German progressive/technical death metal masters Obscura have announced their new album, A Sonication, is scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. The album marks the second installment of their conceptual trilogy, and overall follow-up from 2021's...
Vader finish recording album, offer release date
Been in need of a death metal fix from Vader? Then you’ll welcome the news that the band has completed work on its tenth studio album titled Tibi Et Igni, which is Latin for “For You And Fire”. The band has released the following statement regarding...The Black Dahlia Murder’s Trevor Strnad: “There’s No Glamour Whatsoever In This”
Way back in June, Metallica’s Orion Music and More Festival took place. Among the more established bands initially announced, the festival definitely respected more extreme genres as well, with The Black Dahlia Murder among the acts playing. MI Contributor Alex...Unsigned & Streamed: Suffer The Wrath
Why should major label bands be the only ones who get love? Unsigned & Streamed is a column where we stream a song from an unsigned band we at Metal Insider really dig. This week, we’re excited to present Springfield, Illinois’ Suffer The Wrath. Formed in 2008,...Metal By Numbers 9/28: Respecting Your Heritage Can Help You Sell Records
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While the top metal/hard rock debut actually comes from post-hardcore band Thrice, it would be unfair to not put the spotlight on Opeth. The Swedish prog metal band’s...Follow Us
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
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Spiritbox unveil “Perfect Soul” video; new album arriving in March
Spiritbox have revealed their second album, Tsunami Sea, set to release on March 7, 2025 via Pale Chord and Rise Records. To accompany the announcement, the group has unveiled a Dylan Hryciuk-directed video for their new single, "Perfect Soul." The Canadian metal...
Poppy unveils “the centers falling out” performance video
Poppy's new album, Negative Spaces has dropped today (15th) via Sumerian Spaces. The innovative artist has unveiled a performance video for the song "the centers falling out," in celebration of her latest effort's arrival. Poppy is set to kick off 2025 supporting...
New & Noteworthy: Warp Speed Invincible Project Releases – 3/1/2024 – 3/15/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases hitting shelves. The last couple of weeks saw new music from the likes of Waves In Autumn, Bruce Dickinson, Ministry, Kaiser Chiefs, Judas Priest, The...
New & Noteworthy: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...
New & Noteworthy: Life promises releases – 2/16/2024
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 the returns of The Jack Rubies and Ihsahn, the debuts of Crawlers and The Requiem, as well as...