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,...
Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo joins From First to Last as new vocalist
From First To Last, who many know as the band that spawned both Skrillex (Sonny Moore) and Travis Richter, who sang with The Human Abstract, promised a lot of surprises when it came to their Kickstarter-funded comeback EP. They’re definitely delivering on that...Protest the Hero confirm that bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi has left
It takes a hell of a musician to keep up with Protest the Hero. And since the beginning, bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi has been crushing it with the band. However, Cameron McLellan had been filling in with the band on the road most recently, and a few days ago, in...The Agonist, consequently, announce new vocalist
Right now, the metal interwebs are abuzz over the news that Angela Gossow has left Arch Enemy. The band’s new vocalist is Alissa White-Gluz, who originally hailed from Canadian act The Agonist. So, of course, The Agonist have announced a replacement for a...Angela Gossow Steps Down As Singer For Arch Enemy
This is a shocker: Angela Gossow has stepped down as the vocalist for Arch Enemy after 13 years with the band. A statement was released on the band’s Facebook with the following words from Gossow herself: “Dear ARCH ENEMY fans, this is not easy to tell you…I...Kill Devil Hill, A Pale Horse Named Death fighting over Johnny Kelly
Earlier this week, it was announced that Vinnie Appice would be leaving Kill Devil Hill and would be replaced by Johnny Kelly, drummer for A Pale Horse Named Death, Danzig, and formerly of Type O Negative. However, there might be a small bit of drama going on with...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: 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...
New & Noteworthy: Conditioned for Releases – 1/5/2024
Metal Insider's New & Noteworthy, the weekly column highlights the latest and most notable rock and metal releases hitting the shelves each week. As we kick off 2024, we see a wave of fresh albums from artists like At The Plates, Cancer Christ, Haywire,...