
Metallica announce second annual marching band competition winners: ‘For Whom The Band Tolls!’
Metallica have announced the winners of their second annual For Whom The Band Tolls! marching band competition, in partnership with Sweetwater. The event featured expanded categories with first, second, and third place winners selected by the band. Participants used...

Album Review: Lacuna Coil – ‘Sleepless Empire’
Suppose you don't count Lacuna Coil's re-recording of their classic 2002 record Comalies. In that case, the gap between their pre-COVID album Black Anima and 2025's Sleepless Empire is the longest between studio releases in their storied career. Glimpsing into 2002...

Live Gig Review: Kerry King Reigned Supreme Over Irving Plaza – 2/07/25
Please leave it to my first major show of 2025, a tri-headed Cerberus billing, to drop an ultimate night of three spectacular bands before my eyes. Do you know what is not metal? Waiting in line. Do you know what IS? Kerry King and Phil Demmel hammering roofing...

Metal By Numbers: The End Will Show Us In Charts – 1/24 – 1/10/2025
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week, with order links provided by Amazon. Don't forget to check out our New & Noteworthy column, sharing new albums released each week. Take a look and see...

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2025 nominees, with Bad Company and The Black Crowes receiving first-time nods, while Soundgarden return after appearing on the 2023 ballot. To qualify, artists must have released their first commercial recording 25...

Ministry revisits synth-pop era with ‘The Squirrely Years Revisited’
Ministry's Al Jourgensen is revisiting the past with The Squirrely Years Revisited, out March 28 via Cleopatra Records. Pre-orders are available here. The album features new studio versions of early synth-pop classics, including "Everyday Is Halloween," "Work For...

Album Review: Jinjer – ‘Duel’
Jinjer, the Ukranian hyper-soundscape of nu-metal heartthrob, just dropped the most perplexing example of early Ozzfest-style nostalgia with their new album, Duel. Metal has never been more lucrative and comforting than its current state of remarkable outbursts from...

Changeling (ex-Obscura) drop “Abyss” video; debut album arriving in April
Progressive death metal takes new heights with Changeling, featuring the project's mastermind Tom "Fountainhead" Geldschläger (ex-Obscura, Belphegor). The self-titled debut is scheduled to arrive on April 25 via Season of Mist, which includes an impressive lineup...

Spiritbox unveil “No Loss, No Love” video
Spiritbox have shared a Max Moore and Mike Stringer directed-video for their latest single, "No Loss, No Love." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, Tsunami Sea, due March 7 via Pale Chord / Rise Records. Spiritbox kicks off their European tour on...

Metal Festivals in Czechia 2025 – Preview
Avid readers of Metal Insider will have noticed by now that I have a certain soft spot for metal festivals in the Czech Republic, notably Metalfest in Pilsen, Masters of Rock in Vizovice, and Rock Castle Open Air in Moravsky Krumlov. This has several reasons: Firstly,...