Photos/Review: King Diamond delivers an evening of metal royalty to Milwaukee – 11/8/2024
Friday night (8th) at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater brought metal royalty to town, as King Diamond headlined an epic evening featuring heavy metal masters Night Demon and thrash legends Overkill. On the unseasonably warm November evening, fans were treated to a show...
Linkin Park announce 2025 World Tour, drop new single “Two Faced”
Linkin Park have announced a massive world tour in 2025, supporting their new album, From Zero, out tomorrow (15th) via Warner. The trek will cover North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America with special guests on select dates, including Queens of the Stone Age,...
Counterparts announce winter 2025 North American Tour
Counterparts have announced a North American Tour for February and March 2025 with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands. Tickets go on sale Friday (15th) at 10:00 AM local time. The tour announcement arrived shortly after the Canadian metal...
Download Festival 2025 announces Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep Token as headliners
The 2025 edition of U.K.'s Download Festival is set for June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, marking its 22nd edition with a refreshed lineup branded as DLXXII. For the first time, the festival will feature first-time headliners Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep...
Machine Head announce 2025 Spring Tour w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil & Unearth
Machine Head have announced a massive North American tour with Swedish legends In Flames, Italian metal giants Lacuna Coil, and Unearth. To mark the tour, Machine Head are releasing a collaborative track, "These Scars Won't Define Us," featuring all four bands. The...
My Chemical Romance announce summer 2025 Stadium tour
My Chemical Romance have announced a summer 2025 North American stadium tour, celebrating their iconic album The Black Parade. Following a full album performance at the When We Were Young festival, the group will perform the classic record in 10 select cities. Each...
Album Review: MIRACLE OF SOUND – ‘Materia Best Of 2011 – 2024’
Renowned producer and musician Gavin Dunne has released his solo project, Miracle of Sound, the first physical release, Materia (Best of 2011-2024), on November 8th via Napalm Records. Miracle of Sound already has multimillion followers on YouTube; Dunne shows off his...
Interview: Lifesick’s Simon Shoshan talks new album ‘Loved By None, Hated By All’
The band biographies on the Metal Blade Records website are impressively rich in historical and geographical detail. Each profile leaves you with a vivid sense of the era and atmosphere surrounding the artist - by the end, I almost feel prepared to defend myself with...
Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square
Balancing Acts is Metal Insider's new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Seven Kingdoms guitarist Camden Cruz discusses the group's recent success,...
Album Review: Lifesick – ‘Loved By None, Hated By All’
Sweet Jesus, absolutely nothing better than a hardcore album that has you forgetting that you wanted to jump off a cliff five minutes prior. The Danish delicacy, Lifesick, come at us again with gnashing teeth, dropping their much-needed fourth album (follow up to...
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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,...
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...
Jerry Cantrell unveils “I Want Blood” video
Jerry Cantrell has released a video for the title track of his upcoming album I Want Blood, offering a final preview before its release next Friday (18th). The four-minute track opens with a menacing bass line from Duff McKagan and a building drumbeat from Mike Bordin...
New & Noteworthy: The Impera of new music – 3/11/2022
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with March 11th through February 11th 2022’s releases, which features new music from Ghost, Crowbar,...
New & Noteworthy: February 7, 2022 – Requiem for New Music
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column highlights some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with February 4th, 2022’s releases, which features new music from KoRn, Saxon, Persefone, and more. For...
New & Noteworthy returns with full January-worthy releases!
New & Noteworthy, Metal Insider’s weekly column has returned! We highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week, we’re catching up with all of January 2022 releases, which features new music from Cloakroom, Battle...