In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for some of the latest album announcements.
Reliqa – High Risk Thoughts
Credit: Jack Fontes
Reliqa will release new record High Risk Thoughts on February 12, 2027, through Nuclear Blast.
Tracklist:
Serum
Hands to the Ceiling
High Risk Thoughts
Quiet Coda
Your Touch
Cemetery Roots
One Word
Unguarded
Digital Heaven
Nobody Survives This
Heathen – Lifetime in Hell
Credit: Ty Fox
Heathen will release new album Lifetime in Hell on February 19 through Napalm Records.
David White said: “After touring extensively around the world in support of Empire of the Blind, we’ve spent the last year or so recording whenever we could make it happen, and we’re finally finished with this new album!
“We’re very proud to announce Lifetime in Hell. We want to thank Napalm Records for believing in us, Zeuss for producing the album, Jason Bittner for laying down the crushing drum tracks, and our families for their patience and support throughout this process. Most of all, we want to thank all of our fans for your enthusiasm and support over the years. We hope you wear this record out!”
Tracklist:
One Last Mistake
Escapegoat
Glass House (Feat. Jeff Loomis)
Sanity Charade
Lifetime in Hell
Goddess of the Light
Demons Making Trophies of Men
The Bitter End
Darkness Bleeds
Respite for the Damned
Exit Strategy
SNAYX – Greed
Credit: Leila Rummery
SNAYX will release debut album Greed on February 19, 2027, through Nettwerk.
“We’ve all just found such joy in those artists, and we wanted to share that but also put our unique SNAYX spin on it,” says Charlie.
“We figured it was better to experiment and see what we could get away with than try and play it safe,” adds Lainey.
Tracklist:
Violence
Wasted Again
Go With You
Gold Star
Lost Cause
Everything (Interlude)
Brain Cellz
Mouthfeel
Nice Day 4 It
Strut
Soul 2 Sell
Sunshine
Good Life
Charlotte Wessels’ The Obsession – Mute Swan Empire
Photo Credit: Tim Tronckoe + Collage: Nina Mathijsen
Charlotte Wessels and her band The Obsession will release album Mute Swan Empire on February 5, 2027, through Napalm Records.
Charlotte Wessels said: “I didn’t set out to write a concept record from the start, but somewhere along the way, I began to realise that all the latest songs I’d written were connected. Each of them seemed to embody a different response to the world we’re living in: Denial, complicity, withdrawal, blind obedience, selective empathy, but also hope and connection, and so on. I started to recognize these recurring themes and archetypes, and eventually realised they were all part of a much bigger story. I found myself wanting to follow this thread as far as it would take me, exploring the concept through the music first, and eventually through the artwork and imagery, too.
“That discovery became the foundation for Mute Swan Empire. What fascinates me is how easy it is to recognize these responses in others, and how much harder it can be to recognise them in ourselves. I didn’t want an album that simply points fingers or offers easy answers. I wanted to explore the contradictions, the uncomfortable grey areas, and the possibility that we can change.
“Musically, the same freedom to follow wherever a song leads has resulted in a record that moves between some of the heaviest music we’ve made and moments of vulnerability. Despite how varied the record is, I think we’ve never sounded more together like a band. Everyone brings something distinct to the music, and I’m really proud of what happens when all those elements come together.”
Tracklist:
Incubus
In Leta Via
Tempest
After Us The Flood
Good Girl (If You’re Ready To Die)
The Hermit Song
Emergency Kit
One Day They Will Come For You
Weeping Madonna
This Is Not An Opinion
The Villain
Let The Music Decide
Incantations
Starling
Bells Of Lynn
Winona Fighter – Brutal & Extremely Underrated
Credit: Hannah Hall
Winona Fighter will release new album Brutal & Extremely Underrated on January 22, 2027, through Rise Records.
Guitarist Dan Fuson said: “On this record I think we as a band gelled more than we ever have and made space for each other while still elevating each song. The goal of serving each tune was always in mind and we hit the fricking bullseye.”
“I f***ing love this record and I love that I got to make it (once again) DIY in a garage with my two favorite people,” adds frontwoman Chloe Kinnon. “I especially love that we get to give our fans and new listeners something real in a world of slop.”
