The Crown announce 2026 farewell tour
Swedish Death metal veterans The Crown have announced that 2026 will mark the official end of their 35-year career. Alongside unveiling their No Tomorrow – Farewell 2026 tour, the band confirmed they are closing the chapter for good, with 2024's Crown of Thorns...
Malevolent Creation announce return of vocalist/guitarist Deron Miler
Malevolent Creation have officially returned to a five-piece lineup, welcoming back vocalist/guitarist Deron Miler. The revamped ensemble now consists of Miler, bassist/vocalist Jesse Jolly, guitarist Chris Cannella, drummer Ronnie Parmer, and founding guitarist Phil...
Limp Bizkit perform first show since bassist Sam Rivers’ passing
Limp Bizkit played their first show since the passing of longtime bassist Sam Rivers on Saturday (29th), at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The performance marked the opening night of the band’s Loserville Gringo Papi Tour 2025 across Latin America, with Kid Not...
Album Review: Pale Horse Ritual – ‘Diabolic Formation’
I should begin with a confession: I am, by all measurable standards, a closet stoner. Not the slack-jawed stereotype who lives inside of a Bob Marley poster, and not the cardigan-wearing medical user with laminated documentation explaining that indica helps their...
Six former Cradle of Filth members file lawsuit against the band and Dani Filth
The long-running tension between Cradle of Filth and several former members has escalated into a new lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Zoë Federoff, Marek "Ashok" Smerda, Lindsay Schoolcraft (Matheson), Richard Shaw, Paul Allender,...
Vitriol’s Kyle Rasmussen heads home after mid-tour band split, shares new update
Vitriol’s chaotic mid-tour collapse saga continues as frontman Kyle Rasmussen makes his way back to Portland, OR, after being abandoned by his bandmates in Redwood, NY, not Vermont, earlier this week. Rasmussen was left outside a closed ice-cream shop/gas station,...
Metal By Numbers – closing September with new charts, new masters – 9/26/2025
Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from September 26, 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: Kissin’ Dynamite
Countdown to 2026: 64 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...
Pets, Paws & Metal: The Judge The Juror’s David W. Frontenac says his dog isn’t much into 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. Edmonton Canada’s The Judge The Juror have just unleashed their latest EP, Primitive Minds,...
Charting the course to 2026: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Kalmah
Countdown to 2026: 64 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...
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Soen unveil “Mercenary” video
Swedish progressive metal giants Soen have unveiled a video for their latest single, “Mercenary.” The track is the second single taken from their upcoming album, Reliance, scheduled to arrive on January 16, 2026, via Silver Lining Music. Reliance marks the group’s...
Myrath release “Until the End” video featuring Amaranthe’s Elize Ryd, announce new album
Tunisian-French progressive metal band Myrath have released a video for their new single, "Until the End," featuring Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd. The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, Wilderness of Mirrors, which is scheduled to arrive on March 27,...
Mayhem drop video for “Weep For Nothing;” new album arriving in February
It’s a tad ironic to call any band the “most influential” anything, especially when that band has built its mythology on rejecting the premise of influence altogether. Yet here we are. Mayhem, the group that essentially invented non-metaphorically dangerous music, are...
New & Noteworthy: Origins of Releases – 5/23/2025
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 new music from the likes of Skunk Anansie, …and Oceans, Age of Apocalypes and Witchcraft, as well as cover and...
New & Noteworthy: Will You Haunt Me, With Releases – 5/16/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Bury Tomorrow, Pelican and Steve Von Till,...
New & Noteworthy: Even in Releases – 5/9/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week includes new albums from the likes of Sleep Token, Behemoth, Ghost Bath, Peter Murphy and Tetrarch among the many outstanding...
