New & Noteworthy: Post Releases – 12/20/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As we near the end of the year, this next-to-last week of 2024 sees new releases from the likes of Subway to Sally, Epitaph and Pandemic...
Watch pro-shot video of Metallica’s 2024 Helping Hands show
Professional footage of Metallica's fourth Helping Hands Concert & Auction, held on December 13 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, is now available to watch on YouTube. The event featured an incredible acoustic and electric set by Metallica and guest...
Metal Insider’s Matt Brown’s Top 10 Albums of 2024
Let’s face it: there’s a lot of music out there and so little time to truly enjoy it all. Even when you do enjoy it, how do you remember all the albums you’ve listened to throughout the year? And how do you make sure you bug your friends to listen to that new kickass...
Static-X announce 2025 Machines vs Monsters tour with GWAR
Static-X will return on the road in 2025 with their Machines Vs Monsters Tour. Featuring original Wisconsin Death Trip members Tony Campos, Koichi Fukuda, and Ken Jay, along with vocalist/guitarist Xer0, the tour will feature special guests GWAR, Dope, and A Killer's...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Crypta
Countdown to 2025: 42 Days SOOOOOOON, the famous word for 70000tons of Metal cruisers know to love and hate. And one thing you learn is announcements are always unpredictable. After experiencing the 2024 edition to its fullest capability, we captured all sixty-two...
Ice Nine Kills announce ‘The Silver Scream-A-Thon’ U.S. headline tour
Ice Nine Kills have announced their headlining Silver Scream-A-Thon U.S. tour, produced by Live Nation. Taking a part of Metallica's two-night playbook, likely inspired by opening for them over the last two years and into next, Ice Nine Kills will have a two-night...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Insurrection share their pets’ eclectic playlist
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 Mike Birch of Insurrection as he shared what pets the band has and their...
King Diamond unleashes “Spider Lilly” video
Finally! New King Diamond music is on its way. Earlier this week, the legend dropped a video for “Spider Lilly,” the lead single and video from his upcoming Horror Trilogy. The first part of the trilogy, Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920, introduces a collaboration with...
Charting the course to 2025: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2024 Artist Spotlight: Carnation
Countdown to 2025: 42 Days SOOOOOOON, the famous word for 70000tons of Metal cruisers know to love and hate. And one thing you learn is announcements are always unpredictable. After experiencing the 2024 edition to its fullest capability, we captured all sixty-two...
Paws, Pets, and Metal: Nightwraith’s Benjamin Pitts on his pets’ love for Steely Dan and Peter Gabriel
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 Nightwraith’s Benjamin Pitts reveals his pets prefer world musical...
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Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
Architects drop “Whiplash” video; new album arriving in February
British metalcore outfit Architects are back with a new record, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, scheduled to arrive on February 28, 2025, via Epitaph Records. Their forthcoming eleventh full-length offering is the overall follow-up to 2022's The Classic Symptoms...
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
German progressive/technical death metal masters Obscura have announced their new album, A Sonication, is scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. The album marks the second installment of their conceptual trilogy, and overall follow-up from 2021's...
New & Noteworthy: Release Ballads – 4/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the debut of Jakobs Castle, the return of classic rockers Blue Öyster Cult, Mark Knopfler and James, as well as new...
New & Noteworthy: God Damned You To Releases – 4/5/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Albums hitting shelves this week include the return of The Libertines, the final album from Cock Sparrer and the debut solo LP from...
New & Noteworthy: Thoughts & Releases – 3/29/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the final album from Sum 41, the debut of Glyph and a tour EP featuring Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Primus,...