Killswitch Engage have announced their new album, This Consequence, is scheduled to arrive on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has dropped a video for their new single, "Forever Aligned." Killswitch Engage will take the...
Google Launches Spotify Competitor, Google Play Music All Access
The music streaming landscape just got a little more crowded, as Google today launched the Google Play All Access music service at their annual developer conference. The new service will cost the same as Spotify Premium, $9.99/month, but you can use it for free for 30...Younger Music Fans Listening To As Much Streaming Services As They Are Radio
This isn’t that surprising, especially given the rise of smartphones, but a new study finds that 13 to 35 year-olds are spending as much time listening to streaming music as they are to AM/FM radio. A study done by The NPD Group found that in the fourth quarter...Pandora To Limit Free Mobile Listening
Popular online internet radio destination Pandora announced yesterday that they’ll be placing a cap on free unlimited listening to the service. As of this week, listeners will be limited to 40 hours per month of free listening on Pandora. After the limit is...Are Payments For Streaming Starting To Turn Around?
The new musical landscape is changing almost daily for artists. Just last week, we wrote about how songwriters aren’t making a ton of cash from streaming services, and a sobering article about how indie band Grizzly Bear – with a #7 album and headlining...Online Streaming Services Still Not Paying Songwriters
There’s been a lot of industry discussion about how online music streaming services are compensating artists. But while Spotify and Pandora might be great ways to expose new acts to people, that isn’t translating into money for the songwriters whose music...Follow Us
Killswitch Engage drop “Forever Aligned,” announce new album
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Architects drop “Whiplash” video; new album arriving in February
British metalcore outfit Architects are back with a new record, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, scheduled to arrive on February 28, 2025, via Epitaph Records. Their forthcoming eleventh full-length offering is the overall follow-up to 2022's The Classic Symptoms...
Obscura unveil “Silver Linings” video; new album arriving in February
German progressive/technical death metal masters Obscura have announced their new album, A Sonication, is scheduled to arrive on February 7, 2025, via Nuclear Blast. The album marks the second installment of their conceptual trilogy, and overall follow-up from 2021's...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...