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 48 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Megadeth,...
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett diagnosed with oral cancer
We haven’t heard anything about Poison in a while since they spoke about the possibility of touring this year which, as you might have figured, never happened. Now we might know why that never happened. During an interview with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM, drummer...Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley leaves tour, becomes father
Every Time I Die is currently on tour with August Burns Red and Stick To Your Guns until almost Christmas. However, tonight’s show will take place without singer Keith Buckley. Initially billed as “an emergency back home,” it was announced that the...Motorhead cancel Berlin show after illness
It’s been a pretty rough year for Motorhead. After the band’s successful Bad Magic album was released and they hit the road in support of it, a handful of shows had to be cancelled after Lemmy took ill. This time, however, it’s not the frontman...Bad Brains’ guitarist Dr. Know no longer in critical condition
A few days ago, we found out about Bad Brains’ guitarist Gary ‘Dr. Know’ Miller being hospitalized and on life support; later one, Cro-Mags frontman John Joseph went to visit Miller and provided an unofficial statement on his condition, saying he was...Bad Brains guitarist Dr. Know hospitalized, on life support
Details are pretty scarce at this point, but Gary Miller, better known as Dr. Know, guitarist of pioneering hardcore band Bad Brains, is hospitalized and on life support. While there’s been no official word, many on social media have started to spread the word,...Follow Us
Catch up now: 48 new songs/videos recently released – 10/14/2025
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Explore 33 New albums just announced – 10/13/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 26 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1663 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...
The New Testament is here! Animated video for latest single “High Noon” released
Bay Area thrash legends Testament have unleashed their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, today (10th) via Nuclear Blast Records. The record serves as a reflection on humanity's uneasy relationship with technology and the impacts of disconnection, while blistering...
New & Noteworthy: New Year, New Releases – 1/3/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. To Start off 2025, this week sees new music from the likes of Megafauna and Patriarkh among the outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...
New & Noteworthy: The Releases Don’t Die 12/27/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final week of 2024 includes new music from Dominum and Genocide Kommando among the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t...
New & Noteworthy: Post Releases – 12/20/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As we near the end of the year, this next-to-last week of 2024 sees new releases from the likes of Subway to Sally, Epitaph and Pandemic...