3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has passed away following cancer battle
We are saddened to report that 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold has died at the age of 47. His bandmates confirmed the news on social media earlier today (7th). Arnold revealed in May 2025 that he had been battling clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), a form of...
Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...
Twisted Sister cancel 2026 reunion shows
Twisted Sister have sadly been forced to cancel all previously announced 2026 50th-Anniversary reunion concerts due to a series of health challenges affecting frontman Dee Snider. Shared on the band's social media, the 70-year-old singer has been battling degenerative...
Staind announce Break The Cycle 25th anniversary tour
It's Been a While since Staind's landmark album, Break the Cycle, was released. Twenty-five years to be exact. Therefore, the group will be celebrating its 2001 release by embarking on the "Break The Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour." The run will feature Seether as direct...
Malevolence and Guilt Trip announce 2026 North American co-headline tour
Malevolence will be teaming up with Guilt Trip this spring for the United Kingdom Metal and Hardcore Across North America 2026 co-headline tour. The trek kicks off on March 31 in Detroit, MI, and concludes on April 23 in Milwaukee, WI, with support from Chamber....
Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...
New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....
Photos/Review: 10 Year Celebration of Ronnie Montrose Remembered Rocks The Grand Theater in Anaheim, CA on 01/24/2026
The Ronnie Montrose Remembered 10th anniversary concert took place Saturday, January 24, 2026, at the Grand Theater in Anaheim, CA, during NAMM 2026, celebrating the legacy of legendary rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose. The show, produced and hosted by Keith St. John...
Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26
Hey, welcome to a new feature on Metal Insider, where it's all about the best of the best albums released throughout the month. Get ready to catch up with me - January was about riffs and heavy metal brakdowns! Bullet, Kosuke Hashida, and Megadeth all have that...
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Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...
Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....
New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...
New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...
New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...
