We’re nearing the final quarter of 2025, with 1,284 New & Noteworthy metal releases already on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album announcements. To help you catch up, Metal...
Exodus fan not going to jail for posting Facebook lyrics
Remember James Evans? That’s the Exodus fan that decided to post some lyrics on his Facebook page. However, the Kentucky man posted the lyrics to “Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer), a song about a school shooting, that a resident of his town saw. Before...Metal By Numbers 10/29: Wait, you already knew Slipknot was #1?
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Through collective industry clairvoyance, everyone already knew that Slipknot’s long-awaited new album would top the charts. Hell, people were talking about...Exodus release video for Blood In Blood Out
[youtube]http://youtu.be/6c69S3pD8qI[/youtube] While you’ve already seen the lyric video for “Blood In Blood Out,” Exodus have released a proper video for the title track of their new album. Mostly shot in black and white, it looks like a cross...Metal By Numbers 10/23: Charts are pretty witchin’
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Missed this column last week? We did too. That’s why we did all we could to make this week’s edition extra great. How you ask? By including new albums...Follow Us
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Album Review: Auri – ‘III: Candles and Beginnings’
“We are the stuff of lovely oddities.” -Oh Lovely Oddities. When it comes to music that finds beauty in the mundane and romanticizes life itself, no band does it better than folk/world multigenre band Auri. Their third album, III: Candles and Beginnings, is no...
Megadeth 2026: Final studio album, global farewell tour, and new Dave Mustaine memoir set for next year
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced that the band’s next studio album, due in early 2026, will be his final record. Shared with fans via his Vic Rattlehead persona, the statement also confirmed a global farewell tour launching next year, with the first dates...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Out – 10/20/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Hitting shelves this week, we have the first new material from The Rolling Stones in nearly two decades and a return to form from...
New & Noteworthy: Goodnight, Releases, I Love U, Listen – 10/6/2023 – 10/13/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Over the next two weeks, we have the return of Dogstar and prog-rocker Trevor Rabin to look forward to, as well as new works from...
New & Noteworthy: The releases ride again 9/29/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s albums include the debut of a new death metal project from Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen and the return of...