Metal Insider
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Reviews
  • Tours
  • Shop
  • About
Select Page
Scottish black metal fest canceled after swastika written on wall in pig’s blood

Scottish black metal fest canceled after swastika written on wall in pig’s blood

by Bram Teitelman | Oct 28, 2016 | News, That's Unfortunate

  Usually when a festival gets abruptly cancelled, it’s because of weather, like when Houston Open Air had to cut short one of the days. However, for the Scottish black and death metal fest Caledonian Darkness, it ended for an entirely different reason...
GWAR’s book banned at Virginia prison

GWAR’s book banned at Virginia prison

by Alix Vallecillo | May 6, 2016 | Books, News, That's Unfortunate, Updates

Unless you’ve been incarcerated or have a job at a correctional facility, no one really thinks about what exactly it would entail for a book to be banned at a prison. Thinking about it for a second, it makes sense to keep a normative system regarding the type of...
Puddle of Mudd frontman arrested after walking offstage

Puddle of Mudd frontman arrested after walking offstage

by Bram Teitelman | May 2, 2016 | News, That's Unfortunate, Updates, Video

One of these days, we might be writing about Puddle of Mudd for their music. Actually, let’s get real – that’s probably not going to happen. Wes Scantlin, the increasingly unstable singer of the early 2000’s rock band, has been arrested once...
Scale The Summit’s guitarist suffer house flood, band cancel remaining tour dates

Scale The Summit’s guitarist suffer house flood, band cancel remaining tour dates

by Alix Vallecillo | Apr 18, 2016 | News, That's Unfortunate, Touring, Updates

A lot of things can go wrong when you’re on tour, like getting your van broken into in St. Louis, MO or getting your visa denied to get into Canada, but something we don’t hear much but can happen is suffering a house flood while gone. Scale The Summit is...
Motley Crue’s Vince Neil planning to play seventy solo shows

Motley Crue’s Vince Neil planning to play seventy solo shows

by Alix Vallecillo | Mar 17, 2016 | News, That's Unfortunate, Touring, Updates

Mötley Crüe did their definitive, absolute, conclusive and totally not-coming-back farewell tour last year, with their final show on December 31st in Los Angeles where Tommy Lee got stuck with his drum kit in mid-air and we believe some of you may be heartbroken about...
Eight Bells’ guitarist breaks her leg during show, crowdfunding campaign launched

Eight Bells’ guitarist breaks her leg during show, crowdfunding campaign launched

by Alix Vallecillo | Feb 22, 2016 | News, That's Unfortunate, Touring, Updates

We have talked about the dangers of touring in the past few weeks like the most recent incident with Cauldron, who were involved in a van accident after playing a show in Texas, leaving their guitarist hospitalized but in steady condition. But the dangers are not...
« Older Entries

Follow Us

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set

Rainbow will celebrate the earliest and most influential years of their career with The Temple of the King 1975–1976, a comprehensive 9-CD box set arriving March 6, 2026, via Edsel Records. Newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, the collection marks the first...

read more
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video

If you’re American, the easiest way to understand Gluecifer is to imagine what it would feel like if a band like the Ramones, or maybe the MC5, disappeared for two decades and then returned without any interest in explaining themselves. No oral history, no apology...

read more
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 47 new songs, this week brings a festive batch of six new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

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 sees new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

read more
New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off the month of December, we will see new releases from the likes of Enthroned, Upon A Burning Body, and Blood Red Throne, as...

read more

Support Metal Insider: Donate Today

Find Metal Insider on…

  • Amazon
  • Bluesky
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • Substack
  • Threads
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Discord

  • Metal Insider is on Discord! Join the Metal Insider community! 0

Metal Insider is a member of
LG Media

Privacy Policy

NEWS & TIPS

Have news you think would fit on Metal Insider? Send us a message at: tips@metalinsider.net