Whitechapel’s sophomore masterpiece, This Is Exile, is the apocalyptic, gold-standard record that shattered the glass ceiling for extreme music. Unleashed in 2008, this sonic wrecking ball permanently elevated the band from underground heroes to global heavy metal heavyweights. The album serves up a flawless execution of technical groove, blackened atmosphere, and bone-snapping breakdowns. From the legendary, crowd-killing title track "This Is Exile" to the unhinged brutality of "Possession," this record didn't just capture a moment in metal history—it set the definitive blueprint for an entire generation of extreme music. UPC: 039841624021Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: CD
Whitechapel’s explosive self-titled fourth album delivers a tighter, leaner, and utterly devastating deathcore evolution. Powered by a relentless three-guitar assault, this record masterfully fuses primal, groove-laden aggression with haunting melodies. Featuring the fan-favorite crushers "I, Dementia" and "Hate Creation," Whitechapel isn't just heavy—it is a calculated sonic beatdown that proved why the band dictates the absolute cutting edge of modern metal. UPC: 039841624120Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: CD
Australia's Windwaker are swinging for the fences with their new album (and third with Fearless Records) 'smile, you're on camera' and lead single "closer." The track is about arriving at a crossroads and deciding whether to give up and pursue normalcy or keep going and fight the good fight; it's an existential battle that most of us face and Windwaker effectively sets it to a post-industrial, alt-metal anthem. The lyrical "Do I or don't I" is matched by the song's push and pull intensity. Alternately smooth and glitchy verses are folded into stadium-ready choruses and breakdowns so deep they could cause an oceanic earthquake. The album and track are indicative of one thing: Windwaker have arrived.
Tracklist:
low
closer
click. with RinRin
do or die
dna
burn
victory lap
lie to me
wait for me
loser with Mikaila Delgado
overlord
some days
UPC: 888072803008Label: Fearless RecordsRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: CD
With the amps still warm from 2024's coruscating comeback Life Knife Death, veteran Swedish punk-metal masters Wolfbrigade strike back like a wounded cobra with their loudest, fullest, thickest-sounding record yet. And that's no happy accident. On their twelfth LP (the first three released under the Wolfpack monicker, 1996–99), the quintet concertedly resolved to shake up their habitual processes and interrogate their customary methodology. "As the songs started to fall into place, we decided to do something we hadn't done in many years," explains the band. "For the last decade we've recorded, produced and mixed our albums ourselves. This time we wanted to work with someone from outside the band whose work we respect and who we felt would understand what Wolfbrigade is about." UPC: 039841623727Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: CD
Kings of USBM WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM have returned with sharpened teeth. Their new album Estuary carries the hallmark of their unyielding dedication to the physical craft and analog production techniques. Estuary is their most ferocious and genre-bending record to date.
Nathan Weaver (lead vocals, guitars) comments: “Our new album Estuary takes place 1,000 years in the future, after the death of civilization. I've always felt such calm at the idea of humanity vanishing from the world, and nature reclaiming everything. I dream of being alone in this setting and experiencing total calm and peace. This has been a recurring theme in all of Wolves’ music but for Estuary, it is at the forefront.”
Resonant with that hardwiring; Estuary is rawer, more volatile with the storming sensuality of noisy industrial elements, evolving through the domain of warm rain, majestic forests and diffused starlight. Massive percussion and seething gothic guitars wipe the listener’s psyche clear of all stagnation, transforming them into active, evolutionary conduits.
Estuary explores the tension and networking between stillness and noise, animal and machine, elementals and electricity, and the awakening sophistication implicit in our mysterious origin. Weaver says: “If wilderness overcame the cities in the future, the estuaries would be realms of power and magic. Within the album's world-building, the estuaries are key nexus points where magic has taken on physical form. Spirits good and evil walk the earth.”
Take the track “Ghosts Among the Obelisks" - a warrior journeys from the lowlands of the old world to a mountain sanctuary, passing through forgotten ruins haunted by ancient spirits. The earth patiently reclaims what was once conquered, while the distant memory of the old world has faded into myth. Elsewhere, "Knights of Tiamat" explores temples of the ancient future that feed on repurposed electrical grids pulsing with new magic. The spirit of place takes new forms. Kody Keyworth (guitars) says: “I had a dream two years ago while we were on tour in Germany. In the distant future, the small number of humans who remained were in small tribes that deeply revered and worshiped gigantic, decrepit wind turbine towers. Without knowing what these structures were or their purpose, these people placed immense importance on one of the last remaining structures of industrialized society. The new religions and mythology that would be created from this fascinated me, I found it deeply moving and it helped inspire an imagining of what that world would entail for mankind after the fall.”
