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...
Initial Lineup For New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2014 Announced
Turns out the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival was starting to leak its lineup earlier this month. The first batch of bands for the festival’s 2014 edition has been announced. And while Iced Earth pretty much confirmed their participation with their tour...Metal By Numbers 9/25: The Devil Wears Album Sales
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. We got flooded with a bunch of new released that debuted, and a lot of them are pretty sweet. We’ve got the top debut from that one band named after an Anne...Metal By Numbers 9/18: Rising Against The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. B-side compilations are usually good for bands because they can be used to say “We don’t have a new studio album yet, but here’s some songs you...Fit For An Autopsy’s Will Putney on the divide between artist/producer
As the guitarist of deathcore band Fit For an Autopsy, Will Putney knows a thing or two about how a band should sound. That’s because of his day job, which is at The Machine Shop. Chances are, if you’re listening to metal, there’s a good chance...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...