Satanic Planet – Dead Deities
The second album by Satanic Planet, the band of Lucien Greaves, Luke Henshaw, Justin Pearson and Dave Lombardo: eleven tracks on Relapse Records, with Three One G.
cowfisH – Alchemy Of Dream
The Hull band Tim O’Connor founded in 1993 releases what it calls its 25th album: eleven songs recorded in summer 2026 in Scotland.
Bradford Cox revives Atlas Sound with “Octoberland”, the project’s first song since 2011
The Deerhunter frontman has released the first new song from his solo project since “Parallax” on 4AD. Atlas Sound is on the Primavera Sound 2027 bill.
Kelly Green – Eat Your Greens
Kelly Green releases “Eat Your Greens”, recorded in New York in February 2026 with Wycliffe Gordon, Scott Robinson, Steve Wilson and Wallace Roney Jr.
Andrew Toombs – Alloy
Andrew Toombs’ first album as a leader, on Shifting Paradigm Records, with Junius Paul, Makaya McCraven and trumpeters Marquis Hill and Maurice Brown.
Oded Tzur – In The Arms Of A True Believer
With “In The Arms Of A True Believer”, six tracks on Sky River Music, Oded Tzur completes a trilogy dedicated to his wife, Isabela.
Witchthroat Serpent – Demons Left To Roam
The Toulouse doom band put out six tracks on Heavy Psych Sounds, recorded live to analogue tape at Kerwax, including an Eloy cover.
Red Kite – This Too Shall Pass
The Norwegian jazz-rock band’s third album, their first without Bernt André Moen and with saxophonist Gisle Johansen as a member. Eight tracks on Is It Jazz? Records.
Soft Machine – Slightly All The Time: Recordings 1970-1974
A 14-CD, three-Blu-ray box with Soft Machine’s five CBS albums, from “Third” to “Seven”, plus BBC sessions, concerts and TV footage, much of it previously unreleased.
Enigmatic Sound Machines – Divided By One
The fourth album by Jeremie Arrobas and Thomas Szirmay’s Montreal project, now a quartet with Hansford Rowe and Alain Bellaiche. Nine tracks, the last a Gary Numan cover.
Wardruna release “Helvegen II”, a new version of the song they recorded in 2012
The Norwegian group re-records the song from “Runaljod – Yggdrasil”, with a film shot in Iceland. The vinyl, available to pre-order until 30 November, is out in February.
Matt Carmichael – Held In The Dark
Matt Carmichael (saxophone) has released “Held In The Dark”, Carmichael’s fourth album, through Porthole Music on 16 October: eight tracks, with Fergus McCreadie on piano and Ali Watson on bass.
Cathedral – The Guessing Game (Rethink)
Rise Above Records releases “The Guessing Game (Rethink)” on 30 October, a reissue of Cathedral’s 2010 album with a new mix by Jaime Gomez Arellano.
Marc Ribot Quartet – Hurry Red Telephone
Pi Recordings releases “Hurry Red Telephone”, by the Marc Ribot Quartet, on 30 October: six tracks, four by Ribot and two by Frantz Casséus, on CD, vinyl and digital.
The Gathering – Echoes Of Mandylion
The Gathering have released the live album “Echoes Of Mandylion”, of sixteen tracks, recorded at Doornroosje in Nijmegen from 27 to 31 August 2025, digitally on Bandcamp.
Atomic Kings – Too
Atomic Kings, with the bassist Greg Chaisson (ex-Badlands), release “Too” on 19 October through FireRock Music Group: their second album, with nine tracks.
Fake Names – Punk Ruins
Fake Names, with members of Bad Religion and Refused, release “Punk Ruins” on 23 October through Epitaph: twelve tracks recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago in five days.
Avaland – Chemical Poetry
Avaland release “Chemical Poetry”, the French band’s third album, with twelve tracks. It is out on 30 October through Storytium, produced by Joost van den Broek.
Leng Tch’e – Hammered Into Collapse
Leng Tch’e release the EP “Hammered Into Collapse” on 23 October through Season of Mist: two tracks, digital only, and the first new material since “Razorgrind” (2017).
