A few weeks have flown since we shared 33 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1865 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 album...
Metal By Numbers 5/12: Deftones Eye Up Sales
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You’ve gotta hand it to Deftones. Not only did they create one of the best albums of their career with Diamond Eyes, they also got the word out to 62,000 of...Metal By Numbers 5/5: 666, The Number Of…Bullet For My Valentine!
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Though this week only saw a few metal debuts, Bullet For My Valentine made it a little more metal than usual. The Welsh metalcore band not only had the highest rock...Metal By Numbers 4/28: AC/DC Back In Black … and On The Charts
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week saw a lot of metal and rock debuts hitting the charts. But it’s the AC/DC Iron Man 2 soundtrack that had the biggest debut. While Bram’s prediction that it...The Best (Of Me) Ever Video Of The Week: Every Day Is Ratturday
So friends of Metal Insider Zena Metal and Metal Sucks’ Vince Neilstein started a trend last year known as Ratturday. It’s a simple enough concept that pretty much involves getting stoned and listening to Ratt on a Saturday. Soon they’ll have a new...Follow Us
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Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström talks ‘Don’t Go in the Forest,’ today’s true crime obsession, and opening for Metallica in 2026
Swedish metal giants Avatar have unleashed their new album, Don’t Go in the Forest, on Friday (31st). Known for their elaborate theatrics and always-evolving creativity, the band pushed their craft to the next level with this latest release. The record gets a bit...
Defecto breakdown new album ‘Echoes of Isolation’ with track-by-track guide
Danish metallers Defecto are celebrating the release of their new album, Echoes of Isolation, out now via Frontiers Music Srl. Today (31st), the group teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide. Echoes of Isolation - Concept: This album explores the...
New & Noteworthy: The Return of Releases 3/14/2025 – 02/28/2025
March 14, 2025 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 highly-anticipated albums from the likes of Coheed and...
New & Noteworthy: This Sleepless Releases – 2/14/2025 & 2/21/2025
February 21, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many outstanding works hitting shelves this week are new albums from the likes of Silverstein, Four Seconds...
New & Noteworthy: Duel – 01/31/2025 & 2/7/2025 Give Us Releases
February 7, 2025 New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of February sees the highly anticipated return of Dream Theater’s classic line-up, as well...