Estuary was produced by WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, with touring bassist Galen Baudhuin (Aridus, Street Tombs) dropping the low-end into a devastating sub-terrain. The bulk of the album was recorded at the band’s own Owl Lodge studio in Olympia, Washington, with drums tracked by Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown (a converted former church in Anacortes, Washington).
Tracklist:
Estuary
Knights of Tiamat
Foretold in Reflections
The Orca Cliffs
Ghosts Among the Obelisks
Wretched Spirits, Land of Light
UPC: 781676766826Label: RelapseRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: CD
UK Thrash veterans Xentrix return with 'Allied With the Enemy,' a tentrack barrage that marks their most uncompromising statement to date. Following the critical acclaim of 2022's 'Seven Words', the band push harder, darker and sharper, delivering a record that refuses to pull it's punches.Recorded from late 2025 into 2026 at Backstage Studios, England, the album once again benefits from the elite production of Andy Sneap, whose precision and power elevate the band's heaviest material yet. The striking artwork, created by UK artist Dan Goldsworthy, completes a package set for worldwide release through Listenable Records.Musically, 'Allied With the Enemy' is Xentrix at full force - melodic when it chooses to be, atmospheric when it needs to be, and absolutely crushing when it wants to be. It brings the Metal back into Thrash, kicking out the trash and doubling down on the band's signature bite.Lyrically, the album cuts with intent. Themes of disinformation, blind popularity, social and personal collapse, and selfbias run through the record with clarity and conviction. This is not light listening - it's music that demands attention and rewards those who want something to think about.If you crave Thrash with purpose, weight and intelligence, 'Allied With the Enemy' is ready to take your head off.
Tracklist:
Rip Saw
Allied with the Enemy
Killer Unknown
On Burned Remains
Nil By Mouth
Doomsday Hook
The Dark Eternal
Where the Madness Lies
Snake in Waiting
No Bridges Left to Burn
We Drink the Same Poison (CD Bonus Track)
UPC: 3760053849120Label: Listenable RecordsRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
From the Depths of Selasee (Prologue)
Deus Rex
Somewhere Far Beyond
Deep Below
Anneliese
Alone in the Dark
Gallows Oak
Funeral March
Descending
Come Sweet Death
Foreboding
None for All
UPC: 4070335066893Label: Noble DemonRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: CD
American hardcore juggernauts PRO-PAIN make their debut on Napalm Records with their sixteenth album, Stone Cold Anger, out May 15, 2026. Their first release in eleven years shows the New York hardcore legends in explosive carnage: Stone Cold Anger unfolds heavy, angry, and ready as ever—as if PRO-PAIN had never been gone. An exceptionally catchy offering, the new album fortifies its groovy melodies and stirring guitar riffs with furious and inciting, anthemic vocals, turning the ten new songs into worthy follow-ups for their 3.5M streams strong hit “Voice Of Rebellion”. PRO-PAIN are back with an impressive demonstration of power. See you in the pit!
Tracklist:
A OCEANS OF BLOOD
A STONE COLD ANGER
A MARCH OF THE GIANTS
A UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU!
A DEMONIC INTERVENTION
B RINSE & REPEAT
B HELL OR HIGH WATER
B SCORCHED EARTH
B JONESTOWN PUNCH
B SKY’S THE LIMIT
UPC: 810185195152Label: NapalmRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
There's one thing that everyone readily agrees on: Live concerts are the icing on the cake for musicians and fans alike. Every show is a very special experience and sometimes even creates an almost magical performance. Such moments are beyond explanation, you just have to be there to believe it or, in a best-case scenario, have them recorded for posterity - as American metal act Prong have done with their latest live album. Which is exactly what guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor and bandmates Christopher Dean (bass) and Tyler Joseph (drums) have achieved on 'Live And Uncleansed'. Recorded over seven nights in July and August 2025, they are now ready to present eleven powerful live songs (plus three live bonus tracks), all pure and unadulterated, authentic and honest, which is the reason why the result is so incredibly captivating. "We were really well rehearsed, this is truly a live (!) record, everything is as is," explains Tommy Victor, proudly adding: "You can hear some of the little mistakes here and there, but that makes it cool!"
