Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 5, 2020
Sweden death/black metal giants Necrophobic’s new album, Dawn of the Damned will finally arrive this Friday (9th) via Century Media Records (pre-order here). The follow-up to 2018’s Mark of the Necrogram sees the band go in a darker direction, which is another strong 2020 contender. We caught up with guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt to discuss […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 7, 2018
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Once again, the debut section is stacked in this week’s edition of MBN. There’s 17 albums, same as last week, with the usual smattering of knowns and unknowns. If you follow the column New […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on February 23, 2018
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week we’ve got new music from Tengger Cavalry, Necrophobic, and more. If you would like to check out the last New & Noteworthy, you can do so here, if you want […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 1, 2017
Necrophobic have announced Mark of the Necrogram as the title of their new album, which will be released on February 23rd via Century Media. The group’s eighth studio effort is a follow-up to 2013’s Womb of Lilithu and it marks the first album with Century Media. Pre-orders for Mark of the Necrogram will start on […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 6, 2017
There are a handful of people who have attended 70,000 Tons of Metal since the beginning, and 2018 will find it sailing into its eighth journey. During this past holiday weekend, Andy Piller, the Skipper of this four-day voyage, started the band announcements on Facebook. We are one day away from ticket sales for “survivors,” […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on July 1, 2015
Firespawn, formerly known as Fireborn, featuring members of Entombed A.D. and Necrophobic have inked a record deal with Century Media Records and have some releases in the pipeline ready to be delivered with them. Comments Firespawn’s bass player A. Impaler: We are stoked to be joining forces with Century Media. They are one of the biggest […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 7, 2014
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last year, many were shocked, but likely none more than the remaining members of the band. Late on […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 3, 2014
As we close the books on the first Friday of 2014, we thought it might be fun to take a look back at the biggest stories on Metal Insider that ran in 2013. Sure, some of them are closely related to each other, others are huge and exclusive stories, others are gossipy and others, well, […]
Posted by Tiffany Bentley on October 14, 2013
After Metal Insider broke the news that Necrophobic vocalist Tobias Sidegard had been arrested on allegations of abuse towards his wife and children, we received a not-so-nice response from the singer. While the band was more cautious in response, having been caught off guard, they’ve now had enough. Sidegard was found guilty on two counts of […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 20, 2013
Several weeks ago, Metal Insider broke the story that Necrophobic frontman Tobias Sidegard had been in prison on charges that he’d abused his wife and children. While he’d been sentenced to 18 months, the vocalist e-mailed us later that day, stating that he was out of prison following a second appeal and that the final judgment […]
