New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week saw new albums from the likes of Cheap Trick, The Devil Wears Prada, Mezzrow and Of Mice & Men amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
November 14, 2025 Release Highlights:
Cheap Trick, All Washed Up (BMG): The veteran rockers release their 21st studio album, continuing to make the music that they want to hear themselves.
The Devil Wears Prada, Flowers (Solid State): The metalcore band releases its ninth studio effort, which guitarist/vocalist Jeremy DePoyster says “is us at our peak, in songwriting, in raw and authentic lyricism and introspection, and a desperate attempt to connect with anyone else who feels the same way that we do.”
MEZZROW, Embrace the Awakening (Reigning Phoenix / Rock of Angels): The Swedish thrash metal band continues their comeback with their third full-length. Singer Uffe Pettersson said of the album, “We wanted the new album to sound a bit more straight forward without stepping away too much from Summon Thy Demons. We feel that we’ve achieved that and at the same time kept our roots intact.”
Of Mice & Men, Another Miracle (Century Media): With their ninth studio album, the metalcore band said that they “not only raised the bar on the melodic side, we’ve also doubled down on the heaviness all over the album and made what we feel is an incredibly strong and authentic representation of who Of Mice & Men are in 2025.”
November 14, 2025 Releases:
Ragana and Drowse, Ash Souvenir (The Flenser)
Sponge, Electric Cattle Gods – The Lost Tracks (Cleopatra)
Sword II, Electric Hour (Section1)
Yawning Man, Pavement Ends (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids) & The Salton Sea, The Salton Sea (Big Scary Monsters)
1914, Viribus Unitus (Napalm)
Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin, Stygian Bough Vol. II (Profound Lore)
Chokecherry, Ripe Fruit Rots And Falls (Fearless)
Creatures, Creatures II (High Roller)
Degraved, Spectral Realm Of Ruin (Dark Descent)
Demon King, Death Knell (The Artisan Era)
The Hunna, Blue Transitions EP (FLG)
Lamp of Murmuur, The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Wolves of Hades)
Scorpions, Coming Home Live (Spinefarm)
Skull & Crossbones, Time (Massacre)
Stellar Circuits, Phantom :: Phoenix (Nuclear Blast)
Your Inland Empire, Your Inland Empire (Season Of Mist)
Various Artists, No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All (Silver Lining)
Voidceremony, Abditum (20 Buck Spin)
Valontuoja, Tulesta syntynyt (Independent)
Cristiano Filippini’s Flames of Heaven, Symphony of the Universe (Limb Music)
Veilburner, Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (Transcending Obscurity)
Season of the Dead, Zombie Chronicles Vol.1 (Time to Kill)
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Heavy (Independent)
Mausoleum Gate, Space, Rituals and Magick (Cruz del Sur Music)
Heimland, Der torv moeter hav (Edged Circle)
Mourn the Light, Sorrow Feeds the Silence (Argonauta)
Exxecutor, Into Hellish Domains (Independent)
All Sinners, We Own the Night (Rat Pak)
Mytherine, Lord of Mountains (Independent)
Stainless Madness, Disciples (Art Gates)
Bloodtied, Dismantling Neuroanatomy (New Standard Elite)
Land of Souls, Cataclysm (Independent)
