The Plot In You announce 2025 North American Tour w/ Holding Absence, Boundaries & Acres
The Plot In You have announced their late winter 2025 North American headlining tour with support from Holding Absence, Boundaries, and Acres. VIP and advance tickets are available now, with Knotfest.com pre-sales starting today (30th) at 2 pm ET and general public...
The Great Old Ones share “Me, The Dreamer” visualizer; new album arriving in January
French black metal outfit The Great Old Ones return with Kadath, their latest album inspired by the haunting works of H.P. Lovecraft, set for release on January 24, 2025, via Season of Mist. The group has unveiled a taste of what's to come by dropping a visualizer for...
Tarja unveils “Ciaran’s Well” live video
Tarja Turunen has released a video for "Ciaran's Well," the second single from her upcoming live album Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest, due December 6 via earMUSIC. Originally from her solo debut, My Winter Storm, the live version captures Tarja's powerful vocal...
Night Flight Orchestra share “Shooting Velvet” video; new album arriving in January
Swedish rockers The Night Flight Orchestra have dropped a video for their new single, "Shooting Velvet." The track is the first glimpse of their upcoming album, Give Us The Moon, scheduled to arrive on January 31, 2025, via Napalm Records. Known for their...
Iotunn share “Earth To Sky” video
Danish/Faroese progressive metal group Iotunn have released a video for "Earth To Sky." The track is taken from their new album, Kinship, and is now available via Metal Blade Records. Released on Friday (25th), the album explores themes of human nature, our...
Visions of Atlantis announce spring 2025 North American Tour
Visions of Atlantis have announced their return to North America in 2025 with their Armada Over North America tour. Supporting their latest offering, Pirates II – Armada, which was released earlier this year via Napalm Records, the trek will kick off on April 2, 2025,...
Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan share new song “Sphere of Saturn” featuring Justin K. Broadrick
Full of Hell and Andrew Nolan have unveiled the new single, “Sphere of Saturn,” featuring Justin K. Broadrick. The track is taken from their upcoming collaborative album, Scraping The Divine, set to arrive on November 15 via Closed Casket Activities. Nolan comments:...
Drummer Tim ‘Herb’ Alexander exits Primus once more
Drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander has officially left Primus, citing he "lost his passion in playing" in an email to the band roughly two weeks ago. Alexander, who initially joined Primus in 1989, left and rejoined the group a few times over the years, with his most recent...
Killswitch Engage announce 2025 Tour w/ Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King & Frozen Soul
Killswitch Engage have announced a spring 2025 North American headline tour with support from Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King, and Frozen Soul. The trek starts on March 5 in Nashville and wraps on April 12 in Portland, Maine. Tickets are available at this location....
Wardruna release video for new single “Hibjørnen”
Norwegian folk masters Wardruna have released “Hibjørnen,” the latest single and video from their upcoming album Birna, due January 24, 2025 via Sony Music/By Norse Music. The album, rooted in Norse traditions, explores themes of nature with the bear as a central...
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Linkin Park share “Over Each Other” video
Linkin Park have dropped a video for their new song, "Over Each Other," directed by the band's Joe Hahn, known for creating classic videos like "Numb." The clip was shot in South Korea following the band's September 28 concert. The track is taken from the band's...
Jinjer share “Kafka” lyric video; new album arriving in February
Jinjer have announced their new album, Duél, is set for release on February 7, 2025, via Napalm Records. The forthcoming record is promised to showcase a more aggressive delivery from the Ukrainian metal giants than what was explored in 2021's Wallflowers. To...
Babymetal announce 2025 European Arena Tour w/ Poppy & Bambie Thug
Babymetal have announced their first-ever European arena tour, set to kick off in May 2025. Titled the Metalverse, the tour will feature support from Poppy and Bambie Thug. Tickets and VIP packages go on sale Friday (25th). In related news, Poppy recently dropped two...
New & Noteworthy: The hex of new releases – 11/17/2023 – 11/24/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out over the next couple of weeks. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Madness, Plain White T’s, Bad Suns and more. This week,...
New & Noteworthy: Dark Releases – 11/3/2023 -11/10/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Last week saw new albums from the likes of The Struts, Suffocation, Bad Wolves, Spiritbox, Silent Planet, Yawning Balch, Dying...
New & Noteworthy: Forever Releases & Proud – 10/27/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week marks the return of Dokken and The Gaslight Anthem, as well as big releases from the likes of King Gizzard & the...