5 Albums Announced This Week That You Need to Know About

Here's five of the biggest new rock and metal album announcements that took place this week.

We've got a mix of well-established veterans and relative newcomers and ascenders on the board, with three more records added to an already promising March. Finally, after hearing Gary Holt talk about how busy Exodus had been working on two LPs worth of material, we've Goliath to look forward to. The opening track, "3111," has also been released and it marks the return of vocalist Rob Dukes, who last appeared on  2010's Exhibit B: The Human Condition.

On the hard rock end, Sevendust remain one of the most prolific bands of their era, having announced their 15th album as they come up on the 30th anniversary of their debut next year.

READ MORE: 2026 Hard Rock + Metal Album Release Calendar

There's even more to look forward to.

We've got the release date, album art, track listing, latest song and preorder links for all this week's newest announcements directly below.

Exodus, Goliath

Release Date: March 20

Label: Napalm

Track Listing:

1. "3111"
2. "Hostis Humani Generis"
3. "The Changing Me" (feat. Peter Tägtgren)
4. "Promise You This"
5. "Goliath" (feat. Katie Jacoby)
6. "Beyond The Event Horizon"
7. "2 Minutes Hate"
8. "Violence Works"
9. "Summon Of The God Unknown"
10. "The Dirtiest Of The Dozen"

Preorder Goliath.

Newest Song: "3111"

Jared James Nichols, Louder Than Fate

Release Date: June 5

Label: Frontiers Music Srl

Track Listing:

1. "Let’s Go"
2. "Ghost"
3. "Way Back"
4. "Bending Or Breaking"
5. "Killing Time"
6. "Dust N’ Bones"
7. "Show Me"
8. "Looks Like That Felt Good"
9. "Runnin’ Hot"
10. "Pretend"

Preorder Louder Than Fate.

Newest Song: "Pretend"

Monstrosity, Screams From Beneath the Surface

Release Date: March 13

Label: Metal Blade

Track Listing:

1. "Banished To The Skies"
2. "The Colossal Rage"
3. "The Atrophied"
4. "Spiral"
5. "Fortunes Engraved In Blood"
6. "Vapors"
7. "The Thorns"
8. "Blood Works"
9. "The Dark Aura"
10. "Veil Of Disillusion"

Preorder Screams From Beneath the Surface.

Newest Song: "The Colossal Rage"

Sevendust, One

Release Date: May 1

Label: Napalm

Track Listing:

1. "One"
2. "Unbreakable"
3. "Is This The Real You"
4. "Threshold"
5. "We Won"
6. "Construct"
7. "Bright Side"
8. "The Drop"
9. "Blood Price"
10. "Misdirection"

Preorder One.

Newest Song: Coming soon!

UnityTX, Somewhere, In Between...

Release Date: March 13

Label: Pure Noise

Track Listing:

1. "Sabotage"
2. "Heinous"
3. "Lucid"
4. "Body Roc"
5. "Paranoia"
6. "Fuck Tha World"
7. "Ready 2 Die Pt. 2"
8. "Enjoy Tha Show"
9. "In Between…"
10. "Come N Go (Nü Jax)"
11. "Inside Out"
12. "STFU"
13. "Contempt"
14. "Crash N Burn"

Preorder Somewhere, In Between...

Newest Song: "Enjoy Tha Show"

When there's new albums ahead, that always means there's a tour to go with it.

Check out a lot of the big rock and metal tours already booked for this year.