Thrash metal veterans Death Angel have announced the second leg of their Act III US Tour, set to run in late spring from May 1 in Phoenix, AZ, through June 21 in Santa Cruz, CA. The trek will feature support from fellow Bay Area thrashers Vio-Lence and groove metal...
Tomahawk will return to the stage this summer for their first tour in 13 years, celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary. The Melvins will join the run, dubbed A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money US Tour, for the first time since their joint 2003 “Geek Show” trek....
California power/groove metal veterans Vicious Rumors are set to embark on their U.S. tour in support of their latest record, The Devil's Asylum, which was released in August 2025. Metal Insider caught up with founder/guitarist Geoff Thorpe to discuss the upcoming...
Writing about this is not easy. No one should feel comfortable confronting loss like this. At the Gates' video for their latest single, "The Fever Mask," goes far beyond the typical performance video format, cutting much deeper on an emotional level. Compiled by...
Metalcore veterans Poison the Well have announced a Spring 2026 North American headline tour. Support will come from Converge, with Balmora, SPY, The Armed, and The Barbarians of California appearing on select dates. The tour coincides with the release of Peace in...
Corrosion of Conformity will return to the road this spring for a North American headlining tour, with support split between Whores and Crobot. The run begins with two headlining dates on April 7 in Atlanta and April 8 in Greensboro alongside Whores, before the band...
Les Claypool is hitting the road this summer for the Claypool Gold, a coast-to-coast tour that unites three of his most celebrated projects: Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, into a full live experience. The tour kicks off on May...
New England Metal And Hardcore Festival will sit out 2026, with organizers confirming the long-running event will take a planned break while assuring an inevitable return. The Worcester, Massachusetts-based festival, which first launched in 1999, originally ran...
Megadeth have shared “Puppet Parade,” the final single from their upcoming self-titled album, which arrives this Friday (23). The record marks the band’s final studio release and is issued via Dave Mustaine’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label...
Insomnium have officially announced Tomy Laisto as their third guitarist. Laisto, known for his work with Hateform and Pain Confessor, has already been integrated beyond the live setting and is confirmed to be involved in the recording process for Insomnium’s...
Overkill have recruited former Fear Factory bassist Christian Olde Wolbers to fill in for longtime bassist D.D. Verni on their upcoming US spring run. The March/April 2026 dates are part of the Thrash Of The Titans tour, where Overkill will support Testament, with...
Architects will return to the US this spring for a string of headline dates, kicking off on April 28 in Reno, NV. Support will come from Holywatr. Tickets go on sale this Friday (23rd) at 10:00 AM local time via this location. Alongside the tour announcement, the band...
Lorna Shore have added a full string of North American tour dates for spring 2026, continuing to support their latest album, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (out now via Century Media). The run kicks off April 17 in Buffalo, NY and wraps May 22 in Montclair,...
Sepultura have announced their final North American tour, part of their Life Through Death global farewell tour, marking the end of the band's four-decade run as one of metal's most influential acts. The North American farewell trek will feature support from thrash...
Puscifer officially launched their first-ever comic series, Tales From the Pusciverse. The debut issue centers on the character Bellendia Black. The group recently shared more visual details on the comic series during the visualizer for their latest single,...
German rock/metal trio The Hirsch Effekt have never been especially interested in blunt-force emotionalism. Their music has always behaved more like a conversation you replay later, wondering why it felt heavier after the fact. Their new single, “Die Brücke,” leans...
Swedish heavy metal outfit Bullet have teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide on their new album, Kickstarter, available now. Formed in 2001 with a mission to carry the torch of late '70s and early '80s heavy metal, the group has spent nearly 25...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last few weeks (July 11 - June 27) have seen new music from the likes of Fishbone, Dropkick Murphys, Jonathan Richman, Born Of Osirus and Impureza,...
June 20, 2025 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 includes albums from the likes of Badflower, Cryptopsy, Alestorm, Malevolence and Yungblud, among...
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...
