Another week and change has gone by since we shared 13 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,539 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 5/21: People Still Really Like Mushroomhead
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You know, when you write this column enough times, you think you’re going to be able to predict what’ll have the best debut, what’s going to stick...Metal By Numbers 5/14: Nothing that Magic about this week
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It was a pretty slow week for chart debuts, and also another one of those “what decade is this” weeks. Sarah McLachlan and Santana have two of the top ten...Metal By Numbers 5/7: Whitechapel break into the top 10
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Some weeks, like last week, aren’t always the most exciting in terms of debuts (though its fun to take a few shots at Winger). This week is just the opposite...Metal By Numbers 4/30: The charts have seen better days
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Winger and Sebastian Bach, huh? I would exclaim “What year is it?!” if not for the fact that there’s also a new Aborted album. Otherwise, it’s...Follow Us
Explore 26 New albums just announced – 9/22/2025
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EP Review: Wolfheart – ‘Draconian Darkness II’
When it comes to the metal subgenre of melodeath, Wolfheart is one of the best in the category. They balance the dark and heavy riffs with beautiful melodic elements with ease, yet manage to add something fresh and exciting with every release. The band is consistent...
Exclusive Album Stream: Demetrio “Dimitry” Scopelliti – ‘The Revolution of Evolution’
Italian/Norwegian prog metal virtuoso Demetrio "Dimitry" Scopelliti is set to release his new album, The Revolution of Evolution, on September 21st via FusionCore Records. Dimitry has teamed up with Metal Insider for an exclusive full-album stream ahead of the album's...
New & Noteworthy: Myths of Releases – 3/22/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among this week’s new albums are the returns of Gossip and Brodequin, as well as highly-anticipated works from Elbow, The Jesus...
New & Noteworthy: Warp Speed Invincible Project Releases – 3/1/2024 – 3/15/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases hitting shelves. The last couple of weeks saw new music from the likes of Waves In Autumn, Bruce Dickinson, Ministry, Kaiser Chiefs, Judas Priest, The...
New & Noteworthy: The Other Side of Releases – 2/23/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the releases on this packed New Music Friday, we will see the returns of Modern English, Job For A Cowboy and Sleepytime...