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...
Slayer Hopes To Enter The Studio In March/April
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3GhMDW8mIM[/youtube] Last November, drummer Dave Lombardo revealed that Slayer have started to write material for their follow up to 2009’s World Painted Blood. And in multiple interviews recently, guitarist Kerry King has...Video: Members Of Slipknot, Anthrax, Slayer And More Jam For A Good Cause
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtUVBQmAc50[/youtube] This past Wednesday (November 30), Henry Rollins hosted a benefit show in Hollywood for Drop In The Bucket, a non-profit organization that constructs water wells and sanitation systems at large rural...Slayer Writing A New Album, Jeff Hanneman’s Condition Improving
It’s been two years now since Slayer released World Painted Blood. And now it would appear that work on the next album has already gotten started. In addition to giving updates regarding his band Philm, drummer Dave Lombardo revealed the following about Slayer and...Testament’s Chuck Billy Discusses How Celebrating Their Legacy Helped Shape ‘The Dark Roots Of Earth’
By the time they hit Dallas, TX on October 28, Testament had already gotten slightly less than half way through their tour with Anthrax and Death Angel. Yet it’s likely not going to get any less hectic for the Bay Area thrash legends, as they’re about to put the...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: Life promises releases – 2/16/2024
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 the returns of The Jack Rubies and Ihsahn, the debuts of Crawlers and The Requiem, as well as...
New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s New Music Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...