Swiss heavy metal outfit Burning Witches have released their sixth studio album, Inquisition, on August 22, 2025 via Napalm Records. Diving into themes of medieval persecution, religious oppression, and resilience, the follow-up to 2023's The Dark Tower, marks a bold...
Stage Collapses At Belgium’s Pukkelpop Festival, At Least 3 Dead
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIDEJDI5jQ[/youtube] Just days after the horrific incident at the Indiana State Fair, an extreme wind and hail storm caused stage equipment, towers, a tent and a tree to collapse at the Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium...Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack To Headline 48 Hours Festival
Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, and Godsmack will be headlining the 48 Hours Festival, set to be taking place on October 15-16 at the Luxor Festival Grounds in Las Vegas. Also set to perform at the two day, two stage festival is Five Finger Death Punch, Seether, Bullet For...Metal By Numbers 6/2: Sales Have Gone Completely Gaga
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It is simply amazing in this day and age that a metalcore band like For The Fallen Dreams can sell 1.1 million copies. I mean seriously! Sure, they probably have...Avenged Sevenfold To Headline 2011 Uproar Tour
The lineup to the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour (the slightly less metal late Summer equivalent to Mayhem Fest) had been rumored for some time now. However, the rumors have been confirmed, and Avenged Sevenfold will be headlining. Joining them on the...Follow Us
Interview: Burning Witches’ Jay Grob talks Inquisition, touring hurdles, and the witch she’d add for a day
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Feuerschwanz’s Ben Metzner talks new album ‘Knightclub’ with track-by-track explainer
Germany’s folk metal unit Feuerschwanz have unveiled their twelfth studio album, Knightclub, out now via Napalm Records. Known for their chaotic, high-energy performances, whether bringing vikings, theatrics, or sheer madness to the stage (as seen during their...
Catch up now: 37 new songs/videos released this week – 8/27/2025
New music continues to spiral its way in. Since our chunk last week with 36 new songs, this week brings a slightly larger round of 37 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including The Halo...
New & Noteworthy: Leviathan Releases 12/15/2023
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 release of never-before-heard tracks from Stymie and the conclusion of a trilogy from Therion among the...
New & Noteworthy: The beautiful releases of life – 12/8/2023
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 albums from the likes of Dimmu Borgir, Atreyu, Have Mercy and Mars Red Sky, among others. Don’t forget to...
New & Noteworthy: 666 Releases – 12/1/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On Friday, December 1st we saw the returns of Peter Gabriel and Codeseven, a new take on Visions Of Atlantis' 2022 LP, the debut...