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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zakk-BLS-scaled.jpg”] Zakk Wylde has once again weighed in on the growing debate surrounding AI-generated music, dismissing fears about the technology replacing real artists. In a new interview with Qobuz, the Black Label Society frontman and longtime Ozzy Osbourne guitarist argued that artificial intelligence will never replicate the originality of human musicians. Which is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/the-weekly-injection-photo.jpg”] This week’s new heavy metal releases include biker metal from uncle Zakk, blazing black metal, lots of prog, and more! To the metals… Bekor Qilish – Consecrated Abysses of Dread Genre: Avant-garde /death metalOrigin: Milan, Lombardy, ItalyLabel: I, Voidhanger Records) Buy now on Bandcamp Every once in a while I’m hit with a record that sounds…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Sepultura-Cavalera.png”] After decades of dominating the extreme metal world, Brazilian legends Sepultura are closing the chapter for good. While the band is still ironing out details for their final show, it’s now clear that the classic brotherly duo of Max and Iggor Cavalera will not be part of the farewell. The Cavalera brothers…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/corrosion-of-conformity-2026.jpeg”] Corrosion Of Conformity will hit the road this July with Whores and Crobot for a largely West Coast tour of North America. The tour is in support of Corrosion Of Conformity‘s upcoming record Good God / Baad Man and kicks off on July 6 at Scout Bar in Houston, TX. Get your…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/frozen-soul-2026.jpeg”] Frozen Soul is back with a new single called “Invoke War”, made all the more brutal by Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn. According to frontman Chad Green, the song “is about the internal battle we all have to fight when navigating loss, grief, guilt, and depression. “It’s about getting back up. It’s meant…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/deftones-old.png”] Former Deftones bassist and drummer Dominic Garcia has opened up once again about his time with the alt-metal heavyweights. Though this time, he’s setting the record straight on his role in the band’s origins. Speaking in the latest issue of Metal Hammer, Garcia pushed back against the long-circulating narrative that he was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Animals-As-Leaders.jpeg”] Animals As Leaders are heading back to Europe this summer, lining up a run of shows that will see the instrumental prog titans dominate the festival circuit while slipping in a handful of intimate club dates. The trio’s trek across the pond will largely revolve around major festival appearances, continuing their reputation…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cancer-Bats-6521.jpg”] Canadian hardcore punks Cancer Bats are hitting Europe and the UK this summer to mark 20 Years of Madness, which is why they named the tour that. The band’s European run spans May through July 2026, hitting festival stages like Slam Dunk Festival, Fury Dance Festival, and Hellfest Open Air, alongside intimate…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IF-Jester-Race-Social-Asset.png”] We’re not done yet! Let’s celebrate In Flames‘ critically acclaimed masterpiece, The Jester Race, once again with an exclusive bundle you can ONLY get at the Metal Injection store. The bundle includes an insanely sick 18″ x 24″ poster designed by Dido Peshev, along with a reissued single LP in a beautiful…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/kyle-thomas-exhorder.jpg”] Exhorder recently split with drummer Sasha Horn, who originally joined the band in 2017. Frontman Kyle Thomas has now opened up about Horn‘s recent departure, revealing the decision had been building for quite some time before finally coming to a head. Speaking with Metal Horror Madman, Thomas explained that Horn just needed…