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...
Headbangers’ Brawl 12/16: Our Favorite Albums of 2010
We’re almost two weeks away from bringing in a new year. And as 2010 gets closer to ending, every online blog and magazine takes part in a beloved tradition: “favorite albums of the year” lists. Hell, we’ll admit that even though it’s been overdone, they’re also fun...Metal By Numbers 12/15: Give The Gift Of Music? Not So Much
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Continuing a trend we saw last week, there’s not a ton of metal being sold. In fact, with only five albums notching sales of over 100,000, there’s not a...Metal By Numbers 12/8: Surviving The Holiday Rush
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ah, December, when commerce rears its ugly head and retailers actually make some money for once. It’s also a bit of a dead zone for new releases, with greatest...Metal By Numbers 12/1: Heavy Stuff Gets Buried
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a pretty solid week for album sales, with the top four albums selling upwards of 240,000 and the top 11 selling over 100,000. These things happen around...Follow Us
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
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Spiritbox unveil “Perfect Soul” video; new album arriving in March
Spiritbox have revealed their second album, Tsunami Sea, set to release on March 7, 2025 via Pale Chord and Rise Records. To accompany the announcement, the group has unveiled a Dylan Hryciuk-directed video for their new single, "Perfect Soul." The Canadian metal...
Poppy unveils “the centers falling out” performance video
Poppy's new album, Negative Spaces has dropped today (15th) via Sumerian Spaces. The innovative artist has unveiled a performance video for the song "the centers falling out," in celebration of her latest effort's arrival. Poppy is set to kick off 2025 supporting...
New & Noteworthy: Myths of Releases – 3/22/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among this week’s new albums are the returns of Gossip and Brodequin, as well as highly-anticipated works from Elbow, The Jesus...
New & Noteworthy: Warp Speed Invincible Project Releases – 3/1/2024 – 3/15/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases hitting shelves. The last couple of weeks saw new music from the likes of Waves In Autumn, Bruce Dickinson, Ministry, Kaiser Chiefs, Judas Priest, The...
New & Noteworthy: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...