Southern California's post-hardcore stalwarts MOVEMENTS are pleased to announce the September 4 release of their new album Happier Now via Fearless Records.

Today, the band has also fired off not one but two new tracks with Dissolve Me and Back in My Ways.

Equal Vision Records, Civilians and The Flatliners are excited to announce the release of Cold World, the longstanding, Juno-nominated Canadian punk quartet’s brand new studio album. While 2022's New Ruin was preoccupied with the inherited damages of the last generation, the forthcoming Cold World from The Flatliners sees that legacy for what it is — a ghost, a fading memory.

In 2024, acclaimed instrumental post-rock band IF THESE TREES COULD TALK released a single, “Trail Of Whispering Giants,” the group’s first new music in eight years. Fans clamored for more. The wait is over with The Hidden Hand, a full album of nine stellar, provocative songs set for release on July 10th through Metal Blade Records.

In a year marking four decades since their first incarnation as Black Death, 2026 sees the return of Norwegian duo Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, better known as Darkthrone. The new studio album Pre-Historic Metal, out now via Peaceville, is fuelled by a long-running obsession with invoking the spirit of old-sounding metal, and doing things in their own, uncompromising way.

Chart-topping German symphonic metal icons XANDRIA will release their new studio album, Eclipse, on August 7, 2026, via Napalm Records. The upcoming full-length features eleven tracks that represent the most diverse body of work in the band’s discography so far: every song has its own identity—a journey full of discoveries—yet they all belong to the same world

American thrash metal pioneers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are gearing up to unleash their explosive Napalm Records debut album Rats In The Temple, on August 28, 2026. The legends from Arizona have been a fixture of the metal scene for the better part of the last four decades.

Today, British alternative rock mainstays Basement return with the release of WIRED, their first new album in over eight years via their original label, Run For Cover Records. They also share the album’s focus track "Time Waster," the LP’s opening song, and a fitting entry point into the WIRED’s mix of urgency, melody, and raw intensity.

Today, the world’s fastest band speeds up and into its biggest, boldest and most electrifying era to date: DRAGONFORCE have announced Alissa White-Gluz as their newest member and first frontwoman. In a momentous union of two storied and unstoppable forces, the preeminent pioneers of extreme power metal will now be joined by one of metal’s legendary vocalists, unleashing both an intrepid evolution of the genre and the start of a seismic year ahead.

A lot has changed in the six years since Liverpool based alternative quartet Loathe released their seismic sophomore album I Let It In And It Took Everything. An album that not only changed the course of their careers but changed the course of heavy music at large.

Plini, the prolific Australian guitarist, composer and producer has released his highly anticipated brand new album An Unnameable Desire, out now. Across the space of 10 tracks, An Unnameable Desire blends staggering intricacy with moments of surging heaviness and billowing bliss, catapulting Plini's expansive dexterity and sonic diversity into even greater new heights.

It is impossible to consider the music of THE AMITY AFFLICTION as anything but visceral, emotional and relentless in its energy and impact. Their storied career has produced eight studio albums that have become torchbearers for many formative chapters of Australian metal music; as a band, THE AMITY AFFLICTION has firmly established their place as one of the country’s most enduring names of the heavy genre.

Electric Callboy announces their long-anticipated new album TANZNEID, set for release on August 7, via Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia. At the same time, the band joins forces with global gaming hit game Brawl Stars for their explosive new single and video Hypercharged, which also introduces the new character “Damian” to the Brawl Stars universe.

Following Wardruna on their most recent European shows, this documentary traces the band’s journey through the Birna album cycle and the past 1.5 years of the World Tour. 
From the Royal Albert Hall and the Amphitheatre of Pompeii to the indigenous lands of the Blackfeet Nation, and onward through Australia, New Zealand, and beyond, it shows the relationships, shared history, and trust built on the road.

Equal Vision Records/Civilians and Quicksand are excited to announce the Friday 17 July release of Bring On The Psychics, the brand new album from the New York City post-hardcore veterans. Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece

Sepultura close out their 40-year career with ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, a final EP that blends heavy intensity with melody and reflection. Across four tracks, the band delivers a closing statement that captures their legacy while looking toward what comes next.

Today, long standing hardcore band TERROR release their tenth album, STILL SUFFER, available 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.

Multi-platinum rock band SEETHER return with Beneath The Surface, a powerful new digital EP. Expanding on the emotional depth and sonic intensity that have defined their career, the EP offers fans a deeper look into the band’s creative core—where raw honesty and heavy-hitting melodies collide.

‘…Beginning Of The End’ sets a dark, brooding tone as Portrayal of Guilt explore religious imagery, darkness and socio-political ideas across 11 songs. With heavy basslines, intense vocals and moments of hypnotic melody, the album delivers a raw and unsettling soundscape with plenty to think about.

After numerous world tours, ten full length albums, and globally recognized acclaim, DevilDriver remain full speed ahead. The band announces their explosive eleventh full length, Strike and Kill, out July 10, 2026 via Napalm Records, returning to their carnivorous origin and reigniting the incendiary sound that founded their legacy.

LØLØ delivers a raw, diaristic turn on God Forbid A Girl Spits Out Her Feelings, trading pop-punk gloss for acoustic intimacy. Across 12 tracks, she dissects heartbreak, situationships, and self-doubt with sharp, witty songwriting, blending stripped-back emotion with bursts of punchy pop-rock energy.