Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
Trent Reznor Apparently Doesn’t Follow Through
Today’s Trent Reznor rant was brought on by a post he made on Twitter…wait, what? Didn’t he quit Twitter like a month ago in dramatic fashion? Oh savior of online marketing, how can we trust anything you say now? Our world is completely upside down....Municipal Waste Twitter For Cash Contest Abruptly Shut Down
I called this one. Municipal Waste’s “Wrong Answer” Twitter page, which was being used as a trivia game with cash prizes in promotion of its upcoming album, has been suspended and is currently under investigation by the social networking site. We...Municipal Waste Create Bizarre Twitter Cash Prize Contest
Here’s a new promotional idea: Municipal Waste have started a Twitter page in anticipation of their upcoming album, Massive Aggressive, where they are giving a $500 cash prize to the winner of a summer-long trivia game. The punny tie-in is with the album’s...Twitter Users More Likely To Buy Music Than The Rest Of You Dummies
Want some random statistics about the interwebs that are probably too out of context to mean anything? Cool: research from the NPD Group says active Twitter users buy 77% more digital music downloads on average than non-users. The study says 34% of all Twitter users...Follow Us
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025
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 music from the likes of The Hives, Lathe Of Heaven, Pinkshift, Vicious Rumors and Helloween among the many...
New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025
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 music from the likes of Deftones, Three Days Grace, Burning Witches, Blackbriar and Arcadia among the many...
New & Noteworthy: Bright as Metal Releases – 08/15 – 08/08/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last couple of weeks have seen new music from the likes of Good Charlotte, Halestorm, Attack! Attack!, Babymetal, Chevelle, Rise Against,...