Halifax, Canada’s Ancient Thrones have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere a guitar playthrough video for their crushing new single, “A Turning Point.” The track is taken from their upcoming full-length album, Melancholia, which is scheduled to arrive on...
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Let’s start out by stating the obvious: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pretty much a sham of an organization. Everyone knows this. Countless bands should be nominated, but aren’t. The nomination process is very much behind closed doors and arbitrary,...Metal by Numbers appendix: the top selling hard rock/metal ever
If you’re reading this, you’re most likely familiar with our weekly Metal by Numbers column, looking at the weekly sales numbers of hard rock and metal music. While sales continue to decline as people adopt to streaming, there are still a solid amount of...The Black Queen (feat. Greg from The Dillinger Escape Plan) release video
[youtube]https://youtu.be/EfiPMJfp2ro[/youtube] If you’re a fan of The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato, but don’t like all the pesky metal, then you’ll want to give a listen to The Black Queen. The project that he formed with Joshua...Greg Puciato unveils The Black Queen
[youtube]https://youtu.be/L7gqlB0FW8k[/youtube] It’s no surprise that The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato likes electronic music and R&B as much as he likes metal. Today, he showed off a song from his new project, The Black Queen, via Rolling...Follow Us
Video Premiere: Ancient Thrones – “A Turning Point” Guitar Playthrough
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Between the Buried and Me unveil “The Blue Nowhere” video
Between the Buried and Me have unveiled a video for the title track from their upcoming album, The Blue Nowhere, scheduled to arrive on September 12 via InsideOutMusic. To support the release, the band will kick off a North American co-headlining tour with Hail the...
Explore 20 new albums just announced – 9/03/2025
Another week and change has gone by since we shared 30 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,381 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and...
New & Noteworthy: Conditioned for Releases – 1/5/2024
Metal Insider's New & Noteworthy, the weekly column highlights the latest and most notable rock and metal releases hitting the shelves each week. As we kick off 2024, we see a wave of fresh albums from artists like At The Plates, Cancer Christ, Haywire,...
New & Noteworthy: The end of 2023 Releases 12/29/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this final Music Friday of 2023, we can expect a cover’s album from Lord Of The Lost and the debut of Dominum, among other titles....
New & Noteworthy: Remaining December Releases – 12/22/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Just in time for the holidays, we’ll be seeing new works from more independent and underground artists, along with AI generated works...