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Review/Photos: 70000 Tons of Metal 2025 – another successful voyage where metal meets the Caribbean Seas

Review/Photos: 70000 Tons of Metal 2025 – another successful voyage where metal meets the Caribbean Seas

by Kyle Finlan | Feb 26, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

70000 Tons of Metal is quite the absurd experience; it takes two concepts: metal music, with black shirts, bombasticness, and passionate fans, all mixed on a luxury cruise line, which are usually the antithesis of metal (show tunes and suit jackets in the dining...
Photos/Review: Cavalera Conspiracy pummeled San Diego with the Third World Trilogy Tour featuring Necrot & Dead Heat

Photos/Review: Cavalera Conspiracy pummeled San Diego with the Third World Trilogy Tour featuring Necrot & Dead Heat

by Chris Loomis | Feb 25, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

Max Cavalera is without a doubt the God of Heavy Music . . . Sepultura, Soulfly, Killer Be Killed, Go Ahead and Die, Nailbomb and Cavalera Conspiracy – Max’s music seems to get more extreme as the years go by and the fans seem to embrace that approach with open arms....
Live Review: Aborted terrified Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day – 2/14/2025

Live Review: Aborted terrified Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day – 2/14/2025

by Lisa Burke | Feb 20, 2025 | Reviews

Heavy metal can be an excellent therapy for lots of fans to get through lots of disheartening times. Ironically and charmingly, there happened to be the fun of bringing a death metal tour to Los Angeles at 1720 on Valentine’s Day. The Terrifying North America...
Photos/Review: Tyr holds the heathen hammer high in Tampa – 2/16/2025

Photos/Review: Tyr holds the heathen hammer high in Tampa – 2/16/2025

by Mar Morannon | Feb 19, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

Tyr returned to Tampa for the first time in over a decade, bringing a fun night of melodies, headbanging, and hammers. Leading into the show, Tampa had a fairly typical afternoon rain shower that was accompanied by a brief loss of power in the area surrounding The...
Album Review: Mantar – ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’

Album Review: Mantar – ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’

by Jordeana Bell | Feb 19, 2025 | Reviews

I would never intentionally start a war over it, but Metal Blade Records is my absolute favorite label. Brian Slagel does a phenomenal job at picking out the absolute best; it’s a brilliant feature.  Mantar took me by surprise. The last album they put out,...
Photos/Review: The Modern Primitive Tour w/ Septicflesh, VLTIMAS, Stormruler & SIGLOS celebrate Valentine’s Day in San Diego

Photos/Review: The Modern Primitive Tour w/ Septicflesh, VLTIMAS, Stormruler & SIGLOS celebrate Valentine’s Day in San Diego

by Chris Loomis | Feb 19, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

The all-star death metal tours just keep coming . . . after Nile and Six Feet Under hit SoCal for two dates last week, The Modern Primitive in North America Tour 2025 featuring the Greek Death Metal Gods Speticflesh with direct support from VLTIMAS and Stormruler with...
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Video Premiere: The Mist – “Brain – Gappetto’s Song”
Video Premiere: The Mist – “Brain – Gappetto’s Song”

Brazilian thrashers The Mist are preparing to release The Dark Side of the Soul (An Anatomy of the Soul), their long-awaited first full-length in 30 years, set to arrive on November 7th via Moonspell's Fernando Ribeiro's label Alma Mater Records. The band has teamed...

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Der Weg Einer Freiheit break down new album ‘Innern’ with track-by-track guide
Der Weg Einer Freiheit break down new album ‘Innern’ with track-by-track guide

Der Weg Einer Freiheit return with Innern, their sixth album and one of their most personal to date, out today (12th) via Season of Mist (read our review here). Built on themes of suffering, transformation, and introspection, the record expands their signature mix of...

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Black Cross Hotel (The Atlas Moth / Stabbing Westward) announce new album; unveil “The House God Doesn’t Visit”
Black Cross Hotel (The Atlas Moth / Stabbing Westward) announce new album; unveil “The House God Doesn’t Visit”

Chicago industrial post-punk collective Black Cross Hotel, featuring members of The Atlas Moth and Stabbing Westward, will release their new album Songs for Switches on October 31 via Someoddpilot Records. The band has unveiled the video for the album's lead single,...

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New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024

New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024

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 heavy new works from Accept, Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Deicide, Full Of Hell, Alien Ant Farm and Black Tusk, the debut...

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New & Noteworthy: Cometh the releases – 4/19/2024

New & Noteworthy: Cometh the releases – 4/19/2024

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday will see the highly anticipated returns of Pearl Jam, The Ghost Inside and High On Fire, as well as big...

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New & Noteworthy: Release Ballads – 4/12/2024

New & Noteworthy: Release Ballads – 4/12/2024

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 debut of Jakobs Castle, the return of classic rockers Blue Öyster Cult, Mark Knopfler and James, as well as new...

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