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International metalcore titans Parkway Drive have officially confirmed they are tracking brand-new material, breaking their digital silence with a surprise photo transmission straight from the recording studio. The unexpected update, shared via the band’s official Instagram account on May 23, 2026, confirms that the Byron Bay quintet is actively engineering the highly anticipated follow-up to 2022’s Darker Still.

With the band’s live itinerary completely cleared of traditional global touring dates until the final stretch of the year, the musicians have locked themselves away behind the boards, fulfilling a promise to devote the entirety of 2026 to studio experimentation and structural composition.

“Heaviest Thing We’ve Done”: Winston McCall Reveals Massive Sonic Ambitions

The sudden studio revelation clarifies why the standard heavy touring champions have intentionally stayed off the road. Aside from a historic headline slot at Byron Bay’s Bluesfest earlier this spring and their booked headline performance for the sold-out inaugural Hellbound Cruise from Sydney this coming October, the band’s calendar has been entirely hollowed out to maximize creative output.

Frontman Winston McCall shed light on the intense mindset dominating the tracking room, noting that early blueprints are moving at an aggressive pace. Instead of leaning further into the commercial radio-rock space, the band is actively steering the ship backward into technical, blistering aggression.

“We’re just rolling on momentum at the moment,” says vocalist Winston McCall regarding the current sessions. “Thus far we want it to make an impact, and it’s probably the most intense-sounding music that we’ve created in a very long time, which is great. There’s some stuff where we’re like, ‘All right, what’s the fastest we’ve played? Let’s play it faster than that. Let’s make it the heaviest thing we’ve done.’ We plan on creating something that’s far bigger than anything that we’ve done, and I think we’ll have the time to actually do it.”

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The transition back into tracking mode follows a massive 20th Anniversary world tour, alongside a historic, sold-out performance backed by a full symphonic orchestra at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Rather than immediately rushing back into the endless loop of summer festival cycles, Parkway Drive intentionally downshifted their live activity to prevent creative burnout.

While specific production personnel, single release dates, and track numbers remain strictly classified under the band’s camp, the timeline points to a comprehensive recording cycle extending well into the winter. Heavy music insiders estimate that while early tracking snapshots are leaking now, the final engineered master will likely target a high-profile global release window in mid-to-late 2027 through Epitaph Records, alongside a heavily rumored live album and documentary film capturing their symphonic Opera House set.

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FAQ: Parkway Drive New Album Progress

Is Parkway Drive making a new album? Yes. Parkway Drive officially shared confirmation from the tracking studio on May 23, 2026, revealing they are actively writing and engineering brand-new material to follow up their previous studio release, Darker Still.

When will the new Parkway Drive album be released? While the band has officially commenced writing and recording sessions throughout 2026, no official title, tracklist, or release date has been disclosed. Due to their extensive tracking timeline, a formal release is projected for early 2027.

Are Parkway Drive touring in 2026? Parkway Drive have intentionally cleared their traditional global touring schedule for the vast majority of 2026 to focus entirely on writing. Their next confirmed live appearance is scheduled for the Hellbound Cruise leaving Sydney, Australia, on October 22, 2026, which sold out in under ten minutes.

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TL;DR:

Australian metalcore leaders Parkway Drive have officially entered the studio to track their upcoming seventh studio album. Frontman Winston McCall revealed that initial writing progress has been moving incredibly fast, promising that the new material is shaping up to be the heaviest, fastest, and most intense music the band has created in a very long time.

Given that Winston McCall is teasing a return to the absolute heaviest and fastest sound they’ve done in years, do you think this new material will silence the old-school fans who felt they went too commercial on Darker Still?

 

 

 

 

 

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Long before Vince Gill became one of country music’s most respected voices, he was a young Oklahoma musician obsessed with bluegrass, harmony singing, and guitar playing. Born Vincent Grant Gill on April 12, 1957, in Norman, Oklahoma, he grew up in a musical household where his father encouraged him to learn multiple instruments. Gill became highly skilled on guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, and dobro while still young, absorbing influences from bluegrass, country, rock, and southern gospel music. During his teenage years, he played in local bluegrass groups and developed the smooth tenor voice that later became one of the most

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Turkish filmmaker-turned-musician Emir Erbes has officially unveiled his latest single, “Fugitives.” Based in Istanbul, Erbes is rapidly becoming

Belgrade’s country rock powerhouse Backsprint made a surprising and beautiful pivot last Friday, May 22, 2026, with the

Here are the new releases for May 24th to 30th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available.

