Metallica have shared professionally filmed footage of “The Day That Never Comes” from their historic first performance in the Kingdom of Bahrain. These legends held the concert on December 3 at the Beyon Al Dana Amphitheatre as part of their ongoing M72 world tour....
Sepultura are bidding farewell across the world, and now, the group has announced the final European leg of the band's Celebrating Life Through Death farewell tour. The trek kicks off on June 6th in the Netherlands and will run through August 9th in Dublin, Ireland....
Despite lawsuits and an explosive fallout, Jane's Addiction members Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins have apparently patched things up. Earlier today (17th), the group announced that they have resolved the issues that arose after the...
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has joined forces with Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo for a new collaborative single, "Everything Burns." Produced by Tyler Smyth (Falling In Reverse, Royal & The Serpent), the track made its first appearance inside...
The Vintage Caravan are back with their sixth studio album, Portals, arriving Friday (26) via Napalm Records. The Icelandic trio continues to refine their heavy-riffing blend of retro rock and a modern edge. To get ready for what's to come, the band has teamed up with...
Countdown to 2026: 126 Days SOOOOOOON, a word 70000tons of Metal cruisers know all too well, love it or hate it. 70000tons of Metal, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, returns for its 2026 edition from January 29 – February 2, 2026, setting sail...
The Borderland. It's a space in-between, a place that can't be described in one word, or even one sentence. It's also a perfectly chosen title for the 15th album from progressive metal masters Amorphis. The Borderland is, we know this connection with the earth is...
Converge/Mutoid Man drummer Ben Koller has teamed up with royalty expert and educator Dan Hegarty (Conflict One Zero) to launch the Heavy Music Collective, a new division of Word Collections aimed at helping heavy music artists recover streaming royalties. The...
GWAR have spent more than forty years shocking audiences with satirical, blood-soaked performances, turning horror into comedy with over-the-top "executions" as a display for their "disdain for all humanity," of celebrities and politicians from both sides of the...
In some alternative universe where we all got high GPA’s for playing air guitar, Dave Davidson would have tenure at MIT’s Department of Rhythmic Physics. Instead, he’s still out here writing songs about our impending technological demise, masterfully soloing with jazz...
Agnostic Front have announced their new album, Echoes in Eternity, is scheduled to arrive on November 7, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music. To give a taste for what's to come, the NYC hardcore legends have shared the album's first single, "Way of War." Ahead of the...
Opeth have announced The Last Will And Testament North American Tour Part 2, set to kick off in February 2026. The run follows the release of the band’s 14th studio album, 2024'sThe Last Will And Testament. Direct support will come from Katatonia, who will bring their...
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...
Every other year, right around this time, we are re-invited to theorize that Vincent Bennet is actually the one in control of Lucifers PR, and the invite to listen to his bands album always dominates the entire industry and makes people realize that nothing is...
Nine Inch Nails have released “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” the first single from the upcoming Tron: Ares soundtrack, scheduled to arrive on September 19 via Interscope Records. The track marks the band’s first new material in five years and also serves as their...
Deftones have released the official music video for their latest single, “My Mind Is A Mountain.” The track appears on their upcoming album Private Music, scheduled to arrive on August 22 via Reprise/Warner. Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Bullet for my Valentine, Omnium Gatherum, and more! For last week's releases you can read the...
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature new music from Mastodon and more! For last week's releases you can read the previous New & Noteworthy, and...
