Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson will reunite this summer for the 2026 Freaks on Parade co-headlining tour. The trek kicks off on August 20 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and concludes on September 20 in Concord, California. Support will come from The Hu and Orgy. Tickets...
Black Label Society have shared a video for their latest single, "Name In Blood." The track is the fourth single taken from their forthcoming album, Engines Of Demolition, scheduled to arrive on March 27 via MNRK Heavy. The video was directed by longtime collaborator...
Rock Fest will return to Cadott, Wisconsin, from July 16–18, 2026, with a lineup led by Limp Bizkit, The Offspring, and Gojira. The three-day event takes over the festival's signature hayfield and features a mix of major headliners, returning favorites, and more than...
Frontiers Label Group has launched BLKIIBLK Records, a new imprint focused on metal, hard rock, and extreme music, and has announced its first wave of signings: thrash veterans Forbidden, New York hardcore pioneers Cro-Mags, gothic metal outfit Unto Others, and...
Milwaukee Metal Fest has announced the first full wave of bands for the 2026 edition, unveiling more than twenty new acts alongside the official day-by-day headliner breakdown. The festival returns to The Rave/Eagles Ballroom from the new weekend on June 5–7, 2026,...
Moldovan metal outfit Infected Rain have stacked up the first half of 2026 with tour dates. The group has announced their spring Mutation Phase trek across Europe and the UK, featuring Butcher Babies and Black Spikes. The run kicks off on March 25th in Glasgow, UK,...
Richmond metal-punk trio Bat will team up with Canadian prog sci-fi legends Voivod this spring for a string of shows in March 2026. The tour kicks off March 20th at Hell's Heroes VIII in Houston, TX, and wraps March 27th in Tulsa, OK. Tickets are available at this...
Arizona slamming death metal force Atoll have announced the Swamp Survivors Tour, a week-long run across the American South, kicking off on January 30, 2026. Support includes Truckstop Dickpill and Squelching. Tickets are available at this location. Tour Dates 01/30...
Australia's Thy Art Is Murder will headline the spring 2026 edition of the Chaos & Carnage US tour. Carnifex, Bodysnatcher, 200 Stab Wounds, Ingested, Gates to Hell, and Bodybox will join as support for the run. Tickets go on sale this Friday (19th) at 10:00 AM...
GWAR will return to the road next spring for the 2026 Gor Gor Strikes Back Tour. The run features Soulfly as direct support, with King Parrot opening each night. Tickets go on sale this Friday (19th) at 10:00 AM local time. Lead Vocalist The Berserker Blothar...
The Los Angeles Police Department has released an official statement confirming the arrest of Nick Reiner, who they state is "responsible" for the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Earlier today (15th), the LAPD issued the following...
Finnish heavy metal outfit Battle Beast are set to make another new change as vocalist Noora Louhimo has decided to call it quits. The singer, who joined in 2012 and contributed to six records, is now leaving thirteen years later, with Steelbound, released in October,...
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2129 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album...
Metal Insider is devastated to report the horrifying news that acclaimed director and actor Rob Reiner, most recognized in the metal community as the director of the iconic Spinal Tap mockumentary film series — Spinal Tap: The Final Tour – Short (1981), This Is Spinal...
Tunisian-French progressive metal band Myrath have released a video for their new single, "Until the End," featuring Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd. The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, Wilderness of Mirrors, which is scheduled to arrive on March 27,...
It’s a tad ironic to call any band the “most influential” anything, especially when that band has built its mythology on rejecting the premise of influence altogether. Yet here we are. Mayhem, the group that essentially invented non-metaphorically dangerous music, are...
Trivium are back on the road in support of their new EP, Struck Dead, which arrived on October 31 via Roadrunner Records. Stepping away from their Ascendancy anniversary shows, the band's current tour blends fan favorites with fresh cuts, joined by Jinjer and Heriot....
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of 2024 includes new music from Dominum and Genocide Kommando among the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As we near the end of the year, this next-to-last week of 2024 sees new releases from the likes of Subway to Sally, Epitaph and Pandemic...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s releases include works from the likes of Mörk Gryning, Fatal Embrace, Dark Embrace and Orbiter among the...
