What are the most anticipated rock and metal albums of 2026? Let's find out and let's take a look at the bands who currently working on new music, but haven't announced an album yet. The 2020s are ...

The 15 best hard rock and metal albums of 2025 comprise a combination of seasoned veterans still swinging for the fences, underground lifers and young heat-seekers who embrace the classic rock ethos.

The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

Testament's Para Bellum is both a thunderous celebration of the band's thrash legacy and a bold venture into uncharted territory — and it's Loudwire's best metal album of 2025. Why Did We Pick This ...

Old Skin Wails of Ten Thousand Sludge, sludge, baby. Old Skin, the Fort Collins band that blares at the altar of resurrected ...

Ghost's Skeletá has officially been crowned the album of the year by Metal Hammer. Following a vote by Metal Hammer staff and contributors, the sixth studio album from Tobias Forge's glittery Swedish ...

Though he recently tragically lost his former fellow KISS bandmate Ace Frehley, Peter Criss celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday, Dec. 20, the day after he released his first solo album in 18 ...

Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week’s newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...