Los Angeles extreme‑metal shapeshifters Ashen Horde will release their brand-new album, ‘The Harvest’ on May 1st, 2026. Their fifth full‑length album and the first to feature new vocalist Karl Chamberlain (Putrefier, Alcyone, Necrotic Remains).
It’s a lean ten tracks, doesn’t really have any filler, and feels very true to what the band is renowned for. I think a ton of people are going to love it, I just wish I could share that enthusiasm.
One of the most attention-grabbing listens heard this year so far, Silo are a band everyone needs to be listening to. Partially because of how genre-fluid this album is and partially because of how it delivers emotional authenticity.
Cage Fight will release their second studio album, ‘Exuvia’, on May 1st, 2026, via Spinefarm.
UK progressive metal band, Cognizance are back with a brand-new album, ‘In Light, No Shape’, out May 1st on Willowtip Records.
Following a tumultuous few years both personally and professionally, The Amity Affliction return with their brand-new album, ‘House of Cards’. The Australian melodic metalcore band will release it via Pure Noise Records on April 24th, 2026.
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At the Gates will release their new album ‘The Ghost of a Future Dead’ on April 24th, 2026, via Century Media Records.
Blindead 23 is the new Polish avant-metal juggernaut born from the ashes of Blindead. The debut album ‘Deuterium’ will be released on May 22nd, 2026, via Peaceville Records.
