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,...
Metal By Numbers 9/14: Sour To The People
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week is a bit quieter on the metal front compared to last week’s charts, and from what we can expect next week. The only metal/hard rock album to debut in the...Metal By Numbers 9/8: A Disturbance At The Top
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I admit, the title is a bit deceiving because even though album sales have been at a crazy low this past Summer, all in all it was a very good season for metal. For...Metal By Numbers 9/1: An (Un)Dead Week On The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week saw a lot of metal bands rank either higher than their previous release or for the first time ever. But the highest rock debut comes from Christian...Metal By Numbers 8/25: Maiden Reach The Top Four Frontier
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Congratulations, metal! Between Black Label Society last week and Iron Maiden this week, the last two weeks have each had a metal record debut in the top five. If you...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...