by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 12, 2025 | News
France held its first-ever award ceremony dedicated to heavy metal, Les Foudres 2025, on Thursday (9) at the Bataclan in Paris. The event recognized the best in French metal with 12 awards, including honors for artistry, live performance, and social commitment. Gojira...
by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 12, 2025 | Festivals
Aftershock Festival is set to return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, from October 2-5, 2025. Organized by Danny Wimmer Presents, the four-day event will feature 115+ bands across four stages, including headliners: Thursday: Blink-182, Good Charlotte, All...
by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 6, 2025 | News
While Metal Insider was sailing alongside 3,000 metalheads on the 2025 voyage of 70000 Tons of Metal, another “ship,” in a far more troubling sense, unfolded at the 67th Grammy Awards. While the media fixated on turning it into a spectacle of fashion and...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 3, 2025 | Interviews
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Montreal’s Chüzo as they reveal their dog prefers to listen to...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 11, 2024 | News, Video
While the song has been available to stream, Gojira have shared the official video of their historic performance at the Paris Summer Olympics opening ceremony, where they became the first metal band to play at the Olympics. The July performance of “Mea Culpa...