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Riot Fest 2025: daily lineup revealed for 20th anniversary edition

Riot Fest 2025: daily lineup revealed for 20th anniversary edition

by Zenae Zukowski | May 19, 2025 | Festivals, News

Riot Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary with a stacked 2025 lineup featuring headliners Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White, and the Sex Pistols (featuring Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock). The event returns to Chicago’s Douglass...
Concert Calendar (10/10-10/15): The Road to All Metal’s Eve! Venom Inc, Tesseract, & more

Concert Calendar (10/10-10/15): The Road to All Metal’s Eve! Venom Inc, Tesseract, & more

by Ian Weber | Oct 10, 2023 | Touring

  Hey there! If this is your first time seeing this post, greetings! This concert calendar is posted most weeks (touring wraps up around the holidays) to help bring you up to speed on the latest gigs happening throughout America in a way that’s a little more...
Concert Calendar (10/06-10/08): A Summer in Not-Quite-Fall. Ne Obliviscaris, Wolves in the Throne Room, & more:

Concert Calendar (10/06-10/08): A Summer in Not-Quite-Fall. Ne Obliviscaris, Wolves in the Throne Room, & more:

by Ian Weber | Oct 6, 2023 | Touring

  How are you? Feeling pumped? Allow me to help you feel even better. It’s a mild weekend to see a show or a dozen. Please enjoy browsing through some of these highlights that are happening, as we’re unsure whether or not we should pay for coat check....
Punk rock legend Steve Soto (The Adolescents) dead at 54

Punk rock legend Steve Soto (The Adolescents) dead at 54

by Zenae Zukowski | Jun 28, 2018 | News, Sad News

This week sucks and there’s no other way to describe it. We are still mourning over the loss of Vinnie Paul, who passed away last Friday (22nd). Another tragedy struck a few days later when former Vital Remains vocalist Jake Raymond died. We are saddened to report...
Spotlights Tour Diary: Boston, Asbury and a meeting of hardcore legends

Spotlights Tour Diary: Boston, Asbury and a meeting of hardcore legends

by Bram Teitelman | Aug 12, 2016 | Tour Diary

  Brooklyn “sludge/gaze” band Spotlights are in the middle of two weeks on the road supporting Deftones and Refused. It’s a dream come true for the two principle members, married couple Mario and Sarah Quintero. The band is writing a tour diary for us chronicling...
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Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set
Rainbow announce ‘The Temple of the King 1975–1976’ box set

Rainbow will celebrate the earliest and most influential years of their career with The Temple of the King 1975–1976, a comprehensive 9-CD box set arriving March 6, 2026, via Edsel Records. Newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, the collection marks the first...

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Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video
Gluecifer drop “I’m Ready” Video

If you’re American, the easiest way to understand Gluecifer is to imagine what it would feel like if a band like the Ramones, or maybe the MC5, disappeared for two decades and then returned without any interest in explaining themselves. No oral history, no apology...

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Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025
Catch up now: 6 new songs/videos recently released – 12/22/2025

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 47 new songs, this week brings a festive batch of six new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases is a Grave – 12/19/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week sees new muisc from the likes of Peter Criss, Dead Sun and Lychgate amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...

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New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

New & Noteworthy: Mirror Releases – 12/12/2025

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 new releases from the likes of Volumes, Lord Of The Lost and Windswept, as well as the debut full-length...

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New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy: Blood of the Releases – 12/5/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off the month of December, we will see new releases from the likes of Enthroned, Upon A Burning Body, and Blood Red Throne, as...

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