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...
Hell’s Heroes Festival has unveiled the complete lineup for its eighth edition, set for March 19–21, 2026, at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, TX. This year’s highlights include Bathory tribute Blood Fire Death (featuring current/former members of Watain, Emperor,...
Between the Buried and Me have unveiled a video for the title track from their upcoming album, The Blue Nowhere, scheduled to arrive on September 12 via InsideOutMusic. To support the release, the band will kick off a North American co-headlining tour with Hail the...
Countdown to 2026: 148 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...
Another week and change has gone by since we shared 30 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,381 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 & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new music from the likes of The Hives, Lathe Of Heaven, Pinkshift, Vicious Rumors and Helloween among the many...
Former Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey has revealed the full lineup of her new band, The Violent Hour. The group features Kiana De Leon (lead guitar), Allie Kay (rhythm guitar), Jewel Steele (bass), and Sasha De Leon (drums). Kiana and Sasha previously played...
In Vain bassist Alexander Bøe has announced his departure from the band to dedicate more time to his work with Trollfest. Both Bøe and In Vain shared the below statements on Thursday (28th): "ALEXANDER BØE LEAVES IN VAIN It is with mixed emotions that we announce the...
System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian surprised fans in Chicago on Saturday (30) when he jumped on stage with tribute act Peephole: Tribute to System of a Down at Cubby Bear. Malakian joined the band mid-set to perform SOAD’s “Cigaro.” Malakian has shared...
The Cradle of Filth saga continues, with each social media exchange growing increasingly contentious. What once broke as headline news has now devolved into an ongoing cycle of public statements and rebuttals. While it is never ideal for internal disputes to spill...
New details have emerged about the motorcycle crash that killed former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds on August 20, 2025 in Atlanta, GA. According to an Atlanta Police Department incident report, Hinds was riding his Harley-Davidson late that evening when an SUV...
Feuerschwanz have released a new version of “Das Elfte Gebot” (Epic Edition). The reimagined track will appear on select limited editions of their upcoming album, Knightclub, out August 22, via Napalm Records. Knightclub marks the band’s first studio album with an...
Bruce Dickinson is revisiting his 1994 solo album Balls to Picasso with a reimagined version titled More Balls to Picasso, scheduled to arrive on July 25. The reworked edition features part re-recorded, remixed, and remastered tracks, along with two unreleased...
Gothic doom giants Paradise Lost have announced their overall seventeenth studio album, Ascension, is scheduled to arrive on September 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2020's Obsidian was produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and mixed and mastered by...
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week features the new releases from Aversions Crown, and a few others! For last week’s new releases you can check out the last New &...
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week features the new releases from The Ghost Inside, Currents andmore! For last week’s new releases you can check out the last New &...
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week features the new releases from Alestorm, Behemoth, and more! For last week’s new releases you can check out the last New &...
