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...
Woah! Huge thanks for checking out the concert calendar on this chilly mid-November day, curated without malfunctioning ChatGPT assistance! You know that Ian always appreciate you attending the gigs that you need to see. So yes, the best highlights are listed this...
Fresh off the release of their ninth album, Flowers via Solid State Records, The Devil Wears Prada have announced a Spring 2026 headline tour. The run kicks off March 13 in Oklahoma City and concludes on April 12 in Nashville. Support will come from Four Year Strong,...
Mötley Crüe will hit the road next summer for The Return of the Carnival of Sins, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005–2006 tour and the band’s 45th anniversary. Produced by Live Nation, the run spans 33 cities across the U.S. and Canada with support from...
Lamb of God will hit the road this March with support from Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy, and Sanguisugabogg. Tickets go on sale this Friday (21) at 10:00 a.m. local time. However, tickets to the band's previously announced dates, including the 2026 edition of...
Emperor will return to North America in spring 2026 for their Emperial Wrath headlining tour, marking another rare run from the influential Norwegian black-metal legends. The trek spans through March and April and features direct support from cosmic death-metal outfit...
Belphegor will return to North America in early 2026 for their Praise the Beast headlining tour, marking their first major U.S. and Canadian run since signing with Reigning Phoenix Music. The blackened death metal veterans kick off the trek on February 19th in...
Countdown to 2026: 72 Days SOOOOOOON, a word 70000tons of Metal cruisers know all too well, love it or hate it. 70000tons of Metal, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, returns for its 2026 edition from January 29 – February 2, 2026, setting sail from...
“Hulders Ritual was never just an album; it was a controlled experiment in perception, fear, and storytelling. What the world believed was a true-crime mystery was, in fact, the ritual itself... We built an illusion worthy of the old Norwegian tales: a modern...
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 12, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts....
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many...
Chicago industrial post-punk collective Black Cross Hotel, featuring members of The Atlas Moth and Stabbing Westward, will release their new album Songs for Switches on October 31 via Someoddpilot Records. The band has unveiled the video for the album's lead single,...
Another week and change has gone by since we shared 20 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,437 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...
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 37 new songs, this week brings a larger round of 50 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Sun Don’t Shine,...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see new albums from the likes of Dimmu Borgir, Atreyu, Have Mercy and Mars Red Sky, among others. Don’t forget to...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On Friday, December 1st we saw the returns of Peter Gabriel and Codeseven, a new take on Visions Of Atlantis' 2022 LP, the debut...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out over the next couple of weeks. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Madness, Plain White T’s, Bad Suns and more. This week,...
