The brilliant Slagmaur has unleashed a magnificent new video for their latest single, “Huldergeist” — the third song on the upcoming masterpiece, Hulders Ritual. Fans have impatiently awaited the follow-up to Thill Smitts Terror (2017) for years, and, fortunately, it...
New Years Day’s Nikki Misery’s favorite metal albums of the decade
New Years Day have been aggressively touring in support of their new album, Unbreakable, which was released in April 2019 via Century Media. We were lucky to catch them live during Exit 111, and their song “Shut Up” has appeared on one of our year-end lists. We...
Witherfall’s favorite albums of the decade (2010-2019)
Witherfall have been busy working on their follow-up to 2018’s A Prelude To Sorrow, which landed on our top 225 albums of the decade. From 2017’s Nocturnes and Requiems followed by their latest effort along with making a killer Helloween cover, we wanted to know more...
Archspire’s Tobi Morelli’s Top Fifteen Albums of the decade (2010-2019)
Between touring and giving “acting” lessons, Archspire were busy in 2019. Somehow, the Canadian technical death metal outfit found time to start working on the follow-up to 2017’s Relentless Mutation. For 2020, it looks like album number four will be their primary...Jinjer’s Eugene Abdukhanov’s Top Six Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)
2019 was a phenomenal year for Jinjer. Especially with their new album, Macro. You can see a massive shift in the band towards the end of the decade as they went from booking their first-ever North American tour to their first-ever headlining trek within two...
Sólstafir’s Aðalbjörn Tryggvason’s Top Ten albums of the decade (2010-2019)
Whether it was celebrating the tenth anniversary of 2009’s Köld or giving a taste of Iceland, Sólstafir had a busy 2019. They’ve also spent a decent amount of time touring all over the world in support of their sixth studio effort, 2017’s...Follow Us
Slagmaur Unleashes a Sublime New Video & Finally Announces a Release Date for ‘Hulders Ritual’
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Mayhem unveil new single “Despair”
Mayhem have unveiled a visualizer for their new single, "Despair." The track is taken from their upcoming album, Liturgy of Death, scheduled to arrive on February 6, 2026. Nearly four decades into their career, Mayhem frame death not as an ending but as an inevitable...
Explore 37 New albums just announced – 12/02/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 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...
New & Noteworthy: The Legendary Lost Releases 7/25/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday sees the return of Alice Cooper, new music from the likes of The Dirty Nil and GWAR, a reworked Bruce Dickinson...
New & Noteworthy: Addicted to Releases – 7/18/2025
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 music includes albums from the likes of Bush, Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway, Margarita Witch Cult and Slaughter...
New & Noteworthy: Through Armageddon Madness Releases – 6/27-7/11/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out. The last few weeks (July 11 - June 27) have seen new music from the likes of Fishbone, Dropkick Murphys, Jonathan Richman, Born Of Osirus and Impureza,...