Norwegian progressive death/black metal outfit In Vain have left a parting gift for 2025 and, in honor of late vocalist Sindre Nedland, are sharing the release of his final solo album, Embers. The record was completed just days before Nedland's passing in March 2025,...
Today in Metal: ‘…And Justice for All’ by Metallica turns 26 years old
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_ggFovJNo[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 26 years ago today, Metallica released their first album without Cliff...Today in Metal: ‘Let Us Pray’ by Vital Remains turns 22 years old
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amU3SbrPdeo[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 22 years ago today, Vital Remains released their killer debut album, Let...Today in Metal: ‘Tyr’ by Black Sabbath turns 24 years old
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OhMfzNNt4M[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Black Sabbath’s third album to feature Tony Martin, Tyr,...Today in Metal: ‘My Arms, Your Hearse’ by Opeth turns 16 years old
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx85NoHnZx0[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 16 years ago today, Opeth released their third album, My Arms, Your...Today in Metal: ‘Born Again’ by Black Sabbath turns 31 years old
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Nfj8wk-0Y[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 31 years ago today, Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan replaced Dio, and...Follow Us
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Explore 22 New albums just announced – 12/15/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2129 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...
Catch up now: 47 new songs/videos recently released – 12/14/2025
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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 the likes of Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, Between The Buried And Me, Chameleons, Der Weg Einer Freiheit,...
New & Noteworthy: Generation of the Releases 9/5/2025
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. To start September, we will see new music from the likes of The London Suede, Glenn Hughes, Blessthefall and Primal Fear, as well as the...