From the sun-soaked streets of Brisbane, emo rock outfit Bad Neighbour have spent the last few years carving out a rough-around-the-edges, heart-on-sleeve sound that’s unmistakably their own. Now, they’re ready to share news of their sophomore album, Burns From The X-rays, which is set for release Friday 5 June via Ninth Life Records. Ahead of its release, they unveil "Rush Apart"

“This record is rooted in the feelings of revenge and vindication. These are emotions that can either push us forward or hold us back. There’s a duality to them. They can fuel growth, drive ambition, and help us rise above what’s tried to break us, but they can also become destructive if we let them consume us,” explains Andy Biersack.

The 12-song album ‘Death Fetish’ from Atlanta alternative-metal band Moodring is a dark, honest, inventive and confounding album about health struggles, facing limitations and death. It has elements of nu-metal hardness, industrial metalcore, shoegaze softness and flourishes of 1990s alternative rock melodies and sounds filtering through a retro but futuristic sound palate.

SEETHER unveil the preorder launch for Beneath The Surface, a powerful new EP that peels back another layer of their acclaimed album The Surface Seems So Far. The preorder launch is accompanied by the release of the EP’s first single, ‘Into the Ground,’ giving fans an immediate preview of the project’s depth and intensity.

Don Broco return with Nightmare Tripping, an explosive alternative rock album packed with crunchy riffs, soaring vocals and huge melodies. Blending metal, funk and electronic textures, the band deliver a dynamic record full of inventive songwriting and stadium ready energy.

Black Label Society roar back with Engines of Demolition, a blues soaked rock album driven by crushing riffs, soaring vocals and Zakk Wylde’s unmistakable guitar work. From the atmospheric opener ‘Name In Blood’ to the reflective closing ballad ‘Ozzy’s Song’, the album delivers heavy grooves, powerful melodies and honest emotion.

Florida based metal hardcore icons Poison The Well return with their impressive sixth album ‘Peace In Place’. It is their first album in almost 17 years. It is a tight album tethered in melodic guitar riffs, clean vocals and great lyricism that allows the harsh vocals, cutting fury and driving rhythm section to bring the heavy, harshness paired with delicate moments.

Record-breaking, platinum-selling rock band The Pretty Reckless have begun an explosive new era with the announcement of their forthcoming fifth studio album DEAR GOD (pre-order HERE) as well as a 2026 headlining world tour. Arriving alongside the announcement is their new single When I Wake Up, out now via Fearless Records.

The wait is over for Somewhere In Between…, the sophomore album from metal/hip-hop fusion band UnityTX. The band’s most aggressive release yet, the record is out now via Pure Noise Records and features recent singles Lucid, Body Roc and Enjoy Tha Show.

"If RAT WARS is ELDEN RING and CONFLICT DLC is SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE, then R-TYPE has to be NIGHTREIGN.  Enjoy these remixes and alternate versions by the best in the business: from the dance floor to the killing floor, these interesante interpretations will thrill and excite you and your family in the year of the FIRE HORSE!"  - JOHNNY HEALTH

I hope you love your music Raw, Hard and fast! As here comes RUNT! This is just the start to an incredible album that is coming your way in 2026! - XMusic CEO, Tim McLean-Smith

Metalcore titans August Burns Red return with ‘Behemoth’, a crushing new single marking their reunion with Fearless Records. True to its name, the track delivers towering breakdowns, thunderous percussion, and rallying choruses, while moments of restraint highlight the band’s dynamic power and relentless evolution after more than two decades.

Wage War have announced their upcoming EP It Calls Me By Name, arriving April 17 via Fearless Records, alongside the savage new single ‘Song of the Swamp’. The track is one of the band’s most brutal releases yet, delivering a swampy, predator like assault from start to finish.

24 years after their start, TERROR still reign as one of the most influential bands in hardcore. Now TERROR announce their tenth full length record, STILL SUFFER, releasing April 24th through Flatspot Records. Working with producer (and former guitarist) Todd Jones, the band created ten fast, aggressive, in-your-face tracks that embrace the themes that made TERROR so influential in the first place. 

On Friday 8th May, British alternative rock mainstays Basement will return with WIRED marking their first new album in eight years as well as a reunion with their original label Run For Cover Records. Across the LP’s 12 tracks fans will hear a return to the unbridled passion and creative intuition that's always animated their best material.

As the curtain falls on an extraordinary career spanning more than four decades, SEPULTURA are preparing to close their final chapter at the end of this year. With over 40 years of band history, 14 gold records, and performances across more than 80 countries, SEPULTURA stand as Brazil’s uncompromising emissary to the global stage and one of today’s most influential metal bands. 

Royal Discordance is a bold and brave album: a lyrical metalcore journey through life, pain, beauty and death. Pounding bass, intense percussion breakdowns, heavy vocal fry and clean vocals drive a cinematic vision of sonic wrath and metal carnage, balanced with symphonic metallic sound and huge guitar riffs.

With tolling bells and dystopian warnings, Rob Zombie launches into a groove heavy, riff driven assault that fuses industrial grit with old skool 70s heavy rock. From the defiant ‘F.T.W’ to highlights like ‘Black Rat Coffin’ and ‘Unclean Animals’, the album rejects surveillance culture and electronic numbness, urging listeners to reclaim their lives through loud, melodic rock ‘n’ roll.

Brisbane metal outfit DIESECT today share HIDE FROM THE LIGHT Deluxe EP, and lead with new single "NO HOME LEFT TO FIND", out now via Greyscale Records. The band will tour their new music across Europe for the first time on a tour starting next week with Crystal Lake (JPN) & Miss May I (US), and they'll support Spite (US) & Varials (US) across Australia in March - tickets on sale now

‘The New Flesh’ is heavy-as-hell through the bassline and drums, stacked with melodic heavy hooks and razor sharp lyrics. From destructive riffing to beautiful melody and guitar work, it carries a message about fighting dark feelings and living in “new flesh”.