by Zenae Zukowski | Sep 22, 2025 | Lists, Touring
Another week brings us new music and live announcements, with no signs of slowing down for live shows. Metal Insider has rounded up 13 of the latest tour announcements, updates, and major festival news, so you can catch up on what you may have missed or revisit the...
by Ian Weber | Mar 12, 2024 | News, Touring
Parkas away…it’s – almost – spring. Nature’s in full bloom, ya’ll. Alright, peeps. It’s your favorite post of the week which means it’s once again time to read (and re-post, because you love Ian) the hyped up Metal...
by Elise Yablon | Nov 25, 2023 | New & Noteworthy
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out over the next couple of weeks. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Madness, Plain White T’s, Bad Suns and more. This week,...
by Metal Insider | Nov 8, 2011 | Releases
It is now a foregone conclusion that I would likely be a terrible A&R person at a record label, because I am very bad at predicting trends in the metal world. For example, if you had asked me four years ago if instrumental metal would ever be a popular genre, I...
by Metal Insider | Mar 8, 2011 | Releases
It’s still fairly early in 2011, but already this year and during the second half of last year, we’ve seen a number of metal musicians taking steps to better themselves and their lives by gaining control over their addictions to drugs and alcohol, and...