New & Noteworthy: Songs of Last Releases

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This final New Music Friday of May will see new music from the likes of Garbage, The Haunted, Rivers Of Nihil and Wolves At The Gate, as well as cover albums from (Hed)P.E. and The Dead Daisies, among the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!

May 30, 2025 Release Highlights:

(Hed)P.E., New And Improved (Cleopatra):
With their 15th studio effort, the G-Punks put their spin on country, new wave and metal classics, as well as re-recordings of 2000’s “Bartender” and 2004’s “Raise Hell.”

Garbage, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light (Stun Volume):
A departure thematically from their previous studio effort, the British rockers’ eighth album has been described by frontwoman Shirley Manson as going for a “more constructive” energy, saying “Searching for life, searching for love, searching for all the good things in the world that seem so thin on the ground right now. That was the over-riding idea during the making of this record for me – that when things feel dark, it’s best to try to seek out that which is light, that which feels loving and good.”

The Dead Daisies, Lookin’ For Trouble (Fame/Malaco):
Inspired by their surroundings while recording their last album at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the rock supergroup releases an album of blues covers featuring classics from the likes of Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker and more.

The Haunted, Songs of Last Resort (Century Media):
The Swedish heavy metal band releases its first album in eight years, which “features 12 unmerciful tracks across 40 minutes of absolute heaviness.”

Rivers of Nihil, Rivers of Nihil (Metal Blade):
The technical death metal band’s fifth studio effort is both a “back to basics” and “fresh start” for the group, as it’s their first full-length to feature founding bassist Adam Biggs on lead vocals and the debut of rhythm guitarist Andy Thomas.

Wolves At The Gate, Wasteland (Solid State):
Of the Christian metalcore band’s sixth studio album, vocalist/guitarist Steve Cobucci said “As I was working on the album and especially the lyrics, I began to realize that the Wasteland was a metaphor for a frame of mind that I don’t want to live in, but a world I feel myself drawn back into over and over again. I hate it. It’s a world of empty promises. It’s a mirage. A counterfeit.”