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Metallica & Linkin Park to headline Sick New World 2025

Metallica & Linkin Park to headline Sick New World 2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 15, 2024 | Festivals, News

Metallica and Linkin Park will headline the third edition of Sick New World on April 12, 2025, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The festival will feature over 50 artists from the rock, goth, and alternative scenes, including Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence,...
Newly confirmed artists for Hellfest 2024 include Metallica, Mr. Bungle, Ne Obliviscaris

Newly confirmed artists for Hellfest 2024 include Metallica, Mr. Bungle, Ne Obliviscaris

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 28, 2023 | Festivals, News

  Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Ne Obliviscaris, and many more have been confirmed for the 2024 edition of Hellfest, scheduled for June 27 to 30 in Clisson, France. Several more artists have been added to the lineup, including Fear Factory, Saxon, Mr. Bungle,...
Concert Calendar (10/17-10/21): The Devil’s Music Ain’t So Bad. Prong, Cradle of Filth, & more

Concert Calendar (10/17-10/21): The Devil’s Music Ain’t So Bad. Prong, Cradle of Filth, & more

by Ian Weber | Oct 17, 2023 | Touring

  Alright, so. Guys. What…what is happening? Here is your weekly concert calendar! Attend all the shows! Every one! And you know what? No cleverly-written intros matter if you aren’t delivering on the gigs. So Ian’s plan for the rest of this...
Former Cradle Of Filth and Hecate Enthroned bassist Jon Kennedy has passed away

Former Cradle Of Filth and Hecate Enthroned bassist Jon Kennedy has passed away

by Zenae Zukowski | Sep 27, 2023 | Sad News

  Former Cradle Of Filth and Hecate Enthroned bassist Jon Kennedy has sadly passed away. He was 46 years old. Kennedy’s musical journey included stints with Cradle Of Filth from 1994 to 1995 and Hecate Enthroned from 1995 to 1998. His fellow bandmates have...
Legendary drummer Nick Barker is battling with kidney failure; GoFundMe launched

Legendary drummer Nick Barker is battling with kidney failure; GoFundMe launched

by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 26, 2023 | News

  A GoFundMe has been set up to support legendary extreme metal drummer Nick Barker (Lock Up, Brujeria, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth) as whi is battling kidney failure. Starting his career with Cradle of Filth in the early nineties working on four albums and...
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Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”
Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”

Mayhem have unveiled a visualizer for their new single, "Despair." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Liturgy of Death, scheduled to arrive on February 6, 2026. Nearly four decades into their career, Mayhem frame death not as an ending but as an inevitable...

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Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025

A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album...

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Rob Zombie unleashes “Heathen Days” video
Rob Zombie unleashes “Heathen Days” video

Rob Zombie has unleashed a video for his latest single, “Heathen Days.” The track is taken from his upcoming album The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:

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New & Noteworthy: Generation of the Releases 9/5/2025

New & Noteworthy: Generation of the Releases 9/5/2025

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. To start September, we will see new music from the likes of The London Suede, Glenn Hughes, Blessthefall and Primal Fear, as well as the...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025

New & Noteworthy: Releases and Monsters – 8/29/2025

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 music from the likes of The Hives, Lathe Of Heaven, Pinkshift, Vicious Rumors and Helloween among the many...

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New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025

New & Noteworthy: Private Releases – 8/22/2025

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 music from the likes of Deftones, Three Days Grace, Burning Witches, Blackbriar and Arcadia among the many...

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