French black metal outfit The Great Old Ones return with Kadath, their latest album inspired by the haunting works of H.P. Lovecraft, set for release on January 24, 2025, via Season of Mist. The group has unveiled a taste of what's to come by dropping a visualizer for...
The Soft Pink Truth’s Drew Daniel talks black metal, electronic music, DLF Live
As half of electronica duo Matmos, Drew Daniel is already pretty well known in the electronic world. Earlier this year, metal was made aware of him as well via his solo project The Soft Pink Truth’s latest album. Why do the Heathen Rage? was released earlier...Here’s a black metal cover of Psy’s ‘Hangover’
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Last month, Metal Insider had the opportunity to attend the Inferno Metal Festival in Norway. Among the multitude of bands playing, there were a handful of presentations and panels at the Inferno Music Conference, one of which included the extended trailer of a...These alternative metal album covers will give you a laugh
We’ve seen people on the internet mess around with metal album covers before, and now that trend continues with this Tumblr dedicated to alternatice metal album covers. Whoever’s behind this site is as punny as we are, which is pretty damn punny. The site...Follow Us
The Great Old Ones share “Me, The Dreamer” visualizer; new album arriving in January
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Tarja unveils “Ciaran’s Well” live video
Tarja Turunen has released a video for "Ciaran's Well," the second single from her upcoming live album Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest, due December 6 via earMUSIC. Originally from her solo debut, My Winter Storm, the live version captures Tarja's powerful vocal...
Night Flight Orchestra share “Shooting Velvet” video; new album arriving in January
Swedish rockers The Night Flight Orchestra have dropped a video for their new single, "Shooting Velvet." The track is the first glimpse of their upcoming album, Give Us The Moon, scheduled to arrive on January 31, 2025, via Napalm Records. Known for their...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Out – 10/20/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Hitting shelves this week, we have the first new material from The Rolling Stones in nearly two decades and a return to form from...
New & Noteworthy: Goodnight, Releases, I Love U, Listen – 10/6/2023 – 10/13/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Over the next two weeks, we have the return of Dogstar and prog-rocker Trevor Rabin to look forward to, as well as new works from...
New & Noteworthy: The releases ride again 9/29/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s albums include the debut of a new death metal project from Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen and the return of...