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...
Metal Insider’s Top 5: Artists You Should Be Following On Social Media
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Until recently, the only way to interact with your favorite musicians was to see them in concert or read about them in magazines. The internet changed everything, and now...LoG’s Chris Adler: Randy Blythe’s Trial “Bankrupted The Entire Band”
While the trial for Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe ended pretty much the best way it could have for the band with his acquittal, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a mental and emotional burden for everyone involved. And also a financial one. In an interview...Czech Appeals Court Officially Clears Randy Blythe In Fan’s Death
In March, Randy Blythe was found not guilty of causing the death of fan Daniel Nosek during a show two years prior in Prague. And now, almost a year after he was arrested and held in a Prague prison, a Czech Appeals Court has officially cleared the Lamb Of God singer...Oderus To Lambesis: “At Least In Richmond When We Get Charged With Killing Someone, We Actually Do It #RandyBlythe”
Leave it to good old Oderus Urungus to stir the pot. Shortly after his (former?) labelmate Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying was released from custody after attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife, the GWAR frontman posted a series of one-liners via...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: Project Releases Vol.01/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this New Music Friday, we will see the return of Kula Shaker’s original line-up, more rediscovered tracks from Static-X, a...
New & Noteworthy: Hell, Fire And Releases – 1/19/2024
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 highly-anticipated works from the likes of Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Saxon and Neck Deep, among many others....
New & Noteworthy: Here Comes the Releases – 1/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As the 2024 new music cycle revs up, we will see new albums from metal staples The Rods and Magnum, as well as the first original...