Tracklist:
Revenge... Best Served Cold
Inheritance
The Descent
One Outnumbered
No Question
Sublime
Not of This Earth
Home Rule
Ultimate Authority
Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
However It May End
Out of This Misery
Corpus Delicti
Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
UPC: 886922583124Label: SteamhammerRelease Date: 3.13.26Format: CD
After a glorious return to original form on Reanimated Homunculus (2013) Protector delivered their second full-length album Cursed and Coronated (2016). The album was recorded at the Sunlight Studio in Norrtälje, Sweden with producer Tomas Skogsberg. The band stayed true to themselves with evil, fast, cutting and slicing old school Thrash in the true Protector vein.
Tracklist:
Intro
Xenophobia
Selfdesdrugtion
Crosses in Carelia
Cursed and Coronated
Six Hours on the Cross
Base 104
The Dimholt
To Serve and Protect
Terra Mater
The Old Boil
Intro / Misanthropy (Live Dresden 2013)
Sliced, Hacked and Grinded (Live Dresden 2013)
Protector of Death (Live Dresden 2013)
UPC: 4251267724383Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Following hot on the heels of Summon the Hordes (2019), thrash veterans Protector delivered 2022's Excessive Outburst of Depravity Overall. Featuring tracks such as "Shackled By Total Control," "Referat IV B 4", and "Open Skies And Endless Seas," the album was beloved by thrash maniacs worldwide.
Tracklist:
Last Stand Hill
Pandemic Misery
Referat IV B 4
Open Skies and Endless Seas
Infinite Tyranny
Perpetual Blood Oath
Thirty Years of Perdition
Cleithrophobia
Toiling in Sheol
Shackled By Total Control
. Morse Mania
UPC: 4251267724406Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
With a sound uncompromising and aggressive like burning sulphur, Protector should have been ranked among the bigger names in German thrash. Any thrasher worth their salt has heard of "Protector of Death", "Misanthropy", "Golem," and "Urm the Mad"; but suprisingly, Protector never really grew beyond their underground status before they disbanded in 2003. The resurrection of Protector began in 2011 with original singer Martin Missy along side a new line-up that consist of Mathias Johansson (bass), Carl-Gustav Karlsson (drums), and Michael Carlsson (guitar). After a demo and a split single, their 2013 full-length album, Reanimated Homunculus was a return to their roots.
Tracklist:
Sons of Kain
Deranged Nymphomania
Holiday in Hell
Reanimated Homunculus
Birth of a Nation
Lycopolis
Road Rage
Antiman
The End
Calle Brutal
UPC: 4251267724239Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
After a glorious return to original form on Reanimated Homunculus (2013) with a wholly new line-up, and it's successor Cursed and Coronated (2016), Martin Missy and company again hit the proverbial bull's eye with 2019's Summon the Hordes. The album harkened back to the groundbreaking 80s as expected, but there were twists and updates. The most prominent of which was the production values of the iconic Harris Johns. From the partly groovy "Three Legions" and the furious "Meaningless Eradication" to the truly heavy "Two Ton Behemoth" and "The Celtic Hammer", Summon the Hordes' connection across several generations of thrashers was guaranteed.
Tracklist:
Stillwell Avenue
Steel Caravan
Realm of Crime
The Celtic Hammer
Two Ton Behemoth
Summon the Hordes
Three Legions
Meaningless Eradication
Unity, Anthems and Pandemonium
Glove of Love
UPC: 4251267724390Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
For over two decades, Psycroptic have operated at the vanguard of technical death metal, defined by instrumental precision, structural intelligence and an uncompromising creative ethic. From their Tasmanian origins to commanding stages worldwide, the band have built a reputation on rhythmic complexity, exacting musicianship, and a refusal to plateau.On July 17th, 2026, Psycroptic enter a decisive new chapter with The Pulse of Annihilation, their first full-length release for Metal Blade Records. The partnership marks a strategic alignment between one of extreme metal’s most technically formidable acts and a label whose history is intertwined with the genre’s evolution.Across The Pulse of Annihilation, Psycroptic sound focused, disciplined, and fully aware of their trajectory. Complexity remains foundational, but it is now guided by compositional restraint and veteran confidence. With this release, the band reaffirm their status not merely as technical death metal stalwarts, but as architects actively shaping its future—proving that mastery, sharpened by time, only grows more lethal.
