Sebastian Görlach announces new project Avertat
After stepping away from Thuringian death-doom outfit Décembre Noir in April 2024, Sebastian Görlach has returned with a new project: Avertat. Musically and lyrically, Avertat dives into darker corners of human connection. The project’s first single, “[7]”, is...
Pets, Paws & Metal: Born Divided introduce the cat who loves their music
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 Quebec City melodic death metal act Born Divided, who recently dropped...
Fan dies during Battle Beast performance in Slovakia
A tragedy occurred during Battle Beast's show on Monday (1st) at the Majestic Music Club in Bratislava, Slovakia, when a concertgoer suffered a heart attack and passed away during the band's performance. On Tuesday (2nd), Battle Beast issued a statement addressing the...
Metal By Numbers: October when Testament topped the charts 10/10/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 10, 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....
Ex–I Prevail vocalist Brian Burkheiser releases Taylor Swift cover “Look What You Made Me Do”
Former I Prevail singer Brian Burkheiser has dropped a video of a new cover of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” released under his project Scatterbrain. The track marks one of Burkheiser’s first major releases since his departure from I Prevail, which was...
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Lutharo
Countdown to 2026: 57 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...
Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan launches ‘Vernearth’ Minecraft realm
Slipknot co-founder and creative visionary M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan has officially announced Vernearth, an expansive Minecraft universe built to merge survival gameplay, creative building, PVP competition, and high-stakes seasonal challenges. Crafted with custom tech,...
Metal By Numbers – October Bleeds The Charts – 10/3/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from October 3, 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....
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Krisiun
Countdown to 2026: 57 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...
Mammoth announce 2026 headline tour
With just three shows left on their current run, Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth have unveiled their first headlining dates of 2026. The 19-date North American trek will support the band’s newly released third album, The End, which arrived in October (read our review...
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Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
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,...
