Power metal warriors Warkings are celebrating their fifth battle, Armageddon. The record dropped on Friday (4th) via Napalm Records. To celebrate the album's arrival, these vikings teamed up with Metal Insider to reveal Five Most Metal Battles Fought by...
Recap: GWAR-B-Q evolves, sets stage for band’s next act
This past weekend, many of metal, hardcore and punk’s elite descended on Richmond, VA’s Hadad’s Lake not just for the 5th annual GWAR-B-Q, but also to pay tribute to fallen frontman Dave Brockie and his altar ego Oderus Urungus. And while first and...Metal By Numbers 6/12: The charts get f*cked up
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As the late great George Carlin once explained, no word is more versatile in its usage than the word “fuck”. It’s funny to think that there was a...New & Noteworthy, 5/27: A Farewell to Misery
To those of you that had a long weekend, we hope you enjoyed it safely and in good company! This week is considered by those here in the US as being the unofficial beginning of summer, and if this release week is any indicator, summer is going to be heavy as hell this...
Photos/Contest: Win Jeremy Saffer’s top 21 portraits of the year!
For the past decade or so, Jeremy Saffer has staked out a claim as one of the best metal photographers in the business. Having shot countless acts, from up and comers to the biggest in the business, he’s as close to a household name in photography as there is....Follow Us
Top 5 metal battles fought by Warkings
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Eric Bass (Shinedown) shares track-by-track breakdown of solo album ‘I Had a Name’
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Eric Bass (Shinedown) released his debut solo album, I Had A Name, earlier this year. Written, recorded, and produced entirely by Bass, the full-length effort introduces listeners to a sprawling dystopian world of his...
Edenbridge return to Steamhammer/SPV; new album arriving in January 2026
Austrian symphonic metal outfit Edenbridge have announced their return to Steamhammer/SPV and will release their new album, Set the Dark on Fire, on January 16, 2026. Led by guitarist/keyboardist Lanvall and vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher, the band is ready for their...
New & Noteworthy: Never Enough Insatiable Releases – 6/20/2025 – 06/06/2025
June 20, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Badflower, Cryptopsy, Alestorm, Malevolence and Yungblud, among...
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...