Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
Lou Reed And Metallica’s Project Launches Website
We haven’t heard anything new about Metallica’s “secret” project with Lou Reed in a while. The band revealed to Rolling Stone that they decided to record songs Reed wrote for Lulu (a theatrical production of stories by the German author Frank Wedekind currently...Rick Rubin Discusses New Metallica, Linkin Park, And Kid Rock Records
It was pretty much confirmed back in April that Metallica would be working with Rick Rubin again. However, ever since Metallica’s “special project” (aka a collaboration with Lou Reed) was announced, it’s been somewhat unclear as to what Metallica’s future recording...Is This What Metallica And Lou Reed’s Collaboration Will Sound Like?
Late Wednesday night, Metallica revealed that they’ve wrapped up recording for their new collaboration with Lou Reed. Since then, the metal community has been thinking out loud “Metallica and Lou Reed? What the hell will that sound like?” Well we can assure you that...Metallica Working With Lou Reed On New Project
Back in February, Kirk Hammett let it slip that Metallica was working on a secret project that wasn’t “100 percent a Metallica record.” Since then, we haven’t heard anything new about it. But late last night, Metallica finally confirmed that this secret project is a...Follow Us
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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
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...
New & Noteworthy: Will You Haunt Me, With Releases – 5/16/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Bury Tomorrow, Pelican and Steve Von Till,...