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Metal Insider roundup: 53 recent tour and festival announcements – 12/10/2025

Metal Insider roundup: 53 recent tour and festival announcements – 12/10/2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 10, 2025 | Lists, Touring

The last few weeks have brought us countless new music and live announcements, with no sign of slowing down for live shows. Metal Insider has rounded up 53 of some of the latest tour announcements, updates, and major festival news, so you can catch up on what you may...
Metal By Numbers: Grizzly charts – 8/5/2025

Metal By Numbers: Grizzly charts – 8/5/2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Aug 5, 2025 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from July 18th, 2025. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. Back to our weekly rotation, we focus on the week seeing...
Metal By Numbers: Through Charts – July 11 – June 20, 2025

Metal By Numbers: Through Charts – July 11 – June 20, 2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 22, 2025 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from June 20 through July 11. From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts. This stretch highlights a steady mix of debuts,...
Mark Morton (Lamb of God) unveils Lynyrd Skynyrd cover “The Needle and the Spoon” with Neil Fallon (Clutch)

Mark Morton (Lamb of God) unveils Lynyrd Skynyrd cover “The Needle and the Spoon” with Neil Fallon (Clutch)

by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 29, 2024 | New Music, Video

Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton has released a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic “The Needle and the Spoon,” featuring Clutch’s Neil Fallon on vocals. This rendition adds a unique edge while paying homage to Morton’s southern rock...
Concert Calendar (9/06-9/10): Executing Summer’s Conclusion: Mr. Bungle, Rob Zombie, & more:

Concert Calendar (9/06-9/10): Executing Summer’s Conclusion: Mr. Bungle, Rob Zombie, & more:

by Ian Weber | Sep 5, 2023 | News, Touring

  Happy September to every mighty metal moshketeer and/or head-banger reading this! This is it, ya’ll. The first final taste of summer. We know you had a totally awesome one, and you attended all the gigs you promised yourself you were going to hit up with...
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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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