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...
Video: Anthrax In The Recording Studio
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qJ-H-t-CAs[/youtube] Anthrax’s Scott Ian has been uploading videos taken during the recording sessions of the long awaited Worship Music on his YouTube account. In the latest clip posting, Mr. Ian himself is recording the...Video: Scott Ian Joins Volbeat Onstage
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUcIBlOBft0[/youtube] At this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Award Show, we’ll get to see Volbeat perform with The Runaways’ Cherie Currie. But fans in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday night (April 3) got to see the...Scott Ian Explains His Decision To Sit Out Of Anthrax Shows
Last week, it was revealed that Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser would be filling in for Scott Ian during a bunch of Anthrax’s European dates while the goatee’d guitarist tackled his new role as father. It’s understandable that Ian would want to be present at...I Am The Dad: Scott Ian To Sit Out Anthrax Shows; Andreas Kisser Filling In
As if playing guitar in Anthrax and The Damned Things isn’t enough, Scott Ian has another project in the works: becoming a father. Blabbermouth reports that Ian and wife Pearl Aday (aka Meat Loaf’s kid) are allegedly expecting a child, which means that...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: The beautiful releases of life – 12/8/2023
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 new albums from the likes of Dimmu Borgir, Atreyu, Have Mercy and Mars Red Sky, among others. Don’t forget to...
New & Noteworthy: 666 Releases – 12/1/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. On Friday, December 1st we saw the returns of Peter Gabriel and Codeseven, a new take on Visions Of Atlantis' 2022 LP, the debut...
New & Noteworthy: The hex of new releases – 11/17/2023 – 11/24/2023
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out over the next couple of weeks. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Madness, Plain White T’s, Bad Suns and more. This week,...