On October 6th, Slayer will be saying farewell to Chile at the Santiago Gets Louder festival in Santiago, Chile. Megadeth and Anthrax will be sharing the stage as well as Chilean extreme metallers Pentagram. This marks three out of the “Big Four” bands joined together for a momentous evening bidding farewell to one of the greats. Unfortunately, it remains uncertain (and at this point, unlikely) if Metallica will consider another “Big Four” performance before Slayer officially calls it a day. Tickets go on sale on June 5th.

Bruce Dickinson to release reimagined ‘More Balls to Picasso’ in July
Bruce Dickinson is revisiting his 1994 solo album Balls to Picasso with a reimagined version titled More Balls to Picasso, scheduled to arrive on July 25. The reworked edition features part re-recorded, remixed, and remastered tracks, along with two unreleased...

Paradise Lost unveil “Silence Like the Grave” video; new album arriving in September
Gothic doom giants Paradise Lost have announced their overall seventeenth studio album, Ascension, is scheduled to arrive on September 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2020's Obsidian was produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and mixed and mastered by...

Video Premiere: Night’s Edge – “Smite”
Baltimore alt-metal outfit Night’s Edge have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere the lyric video for their latest single, “Smite.” The track marks the third single taken from their upcoming fourth-full-length album, The World That Never Was, scheduled to arrive...

New & Noteworthy: Songs of Last Releases – 5/30/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final New Music Friday of May will see new music from the likes of Garbage, The Haunted, Rivers Of Nihil and Wolves At The Gate, as...

New & Noteworthy: Origins of Releases – 5/23/2025
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 new music from the likes of Skunk Anansie, …and Oceans, Age of Apocalypes and Witchcraft, as well as cover and...

New & Noteworthy: Will You Haunt Me, With Releases – 5/16/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Bury Tomorrow, Pelican and Steve Von Till,...
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