by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 23, 2025 | Lists
2025, what an incredible year for music. I want to thank our readers and the Metal Insider team for another year of metal. We sacrifice what we can to support metal and the scene. It’s what we live for. So, thank you for being part of the adventure. While it was...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jun 27, 2025 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is back. We’re diving straight into the top metal sales and notable debuts, covering weekly releases from February 7 through June 13. From long-anticipated comebacks to rising underground favorites, we’re catching up on everything you may have missed...
by Elise Yablon | Mar 17, 2025 | New & Noteworthy
March 14, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are highly-anticipated albums from the likes of Coheed and...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 28, 2025 | New Music, Releases, Video
Avantasia have shared a lyric video for their latest single, “Against The Wind,” featuring H.E.A.T. vocalist Kenny Leckremo. The track is taken from their upcoming 10th studio album, Here Be Dragons, set for release on February 28 via Napalm Records. Tobias...
by Siegfried Samer | Dec 11, 2024 | Reviews
The second week of July traditionally is the time for one of Czechia’s biggest rock and heavy metal festivals, Masters of Rock in Vizovice, close to the Polish border. The 2024 edition has come and gone, and this one was a special one, marking the twentieth...