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Photos/Review: The Stadium Tour w/ Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison & Joan Jett @ Hersheypark Stadium

Photos/Review: The Stadium Tour w/ Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison & Joan Jett @ Hersheypark Stadium

by Mark Smitty Neal | Aug 8, 2022 | Photos, Reviews

  After two years of postponement, The Stadium Tour featuring rock icons Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett finally made its way to Hersheypark Stadium on July 12th in Hershey, Pa. As new and old fans, bearing the remanence of an 80’s closet...
Metal Insider’s Mark Smitty Neal’s top picks of 2021

Metal Insider’s Mark Smitty Neal’s top picks of 2021

by Mark Smitty Neal | Dec 30, 2021 | Lists, Top 10

  Here are my picks for 2021.   Top Ten Albums of the Year:   10) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) Key Track: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium”           09) The Bronx, VI (Cooking Vinyl) Key Track:...
Municipal Waste brought the party to Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY 11/16/21

Municipal Waste brought the party to Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY 11/16/21

by Mark Smitty Neal | Dec 1, 2021 | Photos, Reviews

  On Tuesday, November 16th, fans flooded to the Warsaw concert venue in Brooklyn, NY, for an evening of friendly thrashing. With a stacked bill that saw Dead Heat, Skeletal Remains, Crowbar, and Municipal Waste all under the same roof, the certainty for chaos...
Photos/Review: Overkill returns for hometown show w/ Demolition Hammer & Sworn Enemy at Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ 11/13/21

Photos/Review: Overkill returns for hometown show w/ Demolition Hammer & Sworn Enemy at Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ 11/13/21

by Mark Smitty Neal | Nov 19, 2021 | Photos, Reviews

On November 13th, a frigid Saturday evening, Overkill returned home to New Jersey along with Demolition Hammer and Sworn Enemy to play a nearly sold-out crowd at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair. Overkill’s first hometown show in quite some time, over ten years...
Bad Religion topples Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City 10/29/21

Bad Religion topples Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City 10/29/21

by Mark Smitty Neal | Nov 15, 2021 | Photos, Reviews

  With Halloween right around the corner, New York City was alive and full of energy, with people all set for their weekend of ghoulish shenanigans. On Friday, October 29th, Hammerstein Ballroom was undoubtedly filled with energy, a different type of energy, one...
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Textures breakdown new album ‘Genotype’ with track-by-track guide
Textures breakdown new album ‘Genotype’ with track-by-track guide

Dutch progressive metal veterans Textures are back with Genotype, their long-awaited new album, out today (23rd). Serving as a conceptual counterpart to 2016’s Phenotype, Genotype isn’t a continuation so much as a reset, written entirely from scratch and self-produced...

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The Grudge That Should Not Be: Album Review: Megadeth’s final record
The Grudge That Should Not Be: Album Review: Megadeth’s final record

The overall seventeenth, self-titled album marks the beginning of the end for Megadeth. Dave Mustaine deserves credit. That part isn't up for debate. Getting kicked out of Metallica, starting over, and building Megadeth into one of the defining bands of American...

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Rush Announce Super Deluxe Grace Under Pressure Reissues
Rush Announce Super Deluxe Grace Under Pressure Reissues

Rush will release Super Deluxe editions of Grace Under Pressure, arriving March 13, 2026, via UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records. The 1984 album, has been fully revisited with multiple new configurations, including Super Deluxe box sets on CD, LP, Blu-ray, and digital...

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New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off 2026, this week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Excavated Graves, Fuath, Wildhunt and Dawnbreaker amongst the...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

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New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

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