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W.A.S.P. announce ‘1984 to Headless’ 2026 North American Tour with KK’s Priest

W.A.S.P. announce ‘1984 to Headless’ 2026 North American Tour with KK’s Priest

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 11, 2026 | News, Touring

W.A.S.P. are returning to the road for their 1984 To Headless 2026 North American tour, featuring KK’s Priest as special guests. The run kicks off on September 10 in California and concludes on October 31, with a promised setlist focusing on material from their first...
Cattle Decapitation announce “30 Years Of Inhumanity” North American tour

Cattle Decapitation announce “30 Years Of Inhumanity” North American tour

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 10, 2026 | News, Touring

Cattle Decapitation are hitting the road this spring for the 30 Years Of Inhumanity tour, celebrating three decades as a band with a run of U.S. and Canadian dates. The trek marks a brief pause from writing new material. Special guests include Brujeria, with...
The Saddest Landscape announce new album ‘Alone With Heaven’

The Saddest Landscape announce new album ‘Alone With Heaven’

by Jordeana Bell | Feb 10, 2026 | New Music, News, Releases, Video

I love bands that reappear, like a long-forgotten feeling you suddenly remember in a grocery store aisle. The Saddest Landscape obviously enjoy this sort of vibe as their new album, Alone With Heaven (out April 24 via Iodine Recordings), is their first full-length in...
Former Manowar guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman diagnosed with ALS

Former Manowar guitarist Ross “The Boss” Friedman diagnosed with ALS

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 10, 2026 | News

Ross “The Boss” Friedman, founding guitarist of Manowar and a key early figure in punk and heavy metal through The Dictators, currently of Ross The Boss and Death Dealer, has revealed he has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). A statement from Friedman’s...
Metal Insider roundup: 16 recent tour and festival announcements – 2/10/2026

Metal Insider roundup: 16 recent tour and festival announcements – 2/10/2026

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 10, 2026 | Festivals, Lists, News, Touring

There’s no sign of slowing down for live shows. Metal Insider has rounded up 16 of some of the latest tour announcements, updates, and major festival news, so you can catch up on what you may have missed or revisit the highlights. The 2026 tour season is looking busy....
Metal Insider Newswire – 2/9/2026: The Latest Updates from Motley Crue, Metallica, Skid Row and more

Metal Insider Newswire – 2/9/2026: The Latest Updates from Motley Crue, Metallica, Skid Row and more

by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 9, 2026 | Lists, News

From the latest lawsuit developments involving Mötley Crüe and Mick Mars to talk of a potential Ozzfest revival and Skid Row continuing the search for a new singer, here’s a quick roundup of the latest rock and metal headlines from the past week. 01) Skid Row launch...
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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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Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’

I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....

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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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New & Noteworthy: Releases Go in the Forest – 10/31/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases Go in the Forest – 10/31/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Halloween saw new music from the likes of Avatar, Aephanemer, Despised Icon and Primitive Man, as well as an early holiday EP from...

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