Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Infected Rain
Countdown to 2025: 15 Days SOOOOOOON, the famous word for 70000tons of Metal cruisers know to love and hate. And one thing you learn is announcements are always unpredictable. After experiencing the 2024 edition to its fullest capability, we captured all sixty-two...
Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation donates $500,000 to California Wildfire Relief
Metallica's All Within My Hands (AWMH) has donated $500,000 to support relief efforts for the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. The funds will be split equally between the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund and the Pasadena Community...
Album Review: Tremonti – ‘The End Will Show Us How’
Rock Icon Mark Tremonti is no stranger to success. During his 30-year career, he has shown an unrelenting drive to create music, sing, and perform, leading to 18 full-length albums and thousands of live performances. He has accumulated billions of streams, received a...
New & Noteworthy: March of the Releases – 1/10/2025
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 includes the latest works from Franz Ferdinand, Stick To Your Guns, Tremonti and The Halo Effect, as well as the...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: I Am The Night
Countdown to 2025: 20 Days SOOOOOOON, the famous word for 70000tons of Metal cruisers know to love and hate. And one thing you learn is announcements are always unpredictable. After experiencing the 2024 edition to its fullest capability, we captured all sixty-two...
Concert Calendar (01/10-01/20) Ah Dang, Here We Go Again: Jackpipe, Nile, & more
Hi, everybody! Are you ready to attend some of the biggest tours and loudest shows this year? We are, and with the assist of good earplugs. To get you ready. Check out some of the blaring highlights below well into next week. 2025 is just getting started. Attend...
Speed postpone Australian shows to focus on search for missing friend
Update Following postponing a handful of shows, Speed's friend Aje has sadly passed away. The group shared the following update on Instagram: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our brother “Aje” Chang-Wook Yeo. We sincerely thank the countless...
Metal Community responds as Los Angeles Wildfires threaten landmarks and displace thousands
Wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles, threatening landmarks like the Hollywood Bowl and disrupting daily life. The Sunset Fire, one of five major blazes, erupted in the Hollywood Hills near the Hollywood Bowl, Walk of Fame, and Hollywood Sign, prompting...
Paradise Lost announce May 2025 North American tour dates
Paradise Lost have announced a string of North American tour dates between their Milwaukee Metal Fest and Maryland Deathfest appearances set for this May. The Devil Embraced North America will feature supporting acts Gigan and Trouble. Tickets are available on Friday...
Heavy Load’s Ragne Wahlquist passes away
SVT reports, Ragne Wahlquist, guitarist and vocalist for Heavy Load, widely regarded as Sweden's first heavy metal and Viking metal band, has passed away at 69. Ragne and his brother Styrbjörn founded Heavy Load in Stockholm during the mid-1970s. Their 1978 debut,...
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Apocalyptica return with ‘Plays Metallica Vol. 2’: A Conversation with Eicca Toppinen on reinventing metal classics
A quick Google search will bring you countless bands and artists covering Metallica songs. Metallica encouraged artists to cover their music with the second Marching Band competition and the release of The Metallica Blacklist, where artists re-envisioned songs from...
Ensiferum share “Winter Storm Vigilantes;” new album arriving in October
Finnish folk metal giants Ensiferum have announced their new album, Winter Storm, is scheduled to arrive on October 18th via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2020's Thalassic was written largely during lockdown by guitarist Markus Toivonen with lyrics by bassist...
Oceans of Slumber unveil “Poem of Ecstasy” video; new album arriving in September
Oceans of Slumber have announced their new album, Where Gods Fear to Speak, is scheduled to arrive on September 13th via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2022's Starlight and Ash, marks the group's overall sixth record and first with Season of Mist. Following the...
New & Noteworthy, May 19th – Got That Feeling
Some days come along that you think will never arrive. This is one of those days. Eighteen years in the making, an album that we thought we'd never see has hit the scene. It just goes to show that sometimes, all you need is a little faith. Faith No More, Sol...
New & Noteworthy, May 12th – With Passion and Power
A short release list this week means that we won't see a lot of new names in heavy music on next week's Billboard chart. However, that does not discount the quality or importance of these albums. You definitely need to hear what's coming your way this week! ...
New & Noteworthy, May 5th – Continuum
This week's new release list brings us a lot of veteran acts extending their legacies even further. Representing almost every genre available, at least one of these albums will be to your liking, no matter what. Dig in and enjoy! Kamelot, Haven (Napalm) In...
