Metal Insider
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Reviews
  • Tours
  • Shop
  • About
Select Page
Heavy Metal in Video Games – a personal Top 10 list

Heavy Metal in Video Games – a personal Top 10 list

by Siegfried Samer | Jun 27, 2022 | Lists

  Music and video games have a storied history, much like music in movies. It’s hard to imagine games without their unique, distinctive soundtracks these days. While it all started from humble beginnings in the form of simple 8-bit and 16-bit songs (that...

The most metal video games, according to gaming site

by Bram Teitelman | Feb 10, 2014 | Lists, Video Games

A few years ago, we ran a list of our top five most metal video games. It took a while for website Game Trailers to come up with their own list, but they’ve just unveiled their top 10 most metal video games. They disqualified our #1 pick right off the bat (which...

Shocking: Music Games Not A Perfect Sales Behemoth, Savior Of The Industry

by Metal Insider | Dec 15, 2009 | Video Games

Two years ago, many proclaimed the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video game franchises as some sort of long-lasting alternative to declining traditional media following the games’ significant impact on artist profiles and spiking digital sales. While music...

Win A Limited Edition Brutal Legend Statue Or T-Shirt Designed By Mishka NYC!

by Metal Insider | Nov 12, 2009 | Contests

The folks behind blockbuster metal video game Brutal Legend are crazy. EA Games is giving you not one, not two but three chances to win awesome BL prizes from the Insider, MetalSucks and Metal Injection! The grand prize is a gorgeous 17″ polyresin statue limited...

No Surprise Here: Brutal Legend Is Pretty Awesome

by Bram Teitelman | Oct 19, 2009 | Video Games

As soon as it was announced, EA’s Brutal Legend sounded like a game that custom made for metalheads. Talking to the creators confirmed that they definitely had a love for metal. After playing it for about an hour or so, we can confirm that if you like metal and...
« Older Entries

Follow Us

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”
Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”

Mayhem have unveiled a visualizer for their new single, "Despair." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Liturgy of Death, scheduled to arrive on February 6, 2026. Nearly four decades into their career, Mayhem frame death not as an ending but as an inevitable...

read more
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025

A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album...

read more
Rob Zombie unleashes “Heathen Days” video
Rob Zombie unleashes “Heathen Days” video

Rob Zombie has unleashed a video for his latest single, “Heathen Days.” The track is taken from his upcoming album The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:

read more
New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025

New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of November sees releases from the likes of Excide, Blut Aus Nord, Plosivs and Equilibrium amongst the many outstanding...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the release of Aerosmith and Yungblud’s collaborative EP and a holiday album from Stryper, as well as new works from...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many...

read more

Support Metal Insider: Donate Today

Find Metal Insider on…

  • Amazon
  • Bluesky
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • Substack
  • Threads
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Discord

  • Metal Insider is on Discord! Join the Metal Insider community! 0

Metal Insider is a member of
LG Media

Privacy Policy

NEWS & TIPS

Have news you think would fit on Metal Insider? Send us a message at: tips@metalinsider.net