French post-black metal act The Great Old Ones have released the video for “In the Mouth of Madness." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album Kadath, out January 24, 2025, via Season of Mist. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,...
Leaked Victory email suggests layoffs, artist cuts may result from Spotify dispute
Last month Victory Records took a stand against Spotify in claiming that an audit done by independent organization Audiam found that the streaming service owed the label money (about $23,000) for a large number of streams. Spotify reacted by pulling the label’s...Will Francis from Aiden weighs in on Victory/Spotify
Within the past 24 hours, Spotify removed all albums from the Victory Records catalog, ruining workout playlists around the globe. Victory Records released a statement that can be found on our website as well as their company website. What is interesting is that...Victory Records catalog pulled from Spotify
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Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
Architects drop “Whiplash” video; new album arriving in February
British metalcore outfit Architects are back with a new record, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, scheduled to arrive on February 28, 2025, via Epitaph Records. Their forthcoming eleventh full-length offering is the overall follow-up to 2022's The Classic Symptoms...
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...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...