album review

Varials – Where The Light Leaves

Spitting Venom in the Dark: Varials Choose Impact Over Concept on Where The Light Leaves. EN/FR Band: VarialsAlbum Title: Where The Light LeavesLabel: Fearless Records, Distributed by ConcordRelease Date: February 27, 2026 ENVarials – Where The Light Leaves With Where The Light Leaves, Varials aren’t trying to reinvent metalcore. They’re trying to punch it straight

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New Found Glory – Listen Up!

New Found Glory – Listen Up! Is Loud, Alive and Unbreakable EN/FR Band: New Found GloryAlbum Title: Listen Up!Label: Pure Noise RecordsRelease Date: February 20, 2026 ENHonestly? Almost 30 years in the game and they still sound like a band with something to prove. Listen Up! marks New Found Glory’s return after six years without

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Space of Variations – Poisoned Art

Space of Variations Return with Poisoned Art: A Boundary-Breaking Metalcore Odyssey Between Brutality, Nu-Metal Hooks and Electro Horizons EN/FR Band: Space of VariationsAlbum Title: Poisoned ArtLabel: Napalm Records Handels GmbHRelease Date: February 13, 2026 ENThe Ukrainian band Space of Variations finally unveils their third album, Poisoned Art, four years after Imago, their second on Napalm

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Karnivool – In Verses

Karnivool – In Verses: A Progressive Metal Revelation Beyond Expectations EN/FR Band: KarnivoolAlbum Title: In Verses TranscendenceLabel: Cymatic RecordsRelease Date: February 6, 2026 ENInitially considered for few ones as a bunch ofclowns in their early days with his local band at the time, Ian Kenny made the radical decision in the late 90s to replace

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Cam Kahin – CHUG

From Small-Town Isolation to Fearless Reinvention: Cam Kahin’s CHUG Is a Raw, Genre-Blurring Debut Fueled by Doubt, Grit, and Self-Discovery EN/FR Band: Cam KahinAlbum Title: CHUGLabel: Schema Recordings under license to Dine Alone Music IncRelease Date: January 23, 2026 ENNamed one of CBC’s (Canadian radio) top 5 “fearless new rock voices” in 2022 for his

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Poppy – Empty Hands

I Expected Nothing — ‘Empty Hands’ Proved Me Wrong EN/FR Band: PoppyAlbum Title: Empty HandsLabel: Sumerian RecordsRelease Date: January 23, 2026 ENHonestly? I wasn’t expecting much. After Negative Spaces, I figured it was either gonna feel like more of the same, or some overly conceptual thing that never really clicks. And then… yeah. It hit

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