New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week includes new albums from the likes of Sleep Token, Behemoth, Ghost Bath, Peter Murphy and Tetrarch among the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
May 9, 2025 Release Highlights:
Sleep Token, Even In Arcadia (RCA):
The masked metal band’s fourth studio effort is described as “a record that navigates identity, inner eclipse, and transcendence with cinematic intensity.”
Behemoth, The Shit Ov God (Nuclear Blast):
According to frontman Nergal, the Polish black metal band’s 13th studio effort is “the most refined, purest representation” of their music, featuring “eight songs that go into the fathoms of humanity, divinity, and what defiance means in an age where individuality is prized but everyone is clinging to their saviors.”
Ghost Bath, Rose Thorn Necklace (Nuclear Blast):
On the black metal band’s fifth studio album, frontman Dennis Mikula “set out to really explore some disturbing things in the lyrics, the music, and the artwork,” saying “I wanted to make something depressive with despair, lavish, gothic, grotesque, gross, and visceral as some of the guiding themes.
Peter Murphy, Silver Shade (Metropolis):
The former Bauhaus singer releases his tenth solo album, which he called “as powerful as any of my work to date.” It’s also his first solo effort in more than a decade.
Tetrarch, The Ugly Side of Me (Napalm):
According to their profile on Napalm’s website, the nu metal band’s third full-length “boasts unrelenting brutality, undeniable catchiness and songwriting mastery.”
May 9, 2025 Releases:
TVOD, Party Time (Mothland)
With Patience, Triptych (Independent)
The Wonder Years, Burst & Decay Vol. III (Hopeless)
Preoccupations, Ill at Ease (Born Losers)
Provoker, Mausoleum (Year0001)
Skinny Lister, Songs From the Yonder (Xtra Mile)
Spacey Jane, If That Makes Sense (AWAL)
The Kooks, Never/Know (Lonely Cat)
Laibach, Alamut (Mute)
Little Feat, Strike Up the Band (Hot Tomato)
Mclusky, the world is still here and so are we (Ipecac)
Alien Boy, You Wanna Fade? (Get Better)
The Amazons, 21st Century Fiction (Nettwerk)
Arcade Fire, Pink Elephant (Columbia)
Counting Crows, Butter Miracle, the Complete Sweets! (BMG)
Black Map, Hex (Spinefarm)
Candlemass, Black Star EP (Napalm)
Edensong, Our Road To Dust (The Lasers Edge)
Kaleo, Mixed Emotions (Atlantic)
Kurt Deimer, And So It Begins… (Bald Man)
Nechochwen, spelewithiipi (Nordvis)
Svarta Havet, Månen Ska Lysa Din Väg (Prosthetic)
Orpharion, A Faraway World (Sleaszy Rider)
Skaphos, Cult of Uzura (Transcending Obscurity)
Exilium Noctis, Pactum Diaboli (Independent)
Interceptor, Metal Death (Motorpunk)
Aeroscreamer, Countess of the Night (Independent)
Ominous Ruin, Requiem (Willowtip)
HellLight, We, the Dead (Meuse Music)
Escarnium, Inexorable Entropy (Everlasting Spew)
Jade, Mysteries of a Flowery Dream (Pulverised)
Crimson Crown, Vae Victis (Independent)
Dagdrøm, Schauder (Independent)
Postmortal, Profundis Omnis (Aesthetic Death)
For the Pyres, At the Pyres of Sin (Gruesome)
Abysmal Rites, Restoring the Primordial Order (WormHoleDeath)
Chontaraz, Phantom of Reality (SAOL)
Mors Silens, Infernal Legacy (WormHoleDeath)
Esox, Watery Grave (Independent)
Cocaine Culture, Cocaine Culture (Horror Pain Gore Death)
Prophetic Suffering, Rivalry of Thyself (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Helpless Agony, Belligerent Retribution (Independent)
Bangover, Hibernation Devastation (Independent)
Death SS, The Entity (Lucifer Rising)
Thelemite, Powers of Darkness (Sleaszy Rider)
