Posted by Metal Insider on December 30, 2021
The 2021 entries are in for team Metal Insider’s best albums of 2021. In case you missed it, you can check out lists from Chris, Smitty, Kyle, Zenae, Bram, Matt, and Siegfried. While all lists are relatively different, we took an additional step to combine everyone’s picks based on comparison to make an ultimate […]
Posted by Kyle Finlan on December 30, 2021
2021 has been quite a dynamic year, with many ups and downs. One of the highlights have been the absolute deluge of new music that has been released in the past 12 months! Perhaps this onslaught of new things to fill our earholes with is being driven by the time afforded by the lack […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 29, 2021
2021 has been another challenging year, but we saw a return of live music. Artists have once again found more creative ways to virtually bring live music, such as Epica’s unique cinematic event with Omega Alive. Many have unveiled powerful new tunes via LP and EP releases. As difficult as it was to select […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on November 17, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Charts are here and on time! Compared to last week, this week’s numbers were underwhelming. Last week, Mastodon topped our charts with 17,600 sold but this week Bullet For My Valentine only managed 6,000 copies. […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on November 12, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mastodon absolutely crushed the charts with their eight studio album. Fun fact, this was the first time since 2002’s Remission where Scott Kelly of Neurosis didn’t guest on a track. Also making a surprised impact was […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 5, 2021
Australian progressive death metal giants Be’lakor released their first album in five years, Coherence, on October 29th via Napalm Records (order here). We caught up with keyboardist Steve Merry to discuss their latest effort and the overall challenges they faced living in one of the most restricted areas during the course of the COVID-19 […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on November 1, 2021
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Mastodon and more! For last week’s releases you can read the previous New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales numbers Metal by Numbers. Be sure to follow us […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 28, 2021
Be’lakor are gearing up for their first full-length effort in five years, Coherence, out this Friday (29th) via Napalm Records. Today (28th), these Australian progressive death metal giants have unleashed a video for their latest single “Valence.” The group comments: “’Valence’ is a song which brings together elements of all our previous albums […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on September 28, 2021
Be’lakor have unleashed a mesmerizing video for the explosive new track “Foothold.” The song is taken from the Australian progressive death metal giants’ first full-length album in five years, Coherence, out October 29th via Napalm Records. Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 25, 2021
Finally! Be’lakor have announced their new album, Coherence, will be released on October 29th via Napalm Records. Mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Leprous, At the Gates, etc.), the upcoming effort marks the group’s first full length record in five years. To celebrate the follow-up to 2016’s Vessels, these Australian progressive death metal titans […]
