Another week and change has gone by since we shared 13 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,539 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...
Metal By Numbers 2/16: The Wörld Is Yours, But The Charts Belong To Motörhead
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top metal release comes from the legendary Motörhead, whose new album The Wörld Is Yours debuts at #86. In comparison to their previous releases, 7,000...Metal By Numbers 2/9: Sales Are In The Red
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Last week, sales hit a new low, with the top album on the charts selling around only 40,000 copies. Sales this week see a slight improvement, though not by much....Metal By Numbers 1/19: Time For Cake And Sodom-y In Worst Week Ever
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week Thought last week was a bleak time in chart history? Well we do have new releases from two metal/hard rock groups. However, we’re also witnessing the worst sales...Metal By Numbers 1/12: Metal By Not Much
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week So right after this paragraph is usually where we list the notable metal debuts of the week. That’s not going to happen this week, because nothing came out last...Follow Us
Explore 26 New albums just announced – 9/22/2025
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EP Review: Wolfheart – ‘Draconian Darkness II’
When it comes to the metal subgenre of melodeath, Wolfheart is one of the best in the category. They balance the dark and heavy riffs with beautiful melodic elements with ease, yet manage to add something fresh and exciting with every release. The band is consistent...
Exclusive Album Stream: Demetrio “Dimitry” Scopelliti – ‘The Revolution of Evolution’
Italian/Norwegian prog metal virtuoso Demetrio "Dimitry" Scopelliti is set to release his new album, The Revolution of Evolution, on September 21st via FusionCore Records. Dimitry has teamed up with Metal Insider for an exclusive full-album stream ahead of the album's...
New & Noteworthy: Myths of Releases – 3/22/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among this week’s new albums are the returns of Gossip and Brodequin, as well as highly-anticipated works from Elbow, The Jesus...
New & Noteworthy: Warp Speed Invincible Project Releases – 3/1/2024 – 3/15/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases hitting shelves. The last couple of weeks saw new music from the likes of Waves In Autumn, Bruce Dickinson, Ministry, Kaiser Chiefs, Judas Priest, The...
New & Noteworthy: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...