Rob Zombie has announced his eighth studio album, The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. The new record marks the follow-up to 2021's The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. To coincide with the announcement, the...
The Bruins’ goalie is a metalhead
The 2013-14 NHL season is little more than a week old, but what’s arguably the most metal of sports already has a metal headline. Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask recently sat down with Esquire to talk about his favorite Finnish metal bands. The goalie,...Children of Bodom frontman hospitalized before Nashville show
Shortly before last night’s sold-out Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Huntress and Battlecross show in Nashville, word came that Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho had been rushed to a hospital, according to Metal Underground. No details were given on why the frontman...Fredrik Andersson On How Amon Amarth Views Mayhem Fest As A Chance To Play “Outside The Box”
When Mayhem Fest announced its lineup for 2013, Amon Amarth was the name that had us most intrigued. For one thing, it’s always nice to have a little Viking metal at any festival (especially from the Swedish gods themselves). But on the other hand, Amon Amarth isn’t...Photos: Mayhem Fest 2013 (Side Stages) At Hartford’s Comcast Theatre, 7/21/13
This past week, the Metal Insider crew was spread out across multiple dates of this year’s Mayhem Fest. However, photographer Derek Soto was on hand for all of the craziness when Mayhem rolled through the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, CT last Sunday (July 21). We’ll be...Follow Us
Rob Zombie unleashes new song “Punks and Demons; new album arriving in February
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Track Premiere: Beau Anderson – “As If”
ATL alt-rocker Beau Anderson has teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere his latest single, “As If,” out October 9th. The track hits with sludgy riffs and heavy grooves, channeling a failing romance destined to collapse. “As If” is taken from Anderson’s debut EP,...
Album Review: Orbit Culture’s Death Above Life & Interview with Niklas Karlsson
2000 marked a pivotal year for the rise of nu metal. While the genre had already exploded by the mid-to-late nineties, the turn of the millennium felt like its mecca, when bands like Slipknot, Linkin Park, Deftones, KoRn, Disturbed, and System of a Down (to name a...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...
New & Noteworthy: Ridiculous And Full Of Releases 6/14/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Friday’s releases include new music from legendary artists John Cale and Fu Manchu, long-running bands Annabel, The Early November...
New & Noteworthy: Theories of Releases – 6/7/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of June sees releases from veteran bands like Bon Jovi, Cactus and Evergrey, as well as Butthole Surfers’ JD...