New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 53 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 48 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Megadeth,...
Hellfest Announces 2018 Lineup
Hellfest is back for their 13th annual heavy metal festival and has announced their final line up. Featuring over 150 bands on 6 stages, Hellfest takes place in Clisson France from June 22-24. Previously announced headliners such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest,...Tool, Avenged Sevenfold lead charge for Northern Invasion
With most of World’s Loudest Month already announced, the 4th Annual Northern Invasion saw it’s lineup announcement yesterday. Leading the charge this year, will be Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, A Perfect Circle, and Alice In Chains. Taking place once again at...
Las Rageous returns in 2018 with A Perfect Circle and Five Finger Death Punch
In 2017 the city that never sleeps added a new festival to its monstrous list of events already held yearly. Las Vegas hosted the first annual Las Rageous Music Festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center to a sellout crowd of 10,000 people a day. Being...
Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains announced for 2018 Rock On The Range
Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, and Alice In Chains will be the headliners for the 12th annual Rock on the Range, taking place on May 18th, 19th and 20th, 2018. This year will also feature Godsmack, Stone Sour, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Stone Temple Pilots,...Follow Us
Catch up now: 48 new songs/videos recently released – 10/14/2025
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Explore 33 New albums just announced – 10/13/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 26 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1663 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 album...
The New Testament is here! Animated video for latest single “High Noon” released
Bay Area thrash legends Testament have unleashed their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, today (10th) via Nuclear Blast Records. The record serves as a reflection on humanity's uneasy relationship with technology and the impacts of disconnection, while blistering...
New & Noteworthy: Sub Rosa in Releases – 11/1/2024
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...
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...