May Rock Album Releases

5/2 Puddle Of Mudd: Kiss The Machine

“There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and tears in this record,” noted frontman Wes Scantlin (pictured above). “We wanted to mix and match different styles together, have fun, and just create something fresh. It’s all about pushing boundaries and breaking out of the same old vibe.”

Puddle Of Mudd formed in Kansas City in ’91. Frontman Wes Scantlin is the only founding member still with the band.

5/9 Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant

Featuring the track “Year Of The Snake,” it is the Canadian Indie Rock band’s the seventh studio album.

The 10-song set “of cinematic mystical punk,” is their first in three years. It was recorded in New Orleans and produced by bandmembers Win Butler and Régine Chassagne alongside Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan).

5/9 Sleep Token: Even In Arcadia

Sleep Token’s fourth album features the single “Emergence.”

Only two of Sleep Token’s pseudonymous members — singer Vessel and drummer II — are credited as having played on or composed music for the band’s three previous albums.

5/9 Candlemass: Black Star EP

Candlemass is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a four-track EP.

“Not all bands get to see their 40th birthday and it certainly hasn’t been an easy ride,” commented the band’s Leif Edling. “But many ups and downs later, we stand here as survivors, veterans even… a bit scarred perhaps? Still ready though to unleash another piece of doom-laden Metal upon an unsuspecting world. It’s been fun recording some new stuff as well as covering a couple of old favorites.”

5/16 Linkin Park: From Zero Deluxe Edition

“From Zero” (Deluxe Edition) Expanded 2CD is a limited pressing exclusive to the official Linkin Park music stores.

The physical deluxe release showcases three new songs, five live tracks recorded around the world and all new, expanded packaging. 

The new songs are “Up From the Bottom,” “Let You Fade” and “Unshatter.” 

5/16 Sleep Theory: Afterglow 

The Memphis band’s debut album contains “Stuck In My Head” their first #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It was their third song to land on the chart following “Fallout” (#2 last August) and “Numb” (#9) in January ’24).

Sleep Theory formed in ’20 with vocalist Cullen Moore, guitarist Daniel Pruitt, bassist Paolo Vergara, and drummer Ben Pruitt. 

5/23 Hinder: Back To LIffe

“Back To Life,” the band’s seventh album but first in eight years, holds the single “Bring Me Back To Life,” which has a special meaning.

“After writing an entire album and then throwing it away in 2020, we had become discouraged and decided that we weren’t going to release any new music, much less an entire album,” explained drummer and founding member Cody Hanson. “However, as soon as we wrote ‘Bring Me Back To Life’, everything changed. Sometimes, it just takes one special song to breathe life back into a band.”

5/23 Skunk Anansie – The Painful Truth 

 Their seventh studio collection is the first in nine years.

“I don’t care that we were big in the Nineties,” said vocalist Skin in a statement. “Creatively it’s irrelevant because in my Rock bible the first commandment states, ‘If thy rest on them laurels thy shall wither up and die artistically, musically, mentally. And then financially’.”

“We realized that things needed to change,” Skin added. “If we didn’t do something fresh and forward thinking, we couldn’t really be a band anymore. We’d just be doing Skunk karaoke.”

5/30 Garbage: Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

The band’s eighth album follows the ’21 release “No Gods No Masters.”

“The title of the album is the perfect descriptor for this new record as a whole,” noted singer Shirley Manson (pictured above with the band). “When things feel dark it feels imperative to seek out forces that are light, positive and beautiful in the world.”