We’re nearing the final quarter of 2025, with 1,284 New & Noteworthy metal releases already on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album announcements. To help you catch up, Metal...
Metal Insider’s Top 5: 20th anniversary albums we’d like to hear live
Earlier today, Korn confirmed that in honor of their self-titled debut album turning 20 this year that they’d be playing it in it’s entirety. Whether you like Korn or not, this makes sense. The album essentially jump-started nu-metal, and while the band...Josh Homme talks new Queens of the Stone Age music, Them Crooked Vultures
When Queens of the Stone Age broke their six year silence last year with the excellent …Like Clockwork, nobody was expecting a follow up any time soon. While that might not be happening right away, in an interview with Craveonline, not only did singer/guitarist...Here’s an updated list of how much it costs to book your favorite band
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted...How much would it cost to book your favorite band?
If you were wondering how much it might cost to book a band, website Priceonomics has got you covered. They’ve done some number crunching via Degy Entertainment, a third party booking agent. They admit up front that since they’re a third party booking...Follow Us
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Album Review: Auri – ‘III: Candles and Beginnings’
“We are the stuff of lovely oddities.” -Oh Lovely Oddities. When it comes to music that finds beauty in the mundane and romanticizes life itself, no band does it better than folk/world multigenre band Auri. Their third album, III: Candles and Beginnings, is no...
Megadeth 2026: Final studio album, global farewell tour, and new Dave Mustaine memoir set for next year
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced that the band’s next studio album, due in early 2026, will be his final record. Shared with fans via his Vic Rattlehead persona, the statement also confirmed a global farewell tour launching next year, with the first dates...
New & Noteworthy: Chaos releases – 9/22/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s list finds us looking forward to albums from Cannibal Corpse, Chaver, My Lament, Teenage Fanclub, Winterstorm,...
New & Noteworthy: Releases of Being – (5/5/2023 – 9/15/2023)
New & Noteworthy has returned! Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this week’s list, we’re not only bringing you the week’s must-know releases, we’re taking you back to the...
New & Noteworthy: Reader of the releases – 04/28/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. 2023 is flying by with April coming to a close! With the new Elvenking album to the live Cradle of Filth record, there’s so much...