Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...
Metal By Numbers 8/17: Sales Are Jumping In Waves
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top metal debut comes from Florida’s very own Trivium, who have reason to celebrate. Their fifth studio album In Waves sells just under 21,000 copies,...New & Noteworthy, August 16th – Reasoning the Impossible
Very few bands have dealt with half of their lineup leaving in the space of a few months. One member leaving is difficult, but manageable. Dealing with two departures is considerably harder, and most bands would need considerable help from friends and a lot of good...New & Noteworthy, August 9th – Ember to Inferno
Time has proven that young metal bands that hit their stride in the early to mid-2000s have had the most success since bands reaching similar levels in the early ’80s. More household metal names emerged between 2002 and 2006 than at any other time in the past...Metal By Numbers 10/20: The Charts Aren’t All That
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Even though there were a crap load of debuts, only a hand full actually appeared on the charts this week. This week’s highest metal debut comes from All That Remains,...Follow Us
Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025
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Bury Tomorrow release “What If I Burn” video; new album arriving in May 2025
Bury Tomorrow have announced their new album, Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience, is set to release on May 16. The forthcoming record marks a new chapter for the band with guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast, who joined during a...
Opeth share visualizer for “§4” featuring Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Swedish progressive metal legends Opeth are celebrating the arrival of their 14th studio album, The Last Will & Testament, out today (22nd) via Moderbolaget // Reigning Phoenix Music. To mark the release, the band has shared a visualizer for the track "§4,"...
New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...
New & Noteworthy: Infinity Releases 5/3/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first week of May will see the returns of P.O.D., Better Than Ezra and Dååth, the debut of Return To Dust and new works from the...
New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024
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 heavy new works from Accept, Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Deicide, Full Of Hell, Alien Ant Farm and Black Tusk, the debut...