Melancholic fury: TRANSMISSION ZERO on roughing up post-rock, turning a breakup into new chapter

Chicanx hardcore pack QUIET FEAR traces backyard shows, language, and pressure on“La Tierra Arriba/El Abismo Abajo”

UNDERGROUND PALACE return with “Lo Que Prometiste”, map out Mexico City’s post-punk underground

Melodic hardcore punks CIRCLES break down “In Defense of Lost Causes”

Vienna Crew Records presents ALIVE INSIDE: “The Only Way Out”

Blackened metal hardcore beast PILORI explores what survives after death on “Sans Adieu”

Dark wave act TINDER YOUTH premieres “Let’s Not Keep In Touch,” the first single from Gianmaria of Carnero’s new solo project

Melodic hardcore punks STATE POWER hit hard with new single “Schizoscene”

SCARBORO walk through “Hate Season” track by track – from a Congressional campaign to a love letter to punk

Emo rocker Brightr on the autumn that nearly broke him, Julien Baker in traffic, and new double A-side “Pob Lwc”

Athens post-screamo outfit PRAY FOR DECADENCE drop intriguing 2-tracker “Sleeping in the Deep”

Cinematic indie rockers MERWULF premiere “The Mountain Lion,” a grief-driven single shot on the Oregon coast during king tides

Ex-OHHMS members MAN BAND launch “Strong Man” with “Dane Valley” and a look at male identity

London’s WATERDEER explore myth, regret, and missed connection on debut double single “Goddamn//Cassandra”

Norway’s HEAVE BLOOD & DIE reissue “Burnout Codes” on Arduous label

COLD PHASE wrap up an intense year of fast work, name changes, and figuring out how to move forward

Eddie Gobbo of SOMETHING IS WAITING drops a new live album and walks us straight into his “Best for Business” wrestlers of 2026

Goth rockers COLD IN BERLIN return with “Wounds”, built around the scars people carry and the strange strength that rises from them

Experimental rockers MAIN ERA capture a year of shared walls, shifting identity, and blurred reality on “Four of Wands”

ELBOWSWAY introduce themselves with “common sense” as one of the first shoegaze voices to emerge from Tashkent