At Hi Fi Way HQ we have been thinking long and hard about what will be some of the most highly anticipated albums in 2026. Looking at the clues in the Twitter-sphere, Instagram and fan forums so from what we know is coming here’s a little list to wet the appetite…
January
- 2/1 Paleface Swiss – The Wilted (Blood Blast Distribution)
- 9/1 Alter Bridge – Alter Bridge (Napalm)
- 9/1 Beyond the Black – Break the Silence (Nuclear Blast)
- 9/1 The Cribs – Selling a Vibe (PIAS)
- 9/1 Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (4AD)
- 9/1 The Kid Laroi – Before I Forget (Columbia)
- 16/1 ASAP Rocky – Don’t Be Dumb
- 16/1 Cavetown – Running with Scissors (Futures Music Group)
- 16/1 DZ Deathrays – Easing Out of Control (DZ Worldwide)
- 16/1 Kreator – Krushers of the World (Nuclear Blast)
- 16/1 Sleaford Mods – The Demise of Planet X (Rough Trade)
- 23/1 Agnes – Beautiful Madness
- 23/1 Crystal Lake – The Weight of Sound (Century Media)
- 23/1 The Damned – Not Like Everybody Else (earMUSIC)
- 23/1 Louis Tomlinson – How Did I Get Here? (BMG)
- 23/1 Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong (Highway 20 Records)
- 23/1 Megadeth – Megadeth (BLKIIBLK, Frontiers)
- 23/1 Mika – Hyperlove
- 23/1 The Paper Kites – If You Go There, I Hope You Find It (Wonderlick, Sony Music)
- 23/1 Poppy – Empty Hands (Sumerian)
- 23/1 Van Morrison – Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge
- 30/1 Buzzcocks – Attitude Adjustment (Cherry Red)
- 30/1 Joyce Manor – I Used to Go to This Bar (Epitaph)
- 30/1 Kula Shaker – Wormslayer
February
- 6/2 Joji – Piss in the Wind
- 6/2 Karnivool – In Verses (Cymatic Records)
- 6/2 Keli Holiday – Capital Fiction (Keli Holiday)
- 6/2 Mayhem – Liturgy of Death (Century Media)
- 6/2 Nick Jonas – Sunday Best (Republic)
- 6/2 Puscifer – Normal Isn’t (Puscifer Entertainment, Alchemy Recordings)
- 6/2 Robbie Williams – Britpop (Columbia)
- 6/2 Silversun Pickups – Tenterhooks (New Machine Recordings)
- 13/2 Angel Dust – Cold 2 the Touch (Run for Cover)
- 13/2 Ásgeir – Julia (One Little Independent)
- 13/2 Charli XCX – Wuthering Heights (Atlantic)
- 13/2 Converge – Love Is Not Enough (Deathwish, Epitaph)
- 13/2 Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx IV (ATO)
- 13/2 Story of the Year – A.R.S.O.N. (SharpTone)
- 20/2 The Enemy – Social Disguises
- 20/2 Hilary Duff – Luck… or Something (Atlantic)
- 20/2 May‑a – Goodbye (If You Call That Gone) (Sony Australia)
- 20/2 Mumford & Sons – Prizefighter (Island)
- 20/2 New Found Glory – Listen Up! (Pure Noise)
- 20/2 Peaches – No Lube So Rude (Kill Rock Stars)
- 20/2 Sylosis – The New Flesh (Nuclear Blast)
- 27/2 Bill Callahan – My Days of 58 (Drag City)
- 27/2 Crooked Fingers – Swet Deth
- 27/2 Gorillaz – The Mountain (Kong Records)
- 27/2 Nothing – A Short History of Decay (Run for Cover)
- 27/2 Rob Zombie – The Great Satan (Nuclear Blast)
- 27/2 Telenova – The Warning (EMI Music Australia)
March
- 6/3 Charlie Puth – Whatever’s Clever! (Atlantic)
- 6/3 Matt Corby – Tragic Magic (Island Records Australia)
- 6/3 Squeeze – Trixies (BMG)
- 13/3 Soft Machine – Thirteen (Dyad Records)
- 13/3 Sweet Pill – Still There’s a Glow (Hopeless)
- 20/3 The Dandy Warhols – Pin Ups (Beat the World, Little Cloud Records)
- 20/3 Ladytron – Paradises (Nettwerk)
- 20/3 Morgan Evans – Steel Town (Virgin Records)
- 20/3 Peach PRC – Porcelain (Island Records Australia, Republic)
- 27/3 Melissa Etheridge – Rise (Sun Records)
- 27/3 Tigers Jaw – Lost on You
April
- 10/4 Archspire – Too Fast to Die
- 10/4 Joe Jackson – Hope and Fury (Sharp Practice Records, earMusic)
- 17/4 Skindred – You Got This (Earache)
- 17/4 Tiga – HotLife
- 24/4 John Corabi – New Day (Frontiers)
- 24/4 Meghan Trainor – Toy with Me
- 24/4 Reverend and the Makers – Is This How Happiness Feels?
May
- 1/5 Melanie C – Sweat (Virgin Music)
Fingers crossed for a release date soon on these:
4 Non Blondes – TBA (670 Records, Kill Rock Stars)
- Asia
- Björk
- Bruce Springsteen
- BTS
- Cardi B
- Deep Purple
- DJ Khaled – Aalam of God
- Evanescence
- Exodus
- Fear Factory
- Flea
- Gojira
- Lita Ford
- Luke Combs
- Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2 (Warner)
- Ministry
- Muse
- Overkill
- Papa Roach – TBA (New Noize Records, ADA)
- Raye
- Tori Amos – In Times of Dragons (Fontana)
- Trivium