Linkin Park have announced a massive world tour in 2025, supporting their new album, From Zero, out tomorrow (15th) via Warner. The trek will cover North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America with special guests on select dates, including Queens of the Stone Age,...
August Burns Red inks deal with Fearless Records
In an unexpected move, August Burns Red have announced today that they’ve signed a deal with Fearless Records, after nine years on the Solid State Records roster. Accompanying this announcement is the confirmation that a new album will be coming from August...Relapse signs Baroness guitarist’s side band Valkyrie
As Baroness continue to gain popularity with each album, the Relapse band seem to be following the lead of another Relapse band, Mastodon. That’s not to say that they’re about to leave Relapse, and now we know their guitarist, Pete Adams isn’t about...Havok signs to Century Media Records
Denver, Colorado’s thrashers Havok were just signed to Century Media Records. Having toured the word and released 3 studio albums in the last five years, the band clearly has been keeping busy and doing well enough for themselves to catch the attention of Century...Black Crown Initiate signs with eOne
Earlier this year, we shined a spotlight on Pennsylvania progressive death metal band Black Crown Initiate. The lone unsigned band on the Metal Alliance tour, they’d literally only had three live shows under their belt when they headed out on the tour. More...Universal Music India signs Midhaven, their first metal band
[youtube]http://youtu.be/7Nc-TFVxJeo[/youtube] Metal music in India has never exactly integrated itself as a popular genre – until now. Universal Music India just signed Midhaven, a sludge-metal band hailing from Mumbai. The band was formed in 2011 by...Follow Us
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Counterparts announce winter 2025 North American Tour
Counterparts have announced a North American Tour for February and March 2025 with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands. Tickets go on sale Friday (15th) at 10:00 AM local time. The tour announcement arrived shortly after the Canadian metal...
Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square
Balancing Acts is Metal Insider's new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Seven Kingdoms guitarist Camden Cruz discusses the group's recent success,...
New & Noteworthy: Life promises releases – 2/16/2024
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 returns of The Jack Rubies and Ihsahn, the debuts of Crawlers and The Requiem, as well as...
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...
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...