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Photos/Review: Pearcy | DeMartini deliver an electric night of RATT n ROLL in Anaheim – 8/30/2025

by Chris Loomis | Sep 4, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

RATT was undeniably one of the biggest glam metal bands in the late 80s alongside Motley Crue, with their music standing the test of time and remaining in high demand some 35+ years later. While RATT has had many versions of the band over the last 20 years, original...

Photos/Review: Chevelle bring ‘Bright as Blasphemy’ to New York City’s Rooftop Pier 17 – 8/26/2025

by Sara Elizabeth | Aug 29, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

Back on March 25th, Hard Rock outfit Chevelle gave fans two reasons in one to get excited as they took to social media asking fans if they were ready for new music and if they wanted to hear it live. With that, fans knew the countdown was on for the release of the...

Photos/Review: Bruce Dickinson takes Anaheim on a sonic journey to kick off The Mandrake Project Tour – 8/22/2025

by Chris Loomis | Aug 24, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

Scream for me, Anaheim! Bruce Dickinson’s long-awaited return to North America, the first show of his first major solo tour in nearly three decades, kicked off in electrifying fashion at House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on Friday night, August 22. The iconic...

Album Review: Blackbriar – ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’

by Jordeana Bell | Aug 22, 2025 | Reviews

Blackbriar is the sort of band teenage goths in 2004 prayed would eventually exist. They’re like Evanescence if Amy Lee grew up identifying with Grimm’s Fairytales and Crimson Peak, then decided that reality was too beige to be worth acknowledging anymore....

Photos/Review: Jerry Cantrell brings mood, remembrance, and raw musical talent to House of Blues in Anaheim – 8/17/2025

by Chris Loomis | Aug 21, 2025 | Photos, Reviews

Jerry Cantrell, the mastermind behind Alice in Chains, but his solo material ranks right up there with anything he has created with the Seattle grunge masters. His fourth solo album, I Want Blood, released in October 2024, is another Cantrell masterpiece chock full of...

EP Review: The Violent Hour – ‘The Violent Hour’

by Alexis Coleman | Aug 15, 2025 | Reviews

Carla Harvey has been waiting patiently for her debut EP to arrive, and it has finally made its way into fans’ hands. The Violent Hour is Harvey’s (ex-Butcher Babies) and Charlie Benante’s (Anthrax / Pantera) creation. Both co-wrote the songs while Benante...

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Aephanemer unveil track-by-track breakdown of new album ‘Utopie’

French melodic death metal outfit Aephanemer are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, Utopie, out today, October 31, 2025, via Napalm Records. To continue with the celebration, the group has teamed up with Metal Insider for a track-by-track guide....

ODC mark the release of debut album ‘Twisted Love’ with track-by-track feature

French modern rock outfit ODC have dropped their long-awaited debut album, Twisted Love, out now (31st) via BLKIIBLK. To celebrate the release, ODC teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide. Album Overview — Twisted Love Twisted Love is a distorted...

Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil to release memoir ‘A Screaming Life’ in May 2026

Soundgarden founding guitarist Kim Thayil will release his memoir, A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Beyond, on May 19, 2026 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. The book traces Soundgarden's journey from Seattle's underground...

New & Noteworthy: Songs of Last Releases – 5/30/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final New Music Friday of May will see new music from the likes of Garbage, The Haunted, Rivers Of Nihil and Wolves At The Gate, as...

New & Noteworthy: Origins of Releases – 5/23/2025

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 new music from the likes of Skunk Anansie, …and Oceans, Age of Apocalypes and Witchcraft, as well as cover and...

New & Noteworthy: Will You Haunt Me, With Releases – 5/16/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Bury Tomorrow, Pelican and Steve Von Till,...