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21 Must-See Tours and Festivals Coming in 2025

21 Must-See Tours and Festivals Coming in 2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 22, 2025 | Festivals, Lists, Touring

From exciting new festivals like Unhinged to the highly anticipated return of Vans Warped Tour, along with massive tours from Wardruna, Carnifex, and more, here are 21 festivals and tours to look forward to. 01) Furnace Fest 2025 Lineup Revealed The nearly complete...
Photos/Review: Milwaukee Metal Fest Day 2: Mr. Bungle, Katatonia, Death to All – 5/18/2024

Photos/Review: Milwaukee Metal Fest Day 2: Mr. Bungle, Katatonia, Death to All – 5/18/2024

by Mar Morannon | May 30, 2024 | Photos, Reviews

Day two of Milwaukee Metal Fest brought in some bigger crowds, likely a combination of the heavier lineup, which tends to draw more fans around Milwaukee, and the Saturday timing. Without a local act at the start of the schedule, people took their time filing in,...
Full Lineup revealed for 2024’s Milwaukee Metal Fest

Full Lineup revealed for 2024’s Milwaukee Metal Fest

by Mar Morannon | Feb 12, 2024 | Festivals, News

  Milwaukee Metal Fest has announced the final 19 bands on the lineup, including Municipal Waste, Autopsy, Terrorizer, Macabre, Nunslaughter, and Gatecreeper.  Additionally, details have been announced for the Thursday pre-party, including a couple of local...
Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 expands lineup with eleven more bands: Hammerfall, Testament, Casket Robbery

Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 expands lineup with eleven more bands: Hammerfall, Testament, Casket Robbery

by Mar Morannon | Dec 19, 2023 | Festivals, News

  Continuing on their announcement roll, Milwaukee Metal Fest has added another eleven bands to the lineup. Power metal fans drawn in by Blind Guardian will rejoice at the addition of Hammerfall to Friday’s lineup, while thrashers will be prepping to bang their...
ICYMI: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 adds more bands + daily schedule revealed

ICYMI: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 adds more bands + daily schedule revealed

by Mar Morannon | Dec 4, 2023 | News

  Milwaukee Metal Fest has announced additional bands for the 2024 festival. After returning to The Rave in 2023, the fest continues its reign with additional bands being added to the lineup, and many more are still to be announced. The latest announcement...
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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: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...

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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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