Cirith Ungol rise from the shadows once again, dragging their unmistakable brand of epic heavy metal through a wasteland of doom, madness and apocalyptic visions. *All the Shadows*, their seventh studio album, is a dark and defiant return from California’s legendary metal warriors, with Tim Baker’s haunting voice still leading the charge.
Year of manufacture: 2026
Genre: Progressive Rock / Neo-Prog
Country: Netherlands
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Genre: Heavy Metal
Country of origin (band): Italy
Year of release: 2026
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IQ celebrate 45 years with a four-CD live archive capturing both nights of their February 2026 Weekender at The Met in Bury. Across two full shows, the band move from deep catalogue cuts to a complete performance of “Dominion”, sounding as focused and adventurous as ever.
After sixty years in rock ’n’ roll, SLADE guitarist Dave Hill finally steps out with his first solo album, “Dirty Foot Lane”. Rather than chasing old glory, he looks back at the road that made him — family, ambition, struggle, stage lights and all the strange miles in between.
THE TRACY G. GROUP come in heavy on “Makkinagedoom”, a dark slab of doom-soaked heavy metal built on filthy riffs, grinding grooves and Fabiano Negri’s powerful vocals. It sounds like the spirit of Tracy G’s DIO years dragged through a modern scrapyard and wired back to life.
Australian hard rockers MYSTERY return with “Out For Blood”, sounding tougher, sharper and noticeably more mature than the teenage firebrands who first appeared back in 2013. The hooks are still huge, but now there is more weight behind the riffs and a darker edge underneath the polish.
Nearly three decades of American heavy metal are packed into “Best Of The Witch”, a 27-track career-spanning collection personally assembled by guitarist Jack Frost. Fully remastered, the set runs from the band’s early power-metal fire to darker, heavier later material without losing that unmistakable SEVEN WITCHES steel.
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“The Who By Numbers” turns 50 with a vault-emptying Super Deluxe edition that goes far beyond a simple anniversary remaster. Five CDs, a Blu-ray, dozens of unreleased studio recordings and two major live documents turn one of THE WHO’s most personal albums into a full-scale excavation of the band in 1975–76.
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“Chester Rose” is not simply another theatrical hard rock album — it is a ghost from the classic ALICE COOPER era finally given flesh. Dark, decadent and soaked in ’70s shock-rock atmosphere, the record feels like a lost nightmare dragged back into the light.