Temple Nightside – Cenotaph Severance
Temple Nightside release “Cenotaph Severance” on 30 October through Iron Bonehead Productions: the Australian band’s fifth album, with eight tracks, on CD and vinyl.
Joanne Shaw Taylor – The Trouble With Love
Joanne Shaw Taylor released “The Trouble With Love” on 23 October through Journeyman Records, produced by Kevin Shirley, with Joe Bonamassa and Orianthi as guests.
Maryann Cotton – Chester Rose
Maryann Cotton releases “Chester Rose” on 30 October through Deko Entertainment: twelve songs written by Cotton, Dick Wagner and Alice Cooper.
Polyphia – Be Not Afraid
Polyphia, from Plano (Texas), released “Be Not Afraid” on 23 October through Rise Records: a fifth studio album with twelve tracks and RJ Pasin as co-producer.
Dream Unending – Certain Uncertainties
Dream Unending release “Certain Uncertainties” through 20 Buck Spin: six tracks and guests including Leila Abdul-Rauf, on trumpet.
Michael Kiwanuka – FUDGE
Michael Kiwanuka releases “FUDGE” on 23 October through Polydor: twelve tracks and the first album produced without Danger Mouse or Inflo.
Ensemble Tikoro – Tortoise
Ensemble Tikoro, a five-voice choir from West Java, release “Tortoise” on cassette and digital, with parts two and three of the work.
SEK – Wallensteins Garage
SEK, a Berlin trio, make their debut with “Wallensteins Garage”, five tracks on Exile On Mainstream about General Wallenstein.
Queens of the Stone Age – Perfecth
Queens of the Stone Age release “Perfecth” on 30 October through Matador: their ninth studio album, produced by Josh Homme and Michael Shuman.
Enslaved – Mið
Enslaved release “Mið” on 30 October through Nuclear Blast: eight tracks, two guests and the first album since “Heimdal” (2023).
Anagnorisis – Caregriever
Anagnorisis, from Louisville, release “Caregriever”, their fourth album and the first since “Peripeteia” (2016), on CD and vinyl.
Zero Hour – No Man’s Land
Zero Hour release the EP “No Man’s Land” with two songs, “Codes Of Violence” and the title track, plus their instrumental versions, on CD and digital.
Clive Nolan – Song Of The Winter Throne: The Saga Of Håkon Håkonsson
Clive Nolan releases “Song Of The Winter Throne”, a concept album about the medieval Norwegian king Håkon Håkonsson, with an earbook edition of 2CD and DVD.
Big Crown Records – BCR10
Big Crown Records celebrates ten years with “BCR10 – Ten Years of Big Crown Records”, a 25-track double LP of songs from the label’s catalogue and recent releases.
Forbidden – Forbidden
Forbidden release their self-titled album on BLKIIBLK on 23 October 2026, the San Francisco Bay Area band’s first full-length since “Omega Wave” in 2010.
Sue Foley – alone (together) A Holiday Companion
Sue Foley releases “alone (together) A Holiday Companion” on CD and vinyl, eight tracks produced by her and Michael Zschoche.
N8NOFACE – Tomorrow’s World
N8NOFACE releases “Tomorrow’s World” on Stones Throw on 16 October 2026, an album produced by Dave Sitek with Hudson Mohawke, Snow Wife and Angélica Garcia.
Phil Collins posts his full forty-four-minute conversation with Steven Wilson about “Face Value”
The talk took place in London on 30 September, at the launch of the 45th-anniversary reissue of Collins’s solo debut, with new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes by Wilson.
Skid Row have a new singer: Justin Sargent, who debuts on a cover of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
The band found Erik Grönwall’s replacement in their home state, after more than two years off the stage. Nick Raskulinecz produced the Who cover.
The 1999 Swedish tribute to Captain Beyond comes out on vinyl for the first time on 20 November, and the CD adds Ministry and Peter Hook
Cleopatra reissues the Record Heaven album with Pentagram, The Flower Kings and Nik Turner, which revisits the 1972 debut. The Ministry and Peter Hook versions are on the CD only.
Credo return after fifteen years with “We The Disconnected”, a double CD of eight tracks
Credo released “We The Disconnected” on 23 October on Gargoyle Records: the British progressive rock band’s first album since “Against Reason” (2011).