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Blue Ridge Rock Fest: Static-X, Dope, Pantera, Vince Neil, and more added to 2023 lineup

Blue Ridge Rock Fest: Static-X, Dope, Pantera, Vince Neil, and more added to 2023 lineup

by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 5, 2023 | News

  The 2023 edition of Blue Ridge Rock Festival will take place in Alton, VA from September 7th – 10th. While Metal Insider enjoyed the 2022 run, the 2023 lineup could be the best year yet as Static-X, Pantera, Vince Neil, and many more have been added to...
Cold announce 2023 ‘Year of The Spider’ 20th Anniversary tour

Cold announce 2023 ‘Year of The Spider’ 20th Anniversary tour

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 7, 2022 | News, Touring

  2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Cold’s third full-length album, Year of the Spider. To celebrate the record’s milestone, the group will embark on a U.S. headline tour playing the album in its entirety. The trek is scheduled to kick off on March 17th in...
Blue Ridge Rock Festival to return in 2023; first wave of bands announced

Blue Ridge Rock Festival to return in 2023; first wave of bands announced

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 7, 2022 | News

  Blue Ridge Rock Festival is set to return in 2023 in Alton, VA, from September 7th – 10th (more info here). After a successful run, in which Metal Insider’s Andrew Fiero and Sara Elizabeth have extensively covered the 2022 edition (one more day to share),...
Inaugural Sick New World festival to see the return of Coal Chamber and Lacey Strum in Flyleaf in Las Vegas 2023

Inaugural Sick New World festival to see the return of Coal Chamber and Lacey Strum in Flyleaf in Las Vegas 2023

by Andrew Fiero | Nov 8, 2022 | News

  Fresh off the most successful debut of Las Vegas’s When We Were Young festival, it seems it’s time for metal fans to get the same treatment. While October’s festival focused mainly on mid-2000s emo-centric bands coming together in a star-studded affair, May...
Daily lineup for 2022 Blue Ridge Rock Festival revealed; more TBA

Daily lineup for 2022 Blue Ridge Rock Festival revealed; more TBA

by Andrew Fiero | Jun 13, 2022 | News

  Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival’s journey this year has been exciting. The festival revealed its change in management after last year’s show. Soon after came the announcement of an upgrade in the venue, moving to the Virginia International...
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Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release

Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...

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Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’

Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...

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Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’

I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....

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New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...

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New & Noteworthy: Break The Releases – 1/9/2026

New & Noteworthy: Break The Releases – 1/9/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week counts new music from the likes of Alter Bridge, The Protomen, Zu Beyond The Black and Bullet amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy: 2026 Releases have arrived – 1/2/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Kicking off 2026, this week’s new music includes albums from the likes of Excavated Graves, Fuath, Wildhunt and Dawnbreaker amongst the...

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