Norwegian collective Wardruna has released "Birna," the title track from their upcoming album, out January 24 via Sony Music and By Norse Music. Meaning "she-bear" in Old Norse, the song honors the bear as a symbol of nature's guardian. The accompanying video, filmed...
Metal By Numbers 8/14: Asking Alexandria About The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Let’s get this out of the way: we know that simply by reading the headline people are probably ready to toss in their very meaningful two cents with a comment...Metal By Numbers 7/24: Respect Walk Through Exits Only
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We don’t have too many debuts for you this week, though what we do have is pretty cool. We’re mainly talking about the fact that Mr. Philip H. Anselmo has...Metal By Numbers 7/17: Like Festivals To Flames
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s that time of year again for summer festivals. And summer festivals come with a number of great things: standing outside in either the blazing hot sun or in...Metal By Numbers 7/3: July Burns Red, White And Blue
This past week was a huge one for metal. As you saw last Monday, there were an assload of new releases, but that didn’t stop metal fans from supporting their favorite bands. In fact, if you count Skillet, three of the top ten albums in America are metal, with...Follow Us
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All That Remains reveal details for new album ‘Antifragile’
Massachusetts metal giants All That Remains have announced their new album, Antifragile, which is scheduled to arrive on January 31st, 2025. The tenth studio album marks the band's first record since 2018's Victim of the New Disease. Pre-order the album at this...
Paws, Pets & Metal: Bumblefoot honors his cat with “Simon in Space” single; album out in January
Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider's column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with the legendary Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal in perfect timing, as his brand new single,...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
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: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
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...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...