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Amplified: Sentient Ignition’s tech death ups the game

Amplified: Sentient Ignition’s tech death ups the game

by Nick DeSimone | May 6, 2016 | Amplified

Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. I have to be honest, I’m totally burnt out on tech death for the most part. It’s got a lot to do with the lack of dynamic...

Dissident Aggression: High On Fire – Luminiferous

by Metal Insider | Jun 12, 2015 | Dissident Aggression

Throughout the course of human history there have been certain phenomena that have blessed us with a mesmerizing array things you could set your watch to. In the metal world over the last decade plus one of those phenomena is a new High On Fire album. Matt Pike and...

Dissident Aggression: Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

by Metal Insider | May 8, 2015 | Dissident Aggression

Once in a blue moon a band comes along and releases an album that you can clearly see will entrench them into the annals of genre lore, an album that just sets them apart from the competition from first to last note.  This year’s “it” record very...

Dissident Aggression: None Will Mourn Skinfather

by Metal Insider | Apr 4, 2014 | Dissident Aggression

There was a time when you could easily identify a death metal band based on their geographic locale.  Swedish death metal bands sounded utterly Swedish in the buzzsaw way.  New York bands had their sound, Floridian bands theirs, Brazilian bands theirs, and so on and...

Dissident Aggression: Lycus Head The Funeral Procession

by Metal Insider | Jul 1, 2013 | Dissident Aggression

Let us not mince words here.  Lycus, hailing from Oakland, CA, are a doom band.  If you want to get cute and call them “funeral doom” that would be completely acceptable.  But make no mistake that if you were to look up “doom” in Noah...

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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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