Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have announced their eighth full-length album, The Wolf and the King, is scheduled to arrive on October 4th via Season of Mist. To celebrate the reveal, the group has unveiled a performance video directed by Claudio Marino and...
Headbangers’ Brawl 10/28: Who Do You Think Will Be Playing Mayhem Fest 2012?
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, dates for Mayhem Fest 2012 were revealed (albeit...Metal By Numbers 10/26: Nothing Shocking About Album Sales
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Out of the five hard rock/metal releases to debut on the charts this week, the top release comes from alt rock legends Jane’s Addiction. Though their fourth studio...Metal By Numbers 10/19: Capitalism Rules The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week sees thirteen hard rock/metal related albums debuting. And while Evanescence’s third self-titled album debuts at the top of the charts, the real winner this...New & Noteworthy, October 11th – No One Gets Left Behind
One of my goals with this column is to give exposure to bands that may not be well known to the vast majority of readers. There has certainly been a great deal of that in 2011, as hundreds of underground bands and young up-and-comers have released new albums that...Follow Us
1349 drop “Shadow Point” video; new album arriving in October
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Nile announce 2025 tour; streaming new single “To Strike with Secret Fang”
Death metal giants Nile have unveiled a lyric video for their new song, "To Strike with Secret Fang." The track is the second single taken from their upcoming album, The Underworld Awaits Us All, out August 23 via Napalm Records. Nile have also announced a 2025 USA...
ICYMI: 200 Stab Wounds announce summer and fall tour dates
Cleveland death metal band 200 Stab Wounds released their new album, Manual Manic Procedures, on June 28 via Metal Blade Records. Following their 2021 debut, Slave To The Scalpel, this sophomore effort delivers brutal, old-school death metal, which can be seen in...
New & Noteworthy, January 22nd – Don’t Turn Your Back
This is not normal. January is supposed to be a month with few, if any, big-name releases. Yet here we are, three weeks into the release calendar, and several extremely significant albums are all hitting shelves this week. The game is changing, it would seem, since...
New & Noteworthy, January 15th – An Alternative to Freedom
After kicking off the year with a hefty release week, things normalize a bit for a January release date. 2016 continues to have a strong start, though, with a number of underground up-and-comers releasing new material today. Check it all out here! ...
New & Noteworthy, January 8th – Know Your History
Happy New Year to you all! It's been a crazy couple of weeks since we parted company. The loss of an icon, Lemmy, still hurts my soul, but I know he would want the music to go on, first and foremost, in the same manner that he lived his life. Lemmy would certainly be...