Happy New Year! Here comes another 12 months of madness, with a stacked calendar of festivals, tours and albums already. And if you’re looking at anniversaries, 2026 marks 40 years since Metallica put out Master Of Puppets, Slayer unleashed Reign In Blood, Megadeth released Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, and Iron Maiden did Somewhere In Time. Hell, The Black Parade turns 20 as well.
But don’t let that get in the way of how much killer new music there is just getting warmed up right now. From metal mania to punk, post-hardcore and shoegaze to art-rock, street-level hooliganism and dreamy stuff for darkness and headphones, there’s going to be a hell of a lot to get your teeth into, not to mention your ears around.
Here, we rack up 26 of the bands who are going to be making a very big noise in ’26…
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