Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release

Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...

Twisted Sister cancel 2026 reunion shows

Twisted Sister have sadly been forced to cancel all previously announced 2026 50th-Anniversary reunion concerts due to a series of health challenges affecting frontman Dee Snider. Shared on the band's social media, the 70-year-old singer has been battling degenerative...

Staind announce Break The Cycle 25th anniversary tour

It's Been a While since Staind's landmark album, Break the Cycle, was released. Twenty-five years to be exact. Therefore, the group will be celebrating its 2001 release by embarking on the "Break The Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour." The run will feature Seether as direct...

Malevolence and Guilt Trip announce 2026 North American co-headline tour

Malevolence will be teaming up with Guilt Trip this spring for the United Kingdom Metal and Hardcore Across North America 2026 co-headline tour. The trek kicks off on March 31 in Detroit, MI, and concludes on April 23 in Milwaukee, WI, with support from Chamber....

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Exclusive Album Stream: Donella Drive – ‘Axon’
Exclusive Album Stream: Donella Drive – ‘Axon’

San Antonio’s Donella Drive have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere their brand new album Axon, arriving Friday (22nd). The record blends alternative metal, post-hardcore, and progressive rock, all tied together with a sharp metallic edge. Each track reflects...

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Explore 30 new albums just announced – 8/19/2025
Explore 30 new albums just announced – 8/19/2025

We’re nearing the final quarter of 2025, with 1,284 New & Noteworthy metal releases already on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album announcements. To help you catch up, Metal...

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Album Review: Auri – ‘III: Candles and Beginnings’
Album Review: Auri – ‘III: Candles and Beginnings’

“We are the stuff of lovely oddities.” -Oh Lovely Oddities.  When it comes to music that finds beauty in the mundane and romanticizes life itself, no band does it better than folk/world multigenre band Auri. Their third album, III: Candles and Beginnings, is no...

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