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The best-selling rock and metal of 2018 so far is…

The best-selling rock and metal of 2018 so far is…

by Metal Insider | Jun 15, 2018 | Columns, Metal By Numbers

If you’re a regular reader of Metal Insider, you likely check out Metal by Numbers, in which we look at the week’s biggest-selling heavy titles. Of course, streaming is more or less taking over as the way many people consume music, but hard rock and metal...
Metal By Numbers 6/13: If you have Ghost on the charts, you have everything

Metal By Numbers 6/13: If you have Ghost on the charts, you have everything

by Matt Brown | Jun 14, 2018 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. When your album is second only to Kanye West on the charts, you’re probably doing something right. Such is the case with Ghost and their newest...
Rage Against the Machine, Living Colour, Mastodon will have Record Store Day releases available

Rage Against the Machine, Living Colour, Mastodon will have Record Store Day releases available

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 6, 2018 | Record Store Day

Record Store Day has proven to be a savior for the music industry, particularly independent record stores and vinyl sales. Since it launched in 2007, it’s expanded to two days (there’s also one on Black Friday) and vinyl sales have continued to increase...
Metal By Numbers 1/31: Sales are looking grim

Metal By Numbers 1/31: Sales are looking grim

by Matt Brown | Jan 31, 2018 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You’ll be happy to know that we have full chart information this week, meaning that we have chart positions for those artists listed in”Top Current...
Journey & Def Leppard announces massive co-headlining North American Tour, Def Leppard’s original masters now streaming

Journey & Def Leppard announces massive co-headlining North American Tour, Def Leppard’s original masters now streaming

by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 19, 2018 | News, Touring

With the hope that the rumors we heard about Ozzy touring with Stone Sour and Slayer with Anthrax, Testament, Lamb of God, and Behemoth, turn out to be true, these could be one of the biggest tours of the year. However, while we wait for these details to be confirmed,...
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Video Premiere: Ancient Thrones – “A Turning Point” Guitar Playthrough
Video Premiere: Ancient Thrones – “A Turning Point” Guitar Playthrough

Halifax, Canada’s Ancient Thrones have teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere a guitar playthrough video for their crushing new single, “A Turning Point.” The track is taken from their upcoming full-length album, Melancholia, which is scheduled to arrive on...

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Between the Buried and Me unveil “The Blue Nowhere” video
Between the Buried and Me unveil “The Blue Nowhere” video

Between the Buried and Me have unveiled a video for the title track from their upcoming album, The Blue Nowhere, scheduled to arrive on September 12 via InsideOutMusic. To support the release, the band will kick off a North American co-headlining tour with Hail the...

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Explore 20 new albums just announced – 9/03/2025
Explore 20 new albums just announced – 9/03/2025

Another week and change has gone by since we shared 30 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,381 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...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024

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...

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New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024

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...

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New & Noteworthy: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024

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...

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