King Diamond announces North American Fall 2024 Tour
King Diamond will return to North America for a headlining trek this Fall. The Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920 tour will kick off on October 15th in San Antonio, Texas, and conclude on December 6th in Dallas, Texas. Support will come from Overkill and Night Demon, with...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
Gojira and drummer Mario Duplantier comment on Olympics Opening Ceremony performance
Gojira achieved a monumental milestone in their career by performing at the once-in-a-lifetime 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday (26th), and the metal world continues to celebrate their recognition. Despite controversy stemming from religious...
2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Skillet’s John Cooper cites controversy, organizers apologize, director explains, & Gojira triumphs
While Metal Insider and metalheads worldwide continue to praise Gojira's performance during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, controversy and clashing opinions have emerged from Friday's (26th) event. Skillet frontman and bassist John Cooper is among the...
EP Review: Final Girls – ‘Prey On the Weak’
Final Girls is on the precipice of something great - and their new EP, Prey On the Weak, is just the beginning. Three songs, clocking in at just over 10 minutes, give us a taste of what's to come - and it's proper death metal with a strong groove and occasional...
Watch Gojira perform at 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
French metal masters Gojira made history on Friday (26th)by performing at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, becoming the first metal band to ever play at the Olympic Games. Their macabre production, in collaboration with opera singer Marina Viotti, paid...
7 Best Ways To Integrate Delta 9 Into Your Meditation
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-9 THC) is a compound found in cannabis that gives it its psychoactive properties. People who want to deepen their meditation practice, they can get unique benefits by including Delta-9 THC in their practice such as deep relaxation,...
Jerry Cantrell announces new album ‘I Want Blood’ & shares new single ‘Vilified’
Jerry Cantrell will release his new solo album I Want Blood on October 18 via Double J Music. The album features guest performances from Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), and more. The announcement coincides with...
Gojira to make history at Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
Gojira are more or less officially the first heavy metal band to ever perform at the Olympics. These French metal giants are set to make history at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, taking place today (26th). Alongside Céline Dion, Lady Gaga, and Aya Nakamura,...
Mork unveil “Utbrent” video; new album arriving in September
Black metal masters Mork have announced their new album Syv, set to arrive on September 20th via Peaceville. Along with the announcement, they have released a Matt Vickerstaff-directed video for the album’s first single, “Utbrent.” Following Thomas Eriksen’s recent...
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Tremonti shares “Just Too Much” video; new album arriving in January 2025
Mark Tremonti will release his sixth solo album, The End Will Show Us How, on January 10, 2025, via Napalm Records. To celebrate the album announcement, Tremonti has unveiled a J.T. Ibanez-directed video for the lead single, "Just Too Much." Currently touring with...
1349 unleash “The God Devourer” video
Norwegian black metal outfit 1349 will release their eighth full-length album, The Wolf and the King, on October 4, 2024, via Season of Mist. The group has unleashed a Claudio Marino-directed and Artax Film-produced video for their third single, "The God Devourer."...
Blood Incantation announce Fall 2024 North American Tour
Blood Incantation will be hitting the road this fall for a North American headline tour. Support will come from Midwife. Tickets go on sale Friday (9) at 10 AM local time. The tour includes a special hometown release show with special guest Steve Roach to celebrate...
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...
New & Noteworthy: Conditioned for Releases – 1/5/2024
Metal Insider's New & Noteworthy, the weekly column highlights the latest and most notable rock and metal releases hitting the shelves each week. As we kick off 2024, we see a wave of fresh albums from artists like At The Plates, Cancer Christ, Haywire,...
New & Noteworthy: The end of 2023 Releases 12/29/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this final Music Friday of 2023, we can expect a cover’s album from Lord Of The Lost and the debut of Dominum, among other titles....