The 13 New Albums, Spring 2026
The special ones for the period from March to May of this year. Gonna do a big listening session when I'm back from a job trip |
| 1 |  | Major Parkinson
Valesa – Chapter II: Viva the Apocalypse!
I know people are saying it's not as good as the previous one, but even so this is the most important album of this spring personally for me |
| 2 |  | Poison the Well
Peace In Place
Did a discography run for this one in anticipation of the new record, now it's finally time to hear it. |
| 3 |  | The Twilight Sad
It's The Long Goodbye
I hope these dudes finally click with me |
| 4 |  | Diatom
Low Light
An alt. metal band from Poland with proggier tendencies. Almost certainly will review their first album, we'll see about this one |
| 5 |  | Corrosion of Conformity
Good God / Baad Man
Again, finally did a discography run for these guys, let's see what they gave us this year |
| 6 |  | Long Distance Calling
The Phantom Void
If it's as good as Eraser, I'm in for a treat |
| 7 |  | Crimson Glory
Chasing The Hydra
More out of curiosity, did not expect anything new from this band at all. Maaaybe will write a review. |
| 8 |  | Crippled Black Phoenix
Sceaduhelm
Again, Banefyre was a masterpiece, I'm very curious about the follow-up. I'd like to see this one reviewed, but not review by myself |
| 9 |  | At The Gates
The Ghost of a Future Dead
More in memory of Tompa, but of all their modern releases I actually only disliked At War with Reality, which was boring. They kept getting better with each release since then. |
| 10 |  | Failure
Location Lost
Don't really expect anything here, Wild Type Droid flew in one ear out of the other. But somehow I am still interested in this one |
| 11 |  | Einar Solberg
Vox Occulta
I feel like this one will be much stronger than the first, which I also liked. Again, would be happy to read someone else's thoughts about this one, don't see myself reviewing it. |
| 12 |  | The Claypool Lennon Delirium
The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy
Love the goofy title and the whole idea of this collaboration |
| 13 |  | Armored Saint
Emotion Factory Reset
Love these reliable guys.
Honorable mentions: New Idea Society - Fire on the Hill (thanks to ShartHarder for spreading the word about this one)
Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World (still did not give these guys a proper listen, otherwise maybe they would've been on the main list)
A few years ago Devin Townsend would've been on a list like that as well, but unfortunately I've lost my faith in Devy. |
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