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...
Machine Head Pull Out Of Dethklok Dates Due To Robb Flynn’s Health
Machine Head have already been forced to sit out the December 4 show with Dethklok, All that Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder due to Disney’s corporate policy. Now it looks like that’s not the only show on the tour they won’t be playing. While...Yup, Shannon Lucas Is No Longer In The Black Dahlia Murder
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ewXzuY-ClU[/youtube] Well, that answers that. Shannon Lucas has released a video statement confirming that he’s no longer in The Black Dahlia Murder. However, don’t feel bad for him. He’ll be drumming on the...Is Shannon Lucas Still In The Black Dahlia Murder?
The Black Dahlia Murder is only a few dates in on their tour with Dethklok, Machine Head and All That Remains. However, fans have already started to notice something different during the group’s set. Namely, that drummer Shannon Lucas isn’t behind the drum kit. It...Machine Head Get Banned From Performing By Disney…Again
Machine Head has announced that they will not be joining tourmates Dethklok, All That Remains, and The Black Dahlia Murder at the House Of Blues in Orlando, FL on December 4. Why? Well as it turns out, Machine Head are still banned by Walt Disney from performing on...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...