New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Over the next two weeks, we have the return of Dogstar and prog-rocker Trevor Rabin to look forward to, as well as new works from Of Mice & Men, Prong, Dopelord, Citizen, Beartooth, The Menzingers, Crosses, VARG and more. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
Crosses, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. (Warner): Side project of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and Far guitarist Shaun Lopez, have finally celebrated the release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, and first record in nine years.
Venera, Venera (Independent): New duo project formed in early 2022 featuring James Shaffer of KoRn and Atlanta-based artist Chris Hunt, now see their self-titled debut album arrive.
Beartooth, The Surface (Red Bull): The fifth record from these rockers, highlighting vocalist Caleb Shomo’s personal journey facing his demons but with a more optimistic approach.
Theocracy, Mosaic (Atomic Fire Records): The U.S. progressive power metal outfit have returned after seven long years with their latest full-length offering.
The Lion’s Daughter, Bath House (Independent): The new album from the St. Louis horror metal outfit, and pet owners, see their new album has arrived, just in time for Friday the 13th.
10/13/2023:
Creeper, Sanguivore (Spinefarm)
Ronnie Atkins, Trinity (Frontiers)
Twin Temple, God Is Dead (Pentagrammaton)
Body Void, Atrocity Machine (Prosthetic)
The Menzingers, Some Of It Was True (Epitaph)
Varg, Ewige Wacht (Napalm)
Thetan, Grand Ole Agony (Anti-Corp)
Arabrot, Of Darkness And Light (Pelagic)
Blessed Curse, Pray For Armageddon (M-Theory)
Blood Lightning, Blood Lightning (Ripple)
Catafalque, Dybbuk (Code666)
The Dollyrots, Night Owls (Wicked Cool)
Edge Of Forever, Ritual (Frontiers)
Eric Sardinas, Midnight Junction (earMusic)
Fortid, Narkissos (Lupus Lounge)
Free Throw, Lessons That We Swear To Keep (Independent)
Kaunis Kuolematon, Mielenvalta (Noble Demon)
Kings Crown, Closer To The Truth (Frontiers)
Krieg, Ruiner (Profound Lore)
Laster, Andermans Mijne (Prophecy)
Milliseconds, So This Is How It Happens (Spartan)
Mondo Generator, We Stand Against You (Heavy Psych Sounds)
On Thorns I Lay, On Thorns I Lay (Season Of Mist)
Pynuka, Not In The Sense We Did Something Wrong (Translation Loss)
Upchuck, Bite The Hand That Feeds (Independent)
Ural, Psychoverse (Xtreem)
Vanishing Kids, Miracle Of Death (Aural)
Fortress Under Siege, Envy (Rock of Angels Records)
Comaniac, None for All (Metalworld)
State of Deceit, Stalked by Daemons (Eclipse Records)
Décembre Noir, Your Sunset | My Sunrise (Lifeforce Records)
Stortregn, Finitude (The Artisan Era)
Sulphur Aeon, Seven Crowns and Seven Seals (Ván Records)
A Mourning Star, A Reminder of the Wound Unhealed (Daze)
Crisix, Still Rising… Never Rest (Independent)
The Voynich Code, Insomnia (Unique Leader Records)
Slidhr, White Hart! (Debemur Morti Productions)
Voidescent, Dust and Embers (Avantgarde Music)
Akouphenom, Death·Chaos·Void (Unorthodox Emanations)
Seraphic Entombment, Sickness Particles Gleam (Everlasting Spew Records)
Koudeta, Koudeta (Independent)
Fleshworks, Diabolus ex Machina (Apostasy Records)
Gévaudan, Umbra (Meuse Music Records)
Nightwölf, The Cult of the Wolf (Kill Again Records)
Suicide Puppets, Beyond The Veil
Gravestone, Hollow Be Thy Grave (Raw Skull Recordz)
The Answer Lies in the Black Void, Thou Shalt (Roadburn Records)
Electrocutioner, False Idols (Independent)
Jonathan Young, Children of Night (Judge & Jury)
Infestation, The Vermin Within (Independent)
Corrosive, Wrath of the Witch (Independent)
Taubrą, Therizo (Debemur Morti Productions)
Mānbryne, Interregnum: O próbie wiary i jarzmie zwątpienia (Malignant Voices)
Terreur Nocturne, Solitude Post-Mortem (M.U.S.I.C. Records)
The Holy Hater, Stellar Genesis (Independent)
HateFall, Tales of Midnight (Independent)
Mindrazer, A Thing of Nightmares (Independent)
Nox Sinister, Knight Terrors (Independent)
Death Knell, Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream (Independent)