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Upcoming Metal Releases: 5/24/26 – 5/30/26

Monolord — Neverending | Relapse Records | Doom Metal | Sweden (Gothenburg)

Neverending, the newest burnt offering from highly regarded Swedish doomslayers Monolord, will soon be released via longstanding extreme music haven Relapse Records. The thunderous power trio hooked up with vaunted veteran producer and engineer Sylvia Massy to record their ambitious new material. Massy proposed an intriguing collaborative process, asking guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jager to send “everything we had–not just songs written for the album, but every stray riff and idea” the band had accumulated. After listening, the producer sent Monolord “a list of what she wanted to work on.” The result is an immense eight-song monolith viewed as a “focused but expansive” distillation of the group’s sound. “You Bastard” is a haunting, writhing vortex of acidic, bone-deep (purple) riffs and hazy, cosmic Sabbathian vocal insinuations. I try to avoid reflexive invocation of ye olde Iommic Life when bands operate in this register but the vocal nod to “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” and overall aura make it damn near unavoidable here. Thick, jagged bass tones and gauzy borderline shoegaze vocals permeate “Oozing Wound.” The group shifts gears and moods entirely on “It’s Neverending,” a grinding, blown-out slab o’ sludge with guest growls from Grave’s Jorgen Sandstrom. Get ready for a doomy summer.

–Dennis J. Seese

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Trelldom — …by the word… | Prophecy Productions | Avant-garde Metal | Norway

From Colin Dempsey’s interview with Trelldom:

Gaahl performs conservatively on …by the word…, hushing and singing through cluttered sculptures. He occasionally commands the band, but oftentimes he operates as a companion and adversary to Kjetil Møster, whose saxophone is as much of a lead vocalist as Gaahl. The dynamic is rare in metal, focusing less on the texture and horsepower of the music and, instead, offering a subtle shift to standard rock roles.

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Elder — Through Zero | Blues Funeral Recordings | Progressive Rock | Germany (Berlin)

Gliding along soft guitar melodies and sweet vocals, Through Zero is an atmospheric journey into green and fruitful planets. Elder wrap themselves in lush production, allowing their progressive excursions to feel more emotional; more like the first steps beyond the unexplored. When the band isn’t exploding through expansive passages, they’re floating through hazy guitars and keyboards. There’s still bite within the thick bass, heavy drums, and the occasional dirtiness of a brutish guitar tone, but the band is taking another step away from stoner metal and toward heavy psych. Their grand movements feel more epic when painted with friendlier strokes.

–Aidan Sibley

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Maladie — The Dance of Tragedies | Apostasy Records | Avant-garde Black Metal | Germany (Ludwigshafen)

Maladie are veterans at making odd, off-kilter extreme metal at this point, and The Dance of Tragedies promises to be no different. The title track starts as a straightforward, high-energy song that bristles with punk rock energy. However, by the time it reaches the two-minute mark, it has mutated into something much stranger. An unsettling piano builds into blasting chords and twisted guitar riffing before collapsing back into a languid saxophone solo. So much is packed into the one song, and the rest of the album is likely to be as eventful.

–Kevin Zecchel

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The Fifth Alliance — Stenahoria | Tartarus Records | Doom Metal + Black Metal | Netherlands (Breda)

From Colin Dempsey’s track premiere of “The Fool on the Hill”:

The Fifth Alliance pivot between riveting atmospheric black metal and doom metal, the latter of which draws from a hallowed source. The contrast props the more gut-wrenching and stereotypically heavy segments as less bleak than the towering cleans, if only because the band isn’t afraid to bare their wounds. Stenahoria, as a whole, embodies that premise, but you’ll have to wait until May to hear it all.

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Siyahkal — Corrupt / فاسد | Static Shock Records | Hardcore Punk | Canada (Toronto, ON)

In 2025, Toronto hardcore band Siyahkal took plenty of vocal risks on their debut album, Days of Smoke and Ash / روزای دود و خاکستر. Gasps, coughs, and maniacal laughter burst out like the orders of a drill sergeant atop ferocious punk. Just over a year later, the group is back, devastated and angry, contextualizing Corrupt / فاسد as a reaction to the war against Iran and the repeated violence against its citizens. A scream of rebellion commences the record, and the constant d-beat pace orders listeners to run. Run to protection. Run to defend. Run to stop the aggressors. What once sounded like demands of war are now declarations to help those suffering, wrapped in hardcore that makes a revolutionary out of every listener.

