Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Zacky Vengeance has dropped new music under his real name, Zachary Baker, with his first solo single, "Dark Horse." A full-length album is expected soon. The track marks a stylistic shift, trading Baker's metal roots for a more...
Byzantine announce tour, nearing end of crowdfunding campaign
A few months ago, we caught up with OJ on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The catch was that it wasn’t O.J. Simpson, but O.J from Byzantine, who mentioned the band were crowd-funding their new album. The...Lyric video premiere: IKILLYA, ‘Bear Your Name’
[youtube]http://youtu.be/TU9VM0V8t3Y[/youtube] Earlier this year, IKILLYA’s sophomore album, Vae Victis, was released via MRI/Megaforce. It was a nice growth from their debut, and we spoke about it with the band’s frontman Jason Lekberg when the album was...IKILLYA album streaming now
You’ve heard IKILLYA’s “Of the Most Magnificent” already, as well as read our interview with band founder Jason Lekberg. Now you can listen to the rest of the NYC band’s sophomore album, Vae Victis. It’s streaming online now, so go...Video premiere: IKILLYA “Of the Most Magnificent” and interview with Jason Lekberg
IKILLYA have been making a name for themselves in New York and beyond since the release of 2011’s Recon. For their sophomore album, Vae Victis, out on April 29th, the band’s signed a distribution deal with MRI, and have undergone plenty of other changes as...Follow Us
Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance debuts solo single “Dark Horse”
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The Reticent drop “The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic)” video
Progressive metal outfit led by Chris Hathcock, The Reticent, have dropped a video for their latest single, “The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic).” The track is taken from from the band’s latest album Please, out now via Generation Prog Records. “The Bed of...
Ponte Del Diavolo drop new single “Il veleno della Natura”
Italian blackened post-punk group Ponte Del Diavolo have dropped their new song, “Il veleno della Natura.” The track is the second single taken from their forthcoming album, De Venom Natura, which is scheduled to arrive on February 13, 2026, via Season of Mist. Watch...
New & Noteworthy: Winter Releases – 11/28/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of November sees releases from the likes of Excide, Blut Aus Nord, Plosivs and Equilibrium amongst the many outstanding...
New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025
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 the release of Aerosmith and Yungblud’s collaborative EP and a holiday album from Stryper, as well as new works from...
New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many...