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12 Days of 2025 Milwaukee Metal Fest lineup announcements

12 Days of 2025 Milwaukee Metal Fest lineup announcements

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 10, 2024 | Festivals, News

Milwaukee Metal Fest returns in 2025, with Down headlining the event. The festival will take place from May 16-18, 2025, at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom, with a pre-party scheduled for May 15. As 2024 wraps up, organizers have been building excitement with a 12-day...
Linkin Park, Scorpions, KoRn, and Muse to headline Hellfest 2025

Linkin Park, Scorpions, KoRn, and Muse to headline Hellfest 2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 9, 2024 | Festivals, News

Hellfest returns to Clisson, France, from June 19-22, 2025, with a massively diverse lineup featuring one hundred eighty-four bands across six stages. Headliners include Linkin Park, Scorpions, KoRn, and Muse will be appearing at the festival for the first time. This...
Chelsea Wolfe, Blood Incantation, and more added to Fire In The Mountains 2025

Chelsea Wolfe, Blood Incantation, and more added to Fire In The Mountains 2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 7, 2024 | Festivals, News

Fire in the Mountains Festival has announced additional artists for its 2025 event, set for July 25–27 at Red Eagle Campground in Glacier, Montana, in partnership with the Blackfeet Nation. The newly announced acts include singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, Blood...
Welcome to Rockville 2025: Full lineup revealed featuring Rob Zombie, Green Day, Linkin Park, and Marilyn Manson

Welcome to Rockville 2025: Full lineup revealed featuring Rob Zombie, Green Day, Linkin Park, and Marilyn Manson

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 15, 2024 | Festivals, News

Welcome to Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway, Florida, from May 15–18, 2025, with another massive lineup filled with surprises. The fourteenth edition of the festival will feature over 150 bands across five stages, including: Day 1 Thursday:...
Beyond the Gates 2025 reveal first wave of bands: King Diamond, Triptykon, etc.

Beyond the Gates 2025 reveal first wave of bands: King Diamond, Triptykon, etc.

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 15, 2024 | Festivals, News

The four-day metal festival Beyond the Gates returns to Bergen, Norway, from July 30 to August 2, 2025, across notable venues like USF and Grieghallen. The first wave of bands have been announced, including King Diamond’s first Norwegian show in nineteen years....
Download Festival 2025 announces Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep Token as headliners

Download Festival 2025 announces Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep Token as headliners

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 13, 2024 | Festivals

The 2025 edition of U.K.’s Download Festival is set for June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, marking its 22nd edition with a refreshed lineup branded as DLXXII. For the first time, the festival will feature first-time headliners Green Day, KoRn, and...
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Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits

Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...

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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”

Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...

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Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences

Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025

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 music from the likes of The Hives, Lathe Of Heaven, Pinkshift, Vicious Rumors and Helloween among the many...

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New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025

New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025

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 music from the likes of Deftones, Three Days Grace, Burning Witches, Blackbriar and Arcadia among the many...

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New & Noteworthy: Bright as Metal Releases – 08/15 – 08/08/2025

New & Noteworthy: Bright as Metal Releases – 08/15 – 08/08/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last couple of weeks have seen new music from the likes of Good Charlotte, Halestorm, Attack! Attack!, Babymetal, Chevelle, Rise Against,...

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