Bring Me The Horizon release L.I.V.E. IN SÃO PAULO (Live Immersive Virtual Experiment)  a full-scale live album capturing their biggest headline show to date, performed to 50,000 fans at São Paulo’s Allianz Parque. More than a live record, L.I.V.E. IN SÃO PAULO documents a band operating at absolute peak, stretching the idea of what a live release can be.

With zero announcements or teasers from the band, Enter Shikari have today surprise released their brand new album! Lose Your Self (released via So Recordings/Civilians) spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout.

They Might Be Giants treat the entire history of popular music as a chemistry set where genres and musical flavours can be mixed and matched. An 18-song collection provides an optimistic spin on the world, packed with esoteric references, mischievous lyrics and left-field musical detours. It’s a classic!

Fresh off the release of "Big-Box Store Heart"and "24-03-04_BIRTHDAY_B4," Prince Daddy & the Hyena present two more tracks from their forthcoming album, Hotwire Trip Switch, out Friday 17 April on Counter Intuitive Records/Civilians:"30days30days30days" and "SHITSHOW or Boulevard of Soaking Dreams." 

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. 

Adelaide alternative metal quintet alt. have announced their dark new concept EP, Nevermore, out Friday 15th May via Resist Records (AU) and SharpTone Records (ROW). “‘Nevermore’ is a concept EP set in the year 2073, where Earth has been pushed to the brink of collapse by war, corruption and unchecked consumption.”

Genre-blending heavyweights The Plot In You have announced The Volume Series, a full-length culmination that unifies that band's preceding four EP installments into one complete collection, set for release on Friday, July 10 via Fearless Records.

HEALTH have announced their new EP ADDENDUM, set for release on April 30 via Loma Vista Recordings. The forthcoming project brings together new material alongside a selection of previously released collaborations, serving as the final chapter in the band’s RAT WARS / CONFLICT DLC saga.

The songs on this EP straddle the line between clean and harsh, introspective and explicit lyrics that speak to power. The EP ‘Existence’ captures the band’s essence and signals that a new powerful band have arrived.

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