Wardruna to headline 2025 Fire in the Mountains Festival with a new location
Fire in the Mountains Festival is returning in 2025 with a new location. The festival, which focuses on connecting with nature through music, art, and education, will take place from July 25-27 at Red Eagle Campground on Blackfeet Nation tribal land near Browning,...
Ensiferum & Korpiklaani announce 2025 North American co-headlining tour w/ Trollfest & NiNi
Ensiferum will join forces with Korpiklaani in 2024 for a co-headlining North American Tour. The trek kicks off on February 27th in Boston, Massachusetts, and will run through March 30th in Brooklyn NY. Support will come from Trollfest and NiNi. Prior to the trek, the...
As I Lay Dying unleash “Whitewashed Tomb” video
As I Lay Dying have unleashed a video for their latest single, "Whitewashed Tomb." The track is taken from the group's upcoming eighth studio album, Through Storms Ahead, set to arrive on November 15 via Napalm Records. The forthcoming effort features guest vocals...
Best of the Best, Part 2: Celebrating 30 Years of Dødheimsgard with the Brilliant Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez
“There is a place called reality, Hidden to all men, You can reach it through insanity, But never to return again...” The sublime creations of Mr. Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez are both insanely real and truly insane in the most mind-blowing and rewarding senses. Verily,...
Helloween share “Best Time” live video from upcoming live album ‘Live At Budokan’
Helloween have announced their new live album, Live At Budokan, which captures their performance at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan. The live record is scheduled to arrive on December 13, 2024, via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM), which will be available in multiple formats,...
Serj Tankian (System of a Down) unveils “Appropriations” video
System of a Down's Serj Tankian (vocals) has released a video for his song "Appropriations." The track is taken from his latest EP, Foundations, which was released in late September via Gibson Records. Tankian also released a book, Down with the System: A Memoir (of...
Dream Theater share “Night Terror” video; new album arriving in February 2025
Progressive metal icons Dream Theater will release their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia, on February 7, 2025. This marks the first album featuring the iconic lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess,...
Best of the Best: Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez on 30 Years of Dødheimsgard, Doedsmaghird’s ‘Omniverse Consciousness,’ and More
Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez of Dødheimsgard is a genius who even puts other geniuses to shame. On the one hand, there is very little that we can say about this figure: The proper reaction to his art is silence. Indeed, Yusaf’s creations render us speechless with mouths...
Pop Evil drop “What Remains” video ahead of U.S. Tour w/ Bad Wolves
Pop Evil have released the official video for their latest single, "What Remains." Produced by Cody Quistad of Wage War, the clip directed by Sam Shapiro, both the track and video explores the dark, fragmented psyche of lead singer Leigh Kakaty. Later this month, Pop...
Ice Nine Kills drummer Patrick Galante exits Band as they drop new single for Terrifier 3
Drummer Patrick Galante has officially parted ways with horror metalcore band Ice Nine Kills. Galante announced yesterday (12th), with band members supporting his decision. Galante expressed via Instagram: “Performing with Ice Nine Kills has been an incredible...
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Entheos share “A Thousand Days” video
Progressive death metal duo Entheos have shared a video for their latest single, "A Thousand Days." The track is taken from their upcoming EP, An End To Everything, set to arrive on October 25th via Metal Blade Records. Chaney Crabb comments: “Lyrically, ‘A Thousand...
EP Stream: Heinous Exsanguination – ‘The Stench of Decaying Flesh’
Heinous Exsanguination have teamed up with Metal Insider to stream their debut EP, The Stench of Decaying Flesh, ahead of its release (September 6th) via Gore House Productions. The Florida-Texas-based duo, consisting of Mitchell Christian (music and production) and...
Wolfheart share “Ancient Cold” video
Wolfheart have dropped a video for their latest single, "Ancient Cold." The track is taken from the Finnish metal outfit's forthcoming effort, Draconian Darkness, out Tomorrow (6th) via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Tuomas Saukkonen comments: "'Ancient Cold' is a...
New & Noteworthy: At The Heart of Releases – 1/20/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. We’re deep in the first month of the year and possibly already seeing one of the top albums already with Katatonia’s ‘Sky...
New & Noteworthy: Releases of Everything – 1/13/23
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. We’re in the second week of January, and releases are starting to kick in with Obituary and Ville Valo. We’ve included some...
New & Noteworthy: Releases they tell our children
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider's weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week is back! It's time to start fresh with the brand new year with releases from Anti-Flag to Varmia! Yes, New & Noteworthy is...