Coverage of the local rock and metal scene internationally that includes Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Today sees the release of the live video for The Man, the new song from Johannesburg based quartet The Color Blew. The Rockpit has the Australian premiere which can be seen below. Taken from […]
Brazilian post-grunge alternative metal band The Krueggers will release their new full-length album entitled Hysterical Cold Side and Dark Memories on January 10, 2020 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced by The Krueggers […]
Johannesburg hard rock hooligans Dirty Moonshine have revealed the video for their new track The Hunt which released on all on Friday 18th October. This is the first new music they have released since […]
Mongolian rock sensation THE HU will take their self-proclaimed brand of “hunnu rock” to a new level as they further embellish their blend of traditional Eastern instrumentation and throat singing mixed with Western rock music by […]
Mongolian rock sensation THE HU will take their self-proclaimed brand of “hunnu rock” to a new level as they further embellish their blend of traditional Eastern instrumentation and throat singing mixed with Western rock music by […]
Hailed as South Africa’s first hard rock supergroup The Devil’s Party Band is a band like no other. Consisting of Anthonie van der Walt (ex. Thysis and JackHammer), Chris van der Walt (Vulvodynia), Werner […]
Encompassing everything from black metal to straight-forward heavy metal, DEATH TRIBE‘s debut, Beyond Pain and Pleasure: A Desert Experiment,captures the pain of living amid war-torn Beruit. Today, Metal Insider premieres a video for the […]
South African experimental psychedelic funk rock band No Requests have unveiled the video for the new single Choir on Fire. The track is taken from their new album Nobody Knows What We’re Doing Neither […]
Things are heating up for THE HU as they prepare to make their way to North America for their first-ever tour of the continent in support of their upcoming debut album, THE GEREG, due September 13 via Eleven Seven Music. The Mongolian […]
Down the Hatch, the second music video for South African rockers, Black Pistol, shot during their album launch on 13th July 2019 is today released for viewing. The video, filmed and edited by Jurie […]
Philippines death metal act Natal Cleft have just dropped a brand new track “Asbestos Flagon” from their upcoming new album “Particles of Hate” which is set to be released later this year. The track […]
Cape Town based stoner/desert rock band MØNSTRØID have released the video for their track Lost In the Haze, taken from their 2017 debut album Set 1. Shot in both South Africa and the Namibian […]
Get ready for THE HU, a band that are unlike any other rock band in the world. The Mongolian rock band and worldwide online sensation bringing eastern traditions to western rock will release their […]
Israeli thrashers SHREDHEAD, who recently celebrated the worldwide release of their third album, Live Unholy, have just revealed a brand new music video for their third single, “Unmarked“. The video, which was filmed and […]
South African brutal death metal giants Vulvodynia have released the video for their track Famine taken from their new album Mob Justice. Originally premiered on the 15th July 2019 via popular extreme metal YouTube […]
Formed in 2014, Cape Town based hard rock degenerates Black Pistol have released the video for their second single Call to Arms, a riff heavy ode to the rock n roll lifestyle. Taken from […]
South African blues-rock duo The Amblers have released the video for Ratty Old Mo’, the title track from their latest EP. The band aren’t keen on delving too deep into the meaning behind their […]
Johannesburg’s alternative prog-rock giants Deity’s Muse have released a live performance video for their new track Still in Hiding, taken from their forthcoming EP Lungs Full set for release on the 31st May. This […]
Hailing from the vibrant and diverse music industry in South Africa, folksy blues-rock duo The Amblers have unveiled a live video for the track Sometimes, taken from their debut EP The Dustling Man. An […]
Diesear have released another new music video for the track “Endless Dolour” today off their new LP coming out next month. Directed by Cheng Chung Kai, this is the second music video we’ve seen […]
After the wide-spread critical acclaim for their debut album Black Wolf City, New Wave of South African Heavy Metal protagonists Deadline are back with a brand new single High Tops & Bullet Belts. From […]
Tunisian metal masters, Myrath will release their incredible new album Shehili on May via earMusic The band have just released the latest single called “No Holding Back” from their new album “Shehili”. The powerfully […]
Japanese metal icons, ANTHEM, will release Nucleus, an entirely re-recorded greatest hits album now available with English lyrics for the first time, on March 29! On the eve of the bands 35th Anniversary, their popularity in Japan […]
The World Metal Congress is about to make history by adding to its line-up speakers from metal’s unlikeliest place on the planet: Syria. Syrian metal musician Jake Shuker, lead singer of celebrated Syrian metal […]
Tokyo’s premier Blues Punk trio, Mustang Jerx are returning to Australia this April/May to rip up Sydney, Orange and Melbourne for the release of their latest recording “Easter Monday” which was honed in a […]
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