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Photos/Review: Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, Jinjer ignite Welcome to Rockville 2025

Photos/Review: Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, Jinjer ignite Welcome to Rockville 2025

by Marie-Christine Quirion | Jun 4, 2025 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews

If Sonic Temple was a spark, then Welcome to Rockville was a full-blown inferno. Daytona International Speedway became a crucible where 200,000 metalheads braved blistering heat and still raised hell. Four days featuring more than 150 bands storming across five...
Photos/Review: Sonic Temple: Double Metallica, Linkin Park, KoRn

Photos/Review: Sonic Temple: Double Metallica, Linkin Park, KoRn

by Marie-Christine Quirion | May 27, 2025 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews

Sonic Temple 2025: Four Days of Pure Mayhem, Metal, and Madness If you weren’t at Historic Crew Stadium this past May 8th – 11th, then what the hell were you even doing? Sonic Temple 2025 went off like a nuclear blast, kicking off the DWP festival season with a...
Motionless In White, Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Kittie, etc. added to ShipRocked 2026 lineup

Motionless In White, Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Kittie, etc. added to ShipRocked 2026 lineup

by Zenae Zukowski | May 26, 2025 | Festivals, News

ShipRocked has revealed the full lineup for its 16th edition, setting sail January 25–31, 2026 aboard the Carnival Horizon. The 2026 voyage will depart from Miami and will stop at Half Moon Cay, the new Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island, and Nassau, where...
CBGB Festival 2025 to feature Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, and more

CBGB Festival 2025 to feature Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, and more

by Zenae Zukowski | May 22, 2025 | Festivals

The CBGB Festival is set for September 27, 2025, at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY. Presented by The Bowery Presents, the one-day event will feature twenty-one bands across three stages. Iggy Pop will headline the festival with his first NYC performance in...
Riot Fest 2025: daily lineup revealed for 20th anniversary edition

Riot Fest 2025: daily lineup revealed for 20th anniversary edition

by Zenae Zukowski | May 19, 2025 | Festivals, News

Riot Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary with a stacked 2025 lineup featuring headliners Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White, and the Sex Pistols (featuring Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock). The event returns to Chicago’s Douglass...
Black Label Society, The Darkness, Stryper, and more confirmed for 2026 Monsters of Rock Cruise

Black Label Society, The Darkness, Stryper, and more confirmed for 2026 Monsters of Rock Cruise

by Zenae Zukowski | May 10, 2025 | Festivals, News

The Monsters of Rock Cruise will return for its 14th edition on April 12–17, 2026. Hosted by On The Blue Cruises, the five-day voyage departs from Miami and features over 35 hard rock and metal acts, including Black Label Society, Night Ranger, The Darkness,...
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Record Store Day 2026 Releases: Meshuggah, Babymetal, Megadeth, Motorhead, etc.
Record Store Day 2026 Releases: Meshuggah, Babymetal, Megadeth, Motorhead, etc.

While we highlighted Slipknot's long-awaited, rumored collection, Look Outside Your Window, will get a Record Store Release, there are many more for 2026 to explore. Highlights include records from Megadeth, Meshuggah, Puscifer, Babymetal, Motorhead, and more. Metal...

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Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
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"...

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Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
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...

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New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy: Field of Releases – 11/21/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the release of Aerosmith and Yungblud’s collaborative EP and a holiday album from Stryper, as well as new works from...

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New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy: Embrace the Releases – 11/14/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many...

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New & Noteworthy: Echoes In Releases – 11/7/2025

New & Noteworthy: Echoes In Releases – 11/7/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. November kicks off with new music from the likes of Finger Eleven, Agnostic Front, Armor For Sleep, Drain and Alcatrazz among the many...

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