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 By Numbers 10/23: Charts are pretty witchin’
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Missed this column last week? We did too. That’s why we did all we could to make this week’s edition extra great. How you ask? By including new albums...Metal By Numbers 9/25: The charts are hardly bare-bones this week
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Yeah, Cannibal Corpse was not the highest debut of the week, but we focused on that album anyway. Why? Well, between them, Motionless In White, and Slash, the band...Metal By Numbers 9/18: Charmed, I’m sure
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It feels like every metal band out of Sweden has put out an album this month, yet there’s still one or two big albums waiting before the year is out including...Metal By Numbers 9/3: The charts are looking rather pale
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. After a few leaks, release date changes, and endless discussions about what it will sound like, Opeth’s latest album is finally here to the joy of some (meaning...Follow Us
Explore 13 new albums just announced – 9/10/2025
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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: Life promises releases – 2/16/2024
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 the returns of The Jack Rubies and Ihsahn, the debuts of Crawlers and The Requiem, as well as...
New & Noteworthy: Releases in Oath 2/9/2024
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 Music Friday sees the release of new albums from the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, tAKiDA, Infected Rain, TSO, Split...
New & Noteworthy: Releases Can Wait – 2/2/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On the first Friday of February, we’ll be getting new music from rock stalwarts J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and KMFDM, the return of...