Another week and change has gone by since we shared 20 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,437 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...
Metal By Numbers 5/21: People Still Really Like Mushroomhead
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You know, when you write this column enough times, you think you’re going to be able to predict what’ll have the best debut, what’s going to stick...New and Noteworthy, May 13th: This work is timeless
Weeks like this one are what make this column a joy for me to write. When there are so many high-quality albums debuting in a single week, I often don’t know where to begin, because I’m so excited about it all. I certainly hope you all enjoy this list as...Avatar talk ‘Hail the Apocalypse,’ South Park and James Cameron
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zKe8jze56Vg[/youtube] While Avatar’s fifth album, Hail the Apocalypse, is coming out May 13th, to many Americans, it’s only their second. 2012’s Black Waltz was the first album to come out stateside, but the Swedish band has...
Slayer, Kvelertak, Motorhead, GN’R among Rock on the Range performers
The lineup for this year’s Rock on the Range has been announced, and the annual Columbus, Ohio festival has gotten bigger and more metal than ever before. Expanding to three days this year, ROTR will take place on May 16th, 17th and 18th. And while the rock fest...Follow Us
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Catch up now: 50 new songs/videos released this week – 9/9/2025
New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last week with 37 new songs, this week brings a larger round of 50 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Sun Don’t Shine,...
Månegarm’s Erik Grawslö shares his Top 5 viking metal bands
Swedish viking metal veterans Månegarm have returned with Edsvuren, released on August 29th via Napalm Records. Marking a powerful new chapter in their 30-year career and continuing their legacy, the record blends Norse mythology, folk traditions, and blackened...
New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...
New & Noteworthy: Hell, Fire And Releases – 1/19/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see highly-anticipated works from the likes of Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Saxon and Neck Deep, among many others....
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...