Metal Insider
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Reviews
  • Tours
  • Shop
  • About
Select Page
Kirk Hammett reflects on his losing iPhone, 250 riffs

Kirk Hammett reflects on his losing iPhone, 250 riffs

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 8, 2016 | Interviews, News, Updates

  Many have wondered why Kirk Hammett had no writing involvement in Metallica’s latest Hardwired…To Self-Destruct release. For over a year now, it has been no secret that Hammett lost his iPhone that had about 250 song ideas. Shortly after Metallica’s...
Metallica meets Sandman, the Metallica tribute band they almost sued

Metallica meets Sandman, the Metallica tribute band they almost sued

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 1, 2016 | News, Touring, Updates

As many indulge in glorifying Metallica’s litigious anti-Napster years, there are quite a few that have not noticed the significant changes since. Earlier this year, Metallica’s legal team sent out a cease and desist letter to a Canadian tribute band...
Between load-in and set time: Rock The Walls’ Patrick Walford talks Toronto

Between load-in and set time: Rock The Walls’ Patrick Walford talks Toronto

by Bram Teitelman | Sep 29, 2016 | Between Load In and Set Time

Besides websites like this one, there are still plenty of places for fans of metal to get their fix, hear new music and catch interviews. One of those is Rock The Walls, a weekly two-hour show on internet radio station idobi Howl. Hosted out of Toronto by Patrick...

Dissident Aggression: Abyss – Heretical Anatomy

by Metal Insider | Mar 27, 2015 | Dissident Aggression

There really is nothing like a good death metal album.  Nothing beats the sonic slap to the face, the proverbial bucket of cold water to wake you from the musical coma that you can inherit from others like a virus.  However like all metal genres though the history of...

Follow Us

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set

Rainbow will celebrate the earliest and most influential years of their career with The Temple of the King 1975–1976, a comprehensive 9-CD box set arriving March 6, 2026, via Edsel Records. Newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, the collection marks the first...

read more
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video

If you’re American, the easiest way to understand Gluecifer is to imagine what it would feel like if a band like the Ramones, or maybe the MC5, disappeared for two decades and then returned without any interest in explaining themselves. No oral history, no apology...

read more
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 47 new songs, this week brings a festive batch of six new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

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 sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off the month of December, we will see new releases from the likes of Enthroned, Upon A Burning Body, and Blood Red Throne, as...

read more

Support Metal Insider: Donate Today

Find Metal Insider on…

  • Amazon
  • Bluesky
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • Substack
  • Threads
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Discord

  • Metal Insider is on Discord! Join the Metal Insider community! 0

Metal Insider is a member of
LG Media

Privacy Policy

NEWS & TIPS

Have news you think would fit on Metal Insider? Send us a message at: tips@metalinsider.net