With every other new 12 months underway, we sit up for dozens of recent steel and difficult rock albums. Already, quite a lot of notable releases are at the time table for the primary part of 2024, with many extra anticipated to be introduced within the coming weeks and months.
The early months of the 12 months will convey us new efforts from veteran acts like Judas Priest, Ace Frehley, Ministry, Mick Mars, and Bruce Dickinson, in addition to a variety of song from the likes of Amigo the Satan, Chelsea Wolfe, and Task for a Cowboy.
Fanatics too can be expecting thrash legends Anthrax and Slayer’s Kerry King to liberate new albums in 2024, whilst others can hope for brand spanking new LPs from such acts as Deftones, Alice in Chains, and perhaps even Weapons N’ Roses.
We will be able to’t make sure that each and every probably the most albums indexed beneath can be launched in 2024, but when maximum them come to fruition it will have to be every other giant 12 months on this planet of heavy song.
See our checklist of the Maximum Expected Steel & Onerous Rock Albums of 2024 beneath.
-Spencer Kaufman
Managing Editor, Heavy Outcome
Editor’s word: Take a look at our upcoming liberate calendar to look extra albums arriving this 12 months. Additionally glance again at the most productive song of 2023 with our 30 Best possible Steel & Onerous Rock Albums and 30 Best possible Steel & Onerous Rock Songs, in conjunction with the remainder of our Annual Document.
January:
Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (January twenty sixth)
After a seven-year stint in Blink-182 (till Tom DeLonge’s go back), Matt Skiba is again fronting his longtime band Alkaline Trio full-time. Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs will mark the band’s first full-length album in six years, and has been preceded through the infectious and melodic alt-rock singles “Dangerous Time,” “Variations of You,” and the identify observe. – Spencer Kaufman
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Darkish Rainbow (January twenty sixth)
Over the last decade, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have confirmed to be some of the thrilling are living bands round, taking part in electrifying displays. The United Kingdom punk outfit is about to go back with its 5th album, Darkish Rainbow. The LP’s two early singles, “Brambles” and “Guy of the Hour,” tone down the punk in want of a mid-tempo, alt-rock vibe. Carter & corporate can be supporting the album with a 2024 excursion that features a run of North American displays. – S. Kaufman
Lucifer – Lucifer V (January twenty sixth)
Lucifer have showcased an array of moods with the promotional singles for his or her 5th self-titled effort, from the churning stoner grooves of “On the Mortuary” to the subdued, ‘70s-style energy ballad “Gradual Dance in a Crypt.” The Swedish revivalists imbue each and every with an occult, technicolor air of secrecy — the thread of brotherly love that runs all through the band’s complete catalog. Lucifer V will have to be every other delightfully riff-filled seance. — Jon Hadusek
Static-X – Undertaking Regeneration: Vol 2 (January twenty sixth)
Undertaking Regeneration: Vol. 2, in the beginning slated for November 2023, would be the 2nd Static-X album to characteristic posthumous vocals from the past due Wayne Static, culled from tapes that have been left in the back of in his archives. The song, on the other hand, is all new, recorded through present Static-X participants Tony Campos (bass), Koichi Fukuda (guitars) and Ken Jay (drums), in addition to their new singer-guitarist, the mysterious Xer0, who additionally produced Vol. 2. Catch Static-X on excursion with Sevendust within the first part of 2024. – J. Hadusek
February:
Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (February ninth)
Chelsea Wolfe described her upcoming solo album as “a file in regards to the previous self achieving out to the current self achieving out to the long run self to summon trade, expansion, and steering,” therefore the LP’s round identify. Wolfe teamed with journeyman manufacturer David Andrew Sitek (TV at the Radio) for what guarantees to be one in every of her maximum aurally bold choices so far — if we’re to take the very good singles “Nightfall” and “Whispers within the Echo Chamber” as a hallmark.- J. Hadusek
Ihsahn – Ihsahn (February sixteenth)
