New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 53 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 48 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Megadeth,...
Metallica on playing while getting older: ‘I don’t know how long it can last’
It’s hard to believe that Metallica’s first album, Kill ‘Em All, will turn 31 years old next month. With the band members’ ages averaging 50 (Robert Trujillo is the only member in his ’40s – until October, anyway), they’re...Metallica play ball for 2nd annual Giants day
[youtube]http://youtu.be/XJaBdtzofNc[/youtube] In the past week, we’ve seen Metallica perform Beatles and Ozzy songs acoustically, James Hetfield jam with Billie Joe Armstrong and Joe Satriani, and heard Kirk Hammett play on a $100 album. Now you can add...Metallica eyeing fall to work on album
[youtube]http://youtu.be/AiOtev3rEKI[/youtube] Metallica’s long-awaited follow-up to Death Magnetic got a bit of a kick start when the band announced earlier this year that they would be playing a new song on their spring tour. In March, we got the first taste...Metallica’s Kirk Hammett played on $100 album
Artist Mark Ryden is a pretty successful painter, having created album art for Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers before concentrating on art full time. And with his new showing, The Gay ’90s, having opened this past Saturday at the Kohn Gallery in Los...Follow Us
Catch up now: 48 new songs/videos recently released – 10/14/2025
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Explore 33 New albums just announced – 10/13/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 26 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1663 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 album...
The New Testament is here! Animated video for latest single “High Noon” released
Bay Area thrash legends Testament have unleashed their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, today (10th) via Nuclear Blast Records. The record serves as a reflection on humanity's uneasy relationship with technology and the impacts of disconnection, while blistering...
New & Noteworthy: Sub Rosa in Releases – 11/1/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of November will see the long-awaited returns of The Cure, Beardfish, Planes Mistaken For Stars and Warren...
New & Noteworthy: PowerReleases – October 25 – August 2, 2024
Editor's Note: New & Noteworthy has finally returned! After a lengthy delay with server issues, Metal Insider is back and here's all the New & Noteworthy releases from August 2nd - October 25th, including new playlists added and updated. Enjoy! October...
New & Noteworthy: Wake Up the July 2024 Releases
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. July is filled with new music from supergroups Category 7 and Painted Shield, live albums from Ghost and Metal Church, fictitious band...