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...
Job For A Cowboy/Revocation video makes it onto Comedy Central @Midnight
If you haven’t seen “Newborns,” or “Benjamin Butthole Surfers,” the video with Job For A Cowboy bassist Nick Schendzielos and Dave Davidson from Revocation, then consider yourself slightly lucky. It’s very disturbing and creepy. You...Samhain announce additional tour dates; Goatwhore opening
While it was already known that Glenn Danzig’s post-Misfits/pre solo artist band Samhain was playing at the Riot Fest Chicago. Now it’s been announced that the band will be playing a handful of other shows on the east and west coasts. Goatwhore will be...Full Scion Rock Fest lineup includes headliners Machine Head, High On Fire
A week ago, the initial lineup for Scion Rock Fest 2014 was announced with the names of some bands marked out, including the headliners. Now the whole lineup is out and, as you might have guessed, it’s pretty sweet. Machine Head and High on Fire will headline...Scion Rock Fest 2014 lineup includes Red Fang, Crowbar
Another festival lineup is (partially) announced, this one for Scion Rock Fest. The festival will take place in Pomona, CA on May 17 with the venue still to be determined. The acts that have been announced thus far are as follows: Red Fang Crowbar Power Trip Exhumed...Follow Us
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
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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,...