The Halo Effect have released a video for their new song, "Cruel Perception." The track is the third single taken from their upcoming album, March Of The Unheard, scheduled to arrive on January 10, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. Guitar wizard and main songwriter Niclas...
A tale of two Kings; Kerry joins King Diamond onstage at Mayhem
[youtube]https://youtu.be/0oYZbLVS3Ao[/youtube] Amidst all the backbiting, sniping and discussion about how this just isn’t the Mayhem Fest’s year, it seems perhaps Slayer guitarist Kerry King remembered that it comes to giving those that do come out the...Slayer’s Kerry King calls Mayhem Fest co-founder a “douche”
If things seemed like they might be a little tense on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, that’s because, by all outward appearances, they are. After a Detroit Free Press article in which co-founder Kevin Lyman called metal “gray, bald and...Interview: Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise talks Mayhem, new album
Wisconsin’s death metal conquerors Jungle Rot continue to pillage the extreme scene as Victory Records’ old school leaders on this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Staying strong 20 years after the band formation, Jungle Rot released their ninth...King Diamond plays with no makeup in Milwaukee
There are events in life that can’t be missed, like New Horizons spacecraft’s flyby close to former planet Pluto; or Emperor’s reunion shows back in 2014 performing In The Nightside Eclipse in its entirety; but a few days ago, another rare event happened:...Follow Us
The Halo Effect share “Cruel Perception” video
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Dream Theater unveil “A Broken Man” visualizer
Dream Theater have released a Wayne Joyner-created visualizer for their new song, “A Broken Man.” The track is the second single taken from their forthcoming sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia, out February 7, 2025, via Inside Out Music/Sony Music. The track explores...
Wardruna share “Birna” video
Norwegian collective Wardruna has released "Birna," the title track from their upcoming album, out January 24 via Sony Music and By Norse Music. Meaning "she-bear" in Old Norse, the song honors the bear as a symbol of nature's guardian. The accompanying video, filmed...
New & Noteworthy: Permanent Releases – 11/8/2024
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 albums from the likes of Primal Scream, State Champs, Sólstafir, Neal Morse & The Resonance, Bad Astronaut and an...
New & Noteworthy: Sub Rosa in Releases – 11/1/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of November will see the long-awaited returns of The Cure, Beardfish, Planes Mistaken For Stars and Warren...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...