Norwegian black steel pioneer Ihsahn has taken some inspiration from Celtic Frost’s Into the Pandemonium for his upcoming self-titled file. However as an alternative of melding black steel with symphonic instrumentation, like Celtic Frost and his personal band Emperor have completed, Ihsahn has made up our minds to liberate his new album in separate “steel” and “symphonic” paperwork, illustrating the huge, genre-spanning creativity of the steel auteur. – J. Hadusek
The Obsessed – Gilded Sorrow (February sixteenth)
The announcement of Gilded Sorrow got here after an extended wait following The Obsessed’s 2017 comeback album, Sacred. That mentioned, band chief Scott “Wino” Weinrich has stored busy in different bands and solo endeavors, together with intensive traveling and competition gigs — some with The Obsessed — so there shouldn’t be any drop-off because of a loss of job. The brand new album will seize the band’s present are living iteration that includes 2nd axeman Jason Taylor. – J. Hadusek
Ace Frehley – 10,000 Volts (February twenty third)
KISS just lately hung up their tools after taking part in their ultimate display, however the band’s founding guitarist Ace Frehley remains to be reserving displays and churning out new song. House Ace is about to liberate 10,000 Volts in February, and judging through the glam-fueled identify observe, the mythical rocker remains to be very a lot within the groove 50-plus years into his occupation. The LP used to be in large part co-written with Steve Brown of Trixter. – S. Kaufman
Amigo the Satan – Yours Till the Struggle Is Over (February twenty third)
The dark-folk troubadour Amigo the Satan (aka Danny Kiranos) is about to go back together with his 3rd full-length, Yours Till the Struggle Is Over. Judging through first unmarried “Cannibal Inside,” Amigo’s new assortment will as soon as once more characteristic his haunting mix of macabre and poetic lyrics. Fanatics can catch the singer-guitarist opening for Flogging Molly on a Iciness 2024 US excursion. – S. Kaufman
Darkest Hour – Perpetual | Terminal (February twenty third)
Perpetual | Terminal can be Darkest Hour’s first file in just about seven years and “facilities across the duality of ‘survival whilst embracing rebirth,’” within the phrases of guitarist Mike Schleibaum, a idea that mirrors the metalcore band’s personal re-emergence. The album used to be solely independently funded by way of fan reinforce on Patreon and used to be produced through Taylor Larson, who additionally helmed the classes for the band’s 2014 self-titled LP. – J. Hadusek
Task for a Cowboy – Moon Healer (February twenty third)
Following an extended hiatus, Task for a Cowboy returned in 2023 with the comeback unmarried “The Agony Seeping Hurricane,” marking the gang’s first new subject matter since 2014’s Solar Eater. It used to be one in every of our favourite tracks of the 12 months, so it handiest made sense to shoehorn the band’s imminent full-length, Moon Healer, into this checklist. In response to “The Agony Weeping Hurricane,” it’s virtually as though the band have been harvesting power in the course of that hiatus, rising with an excellent tighter and extra honed metalcore assault. – J. Hadusek
Mick Mars – The Different Aspect of Mars (February twenty third)
Mick Mars’ go out from Mötley Crüe used to be a sizzling mess that incorporated nasty barbs and felony motion. However the mythical guitarist turns out able to transport on together with his debut solo album, The Different Aspect of Mars, that includes two cast singles (“Dependable to the Lie” and “Proper Aspect of Improper”) so far. The album used to be co-written with keyboardist Paul Taylor (Alice Cooper, Winger), and recorded with drummer Ray Luzier (Korn), bassist Chris Collier, and singers Jacob Bunton and Brion Gamboa. – S. Kaufman
March:
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Undertaking (March 1st)
The Mandrake Undertaking will mark Bruce Dickinson‘s first solo album since 2005 and contours 10 songs, together with a brand new model of “Eternity Has Failed” from Iron Maiden’s 2015 album The E-book of Souls. The Maiden frontman describes the album’s conceptual arc as a “darkish, grownup tale of energy, abuse and a battle for identification, set towards the backdrop of clinical and occult genius.” If it’s part as entertaining because the album’s promotional footage of Bruce — depicting the singer like a sci-fi motion film hero — we’re in for a heavy-metal thrill trip. – J. Hadusek
Ministry – HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES (March 1st)
