New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The first New Music Friday of spring features highly anticipated albums from Cradle of Filth, The Horrors, Gates to Hell, Lordi and Pop Evil amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
March 21, 2025 Release Highlights:
Cradle of Filth, The Screaming Of The Valkyries (Napalm):
The UK extreme metal band’s 14th studio effort is described as “a succinct summation of the ghosts of Cradle’s past and a bold step into the future,” featuring elements of both their classic and newer albums.
The Horrors, Night Life (Fiction):
Back with a new line-up, the goth rockers start a new chapter with the release of their first new album since 2017.
Gates to Hell, Death Comes to All (Nuclear Blast):
According to their profile on Nuclear Blast, the band’s sophomore LP “blur[s] the lines between death metal, hardcore, and every brutal sound in between.”
Lordi, Limited Deadition (Reigning Phoenix):
Loosely based around frontman Mr. Lordi’s love of 80s action figures, the Finnish hard rockers’ 19th studio album “ventures into heavier riffs and faster tempos, creating a soundscape that is both familiar and invigorating.”
Pop Evil, What Remains (MNRK Heavy):
The hard rockers get personal on their latest album, with Rock Pit describing it as “both sonically and thematically Pop Evil’s heaviest ever offering; a thundering collection of arena-ready modern rock and metal hits in which Kakaty opens heart, mind, and soul.”
March 21, 2025 Releases:
Psyclon Nine, And Then Oblivion (Metropolis)
Greer, Big Smile (Epitaph)
Young Widows, Power Sucker (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
My Morning Jacket, is (ATO)
Aversed, Erasure Of Color (M-Theory)
Bloodywood, Nu Delhi (Fearless)
Corpus Offal, Corpus Offal (20 Buck Spin)
Dark Driven, From The Unbeliever (Hammerheart)
Dead Bars, All Dead Bars Go To Heaven (Iodine)
Drudkh, Shadow Play (Season Of Mist)
Foxy Shazam, Animality Opera (EEEOOOAH)
Gnod & White Hills, Drop Out III (Thrill Jockey)
Gotthard, Stereo Crush (Reigning Phoenix)
Imperial Triumphant, Goldstar (Century Media)
Katla, Scandinavian Pain (Napalm)
Nattverd, Tidloes Naadesloes (Soulseller)
Noisepicker, The Earth Will Swallow The Sun (Exile On Mainstream)
O.R.k., Firehose Of Falsehoods (Kscope)
SpiritWorld, Helldorado (Century Media)
Stormo, Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic)
Wythersake, At War With Their Divinity (Scarlet)
Rancid Cadaver, Mortality Denied (Independent)
Horrendum Vermis, Temple ov Morbid Divinities (Iron, Blood and Death Corporation)
Euphrosyne, Morus (Black Lion)
As the World Dies, Nebula (Reaper Entertainment)
Diatheke, …and the Word Was God (Rottweiler)
Calyces, Fleshy Waves of Probability (Dry Clean)
Cercle du Chêne, Récits d’automne et de chasse (Antiq)
Embrional, Inherited Tendencies for Self-Destruction (Agonia)
Båkü, Soma (Independent)
U Kronakh, Archaic Dance of the Winds (Independent)
Eternal White Trees, Prelude of Loss (My Kingdom Music)
Throne, That Who Sat upon Him, Was Death (Redefining Darkness)
Aran Angmar, Ordo Diabolicum (Soulseller)
Ghostsmoker, Inertia Cult (Independent)
Defender, Dying to Live (Independent)
Rothadás, Töviskert… a kísértés örök érzete… lidércharang (Pulverised)
Soul Demise, Against the Abyss (Apostasy)
Hidden Intent, Terrorform (Independent)
Tower, Let There Be Dark (Cruz del Sur Music)
Amammoth, Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies (Electric Valley)
Des Teufels Sturm, Wotanist (Independent)
Neroth, Transcendence (Independent)
Galvornhathol III (Independent)
Gryla, Redeemer’s Festering Carcass (Iron Bonehead Productions)
Калевала, Глазами Офелии (The Charon Collective)
Tiberius, Singing for Company (Independent)
