I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....
Maynard’s Ever-Expanding Wine Venture Opens Tasting Room
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, seemingly on a never-ending mission to promote his Caduceus line of wines (seriously, this guy has been in our faces over this more than all of the Tool albums combined), has announced the opening of a new tasting room in Jerome,...Maynard One Step Away From His Own Food Network Show
At some point, I’m going to have to stop covering Maynard James Keenan’s wine-related media blitz, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in video form. Here he is in full effect, giving a tasting lesson with the way-too-excited-for-wine...From The Whole Foods Aisle To The Big Screen: Maynard’s New Doc
First he was in your stores, signing your autographs, now he’s on your TV! Maynard James Keenan of Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer has releaed the trailer for Blood Into Wine, a documentary that follows Maynard and his vineyard partner Eric Glomski and the...Follow Us
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
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Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26
Hey, welcome to a new feature on Metal Insider, where it's all about the best of the best albums released throughout the month. Get ready to catch up with me - January was about riffs and heavy metal brakdowns! Bullet, Kosuke Hashida, and Megadeth all have that...
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 1/28/2026
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last at the end of 2025, January has brought an extensive batch of fifty-three new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs from...
New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...
New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...
New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026
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 new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...