New music continues to pile its way through. Since our chunk a few weeks ago with 53 new songs, this week brings a solid batch of 48 new tracks as well as fresh videos from already-existing albums. Metal Insider has collected a bit of everything, including Megadeth,...
Slipknot’s ‘Knotfest’ details unveiled
Slipknot is back. That much became apparent by the announcement over the weekend by the return of the Knotfest, the band’s festival that will be taking place in San Beranardino, CA at the San Manuel Amphitheater & Campgrounds. It had taken last year off,...![Slipknot taps Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Anthrax and more for 2014 U.S. Knotfest [Updated]](https://metalinsider.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Knotfest-2014-resized1.jpg)
Slipknot taps Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Anthrax and more for 2014 U.S. Knotfest [Updated]
It’s been two years since Slipknot launched its own festival, Knotfest. At first, it seemed as though only Japan was getting the festival this year. However, now it appears Knotfest will also return to America in October, and with a pretty massive lineup. Along with...The Black Dahlia Murder to headline GWAR’s B4BQ
It’s obvious by now that despite the sad and needless death of GWAR frontman Dave Brockie that the band will be forging on without him. While it was announced that some incarnation of the band would be performing at the annual GWAR B-Q, we now know more about...New & Noteworthy, 5/27: A Farewell to Misery
To those of you that had a long weekend, we hope you enjoyed it safely and in good company! This week is considered by those here in the US as being the unofficial beginning of summer, and if this release week is any indicator, summer is going to be heavy as hell this...Follow Us
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Explore 33 New albums just announced – 10/13/2025
A few weeks have flown since we shared 26 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1663 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...
The New Testament is here! Animated video for latest single “High Noon” released
Bay Area thrash legends Testament have unleashed their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, today (10th) via Nuclear Blast Records. The record serves as a reflection on humanity's uneasy relationship with technology and the impacts of disconnection, while blistering...
New & Noteworthy: Manual Fire Releases 6/21/2024 – 6/28/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The next couple of weeks will see the returns of Kittie, earthtone9, The Story So Far and Dirty Three, debuts from O. and Mighty Mighty...
New & Noteworthy: Ridiculous And Full Of Releases 6/14/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This Friday’s releases include new music from legendary artists John Cale and Fu Manchu, long-running bands Annabel, The Early November...
New & Noteworthy: Theories of Releases – 6/7/2024
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 June sees releases from veteran bands like Bon Jovi, Cactus and Evergrey, as well as Butthole Surfers’ JD...