Bassist Austin Luther adds: “In true Winona Fighter fashion, we put our blood, sweat, and tears into the making of this record. Our goal was to evolve as a band while still delivering the hard hitting and melodic songs we love to make. Please enjoy at full volume.”
“We went into this record with a little bit more knowledge and confidence,” shares Kinnon. “There’s more swagger, and we had bigger goals for ourselves.”
“We definitely felt that second record cloud hanging over everything,” admits Luther, “but we also felt we were making something that was really great. It’s not a sharp pivot, but it is an evolution. We didn’t want to make the second record a copy of ourselves. We wanted to grow and evolve, so that was very nerve-wracking. Like, are we changing the right amount or too much? Are people going to get it or is it going to turn people away? I think, for all of us, it was a bit of a mind game, but we just went with our gut overall because we wanted to make a kick-ass record.”
“I still feel – in a good way – that we have a lot to prove and a lot to give,” adds Fuson. “We do have still a lot of confidence, and we’re trying to just continually do better. And I think these songs reflect that like forward momentum in both our songwriting and our playing.”
Tracklist:
TV On The Radio
BOMBS AWAY
LEECH
DEAD HORSE
You Don’t Have A Clue
SELF AFFIRMATIONS
HAWK FOOT
OUT! THERE!
Lily Cut Her Hair
PARA SIEMPRE
BULLY BUSTER
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Torn From Oblivion – A Memory Lost
Credit: Henrike de Vries
Torn From Oblivion will release new record A Memory Lost on January 22, 2027, through Prime Collective.
“Where the first EP, ‘Transcend’, identified the problem and laid out past traumas, this EP takes the form of a letter to your younger self, reflecting on the difficulties you’ve experienced. Rather than simply describing what happened, it explores how those experiences made you feel and how they’ve shaped the person you are today. It’s a deeply personal letter to yourself and your struggles, addressing them as if they were people,” the band explains.
Tracklist:
Nothing Left To Say
ICARUS
Through Blind Eyes
A Quiet Place
REMEDY
Archers – I Was Here, I Can Prove It.
Archers will release new record I Was Here, I Can Prove It. on February 26, 2027, through Fearless Records.
The band said:”I Was Here, I Can Prove It. is a culmination of all the thoughts and feelings we’ve experienced over the last decade of touring.
“This is everything we’ve been wanting to say for so long. The long days living on the road, being away from home and the constant self-doubt that make you question if it was all worth it. Ultimately realizing that we wouldn’t trade this life for the world. This record serves to be our flag in the sand that announces to the world that we existed and that we were here and that we gave it our all in the time we have.”
Tracklist:
Holding Pattern
The Dirt
Lying to Myself (Feat. Arankai)
Burning Low
All In My Head
Say So
Maneater
Get Paid
At the Bottom
I Want to Say I Lived
Is This the End
Hot Chip – A Long Way From Kansas
Credit: Fiona Garden
Hot Chip will release new album A Long Way From Kansas on January 8, 2027.
Alexis Taylor said: “A Long Way From Kansas reflects the general sense that the world we live in — the world we were making our record in — is particularly harsh, discordant, violent and depressing. Maybe none of that’s new, and that doesn’t mean that every song is talking about the world and politics and genocide, but it was an unavoidable backdrop while making the music. Distortion came to be a bit of a watchword for the whole record.”
Tracklist:
Stuck Around
Waiting Around
Random Violence
The Mask Is Slipping
Splinter
Shortcut To Love
Me In Your Head (feat. Beth Ditto)
Hook Me Up
Secular Hymns
The Garden (feat. Eddie Chacon)
Crushing
She Wants Revenge – The Loved
Credit: Piper Ferguson
She Wants Revenge will release new record The Loved on February 12, 2027.
It is the band’s first release in 15 years.
One Step Closer – Zero
Credit: Elyza Reinhart
One Step Closer will release new record Zero on February 19 through Run For Cover Records.
Tracklist:
Numb With Sleep
Until You Bloom
About a Boy
August
Blue Hour
Write My Wrongs
Drowning Skies
Was It Ever Enough?
A Fleeting Face
“For Them”