40-plus years into their occupation, business pioneers Ministry haven’t misplaced a step. Al Jourgensen and corporate are nonetheless unleashing explosive, thought-provoking, and politically-charged songs like “Goddamn White Trash” and “Simply Forestall Oil” from upcoming album HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES. The LP will characteristic appearances from Eugene Hutz (Gogol Bordello), Jello Biafra (Lard, Useless Kennedys), and Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity, Down). – S. Kaufman
Judas Priest – Invincible Shied (March eighth)
The Priest is again! After celebrating their fiftieth anniversary as a band and permitting guitarist Richie Faulkner to recuperate from a near-fatal aortic aneurysm, the Steel Gods are set to go back with their nineteenth studio album, Invincible Defend. Frontman Rob Halford and corporate are nonetheless firing on all cylinders, as evidenced through early singles “Panic Assault” and “Trial through Fireplace,” and can reinforce the album with a Spring 2024 US excursion. – S. Kaufman
DragonForce – Warp Pace Warriors (March fifteenth)
DragonForce and video video games had been synonymous with one every other ever since “Throughout the Fireplace and Flames” used to be used because the “boss struggle” observe in Guitar Hero II. It simply feels proper that the gang’s upcoming album Warp Pace Warriors has a unfastened gaming idea, pushed house through the standout unmarried “Energy of the Triforce” — a tribute to the long-lasting Nintendo franchise The Legend of Zelda. – J. Hadusek
Scott Stapp – Upper Energy (March fifteenth)
This 12 months can be a large one for Creed, who’re reuniting for a couple of cruises and an in depth North American excursion. However prior to all that occurs, singer Scott Stapp will liberate his new solo album, Upper Energy. Preview singles “What I Deserve,” “Black Butterfly,” and the identify observe point out that the LP can be a hard-rocking effort, with heavy guitars and anthemic choruses. – S. Kaufman
Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell (March twenty ninth)
Canadian punk act Sum 41 are calling it a occupation with one ultimate album and a last excursion. And so they’re going out in a large means with Heaven :x: Hell, a double album that includes their infectious emblem of pop-punk at the “Heaven” disc and heavy steel at the “Hell” disc. Frontman Deryck Whibley declared, “That is the file I’d like to head out on.” – S. Kaufman
April:
BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos of Plants (April nineteenth)
After liberating probably the most best heavy album of final 12 months in Nature Morte, BIG|BRAVE are again with every other in 2024. The post-metal trio introduced the follow-up, A Chaos of Plants simply in time to make this checklist, and the lead unmarried “I Felt a Funeral” is a primary instance of the gang’s skill to discover huge improvisational soundscapes across the core construction of a music. – J. Hadusek
Anticipated:
Anthrax – TBA
Thrash legends Anthrax are set to in the end liberate the follow-up to 2016’s For All Kings this 12 months. Whilst there’s no identify or liberate date, we do know that the band has been running with manufacturer Jay Ruston at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606. Drummer Charlie Benante has been holding his drum chops heat as a member of the made over Pantera, and as he hints to us, “There are some new songs in this file the place persons are going to head, ‘Whoa!, that’s f**king nice, I wasn’t anticipating that!’” – S. Kaufman
Frame Rely – Cruel
The approaching Frame Rely effort, Cruel, made final 12 months’s checklist of maximum expected albums, however by no means noticed the sunshine of day in 2023. Possibly the author and actor moves driven Ice-T’s Legislation & Order: SVU time table round, forcing the band to extend the discharge, however expectantly we get some new song from Ice and corporate this 12 months. – S. Kaufman
Carry Me the Horizon – POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
The ever-evolving Carry Me the Horizon have been in the beginning meant to unharness POST HUMAN: NeX GEn in September of 2023, however behind schedule the discharge indefinitely. Fanatics have already gotten a excellent style of the LP with the revealing of a number of singles, together with the hard-hitting new music “Kool-Support,” on which singer Oli Sykes brings again some screams harking back to the United Kingdom act’s early years. – S. Kaufman
Deftones – TBA