–Aidan Sibley

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Funebrarum — Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence | Pulverised Records | Death Metal | United States

It’s fitting that this record begins with an epic symphonic intro titled “The Arrival” because Funebrarum fans have been eagerly awaiting this one for seven years. I’m happy to report that the formerly North Jersey—now North American—death metal wrecking crew does not disappoint with Beckoning The Void of Eternal Silence. Since the album was initially recorded in 2019, Funebrarum’s lineup has expanded beyond founding vocalist Daryl Kahan to include past and present members of Ascended Dead, Hulder, and Chthe’ilist. Thus, it should come as no surprise that Funebrarum’s third album delivers nearly 50 minutes of filthy, sepulchral gloom. You know those horror movies in which an earthquake unleashes some kind of long-dormant evil from beneath an ancient burial ground? Imagine that, but all the ghouls and zombies are headbanging—and putting what’s left of their lower backs into it.

–Alex Chan

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Galvanist — The Silence Between the Stars | Independent | Sludge Metal + Black Metal + Doom Metal | United States (Bozeman, MT)

Galvanist received a large write-up in our recent Fire in the Mountains preview, detailing how Montana’s geography shapes their lonely take on doom metal. Their second record, The Silence Between the Stars, takes them to darker places as they lean into black metal mysticism, mutating themselves into a sludgier–and harder hitting–outfit.

Editor’s note: If this blurb looks familiar, it’s because we were originally informed The Silence Between the Stars would release in March and included it in an Upcoming Metal Releases entry then.

–Colin Dempsey

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Groningen grind squad Suffering Quota don’t waste time with body blows, they go straight for the killshot on “Head,” a relentlessly punishing and punishingly relentless slice of their forthcoming album, Sisyphean Life, that we’re premiering today. The Greek mythology-inspired song cycle is animated by the “idea of eternal return” and the “endless push uphill with the recurring descent into depression.” Proof of concept is manifested within “Head”’s barrage of hardcore-adjacent, hurricane-force shrieks standing tentatively astride a crumbling serac of speedball riffs and a nimble array of blasts courtesy of drummer Martin Kah. Whiplash tempo changes ultimately send this roiling edifice crashing down into a miserable avalanche of suffocating grind shrapnel. Razor-sharp production gives “Head” a level of sonic depth and power that further illuminates the song’s fierce, desperate energy. Listen to it before Sisyphean Life releases later this year.

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Sisyphean Life arrives via Tartarus Records this year.

 The masters of symphonic black metal are finally breaking their silence. Dimmu Borgir has officially announced their long-awaited new full-length album, Grand Serpent Rising, slated for release later this year via Nuclear Blast. Accompanying the announcement is the title track’s music video, a cinematic descent into the band’s signature blend of orchestral grandeur and extreme metal ferocity.

For fans who have been waiting since 2018’s Eonian, this new chapter feels like a return to the more aggressive, darker roots of the Death Cult Armageddon era, but with the refined production of 2026. Silenoz and Shagrath have crafted a soundscape that feels both ancient and futuristic, utilizing a full live orchestra to heighten the atmospheric tension.

The Serpent Reigns.

“This is the most challenging and rewarding piece of art we’ve ever created,” Shagrath stated regarding the new single. The track “Grand Serpent Rising” showcases a relentless double-bass assault and choral arrangements that sound like a literal summoning. It’s clear that Dimmu Borgir isn’t interested in following trends; they are here to redefine the genre they helped build.

With a massive North American tour alongside Suffocation already confirmed for August, the hype for Grand Serpent Rising is just beginning to boil over. The serpent has indeed risen, and the metal world is taking notice.

Stay tuned for more updates on pre-orders and tour dates as they emerge.

 The masters of symphonic black metal are finally breaking their silence. Dimmu Borgir has officially announced their long-awaited new full-length album, Grand Serpent Rising, slated for release later this year via Nuclear Blast. Accompanying the announcement is the title track’s music video, a cinematic descent into the band’s signature blend of orchestral grandeur and extreme metal ferocity.

For fans who have been waiting since 2018’s Eonian, this new chapter feels like a return to the more aggressive, darker roots of the Death Cult Armageddon era, but with the refined production of 2026. Silenoz and Shagrath have crafted a soundscape that feels both ancient and futuristic, utilizing a full live orchestra to heighten the atmospheric tension.

The Serpent Reigns.

“This is the most challenging and rewarding piece of art we’ve ever created,” Shagrath stated regarding the new single. The track “Grand Serpent Rising” showcases a relentless double-bass assault and choral arrangements that sound like a literal summoning. It’s clear that Dimmu Borgir isn’t interested in following trends; they are here to redefine the genre they helped build.

With a massive North American tour alongside Suffocation already confirmed for August, the hype for Grand Serpent Rising is just beginning to boil over. The serpent has indeed risen, and the metal world is taking notice.

Stay tuned for more updates on pre-orders and tour dates as they emerge.

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