by Metal Insider | Nov 11, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
The new release list is a somewhat manageable size for the first time in over two months, signaling the winding down of what has been an incredible year for new music. This is also the second week in a row headlined by a stalwart of the Gothenburg music scene, which...
by Metal Insider | Nov 4, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
Welcome to November, and don’t panic. The new release calendar is still going strong. In fact, the amount of new music that is still due to be released over the next six weeks is going to make formulating a Top 10 list for 2016 rather challenging. Nonetheless,...
by Metal Insider | Oct 28, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
Let me start out this week by saying that very little surprises me in the world of new releases. The amount of advance research and preparation that goes into this column on a weekly basis is considerable, and because of it, I not only know what is coming out each...
by Metal Insider | Oct 21, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
We’ve had six weeks of incredible new release Fridays, and that trend isn’t stopping today. Headlined by a mainstay of ’90s and 2000s hard rock, the 20th anniversary of a landmark album, and a live release from a seminal Florida death metal group,...
by Metal Insider | Oct 14, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
The best fall music release calendar in history rages on. However, today’s list carries a bittersweet note with it, as our lead album may be the last new material we get from a much-beloved band in the technical metal scene. It’s never easy to see a band...
by Metal Insider | Oct 7, 2016 | New & Noteworthy, New Music, News
We enter October with one of the most anticipated releases of the year. I realize that I’ve been opening these articles with some variation on that phrase quite a bit over the past month, but each time its use has been incredibly justified, and this week is no...