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Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 1/28/2026

Catch up now: 53 new songs/videos recently released – 1/28/2026

by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 28, 2026 | Lists, New Music, Releases

New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk last at the end of 2025, January has brought an extensive batch of fifty-three new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums or live performances. Metal Insider has collected songs from...
New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

by Elise Yablon | Jan 26, 2026 | New & Noteworthy

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...
Inkcarceration 2026 brings Disturbed, Limp Bizkit and Bad Omens to Shawshank

Inkcarceration 2026 brings Disturbed, Limp Bizkit and Bad Omens to Shawshank

by Marie-Christine Quirion | Jan 21, 2026 | Festivals, News

In what has become a staple in the Midwest, Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the lineup for the 8th annual Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. Taking place in the small town of Mansfield, Ohio, known mainly for its historic old prison, (think Shawshank...
Metal By Numbers 2025: Full year analysis in album sales

Metal By Numbers 2025: Full year analysis in album sales

by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 1, 2026 | Metal By Numbers

2025 has officially come to a close, and what a year it was. We saw some significant losses: Ozzy Osbourne, Ace Frehley, Brent Hinds, Tomas Lindberg, to name a few, alongside bizarre news cycles, band quarrels, breakups, and major lineup shifts. Now, we’re ready to...
Metal By Numbers: A – H December – 12/5/2025

Metal By Numbers: A – H December – 12/5/2025

by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 30, 2025 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers returns with a closer look at weekly metal sales from December 5, 2025. Yes, we’re catching up, stay tuned, there’s more to come! From major releases to underground newcomers, we’re tracking how these New & Noteworthy releases debuted in charts....
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Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release
Slipknot’s ‘Look Outside Your Window’ project set for Record Store Day vinyl release

Slipknot will finally release Look Outside Your Window, a long-rumored collection of previously unreleased material recorded during the sessions for 2008's All Hope Is Gone. The experimental project — created by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown"...

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Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’
Interview: The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils & Ilja talk new album ‘Der Brauch’

Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...

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Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’
Album Review: The Hirsch Effekt – ‘Der Brauch’

I don't think I could possibly love a band more than when I'm watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel universe....

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New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

New & Noteworthy: Eon Of Releases – 1/30/2026

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 albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week finds albums from the likes of Megadeth, Poppy, The Format, Crystal Lake, The Damned, Goldfinger and Rotting Christ...

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New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy: Krushers of the Releases – 1/16/2026

New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Amongst the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new releases from the likes of Sleaford Mods, Greywind, Kreator, Soen...

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