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...
‘Rolling Stone’ names 2016’s most-anticipated metal albums
Today Rolling Stone, a magazine that recently had boy band 5 Seconds of Summer pose naked for their cover, came out with their list of the 25 most-anticipated metal albums of the year. What would you expect a list like that to have on it? If you’d guess it was...Rocklahoma celebrates 10th year, as part of World’s Loudest Month
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Rocklahoma has been announced for this May 27, 28 & 29 at “Catch The Fever” Festival Grounds, in Pryor, Oklahoma. America’s Biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party will feature some of the best current rock artists...Hatebreed sign with Nuclear Blast, album being worked on
It’s a little strange to think that Hatebreed have been around for over 20 years, but last year was the 20th anniversary of their founding. But throughout the course of their eight-album career, they’ve been on almost as many labels, among them Victory,...Metal musical chairs: Havok, Twitching Tongues announce lineup changes
Being in a band is like being in a relationship, but maybe more intense, since most relationships don’t consist of two or more other people and involve lots of travel in a van. That’s why it’s never really a huge surprise when bands make lineup...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: 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...
New & Noteworthy: Hell, Fire And Releases – 1/19/2024
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 highly-anticipated works from the likes of Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Saxon and Neck Deep, among many others....
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...