| Best of every month 2026 - an album calendar |
| 1 |  | Gorrch
Stillamentum
January.
Fantastic in its monotonous elegance and dissonant-hypnotic addiction. The guitars sound like Liturgy sometimes which brings a little bit light in the darkness of this record. Overall this album is very uncomfortable which is a compliment for a black metal album.
Rating 77/100.
others: Ronker - Respect The Hustle... / Dramatist - Wasting Words |
| 2 |  | Cryptic Shift
Overspace & Supertime
February.
I thought thrash metal is dead now (after Megadeth and Kreator this year) and then this album came out. Metal 2026 has to sound like this. Totally fresh, adventurous-epic and truly demanding sci-fi tech prog death thrash metal. You have to invest in this but it will all pay out. Collecting details and memories of this record is a pure joy.
Rating 93/100.
others: Misotheist - De Pinte / Converge - Love Is Not Enogh / Bizarrekult - Alt som finnes / Possession - The Mother of Darkness / Domhain - In Perfect Stillness / Mayhem - Liturgy Of Death / Speglas - Endarkenment, Being & Death / Fjort - Belle Époque / Nazghor - A World Ablaze |
| 3 |  | Neurosis
An Undying Love for a Burning World
March.
For sure this has to be the incredible comeback album of Neurosis with the incredible choice of Aaron Turner as a new bandmember. Turner does fit like he has always been part of this band and the album should be placed among their very best ones. It has all things that made Neurosis great over the course of their discography and therefore could be a great starting point for younger listeners who want to discover this outstanding band. Neurosis shadow dropping this was for sure one of the best moments of this year. This album, for what it is, is close to perfect.
Rating 96/100.
others: Këkht Aräkh - Morning Star / Rosa Faenskap - Ingenting Forblir / Chalk Hands - The Line That Shapes... / Bosse-de-Nage - Hidden Fires Burn Hottest / Miserere Luminis - Sidera |
| 4 |  | Cassus
Scalis Felden
expected for April against The Saddest Landscape and Immolation |
| 5 |  | Hammok
When Does This Place Become Our Scene
expected for June |
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