Forged in London in 1979 (originally under the name Defender), MORE quickly became part of the second wave of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Their first two albums, Warhead (1981) and Blood & ...

Firewind guitarist Gus G. announces his fifth solo album Steel Burner, due April 24, 2026, and shares the title track. Released via via Metal Department Records ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Here is your 2026 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 ...

Here are 11 essential emo albums from the early 2000s that you should absolutely own on vinyl. This era saw the genre reach the next level as what was considered "emo" started to lean more into ...

We all have a favorite album that we can listen to from start to finish with zero skips. That type of listening experience is unlike any other, and it takes a special artist/band to pull off that ...

The latest album news from Jack Harlow wasn’t even his own: Back in June, Lorde said that Harlow had heard her album Virgin and told her of her lyrics, “These are bars!” She did note, though, that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections. Kim ...

Out on the wily, windy moors we roll with Charli XCX. Her companion album for director Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie is a complete departure from the hyper-drive dance-pop of her 2024 ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming ...

If there’s one universal truth about Jill Scott, it’s that she contains multitudes. It’s been a recurring revelation across her discography, dating back to her 2000 debut, “Who Is Jill Scott?: Words ...