Coheed and Cambria and Mastodon announce spring 2025 Tour with Periphery
Coheed and Cambria and Mastodon will co-headline The Infinite Arc tour with Periphery as special guests. The trek kicks off May 10 in Salem, VA, and concludes on June 8 in Waukee, IA. Tickets go on sale this Friday (13th) via this location. Tour Dates 05/10 Salem, VA...
GoFundMe launched to support Better Lovers drummer Clayton “Goose” Holyoak’s daughter in cancer battle
Better Lovers (ex-Every Time I Die) drummer Clayton "Goose" Holyoak and his partner Taylor have launched a GoFundMe campaign in support of their five-year-old daughter, Sage. The couple created the campaign following their daughter being diagnosed with acute myeloid...
12 Days of 2025 Milwaukee Metal Fest lineup announcements
Milwaukee Metal Fest returns in 2025, with Down headlining the event. The festival will take place from May 16-18, 2025, at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom, with a pre-party scheduled for May 15. As 2024 wraps up, organizers have been building excitement with a 12-day...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Before The Dawn
Countdown to 2025: 51 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...
New & Noteworthy: Renovate Releases 12/6/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Entering the final month of 2024, this New Music Friday features new music from the likes of White Denim, Until I Wake and The Old Dead...
EP Review: No Cure – ‘I Hope I Die Here’
Sweet pearly grail of epic features Batman! Alabama representatives, No Cure, have decided to drag our bloody bodies through backwoods rebellion with their new EP titled, I Hope I Die Here, which can be collected for your Christmas wish list on December 6th. ...
EP Review: Lömsk — ‘Act I’
“You shall love peace as a means to new wars.” ~ Nietzsche At long last, a new black metal group, outside of Trondheim, worth praising has emerged — Lömsk. Hailing from Sweden, Lömsk officially unleashed their debut effort, the four-song EP Act I on November 1,...
Linkin Park, Scorpions, KoRn, and Muse to headline Hellfest 2025
Hellfest returns to Clisson, France, from June 19-22, 2025, with a massively diverse lineup featuring one hundred eighty-four bands across six stages. Headliners include Linkin Park, Scorpions, KoRn, and Muse will be appearing at the festival for the first time. This...
Guns N’ Roses announce 2025 European & Middle East Tour
Guns N' Roses will hit the road in 2025 with a 24-date tour across Europe and the Middle East, marking their debut performances in Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg. The tour kicks off on May 23 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and features...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Art of Attrition reveal how their cat purrs to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ soundtrack; hisses at metal
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 Art of Attrition as they reveal their cat prefers to listen to The Lord of...
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Video Premiere: Voraath – “The Barrens”
Hailing from the Carolinas, Voraath, the sci-fi horror-inspired extreme metal band is gearing up to release their debut album, Vol 1: The Hymn of the Hunters on June 17 via Exitus Strategem Records. Today (25th), the group has teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere...
Witherfall unveil “They Will Let You Down” video
Los Angeles-based dark melodic masters Witherfall have unveiled a video for their latest single, "They Will Let You Down." The track is taken from their upcoming album,Sounds Of The Forgotten, set to arrive on May 31st via the band's own label, DeathWave Records. This...
Tytus re-release album ‘Rises,’ European tour kicks off next week
Italy's Tytus have re-released their album Rises earlier this week on Monday (22nd) via Kornalcielo Records. Known for blending classic metal with modern ferocity, the group is ready to embark on a European tour with Canada's Thunder in May. Originating as an NWOBHM...
New and Noteworthy, July 1: Typical Miracle
As is usual for the metal release calendar, the summer has already yielded some of the greatest albums expected to be released in 2014. This week, we get some more gems and highly-anticipated releases amid a short list. Read up and enjoy! Every Time I...
New and Noteworthy, June 24th: The Creature Lives
When releases appear from bands that don't have new music as regularly as we might want, the beast that is the metal community rises with a collective will and surges over this new music, determined to be immersed in its glory as quickly as possible. So it is with...
New & Noteworthy, 5/27: A Farewell to Misery
To those of you that had a long weekend, we hope you enjoyed it safely and in good company! This week is considered by those here in the US as being the unofficial beginning of summer, and if this release week is any indicator, summer is going to be heavy as hell this...
