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,...
Waylon Reavis and Mushroomhead part ways
Mushroomhead are on tour right now with Mortiis, so announcing a line-up change from the road is pretty serious. Waylon Reavis was one of three vocalists in Mushroomhead, and now he’s out after a decade with the band. Reavis posted a statement explaining his...Avenged Sevenfold have a new drummer again
If you were one of the drummers uploading videos to YouTube in hopes of landing a gig with Avenged Sevenfold, you can stop now. After parting ways with Arin Ilejay earlier this year, the band has apparently been working with someone for quite awhile already. Said the...Dave Elitch not in Antemasque anymore, either
Remember when drummer Dave Elitch was in both Antemasque and the heavy metal super-group Killer Be Killed? Then Soundwave Festival in Australia happened, and Converge drummer Ben Koller filled in, and eventually becoming KBK’s full-time drummer. Said Max...All that remains in All That Remains are dudes
After a ten year run with All That Remains, bassist Jeanne Sagan has exited the band. She joined in 2006 following a run in The Acacia Strain, but is amicably leaving the band to pursue personal interests. She’s already been replaced, with former Bury Your Dead...Metal musical chairs: Havok, Twitching Tongues announce lineup changes
Being in a band is like being in a relationship, but maybe more intense, since most relationships don’t consist of two or more other people and involve lots of travel in a van. That’s why it’s never really a huge surprise when bands make lineup...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: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...
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...