Norwegian progressive death/black metal outfit In Vain have left a parting gift for 2025 and, in honor of late vocalist Sindre Nedland, are sharing the release of his final solo album, Embers. The record was completed just days before Nedland's passing in March 2025,...
BREAKING: Live Nation-Ticketmaster Merger To Be Approved
Reuters is reporting the Justice Department is set to approve the merger of ticketing giant Ticketmaster with mega-promoter Live Nation. Further details are scarce, including whether approval would come with our without conditions. The deal, reportedly valued at...Ticketmaster Accused Of Attempting Shady Back Room Scalping Antics
The Wall Street Journal published a pretty damning article last week about Ticketmaster and its CEO Irving Azoff, revealing an allegedly attempted plan to pass premium tickets directly to ticket brokers (scalpers) in exchange for a percentage of the profits. The deal,...Ticketmaster Sells Tickets For Events That Already Happened, Too (With Service Fees!)
This isn’t really metal related, but hey, we rag on Ticketmaster as much as the next site, and this is a pretty ridiculous story. Apparently they are still selling the unsold tickets to Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle’s perfect game. From back in...Gov’t Begins Scrutinization Of Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger
The train is starting to pull out of the station for Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s proposed merger, a venture which is expected to be closely scrutinized by the Justice Department, according to the chair of a Senate antitrust subcommittee and 50 members of the...Follow Us
In Vain say final farewell to beloved vocalist, drop his final project
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Explore 22 New albums just announced – 12/15/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2129 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...
Catch up now: 47 new songs/videos recently released – 12/14/2025
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 53 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 47 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything,...
New & Noteworthy: AMEN Releases – 9/19/2025
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 the likes of Motion City Soundtrack, 38 Special, Bad Cop Bad Cop, I Prevail, Igorrr and Stoned Jesus among the many...
New & Noteworthy: The Blue Releases – 9/12/2025
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 the likes of Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, Between The Buried And Me, Chameleons, Der Weg Einer Freiheit,...
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...