Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity announce spring 2026 Tour
Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity are teaming up in 2026 for a spring tour. Dubbed Suffer No Evil U.S. Tour 2026, kicks off on April 9th in Sayreville, NJ, and will run through May 3rd in Asheville, NC. Support will come from JD Pinkus. Tickets go on sale today...
Filter announce spring 2026 Tour with Finger Eleven & Local H
Filter will be hitting the road this spring as the group announced a U.S 2026 tour with Finger Eleven and Local H. Tickets are available at this location. Tour Dates 03/05 Wenatchee, WA @ Town Toyota Center 03/06 Boise, ID @ Revolution Concert House & Event Center...
Megadeth share trailer for upcoming global cinema event “Behind the Mask”
Megadeth and Trafalgar Releasing have unveiled the official trailer for Megadeth: Behind the Mask, a one-night-only cinematic event set to premiere in theaters worldwide on January 22, 2026. Tickets are on sale at this location. Watch the trailer below: Feature...
Pets, Paws & Metal: The Fixer’s dog gives their music paw approval
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s ongoing column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with The Fixer as they told us about their fluffy rescue dog, Gus, who enjoys a...
Creed and Limp Bizkit to co-headline 2026 Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival
Creed's Summer of '99 and Beyond Festival returns for its third year with co-headliners Creed and Limp Bizkit. The two-day event will take place on July 18 and 19, 2026, at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL. The festival marks a notable reunion for the...
Video Premiere: Aittala – “Ever After”
North Carolina eclectic doom offering Aittala have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere the lyric video for their latest single, “Ever After.” The track is taken from their latest EP Ill-Gotten Gains, which was released in November via Exitus Stratagem Records....
Guns N’ Roses reveal special guests joining them for 2026 North American tour
Guns N' Roses have a busy year ahead, with a full world tour planned for 2026. Today (11th), the legends revealed the special guests set to join them on the North American leg of the run. The Black Crowes, Ice Cube, Pierce the Veil, Public Enemy, and Barbarians of...
Album Review: Volumes – ‘Mirror Touch’
Understanding Volumes requires a working theory of Los Angeles, not the promotional brochure version, but the one locals accidentally describe when they’re stressed. This is the L.A. where rehearsal spaces are wedged between vape shops and dental offices, where the...
Joe Satriani & Steve Vai announce 2026 SatchVai North American tour with Animals as Leaders
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will reunite onstage for the 2026 SatchVai North American tour with support from Animals as Leaders. Tickets go on sale this Friday (12) at 10:00 AM local time via Ticketmaster. Satriani comments: "The Satchvai band rides again! After a...
Triumph announce first tour in 30 years with 50th anniversary 2026 North American trek
Triumph are officially returning to the road for the first time in three decades. The Canadian arena-rock icons will launch the Triumph 50th Anniversary Tour in 2026. Special guests April Wine will join the run. Tickets go on sale this Friday (12) at 10:00AM local...
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Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”
Mayhem have unveiled a visualizer for their new single, "Despair." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Liturgy of Death, scheduled to arrive on February 6, 2026. Nearly four decades into their career, Mayhem frame death not as an ending but as an inevitable...
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 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 album...
Rob Zombie unleashes “Heathen Days” video
Rob Zombie has unleashed a video for his latest single, “Heathen Days.” The track is taken from his upcoming album The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025
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...
New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025
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 Deftones, Three Days Grace, Burning Witches, Blackbriar and Arcadia among the many...
New & Noteworthy: Bright as Metal Releases – 08/15 – 08/08/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last couple of weeks have seen new music from the likes of Good Charlotte, Halestorm, Attack! Attack!, Babymetal, Chevelle, Rise Against,...