It certain seems like a very long time in the past when Deftones launched Ohms again in September 2020 throughout the canine days of the pandemic. As we prior to now reported, guitarist Stephen Wood worker published that the band has “momentum” and is eyeing a spring/summer time 2024 liberate for the follow-up. We’ll gander that summer time/fall is a extra practical window making an allowance for Deftones haven’t begun to officially release the album cycle and it’s already mid-January. Studio paintings with manufacturer Nick Raskulinecz is lately ongoing. – J. Hadusek
Kerry King – TBA
Greater than 4 years after Slayer performed their ultimate display, guitarist Kerry King is able to unveil his new undertaking, having already booked a few 2024 competition dates below an eponymous band identify. Up to now, we all know that fellow Slayer member Paul Bostaph can be in the back of the drum package, however the different participants stay a thriller. Then again, King assures us the act’s debut album is “going to sound like Slayer,” and that “if you happen to’ve ever favored the rest I’ve completed up to now, there’s going to be one thing you’re going to love in this one, if now not the entire thing.” – S. Kaufman
Killswitch Interact – TBA
Killswitch Interact have a name for spending a couple of years on an album, however they all the time ship in due time. “After I make a file I am getting so misplaced in it, it may possibly drag me down and actually cling me prisoner,” wrote frontman Jesse Leach in regards to the band’s drawing close album in a social media publish previous in 2023. “I’ve were given the songs to turn for it and I’m happy with my paintings up to now!” On the time, the band have been demo-ing subject matter for the LP, so we will think important development has been made within the months since. A 2024 liberate turns out very conceivable. – J. Hadusek
King Diamond/Mercyful Destiny – TBA
King Diamond’s lengthy gestating The Institute undertaking has had a habitual position on our maximum expected heavy albums checklist because it used to be introduced prior to the pandemic, which seems to have halted the concept that album in its tracks. We nonetheless haven’t forgotten about it, however at this level, new song from a reunited Mercyful Destiny turns out simply as most likely. We will have to get one or the opposite this 12 months. – J. Hadusek
Hopeful:
Alice in Chains – TBA
Now that the door is closed at the album cycle for Jerry Cantrell’s newest solo LP, Brighten, we flip our consideration again to Alice in Chains. The grunge titans haven’t launched an album since 2018’s Rainier Fog, and four-to-five years between albums has been the tempo within the William Duvall generation of the band, so we’re due for brand spanking new Alice. Even supposing Duvall himself mentioned there are “no plans” for brand spanking new song as of mid-2023, the timeline suggests in a different way. – J. Hadusek
Dream Theater – TBA
With the new go back of founding drummer Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater’s subsequent album can be their maximum expected LP in years. There’s no make sure that a brand new album will arrive in 2024, however the prog-metal titans have published plans to file new song, giving their dependable fanbase hope {that a} new choice of songs will floor prior to the tip of the 12 months. – S. Kaufman
Weapons N’ Roses – TBA
For some time there, Slash gave the impression to be shedding hints a couple of new Weapons N’ Roses album in each and every interview, together with a talk with Heavy Outcome. Whilst a complete album has but to come back to fruition, he used to be right kind in regards to the band liberating new song: We’ve gotten 4 singles since 2020 up to now, despite the fact that they’ve most commonly consisted of newly recorded Chinese language Democracy outtakes. Talking of Chinese language Democracy, 2024 will mark 16 years for the reason that album’s liberate. Right here’s hoping the wait ends this 12 months. – J. Hadusek.
Spiritbox – TBA
Canadian prog outfit Spiritbox closed out 2023 on a banger, taking part with Megan Thee Stallion on a lure/steel remix of the latter’s “Cobra.” The band additionally dropped an EP final 12 months, surroundings the desk for the possible liberate of its extremely expected sophomore album in 2024. In a contemporary interview, singer Courtney LaPlante mentioned Spiritbox are able to adopt a conventional album cycle, so the LP would possibly arrive quicker than later. – J. Hadusek
