Darkwave-metal duo Venamoris, featuring Paula and Dave Lombardo, will release their second album, To Cross or To Burn, on February 28 via Ipecac Recordings. Along with the announcement, the duo shared a Displaced/Replaced-created video for the haunting cover of...
Metal Insider Contributor Chip McCabe’s Top 10 of 2014
As the year in music winds down, we’ve given plenty of artists a chance to reveal their favorite music of the year. Now it’s our turn. We’ve already given you Zach Shaw’s, Nick DeSimone’s, Anthony Maisano’s and Chris...Rolling Stone’s Top 50 albums of 2014 has one metal album on it
It’s not like Rolling Stone necessarily has their finger on the pulse of heavy music. In fact, they famously trashed the first albums by both Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. So it’s not all that surprising that even though 2014 was a banner year for metal...Dissident Aggression: A New Wave of Ides Of Gemini
On May 22, 1453 the moon appeared to turn blood red in the night sky. The lunar eclipse above was interpreted below as the fulfilling of a prophecy in Byzantium as the city of Constantinople would fall to the Ottomans a week later. As Los Angeles based three-piece,...Dissident Aggression: YOB On The Path To Ascension
Humans have desired to ascend since before the written word. From a spiritual and metaphysical point of view the mythologies that lie behind humans ascending into the heavens are varied. Maybe it’s humanity’s infinite want to seek a higher truth. ...Follow Us
Venamoris unveil Scorpions cover “Animal Magnetism;” new album arriving in February
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Chris Harms of Lord of the Lost unveils “I Love You” single; debut solo album arriving in January
Chris Harms, vocalist of Lord of the Lost, will release his debut solo album, 1980, on January 31, 2025, via Napalm Records. The record is separate from what listeners are used to from Lord of the Lost's style, giving a more 80s-inspired synth-pop atmosphere. Harms...
Patriarkh (formerly Batushka) share “ВЕРШАЛИН II” visualizer
Polish black metal offering Patriarkh (formerly Batushka), led by Bartłomiej Krysiuk, have released a visualizer for their new single, "ВЕРШАЛИН II" (Lat. WIERSZALIN II). The track is taken from their upcoming album, ПРОРОК ИЛИЯ (Lat. PROROK ILJA), which is scheduled...
New & Noteworthy: March of the Releases – 1/10/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday includes the latest works from Franz Ferdinand, Stick To Your Guns, Tremonti and The Halo Effect, as well as the...
New & Noteworthy: New Year, New Releases – 1/3/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. To Start off 2025, this week sees new music from the likes of Megafauna and Patriarkh among the outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...
New & Noteworthy: The Releases Don’t Die 12/27/2024
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 2024 includes new music from Dominum and Genocide Kommando among the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...