The brilliant Slagmaur has unleashed a magnificent new video for their latest single, “Huldergeist” — the third song on the upcoming masterpiece, Hulders Ritual. Fans have impatiently awaited the follow-up to Thill Smitts Terror (2017) for years, and, fortunately, it...
Megadeth have teamed up with Trafalgar Releasing for Megadeth: Behind the Mask, a global cinema event premiering January 22, 2026, one day before the release of the band's final studio album. The film will screen on 1,000+ screens across 35+ countries, with tickets...
Guns N’ Roses have returned with visualizers for two new songs, “Nothin’” and “Atlas,” marking their first new music since 2023. Released today (4th), via Interscope Records, the tracks showcase two distinct sides of the band: “Atlas” delivers a classic GNR sound,...
Arizona thrash veterans Sacred Reich have officially added drummer Eduardo Baldo to their lineup. The Brazilian musician who has performed with the Los Angeles–based act Red Devil Vortex, has recently completed a run of European shows with the band alongside...
This age-old question that has launched a thousand forum wars, shattered countless friendships, and sent otherwise sane guitarists into a spiral of "what-if" trial-download paralysis when they’re wondering about the best DAW for metal producers: What is the best DAW...
Soundgarden founding guitarist Kim Thayil will release his memoir, A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Beyond, on May 19, 2026 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. The book traces Soundgarden's journey from Seattle's underground...
Yesterday (28th), Gibson Custom officially unveiled the Kirk Hammett Raven, a limited-edition acoustic guitar created in collaboration with legendary Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and the master luthiers at Gibson's Bozeman, Montana workshop. The guitar, priced at...
Bad Omens have announced a massive 2026 North American headline arena tour with support from Beartooth and President. The trek kicks off on February 22nd in Salt Lake City, UT, and runs through March 27th in Oakland, CA. General onsale begins this Friday (31st) at...
Members of the legendary Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom will honor the band's legacy with a special concert, A Celebration Of Music, on February 26, 2026, at Tavastia in Helsinki. Tickets, which went on sale earlier this morning (29th), via...
There's something almost romantic about the idea that Despised Icon managed to survive both deathcore's mid-2000s cultural extinction and the internet's insatiable need to parody anything sincere. Every metal band eventually has to confront its own mythology. For...
It’s no secret that I’ve been in love with Nekrogoblikon's John Goblikon for years. Not in the rational, “he seems cool, I’d buy him a beer” kind of way, but in the unhinged, metaphysical sense where you’re daydreaming about an alternate timeline with a version that...
Volbeat just scored their twelfth No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart with “Time Will Heal,” which is either a miracle or a statistical inevitability, depending on how you feel about guitar solos in the year 2025. It’s the kind of record that shouldn’t even...
Crazy busy weekend for news. Las Vegas isn’t short on noise, but this past weekend at ComplexCon, the loudest thing in the room wasn’t a sound — it was a collaboration. Babylon LA, the Los Angeles streetwear label founded by Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson of...
If you’ve ever driven through Reno, you already understand why a sludge metal band could be born there. The city feels like the place you go when Las Vegas is too ambitious. There’s neon, but it flickers. There’s nightlife, but it smells like truck stop coffee and...
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 50 new songs, this week (and change) brings a solid batch of 53 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including...
Another week and change has gone by since we shared 13 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,539 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and...
When it comes to the metal subgenre of melodeath, Wolfheart is one of the best in the category. They balance the dark and heavy riffs with beautiful melodic elements with ease, yet manage to add something fresh and exciting with every release. The band is consistent...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of November will see the long-awaited returns of The Cure, Beardfish, Planes Mistaken For Stars and Warren...
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...
