New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last at the end of 2025, January has brought an extensive batch of fifty-three new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs from...
NARM Gets Metal: Bill Wilson On Convention’s First “Metal Meetup”
NARM (or the National Association of Recording Merchandisers) is an association for music industry professionals that’s been around for more than 50 years. Their annual convention is taking place this year in Chicago from May 14-16. What’s that have to do...Does “American Carnage” Postponement Spell Doom For Hopes Of A US “Big Four” Tour?
The most pressing concerns with Slayer’s tour shuffling should obviously be with Tom Araya’s health and fans left in limbo while the Megadeth/Testament tour works out scheduling, but it also creates significant doubt for those who thought a North American...Village Voice Estimates Nine Month Life Span For New Acts, Apparent Death Of Hipster Metal
Now here’s an interesting decade-in-review list. The Village Voice has compiled a list of New Genre Hype in the 2000’s, and rightfully so as one-hit-wonders and genre fads no longer define entire decades or entire years. We now live in an age of...Craft Brewing Mirrors the Independent Metal Scene
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4298464[/vimeo] I’ll credit Hypebot and Suburban Home Records owner (and all-around good dude) Virgil Dickerson for finding this video and the writeup, but the similarities between the independent brewing and music scenes is something...Zao Guitarist On Being An Anti-Religious Christian Band
I’m always fascinated by the conscious decision bands make to be extremely religious, anti-religious or political (or decidedly avoid any such messages). It’s an age-old argument whether it’s an entertainer’s duty, let alone right, to be...Follow Us
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Rob Zombie drops new single “(I’m a) Rock ’N’ Roller”
Rob Zombie has released a video for his latest single, “(I’m a) Rock ’N’ Roller.” The track is the third single taken from the shock rocker's upcoming album, The Great Satan, scheduled to arrive on February 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The release follows the...
Vreid unveil new single “Kraken” as official soundtrack to upcoming film
Vreid have unveiled a new instrumental single, "Kraken," written as the official soundtrack piece for the upcoming international film of the same name. The track taps into the band's blackened Sognametal roots, inspired by the mythology and landscapes of Norway's...
New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...
New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...
New & Noteworthy: Break The Releases – 1/9/2026
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week counts new music from the likes of Alter Bridge, The Protomen, Zu Beyond The Black and Bullet amongst the many outstanding...