Hard to believe we’re now in Q4 2026, where pumpkin spice, Uggs, and spooky season are all around us. Feel free to jam the playlist below, request reviews from staff and contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: let’s split up, gang!
– List of Releases: October 2nd, 2026 –
The Album Leaf – A Body of Voices
Genre: Ambient / Trip Hop
Label: Nettwerk
Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Viking Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Blossoms – Songs from the Wedding Cake
Genre: Indie Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Distiller
Brymir – What We Leave Behind
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Symphonic Metal
Label: Napalm
Butcher Babies – Nightbloom
Genre: Alternative Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Judge & Jury
Dead Poet Society – Monarch
Genre: Alternative Rock / Industrial Rock
Label: Spinefarm
Deerhoof – Divine Schism
Genre: Noise / Experimental Rock
Label: [independent]
Dev Lemons – Hunting What We Already Killed
Genre: Slacker Rock / Bedroom Pop
Label: ONErpm
Dexter and the Moonrocks – Friends That I Don’t Like
Genre: Post-Grunge / Alt-Country
Label: Big Loud
Escape the Fate – The Last Goodbye
Genre: Alternative Metal / Melodic Metalcore
Label: Big Noise
The Fall – Post Script
Genre: Coldwave / Post-Industrial
Label: Cog Sinister
Fat Dog – Cancel Me (I’m Tired)
Genre: Dance-Punk Revival / New Rave
Label: Domino
From First to Last – We Were Bleeding Anyway [EP]
Genre: Metalcore / Mall Screamo
Label: Fearless
Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings
Genre: Power Metal / Symphonic Metal
Label: Napalm
Ghøstkid – Follow the White Rabbit
Genre: Alternative Metal / Industrial Metal
Label: Century Media
Greg Freeman – All Set the Bone
Genre: Slacker Rock / Alt-Country
Label: Transgressive
Haywire – I Don’t Want to Say Goodbye
Genre: Melodic Hardcore / Street Punk
Label: Roadrunner
Hippotraktor – Annihilist
Genre: Post-Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Pelagic
Imminence – Axis Mundi
Genre: Alternative Metal / Symphonic Metal
Label: Sumerian
Johnny Marr – The Age of Everything
Genre: Jangle Pop / Post-Punk Revival
Label: New Voodoo
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ruin: It’s Not Just Music
Genre: Glitch Pop / Drum and Bass
Label: Somebody Special
Kodaline – We Were Only Young
Genre: Indie Pop / Stomp and Holler
Label: Fantasy
Logic1000 – Confirmation!
Genre: Synthpop / Progressive Breaks
Label: Therapy
Master Peace – If I Don’t Love You, Who Will?
Genre: Indie Rock / Alt-Pop
Label: STEM
Meshell Ndegeocello – Synonym
Genre: Neo-Soul / Progressive Soul
Label: Blue Note
Miranda Lambert – Crisco
Genre: Urban Cowboy / Countrypolitan
Label: Mercury Nashville
Miss May I – No Place for Me
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal
Label: Solid State
Of Virtue – Death of the Altar
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Arising Empire
The Paradox – Proceed with Caution [EP]
Genre: Neon Pop Punk / Emo-Pop
Label: Hundred Days
Phoebe Green – Premature Nostalgia
Genre: Alt-Pop / Indie Pop
Label: The Green Dream Machine
Quavo – Qrömelife
Genre: Pop Rap / Trap
Label: Quality Control
Spirit Possession – Cathedral Speech
Genre: Black Metal / Speed Metal
Label: Profound Lore
Swans – Newly Sentient Being [Live Album]
Genre: Post-Rock / Experimental Rock
Label: Young God
To the Grave – Liberation Front
Genre: Deathcore / Brutal Death Metal
Label: BLKIIBLK
Vacations – Pursuit of Anything
Genre: Indie Pop / Slacker Rock
Label: No Fun
Victoria Monét – Frequency of Love
Genre: Contemporary R&B / Dance-Pop
Label: RCA
Walt Disco – Walt Disco
Genre: New Wave / Glam Rock
Label: Universal
Wishy – Nature’s Pill
Genre: Power Pop / Shoegaze
Label: Winspear
Wynonna – The Hard Truth
Genre: Contemporary Country / Americana
Label: Anti-
Xasthur – Open to Misinterpretation
Genre: Dark Folk / Neofolk
Label: Prophecy
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