Another week and change has gone by since we shared 20 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,437 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...
Watch a 10 and 7 year old decimate some Slayer
[youtube]http://youtu.be/4ACqWG_p1bI[/youtube] If we had a dolllar for every time someone posted a Slayer cover on the internet, we’d probably have almost as much money as Slayer (but not Dave Lombardo). The reason we’re covering this cover of...‘Wolf of Wall Street’ gets a System of a Down mashup makeover
[youtube]http://youtu.be/30JfbXmLFn0[/youtube] Back in February, some genius decided to mash up footage from last years’ The Wolf of Wall Street when Leonardo DiCaprio was yelling and making Jens Kidman face to Meshuggah. The end result was amazing, and now...The Hell just released the best Nickelback cover ever
[youtube]http://youtu.be/FDMGcP7aaY0[/youtube] UK punk/hardcore band The Hell have had no problem trolling the music industry in the past, be it Death Grips’ breakup, Upon a Burning Body’s disappearance, or taking on metalcore. Now they’ve gone and...Slayer get the sock puppet treatment they might not have needed
[youtube]http://youtu.be/JL6DDidh_SU[/youtube] Yesterday marked the 28th anniversary of Slayer’s seminal Reign In Blood, and no sooner did we write about it than Twitter account Sock Puppet Parody favorited and retweeted our story about it. That’s not all...Rob Scallon finally covers ‘Angel of Death’ on banjo
[youtube]http://youtu.be/N7cY5hwmvX0[/youtube] It was a matter of time before YouTube sensation Rob Scallon covered Slayer’s “Angel of Death.” After the success of “Raining Blood,” on banjo and “War Ensemble” on ukelele, it...Follow Us
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Catch up now: 50 new songs/videos released this week – 9/9/2025
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 37 new songs, this week brings a larger round of 50 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Sun Don’t Shine,...
Månegarm’s Erik Grawslö shares his Top 5 viking metal bands
Swedish viking metal veterans Månegarm have returned with Edsvuren, released on August 29th via Napalm Records. Marking a powerful new chapter in their 30-year career and continuing their legacy, the record blends Norse mythology, folk traditions, and blackened...
New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...
New & Noteworthy: Hell, Fire And Releases – 1/19/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see highly-anticipated works from the likes of Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Saxon and Neck Deep, among many others....
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...