Paws, Pets, and Metal: Frogg’s Sky unveils the joy of his dog’s Instagram fame!
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest 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 modern experimental technical metal newcomers from the New York metropolitan...
Charting the course to 2024: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2023 Artist Spotlight: Keep of Kalessin
We’re counting down to the 2024 edition of 70000 tons of Metal! This is by far one of our personal favorite metal cruises where every artist is a headliner. Metalheads from around the globe share an insane experience of four days with very little to no sleep of...
Ian’s Ten Favorite Heffy Metal Albums of 2023
Dearest readers of Metal Insider, The end of another year is fast approaching, so it's now time we highlighted a year of stellar releases. Maybe your top-whatever lists are already posted, or maybe you're still formatting it. However, taking a look back can be...
Torben Ulrich, Father of Lars Ulrich, Has Passed Away
In a heartfelt statement late this evening (20th), Lars Ulrich shared the passing of his father, Torben Ulrich, at the age of 95. The Metallica drummer expressed gratitude for his father's 95 years filled with adventures, unique experiences, and a profound Danish...
Metal Church announce March 2024 North American Tour
Metal Church will hit the road in March 2024 for a headlining North American tour, promoting their latest album, Congregation of Annihilation. Tour Dates: 03/20 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 03/21 Derry, NH @ Tupelo Music Hall 03/22 New Bedford, MA @ The...
Social Distortion & Bad Religion announce co-headlining spring 2024 tour
Social Distortion and Bad Religion have joined forces for a co-headlining US tour. Kicking off on April 9th, 2024, in Bakersfield, California, the tour promises a punk rock extravaganza with additional support from The Lovebombs. Social Distortion...
Vio-Lence announce April 2024 tour w/ Exhorder, Deceased & Mortal Wound
Vio-Lence have announced a string of dates for April 2024 performing their classic 1988 debut full-length album, Eternal Nightmare in its entirety. Joining them on the trek will be Exhorder, Deceased, and Mortal Wound. Tour Dates: 04/05 Cambridge,...
Doyle and Otep announce US spring tour 2024
Doyle will be teaming up with Otep for a US spring 2024 tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 12th in Reading, PA and will run through May 11th in Greenville, SC. Tour Dates: 04/12 Reading, PA @ Reverb 04/13 Manchester, NH @ Angel City 04/14 Clifton,...
Trollfest release video for cover of Korpiklaani’s “Happy Little Boozer”
Norwegian Balkan metal and conga-pit creators, Trollfest, are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the upcoming release of 20 Years in the Wrong Lane in 2024. This compilation album features a mix of demos, live jams, unreleased tracks, and remixes, offering a...
Raven & Vicious Rumors announce tour w/ Lutharo & Wicked
Raven have announced the All Hell’s Breaking Loose Across America tour with Vicious Rumors and support from Lutharo and Wicked on select dates. The trek kicks off on March 22nd in Cape Coral, FL and will run through May 4th in Pompano Beach, FL. ...
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Dragonforce share “Power of the Saber Blade” video
Dragonforce are featured on Beat Saber's original soundtrack 6 with their new song, "Power of the Saber Blade." The track was composed for the VR game and marked as the "fastest song ever introduced in Beat Saber" at 10.66 NPS (notes per second). The group has...
Infected Rain drop powerful new single “Because I Let You”
Modern progressive metal outfit Infected Rain are gearing up for their new album, Time, out February 9th, via Napalm Records. Today (5th), the group has unveiled a video for their latest singe, "Because I Let You." The band comments: "In 'BECAUSE I...
Exclusive Album Stream: Through Mists (Synastry) – ‘Summon The Severed’
Montreal's Through Mists, a solo project by James Aniston (Synastry), is gearing up to release Summon The Severed on Friday (8th) 2023, via Syrup Moose Records. Continuing the Starkiller storyline, the album follows the protagonist, The Traveller's quest for...
New & Noteworthy, November 24th, 2017: Thanksgiving New Release Food Coma
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week is a pretty small one for studio releases, but we still are getting a new Taake album and a DVD focusing on Dimebag Darrell. If you...
New & Noteworthy, November 17th, 2017: New Music for a Dark Christmas
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week is we have live releases from two heavy metal giants, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath and studio albums from Cavalera Conspiracy and...
New & Noteworthy, November 10th, 2017: Secrets of the Musick Grimoire
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week is we have releases from . If you would like to check out last week’s New & Noteworthy, you can do so here. If you want to see...