Tracklist:
Ashes Of A New Dawn
Gathering A Venomous Herd
A Sword Of Me
No Time For The Weak
Our Pillars Fall
Annihilation Pulse
No Blade Of Grass
To Embrace This Curse
Forging The Crown
UPC: 039841621426Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
Rachel Bolan has spent forty years shaping the sound and attitude of Skid Row, the band he co-founded with guitarist Snake Sabo in 1986. From day one, he was one of the Band’s creative engines powering some of the most influential rock records of the late ’80s and ’90s.And he never stopped pushing forward. Over the decades, Bolan left an unmistakable imprint on projects across the rock and metal world. Now Bolan’s pushing to the next limit delivering his solo debut.The record is a raw and energetic punk rock release produced by multi-Grammy winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Alice In Chains) with a strong lineup of special guests Corey Taylor, Nuno Bettencourt, Danko Jones, Steve Conte, and Damon Johnson and basically the full Skid Row family. Bolan takes the lead throughout the record, performing most lead vocals, all bass, and much of the guitar work.
Tracklist:
Anything But You
At War With Myself (feat. Danko Jones)
Memory
See You On The Other Side (feat. Snake Sabo)
Bridges (feat. Steve Conte)
Jet Black Universe (feat. Nuno Bettencourt)
Big Stick (feat. Corey Taylor)
Pretty Hell
Rock And Roll Star (feat. Scotti Hill) (OASIS COVER)
Devil In The White
Walk Away (feat. Damon Johnson)
UPC: 4029759214717Label: EarmusicRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
Beware! The frost-biting beast in white is back and ready to rip heads off. When the "Snowbound Horror" descends from the icy wastes of blizzard-beaten peaks there is no escape. With their sophomore album, RAVAGED BY THE YETI deliver everything that their loyal following was hoping for after the acclaimed debut "Apex Predator" took the death metal world by storm. "Snowbound Horror" comes with massive riffs ripping from down-tuned strings, uncanny grooves, and captivating songs delivered with dripping gore and blood-red splatter (just look at the vinyl edition to know that this is true). The album has everything that old school death metal fans could ask for. Yet the Swedish-English-American trio did not idle since their first release. Sharpening their musical claws and filing their sonic teeth, RAVAGED BY THE YETI simply got bigger and better by offering more of everything that defines their sound. RAVAGED BY THE YETI return with a new line-up that can be best described as a gathering of friends from both sides of the Atlantic who just love to play old school death metal: With "Snowbound Horror", RAVAGED BY THE YETI live up to their name as this album is a vicious monster that will sink it's brutal claws and fangs deep into the heads of death metal fans around the globe. The danger is real, prepare for the irresistible impact of the "Snowbound Horror"!
Tracklist:
Vengeance in Fur
Human Spoil
By the Hands of the Beast
As Fangs Go Deep
Beast Prey
Frozen Stiff
They Came Through the Cold
Tusk of the Yeti
Death By Icicle
Snowbound Horror
Land of Ice and Snow
UPC: 884388896093Label: Testimony RecordsRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
Reeking Aura, a five piece death metal group made of seasoned veterans from the NY/NJ underground scene, returns in 2026 with their second album On the Promise of the Moon. Tracked at OK Studios in Kinderhook, NY then mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swano, On the Promise of the Moon builds on the "Fires in Deep Frost" EP released in 2025 with a dark, melodic atmosphere that does not compromise their brutal, guttural NY roots.Returning from the first album are guitarists Terrell Grannum (Thaetas), and Rick Habeeb (Grey Skies Fallen) as well as vocalist William Smith (Afterbirth). Drummer Hudson Barth and bassist TJ Coon (both also in Trog) round out the lineup and bring fresh blood to the band, with all members having contributed to the writing process. The album also features contributions from guest vocalists Eston Browne (Vulnificus) and Jon Berg (The Path) as well as string arrangements by Ben Karas (Slaughtersun).Reeking Aura began in 2019 and promptly recorded their debut EP "Beneath the Canopy of Compost" and first album "Blood and Bonemeal" with Colin Marston in Queens, NYC. In addition to NY and NJ gigs supporting Malevolent Creation, Horrendous, Crypt Sermon and Mortician, they have toured the North and Southeast U.S. with such acts as Replicant, Atoll, Pyrexia, Hath, Animals Killing People, False Gods and Carrion Vael.
