Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
Chelsea Grin take aim at Bill Cosby with new shirt
Last year Chelsea Grin put out a shirt poking fun at Kim Jong-Un, the dictator of North Korea. He was in the news quite a bit because of the Sony hacking scandal surrounding the release of the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie, The Interview. Well, the band has...This new Chelsea Grin shirt design might make you smile
So in case you’ve been living under a rock (0r in North Korea), one of the biggest headlines in the week leading up to Christmas was Sony’s decision to pull the Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy The Interview after North Korea threatened violence at movie...South by So What?! add Beartooth, Vanna
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The Black Dahlia Murder are putting out a 7″ as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday festivities. This would be the band’s first new recorded material since 2013s Everblack. According to the the band’s Facebook: “Grind Em All 7″...Follow Us
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
New & Noteworthy: Songs of Last Releases – 5/30/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final New Music Friday of May will see new music from the likes of Garbage, The Haunted, Rivers Of Nihil and Wolves At The Gate, as...
New & Noteworthy: Origins of Releases – 5/23/2025
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 new music from the likes of Skunk Anansie, …and Oceans, Age of Apocalypes and Witchcraft, as well as cover and...
New & Noteworthy: Will You Haunt Me, With Releases – 5/16/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Bury Tomorrow, Pelican and Steve Von Till,...