Rob Zombie has announced his eighth studio album, The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. The new record marks the follow-up to 2021's The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. To coincide with the announcement, the...
Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, Hellyeah to team up for Fall tour
You know it’s getting towards Summer when dates for Fall tours start to come out. That’s what happened earlier today, as Five Finger Death Punch have announced a tour with Volbeat, Hellyeah and Nothing more starting on September 16th. The top two bands are...Killswitch to Engage with Battlecross in May
Killswitch Engage have lined up a monthlong tour in May that will see Battlecross opening for them for the majority of the shows. Nothing More will be on many of the shows as well, with Into Another, Trivium and My Ticket Home appearing on select dates. The tour will...
Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville Lineup Features Avenged Sevenfold, The Cult, Rob Zombie, Motörhead and More
The lineup for the Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida has been announced with a load of heavy-hitters in the world of hard rock/heavy metal. The two-day festival will take place on April 26 and 27 in Metropolitan Park. It really...
Slayer, Kvelertak, Motorhead, GN’R among Rock on the Range performers
The lineup for this year’s Rock on the Range has been announced, and the annual Columbus, Ohio festival has gotten bigger and more metal than ever before. Expanding to three days this year, ROTR will take place on May 16th, 17th and 18th. And while the rock fest...Follow Us
Rob Zombie unleashes new song “Punks and Demons; new album arriving in February
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Track Premiere: Beau Anderson – “As If”
ATL alt-rocker Beau Anderson has teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere his latest single, “As If,” out October 9th. The track hits with sludgy riffs and heavy grooves, channeling a failing romance destined to collapse. “As If” is taken from Anderson’s debut EP,...
Album Review: Orbit Culture’s Death Above Life & Interview with Niklas Karlsson
2000 marked a pivotal year for the rise of nu metal. While the genre had already exploded by the mid-to-late nineties, the turn of the millennium felt like its mecca, when bands like Slipknot, Linkin Park, Deftones, KoRn, Disturbed, and System of a Down (to name a...
New & Noteworthy: Releases of the Forgotten – 5/31/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see new works from the likes of Buffalo Tom, Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Nestor, Shrapnel & Thou, the debut of...
New & Noteworthy: Pro Releases – 5/24/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’ will see highly-anticipated works from Lenny Kravitz, Twenty One Pilots, Capstan and Rotting Christ, the return of Say...
New & Noteworthy: From Releases I Rise – 5/10/2024 – 5/17/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the new offerings over the last couple of weeks are Sebastian Bach’s and Shellac's first albums in a decade, guest-filled romps...