Counterparts have announced a North American Tour for February and March 2025 with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands. Tickets go on sale Friday (15th) at 10:00 AM local time. The tour announcement arrived shortly after the Canadian metal...
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore Joins Twilight
Have you heard of Twilight? No, not the movies about sparkly celibate vampires, the black metal supergroup. Already featuring members of Nachtmystium, Isis and The Atlas Moth, they’ve now gotten even more cred, as former Sonic Youth guitarist and vocalist...New & Noteworthy, July 31st – The Persecuted Won’t Forget
How has thrash survived for over three decades? By being one of the easiest genres of metal to appreciate, that’s how. The diversity of thrash allows for speed, groove, technicality, and ambience to varying degrees, and metalheads around the world know it and...You Won’t Have To “Wait” To Hear New Nachtmystium
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZsLtZi9438[/youtube] Nachtmystium’s new album, Silencing Machine, isn’t coming out until the end of the month (literally, 7/31), but the fine folks at Century Media are sharing another song from the album. Although...Headbangers Brawl 6/15: The (Half) Year In Metal
Back in January when New & Noteworthy writer Chris Colgan wrote his list of the most anticipated albums of 2012, we only had an inkling of what to expect from the new release calendar this year. Of course there are gems, some surprises, and some flops, but with...Follow Us
Counterparts announce winter 2025 North American Tour
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Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square
Balancing Acts is Metal Insider's new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Seven Kingdoms guitarist Camden Cruz discusses the group's recent success,...
Thulcandra drop “Fallen Angel’s Dominion” live video
Blackened death metal outfit Thulcandra are set to release their first live album, Live Demise, on December 6 via Napalm Records. Recorded live in 2011 in Munich, this album captures rare tracks from the group's early days, many of which haven’t been played in over a...
New & Noteworthy: Life promises releases – 2/16/2024
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 returns of The Jack Rubies and Ihsahn, the debuts of Crawlers and The Requiem, as well as...
New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024
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 Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...