Tracklist:
Concrete Basin Bath
A Forlorn and Frozen Vapor
Gorged Beyond Grudges
Manure Like Magma
Lunar Rumination
What Only Worms Witness
The Cathedrals Calculation
Sifting for Fungal Inheritance (A Mildewy, Acrid Mulch)
On the Promise of the Moon
UPC: 840526505258Label: Profound LoreRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
The Visible Heaven
Ursuline Sister
True Lovers and Whores
Cold or Divine
Missa Brevis for the Despised King in D Minor
Solus Sum
Suffer and Sleep
Reckless in Misery
UPC: 634240449963Label: The Circle MusicRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
With their self-titled full-length, RESTLESS SPIRIT have reached a point in their career where the band of friends from Long Island, New York knows exactly who they are and where they stand. As the eight tracks on "Restless Spirit" are the most distilled version of what the trio is about, they saw no need for further explanation in the title. So, what are RESTLESS SPIRIT about? Pure metal, no more, no less. Born from the steel mills of Birmingham this musical style has deep English working class roots that the East Coast outfit translates into an American sonic slang with elements from desert and stoner metal and even the occasional progressive flourish. As a result, they seamlessly merge classic heavy solos with roaring guitars and a pinch of psychedelic fuzz. In hindsight, the massive punch delivered to the gut delivered by their previous album, "Afterimage," set the trio onto a course that led directly to "Restless Spirit". Trimming away all sonic fat, focusing on the essentials, and refining their sound and songwriting down to it's heaviest core has yielded a record that promises to be timeless. RESTLESS SPIRIT are throwing out a rescue rope to all headbangers and particularly those dealing with all the cruelty that life can bring. "Restless Spirit" is a call to persevere in the face of others not understanding or even outright rejection. This album is about living on one's own terms, which was and is at the heart of metal.
Tracklist:
The Burning Need
Hallowed
Red in Tooth and Claw
Desire Lines
Desolation's Wake
Ember
Time and Distance
Phantom Pain
UPC: 884388895942Label: Magnetic EyeRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
The famous Ruhr Area, or the 'Pott' as it is called, was Germany's industrial heart that beat to the sound of steelworks and miners were risking their health and lives deep down in the eternal night of the coal seams. The Ruhr Area is also the place where Resurrected hail from, both mentally and physically, and it's history has served as an important part of the inspiration that is driving the brutal death veterans' eighth full-length "Perpetual". Ash, soot, and the ringing noise of steel hammers seem particularly fertile ground for metal - from BLACK SABBATH via JUDAS PRIEST to KREATOR and SODOM. On "Perpetual", Resurrected keep a steady course, which remains firmly on an old school death metal trajectory. This is completely befitting for a band that ranks among the earliest pioneers of the brutal style in their country. What makes the difference are the many years of experience, both in songwriting and on stage, which are reflected in the technical proficiency as well as the powerful and absolutely crushing tracks that are a tribute to their craft on this album. Resurrected spent a large part of 2025 channelling their decades of experience, talent, and unwavering passion for death metal into "Perpetual": Resurrected did not grow old, they got even better!
Tracklist:
Unholy Intercession
Human Wrath
Forever Damned
Into Mighty Death
Sanity Is Lost
Decomposed
Immaculate Deception
Echoes of Creation
Perpetual
Infernal Desire
UPC: 884388894792Label: Testimony RecordsRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
Over the last decade, Chicago quartet REZN have carved out a unique place in the landscape of heavy music, chiseling away at the crude formations of the topography, mining the most concentrated metallic ore from the dirt, and shaping it all into something monumental, imposing, and divine. While REZN has always fused seismic riffs with effortless beauty and grandeur, their shifting strategies for wielding that polarity have involved varied compositional and stylistic decisions, most notably the light-and-dark contrast of companion albums Solace (2023) and Burden (2024). But with their newest full-length offering, Cycles in the Infinite Dream, REZN masterfully harness the oppressive weight of their full sonic armory to celestial melodies and sublime synesthesia-inducing atmospherics in a manner so seamless it feels otherworldly, as if occupying a liminal space between two realities.While REZN traffic in the unbridled realms of metal and untethered reaches of psychedelia, their latest release showcases a band working with discipline and intention, even when those intentions are rendered to be purposefully cryptic. As the album title implies, Cycles in the Infinite Dream explores the nexus of our waking and nocturnal worlds. "We moved towards the dream and subconscious state as a lyrical concept and melodic theme," the band explains. "The pseudo-waking state is a reflection of a second existence-something that you can flee to or be imprisoned by." Much like the subconscious-guided work of David Lynch, Cycles in the Infinite Dream exists as parallax between the artist and the audience, creating an obscured and distorted space that is both familiar and alien, like a corridor into our past where we recognize our surroundings but somehow still feel lost within it's warped geometry.
