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...
Glassjaw, Kvelertak, Crowbar And More Added To This Year’s UK Sonisphere Festival
Glassjaw, Kvelertak, Skindred, Crowbar, Seether, Alestorm and many others have been added to this year’s UK edition of Sonisphere.Alice Cooper, Kvelertak, Bad Brains Confirmed For This Year’s Bonnaroo
It’s that time of year when all of the big Summer destination festivals announce their lineups. We’ve already heard Coachella’s lineup, and Metallica “surprised” us with their own festival. Now, we know who will be playing this year’s Bonnaroo. And with headliners...Kvelertak Hope To Have A New Album Out By Fall Of 2012
It’s no secret that we here at Metal Insider HQ are head over heels in love with Kvelertak. Three of our contributors included the Norwegian black metal/punk band’s debut self-titled album in their top 10 favorite albums of 2011, while I included it in my “honorable...Metal Insider’s Favorite Albums Of 2011
It’s that time of year again. As 2011 is less than a month away from ending, everyone is compiling and sharing their “end of the year” lists. And what a year it has been for metal. While it had its fair share of major surprises, 2011 also saw a lot of great music...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...