Linkin Park have announced a massive world tour in 2025, supporting their new album, From Zero, out tomorrow (15th) via Warner. The trek will cover North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America with special guests on select dates, including Queens of the Stone Age,...
Slayer already have six new songs recorded
Slayer’s been in the news a lot lately, but less about their forthcoming album, Repentless, and more about guitarist Kerry King’s thoughts on the Mayhem Festival and its cofounder, Kevin Lyman. He’s really beginning to sound like a broken record, and...HELLYEAH’s frontman says all bands on Mayhem Festival are “awesome”
The controversial and chaotic Mayhem festival has been the favorite topic everywhere for a while. To recap everything it has happened really quick: the festival co-founder called the current metal scene “gray, bald, and fat”; Kerry King, guitarist for one...Mayhem co-founder John Reese pens open letter about this year’s festival
With 2015’s Mayhem Festival wrapping up this Sunday, it will bring an end to not just the festival, but the discussion that’s gone on around it. As a refresher, co-founder Kevin Lyman, hastily said a thing or two about the fest and the state of metal that...A road-weary Tom Araya loves Slayer, but loves his family more
In case you didn’t know, Slayer have an album, Repentless, coming out next month. Then again, it’d be pretty impossible not to know, given that they’ve released the title track, have an 8 pound, $180 version of the album up for pre-order and have...Follow Us
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Counterparts announce winter 2025 North American Tour
Counterparts have announced a North American Tour for February and March 2025 with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence, and Foreign Hands. Tickets go on sale Friday (15th) at 10:00 AM local time. The tour announcement arrived shortly after the Canadian metal...
Balancing Acts: Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms on pushing forward with new EP ‘The Square
Balancing Acts is Metal Insider's new column, in which artists explain the challenges within the music industry by juggling day jobs or multiple jobs while pursuing their musical careers. Seven Kingdoms guitarist Camden Cruz discusses the group's recent success,...
New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024
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 Music Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...
New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...