Calgary metallers THE ASTRAL PROPHETS launch their first full-length with “Invasion”, an eight-track blast of groove, power and cosmic heavy metal. Big riffs, punchy bass, soaring hooks and sci-fi atmosphere turn the album into something that feels halfway between a battle cruiser and a biker bar in deep space.
Asturian power metallers ARGION step into a new era with “VLTREIA”, their third album and the first with Richard de la Uz at the microphone. The band keep their epic backbone intact, but the sound is broader now — more cinematic, more emotional and noticeably more modern around the edges.
Year of manufacture: 2026
Genre: Progressive Rock / Prog Folk / Metal
Country: Norway
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Year of manufacture: 2026
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Switzerland
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Norwegian instrumental explorers THE SAMUEL JACKSON FIVE return with “A Passage to Elsewhere”, their first full-length album in nearly a decade. The record drifts between progressive rock, post-rock, jazz-tinted textures and experimental electronics, but never settles long enough to become predictable.
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South Florida siblings THE HAUNT return with “Ghost”, a dark, hook-heavy second album where bruised alternative rock collides with gothic electronics, industrial noise and sharp modern-pop instincts. It is sleek on the surface, but there is something restless and emotionally frayed underneath.
VIGIL hit the ground like a collapsing ceiling on “Primordial Rites”, a debut packed with razor-wire riffs, mosh-ready breaks and Jessica Timberlake’s commanding vocals. This is old-school thrash with fresh blood in its veins — vicious, direct and built to leave bruises.
Danish rockers ELECTRIC GUITARS throw the rulebook into the back seat on “What Are We Waiting For”, a record that keeps the twin-guitar fire burning while wiring the whole machine into synths, loops and a much more modern pulse. It still rocks hard, but this time the road is lit by neon instead of bar-room bulbs.
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Former GODSMACK guitarist Lee Richards steps back into the spotlight with “Songs For A Broken World”, a hard rock debut full of thick riffs, weathered melodies and the kind of songwriting that sounds lived-in rather than manufactured. There is weight here, but also warmth — music with scars showing through the polish.
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FUEL return with “Pendulum”, their seventh studio album and a sharp reminder that the band’s post-grunge engine still has plenty of fuel left in the tank. Thick guitars, bruised melodies and Aaron Scott’s powerful vocals give the record a familiar early-2000s punch without making it feel trapped there.