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World’s Loudest Month 2017: Dates announced, lineups to follow

World’s Loudest Month 2017: Dates announced, lineups to follow

by Sean Matthews | Nov 16, 2016 | Festivals, News

For those who follow the festival circuit, and cant wait to book vacation time around weekend long events, Christmas came early this year.  The announcement for World’s Loudest Month was released this week, and gives concert goers all the dates they need to go...
Third Annual Louder Than Life solidifies Louisville as concrete festival stop

Third Annual Louder Than Life solidifies Louisville as concrete festival stop

by Sean Matthews | Oct 7, 2016 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews

With the festival season slowly winding down, we were onsite in downtown, Louisville, Kentucky, this past weekend for the 3rd Annual Louder Than Life Festival. Featuring some of the larger names in metal and rock that have headlined most of the festivals this year,...
Chicago Open Air Festival takes over Toyota Park for inaugural Event

Chicago Open Air Festival takes over Toyota Park for inaugural Event

by Sean Matthews | Jul 21, 2016 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews

This past weekend, Danny Wilmer Presents (DWP), the group behind World’s Loudest Month in May every year, stepped up their Festival game by creating the first ever Chicago Open Air Festival. From July 15-17, over 75,000 people converged on the small town of...
Review: Guns N’ Roses give Detroit once in a “Lifetime” kickoff show

Review: Guns N’ Roses give Detroit once in a “Lifetime” kickoff show

by Sean Matthews | Jun 24, 2016 | Reviews

The tour that no one thought would ever happen, including the band’s own members, finally started last night in Detroit, Michigan. Guns ‘N Roses officially launched the “Not In This Lifetime” Tour last night at Ford Field. When this tour was rumored to be...
As Louder Than Life fest announced, rock and metal fests getting mainstream props

As Louder Than Life fest announced, rock and metal fests getting mainstream props

by Sean Matthews | May 31, 2016 | Festivals, News

Today, the lineup for the third incarnation of Kentucky’s Louder than Life Festival was announced. Like many of the other regional festivals that have been announced in the last month or so, the lineup splits the difference between metal and hard rock, with many...
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Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos released this week – 9/23/2025
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos released this week – 9/23/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 50 new songs, this week (and change) brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including...

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Explore 26 New albums just announced – 9/22/2025
Explore 26 New albums just announced – 9/22/2025

Another week and change has gone by since we shared 13 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,539 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and...

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EP Review: Wolfheart – ‘Draconian Darkness II’
EP Review: Wolfheart – ‘Draconian Darkness II’

When it comes to the metal subgenre of melodeath, Wolfheart is one of the best in the category. They balance the dark and heavy riffs with beautiful melodic elements with ease, yet manage to add something fresh and exciting with every release. The band is consistent...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024

New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024

  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 Music Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024

New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024

  New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...

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New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024

New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024

  New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...

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