Tracklist:
Rites of Passage
Transient
Cloudfall
Aerial Birth
Devotion
The Vessel
Escher
Primal Thread
Terra Preta
UPC: 634457259188Label: Sargent HouseRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Your patience will be rewarded. Chile's Ripper returns with their first full-length since 2016's ""Experiment of Existence"". ""Towards Rebirth"" contains the band's most violent work to date. Razor sharp guitar work, intense drumming and well-crafted songs are still there... only more concise, more vicious. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Clares at DM6 Studio. Artwork by Paolo Girardi. UPC: 769152437521Label: Dark DescentRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
Rivers of Nihil - The Conscious Seed Of Light
Tracklist:
Terrestria I: Thaw
Rain Eater
Birth of the Omnisavior
Soil ; Seed
Central Antheneum
Mechanical Trees
Place of Serpents
Human Adaptation
A Fertile Altar
Airless
UPC: 039841623024Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
Monarchy Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy is the second studio album by technical death metal band Rivers of Nihil. Metal Blade
Tracklist:
Heirless
Perpetual Growth Machine
Reign of Dreams
Sand Baptism
Ancestral, I
Dehydrate
Monarchy
Terrestria II: Thrive
Circles in the Sky
Suntold
UPC: 039841623123Label: Metal BladeRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
After announcing themselves with the breakout EP Discount Fireworks, Roman Candle spent the next few years refining their sound and expanding their reach. Their recent run of singles, ""Fire In the Night Sky Forever,"" ""This Band Has Led Me To Places I Wouldn't Go With a Gun,"" and ""Nothing Is Original"", showcases the band's sharpened emotional focus and their ability to balance chaos with clarity. In January 2026, they released ""Can We Watch Something Happy?"", a powerful track rooted in Piper's personal experiences, further solidifying the band's reputation for striking, unfiltered storytelling.
Tracklist:
Blasphemous Act
This Band Has Led Me to Places I Wouldn't Go with a Gun
Can We Watch Something Happy?
Lady Lazarus
Bite Harder Than You Bleed
I Can't Stop Winning
Fire in the Night Sky Forever
My Silence Costs More Than You Can Afford
Nothing Is Original
On Second Thought Maybe Gaslighting Is Real
For Once My Hands Are Still
How to Be Considered When You're Not in the Room
UPC: 823375019510Label: Sumerian RecordsRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: CD
The Ruins of Beverast were formed in early 2003 and named after the most bloodcurdling event of ancient Mid and Northeuropean eschatology - the collapse the Bifröst. This incident bears analogy to the musical aura of the band, which builds their sonic landscape on a downtuned ground. On their seventh full-length album, Tempelschlaf, their cinematic auditory nightmares reached a new level of psychedelia and insanity.
Tracklist:
Tempelschlaf
Day of the Poacher
Cathedral of Bleeding Statues
Alpha Fluids
Babel, You Scarlet Queen!
Last Theatre of the Sea
The Carrion Cocoon
UPC: 4250936541504Label: Van RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
On their new album Nine, Russian Circles hone their unique trajectory of crafting seismic long-form, album-oriented soundtracks to tragedy and redemption. While the trio insist that their music is a confluence of broad-ranging influences, it's fair to say that Russian Circles' adventurous diversity has developed into a distinct and singular sound. For Nine, Russian Circles adhered to the strategy established on Blood Year (2019) and Gnosis (2022) by teaming up with engineer Kurt Ballou (Converge, Mastodon, High on Fire), conducting basic tracking at Electrical Audio in Chicago. The result is an album that continues their unhurried evolution and disciplined refinement, leaning into their collective strengths while pushing at the boundaries of their sound. Whereas earlier albums were almost playful in their traversing of territories, Nine is a document of a band that knows the lay of the land and is fortifying their dominion over the varied terrain.
Tracklist:
Borehole
Empath
Eluvial
E2
Meridian
Arletta
Seventh Seal
UPC: 634457259713Label: Sargent HouseRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
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