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...
Ozzy Osbourne’s family hits back at Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters with limited-edition shirt
Ozzy Osbourne's family has launched a new limited-edition t-shirt taking a playful jab at Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters. The design, titled "Another Prick In The Wall," features Ozzy Osbourne urinating a rainbow onto the cover of Waters' 1990 live album The Wall,...
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...
August Burns Red and The Amity Affliction announce spring 2026 co-headline tour
August Burns Red and The Amity Affliction will team up next spring for the Spring Horizons Tour. The trek kicks off on April 10 in Worcester and concludes on May 17 in Philadelphia. Support will come from Boundaries and Heavensgate. General tickets go on sale this...
Concert Calendar (12/02-12/07) 2025’s Metal’s X-mas Parties Begin: Cattle Decapitation, Kylesa, & more
Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year. Here's part one of your gift-giving guide. Please have yourselves a wonderful holiday season from Metal Insider, and Ian looks forward to eating all of your burnt Christmas cookies 8-). December 2nd - December 7th: Tues....
Lionheart drop “Roll Call” visualizer
If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if a sledgehammer developed a moral philosophy, Lionheart are here again, to provide the answer. Their new single “Roll Call” arrives approximately 12 days after “Bulletproof,” which is exactly the kind of release...
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...
Evanescence announce 2026 world tour
Evanescence have announced a massive 2026 world tour, kicking off on June 11th in West Palm Beach, FL and running through late October. The trek will hit North America throughout June and July before heading across Europe and closing out at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks...
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Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...
Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 11/11/2025
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 48 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything,...
Interview: Omnium Gatherum’s Jukka Pelkonen on celebrating tenth album ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’ & full breakdown
2026 will mark Omnium Gatherum's thirtieth year as they close 2025 with their tenth studio album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, out November 7, 2025, via Century Media Records. These Finnish melodic death metal giants have reached a milestone that not many...
New & Noteworthy: Lonely Releases – 8/1/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For the first New Music Friday of August, we’ll see new music from the likes of The Armed, Fit For a King, MOTHS and The Warlocks among...
New & Noteworthy: The Legendary Lost Releases 7/25/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees the return of Alice Cooper, new music from the likes of The Dirty Nil and GWAR, a reworked Bruce Dickinson...
New & Noteworthy: Addicted to Releases – 7/18/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Bush, Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway, Margarita Witch Cult and Slaughter...
