite festivals. Slightly biased because some of my photos...
Deicide unleash “Bury The Cross…With Your Christ” video
Death Metal legends Deicide delivered a brutal Christmas gift with their new track and video, "Bury The Cross...With Your Christ." The audacious release, produced in Smoke & Mirrors and engineered by Jeramie Kling and Taylor Nordberg, set the stage for...
Five Female Hard Rock & Metal Artists Making Waves in 2023
Nearly three years ago, we brought you five female metal artists changing the music game and closing the gender gap in the male-dominated genre of metal. In the time since, there has been even more progress made. Over the last couple of years, there have been...
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Skeletal Remains unleash “Relentless Appetite” video
Death metal outfit Skeletal Remains are looking ahead for a busy 2024 year, with the release of their new album, Fragments of the Ageless, set to arrive on March 8th via Century Media Records. To give listeners a taste for what’s to come the group has shared a...
Sonata Arctica share “A Monster Only You Can’t See” video
Finnish melodic metal giants Sonata Arctica are gearing up for their new album, Clear Cold Beyond, out March 8th, 2024 via Atomic Fire Records. The band has recently shared a video for their latest single, "A Monster Only You Can't See." The track dives into...
In Vain streaming new song “Season of Unrest”
Norwegian progressive extreme metal outfit In Vain have unveiled a new single, "Season of Unrest." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, Solemn, set to arrive in 2024 via Indie Recordings. Songwriter Johnar comments: " A tune...
New & Noteworthy: February 9th, 2018: Beloved New Music
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week we've got new music from Visigoth and Therion, as well as the debut album from Legend of the Seagullmen. If you would like to check...
New & Noteworthy, February 2nd, 2018: Order of New Releases
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week was a little slow, but we’ve got a new Saxon album. If you would like to check out the last New & Noteworthy, you can do so...
New & Noteworthy, January 26th, 2018: Choosing New Music as a Virtue
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feels like the first real big week of the year, we’re getting new albums from Phil Anselmo & The Illegals, Machine Head, and...