Paws, Pets, and Metal: Insurrection share their pets’ eclectic playlist
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Mike Birch of Insurrection as he shared what pets the band has and their...
King Diamond unleashes “Spider Lilly” video
Finally! New King Diamond music is on its way. Earlier this week, the legend dropped a video for “Spider Lilly,” the lead single and video from his upcoming Horror Trilogy. The first part of the trilogy, Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920, introduces a collaboration with...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Carnation
Countdown to 2025: 42 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...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Nightwraith’s Benjamin Pitts on his pets’ love for Steely Dan and Peter Gabriel
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Nightwraith’s Benjamin Pitts reveals his pets prefer world musical...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Blood Red Throne
Countdown to 2025: 42 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...
Def Leppard, Nickelback, Mötley Crüe and Shinedown to headline inaugural Boardwalk Rock Festival
May 2025 is becoming a competitive month for festivals, from Milwaukee Metal Fest and more. A brand new fest is heading to the East Coast: Boardwalk Rock Festival in Ocean City, Maryland, which will take place on May 17th and 18th, 2025 with headliners Def Leppard,...
Milwaukee Metal Fest 2025: Gwar, Arch Enemy, and more added + daily lineup revealed
Milwaukee Metal Fest will return to The Rave/Eagles Ballroom from May 16-18, 2025, with a pre-party on May 15. More bands have been added to the stacked lineup, including Gwar, Arch Enemy, Oppressor, Wormrot, Between The Buried And Me, Sacred Reich, Necrot, and Frozen...
Beyond the Gates 2025: final lineup and daily schedules revealed
The Beyond the Gates Festival 2025 has unveiled its final lineup, adding eleven new acts, including Opeth, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Taake, Tribulation, Lucifer, Hexvessel, Misþyrming, Attic, Helheim, and Gehenna. With eighteen bands making their festival debut, this...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Pythonic’s Morgan Warriner on his moshpit-loving dog and metal-hating cat
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Pythonic bassist Morgan Warriner as he reveals his dog creates mosh pits...
While She Sleeps announce 2025 North American Tour with Bury Tomorrow & Vended
UK metalcore outfit While She Sleeps have announced a North American tour in 2025 to promote their latest album, Self Hell. The tour kicks off April 2 in Cleveland, OH, and runs through April 30 in Charlotte, NC. Support will come form Bury Tomorrow and Vended....
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Nightwish share “Perfume of the Timeless” video
Nightwish have launched the pre-order for their tenth studio album, Yesterwynde, which is scheduled to arrive on September 20th via Nuclear Blast. To coincide with the pre-order launch, these Finnish symphonic metal legends have unveiled a video for the album's first...
Apocalyptica unveil new single “One” featuring Metallica’s James Hetfield
Apocalyptica has taken things to a new level with their third single, "One," from their upcoming album Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2, a sequel to their iconic debut. Following the singles "The Four Horsemen" and "The Unforgiven II," "One" features Metallica...
Visions of Atlantis fight “Monsters” in new video
Visions of Atlantis have shared a video for their second single, "Monsters." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Pirates II – Armada, out July 5th via Napalm Records. Vocalist Michele Guaitoli comments: “We fought the raging storms, the most dreadful foes,...
New & Noteworthy, October 28th – Omnidimensional Creator
This week is loaded with high-quality music. It will also likely be the last week we have in 2014 with this many top-notch albums. Savor it while you can, and enjoy all the excellence that we have here! Devin Townsend, Z2 (Inside Out) The continuation of...
New & Noteworthy, October 21st – Dead Memories
This week is CMJ Week, when the music world converges on New York for several days of concerts, panels, parties, and general mayhem. It's a fun and exciting time for everyone involved, and if you're taking part in CMJ, we hope that you enjoy all of your activities....
New & Noteworthy, October 14th – Hammer and Life
This will likely go down as one of the best release weeks all year. Nothing is held back, and the level of greatness on display will boggle the minds of those not prepared. Get ready, and don't say I didn't warn you. Exodus, Blood In, Blood Out (Nuclear Blast)...
