2026 Albums

[Charger]

Indeed.

This is probably one of the best years for metal in a looooooooong time!

[Zzzptm]

New ANTHRAX tune is out!!!

This might be the best one yet!

I was listening to their stuff from 1984/85 earlier today. That's where I was, once upon a time. Seeing Anthrax backstage with their reading glasses on is kinda where I am today.

This track is keepin' it true. Hopefully, the rest of the album isn't a bait-and-switch with the other tracks being experimentations with pan flutes and accordions. I'm pretty sure that won't be the case, but this is one big crazy world and all...

[Thelemech]

I was just listening to State Of Euphoria today and I am going to get the new album as soon as possible
So many great records have been made for this year

[Charger]

Horror movie icon JOHN CARPENTER has released a new album!!

It's called CATHEDRAL and here's a track from it called REVENGE!

Carpenter has also made the music for almost all of his movies (part from The Thing that was scored by another legend Ennio Morricone) and he is a very talented composer.

I think I'll be getting this album...this track is rather brilliant!!

[Zzzptm]

1. Deep Purple - SPLAT!
2. Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
3. The Black Crowes - A Pound of Feathers
4. Megadeth - Megadeth
5. The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. The Stripp - Life Imitates Art
7. Metal Church - Dead to Rights
8. Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

9. Red Desert - Red Desert
10. Valley of the Sun - The Chariot
11. Love and Machines - Midival Punditz
12. Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition

[Zzzptm]

^ Added Red Desert by Red Desert. It's a nice enough groove album, I can play it in the background and enjoy it the way I do the Valley of the Sun release. This one has a few more groove hooks in it, so I'm enjoying it a bit more. It's not in the same league as the top 8 I have so far, but likeable enough for me to buy.

[Charger]

DOWN is back!!!

New album Volume V is coming in November and based on this track they'll be climbing high on the Album of the year listings!!

[Zzzptm]

1. Deep Purple - SPLAT!
2. Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
3. The Black Crowes - A Pound of Feathers
4. Megadeth - Megadeth
5. The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. The Stripp - Life Imitates Art
7. Metal Church - Dead to Rights
8. Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

9. Red Desert - Red Desert
10. Valley of the Sun - The Chariot
11. Love and Machines - Midival Punditz
12. Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition
13. Deaf Radio - Shelter

Tried out the latest from Deaf Radio and it was disappointing. I'm trying out a new album from Desert Collider, which I've not heard before, and it's likely to go into somewhere around where I have Red Desert and Valley of the Sun. It's good for environmental listening, and I'm likely going to buy it.

[Zzzptm]

1. Deep Purple - SPLAT!
2. Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
3. The Black Crowes - A Pound of Feathers
4. Megadeth - Megadeth
5. The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. The Stripp - Life Imitates Art
7. Metal Church - Dead to Rights
8. Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

9. Desert Collider - Generation Ship
10. Red Desert - Red Desert
11. Valley of the Sun - The Chariot
12. Love and Machines - Midival Punditz
13. Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition
14. Deaf Radio - Shelter

Bought the Desert Collider album, the last track "Nebuchadnezzar" is a proper banger. The whole album is heavy, fuzzy, and fierce.

[Zzzptm]

I'm playing the Desert Collider album enough that I think I need to have it square off against the Armored Saint album...

[Zzzptm]

1. Deep Purple - SPLAT!
2. Sky Valley Mistress - Luna Mausoleum
3. The Black Crowes - A Pound of Feathers
4. Megadeth - Megadeth
5. The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
6. The Stripp - Life Imitates Art
7. Metal Church - Dead to Rights
8. Desert Collider - Generation Ship
9. Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

10. Red Desert - Red Desert
11. Valley of the Sun - The Chariot
12. Love and Machines - Midival Punditz
13. Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition
14. Deaf Radio - Shelter

There are two songs on the Armored Saint album, Buckeye and It's a Buzzkill, that are sending me up the wall. When I play the album without them, it's great. The highs on it are very high, but damn those two songs bugged the hell outta me.

Desert Collider's album is consistent throughout and really drives things home with the final two songs. I don't skip anything and I don't want to miss anything on that release.