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Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
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Ian’s Favorite Heffy Records of January ’26
Hey, welcome to a new feature on Metal Insider, where it's all about the best of the best albums released throughout the month. Get ready to catch up with me - January was about riffs and heavy metal brakdowns! Bullet, Kosuke Hashida, and Megadeth all have that...
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New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last at the end of 2025, January has brought an extensive batch of fifty-three new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs from...
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...
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...
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...