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A Conversation with Ardek of Carach Angren on new album ‘Franckensteina Strataemontanus’

A Conversation with Ardek of Carach Angren on new album ‘Franckensteina Strataemontanus’

by Miguel Rozo | Jun 22, 2020 | Interviews, Releases

  Dutch metal-horror maestros Carach Angren are back with one of their most ambitious works yet. Their new album titled Franckensteina Strataemontanus is a 12 track record filled with gruesome and bloody-soaking songs based on the life...
Review:  Watain’s ‘Trident Wolf Eclipse’ finds them getting back to basics

Review: Watain’s ‘Trident Wolf Eclipse’ finds them getting back to basics

by Jeff Podoshen | Jan 2, 2018 | Reviews

If you thought Watain was going towards a slightly mellower, softer sound after releasing 2013’s The Wild Hunt… you were wrong. 2018’s first major black metal release, Trident Wolf Eclipse, is not soft, nor mellow. It’s not even a little quiet. Instead, we...
Dissident Aggression: Behexen – The Poisonous Path

Dissident Aggression: Behexen – The Poisonous Path

by Metal Insider | Jun 2, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

We could debate until the cows come home exactly which bands deserve the ‘underrated’ tag. Within each sub-genre there are literally dozens upon dozens of bands that the metal consensus cries foul about not getting their due. One such act in the black...
Dissident Aggression: Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign

Dissident Aggression: Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign

by Metal Insider | May 26, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

They say seven is a lucky number. There’s also supposedly dark magic behind the number seven. Seven years of bad luck for a whole host of reasons, so say the superstitions. Maybe it’s the fact that it has been seven long years since their last full-length,...
Dissident Aggression: Bog of the Infidel – Asleep in the Arms of Suicide

Dissident Aggression: Bog of the Infidel – Asleep in the Arms of Suicide

by Metal Insider | May 19, 2016 | Dissident Aggression

It’s been written at length, even in this space, about the varying long, strange trips that many US black metal musicians insist on taking the genre, often with mixed results. While the overt atmospherics and genre-bending can, at times, prove to be interesting...
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Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set

Rainbow will celebrate the earliest and most influential years of their career with The Temple of the King 1975–1976, a comprehensive 9-CD box set arriving March 6, 2026, via Edsel Records. Newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, the collection marks the first...

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Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video

If you’re American, the easiest way to understand Gluecifer is to imagine what it would feel like if a band like the Ramones, or maybe the MC5, disappeared for two decades and then returned without any interest in explaining themselves. No oral history, no apology...

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Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 47 new songs, this week brings a festive batch of six new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

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New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

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New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off the month of December, we will see new releases from the likes of Enthroned, Upon A Burning Body, and Blood Red Throne, as...

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