Staff Picks: Best New Music

all genres

	Neurosis An Undying Love for a Burning World A comeback for the ages.		underscores U When I'm with you it feels like music...
	Cryptic Shift Overspace & Supertime The most epic, adventurous metal album of 2026 so far.		A Wilhelm Scream Cheap Heat Afterparty crasher.
	Converge Love Is Not Enough The golden boys are back to rock your world once again.		Fossilization Advent of Wounds One of the most prominent modern death metal bands returns for their sophomore effort.
	Charli XCX Wuthering Heights Goth pop vibes		Joyce Manor I Used To Go To This Bar An album so infectious, your only complaint will be that it ended too quickly.
	Mol Dreamcrush Mol mean business.		Hallas Panorama New Wave of Proto Heavy Metal
	Blackwater Holylight Not Here Not Gone A little extra time for some heavier doomgaze		Ronker Respect The Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever And now for something completely different.
	Fleshvessel Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded WHAT A WEIRDO!!!!		HEALTH Conflict DLC Follow your dreams, just keep them to yourself.
	Dead and Dripping Nefarious Scintillations BURP BURP BUUUUURRRRPPPP		Blut Aus Nord Ethereal Horizons Gorgeous soundscapes of ethereal horizons.
	Oneohtrix Point Never Tranquilizer Fabrics of the past quilted together.		Veilburner Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy "Oh, no tears please. It's a waste of good suffering..."
	Kauan Wayhome The real Kauan has returned!		Rosalia Lux Transcendent...
	Anna von Hausswolff Iconoclasts Oh Anna, you beautiful soul, you've done it yet again.		Coroner Dissonance Theory If you love a great Heavy Metal return story....here's your huckleberry
	An Abstract Illusion The Sleeping City The progression is complete		Greyhaven Keep It Quiet An aggressive resume-to-date that will hold fans over, but ultimately leave them hungry for more.