Upcoming Rock Albums – May
Upcoming Rock Albums
Looking ahead, the anticipation for new rock albums is electric. Renowned veterans of the genre are set to return with highly awaited releases that promise to blend their signature sound with fresh, innovative twists. Meanwhile, rising talents are preparing albums that could capture the spirit of the year, injecting modern energy into the timeless essence of rock. Fans are also excited about intriguing collaborations, with projects rumored to push the boundaries of the genre even further. With such a dynamic lineup of releases on the horizon is shaping up to be an unforgettable year for rock music.
May 2025
Date
Artist – Album
2nd
Blondshell – If You Asked for a Picture
Briston Maroney – Jimmy
Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars
The Farm – Let the Music (Take Control)
The Flower Kings – Love
Hate – Bellum Regiis
James Krivchenia – Performing Belief
Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Rose
Lights – A6
Model/Actriz – Pirouette
Press Club – To All the Ones That I Love
Propagandhi – At Peace
Puddle of Mudd – Kiss the Machine
PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Suzanne Vega – Flying with Angels
9th
The Amazons – 21st Century Fiction
Arcade Fire – Pink Elephant
Behemoth – The Shit Ov God
Counting Crows – Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!
Dope Lemon – Golden Wolf
The Kooks – Never/Know
Little Feat – Strike Up the Band
Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke – Tall Tales
Mclusky – The World Is Still Here and So Are We
Peter Murphy – Silver Shade
Preoccupations – Ill at Ease
Sleep Token – Even in Arcadia
Spacey Jane – If That Makes Sense
Tetrarch – The Ugly Side of Me
16th
Arm’s Length – There’s a Whole World Out There
Billy Nomates – Metalhorse
Bury Tomorrow – Will You Haunt Me, with That Same Patience
The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven
Damiano David – Funny Little Fears
Grails – Miracle Music
Pelican – Flickering Resonance
Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive
Sleep Theory – Afterglow
Tyne-James Organ – The Other Side
23rd
The Grogans – Stagger
Hinder – Back to Life
Home Is Where – Hunting Season
Marc Ribot – Map of a Blue City
Morcheeba – Escape the Chaos
Onslaught – Origins of Aggression
Robert Forster – Strawberries
Skunk Anansie – The Painful Truth
Sparks – Mad!
Sports Team – Boys These Days
These New Puritans – Crooked Wing
30th
Anderson East – Worthy
Ben Kweller – Cover the Mirrors
Caroline – Caroline 2
Garbage – Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
Grateful Dead – Enjoying the Ride
The Haunted – Songs of Last Resort
Illuminati Hotties – Nickel on the Fountain Floor
Matt Berninger – Get Sunk
The Minus 5 – Oar On, Penelope!
Swans – Birthing
Ty Segall – Possession
Vildhjarta – Där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar
June 2025
Date
Artist – Album
6th
The Doobie Brothers – Walk This Road
Finn Wolfhard – Happy Birthday
Jimmy Barnes – Defiant
Katatonia – Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State
Lifeguard – Ripped and Torn
Mother Mother – Nostalgia
Orthodox – A Door Left Open
Pulp – More
The Ting Tings – Home
Turnstile – Never Enough
Volbeat – God of Angels Trust
Wavves – Spun
13th
Byzantine – Harbingers
Buckcherry – Roar Like Thunder
The Cure – Mixes of a Lost World
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island
The Swell Season – Forward
Van Morrison – Remembering Now
20th
Alestorm – The Thunderfist Chronicles
Badflower – No Place Like Home
Benson Boone – American Heart
Hotline TNT – Raspberry Moon
James McMurtry – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
Malevolence – Where Only the Truth Is Spoken
24th
Streetlight Manifesto – The Place Behind the Stars
27th
Babymetal – Metal Forth
Greet Death – Die in Love
Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat
Sodom – The Arsonist
July 2025
Date
Artist – Album
11th
Wet Leg – Moisturizer
18th
Bush – I Beat Loneliness
Laura Jane Grace in the Trauma Tropes – Adventure Club
We Are Scientists – Qualifying Miles
25th
Alice Cooper – The Revenge of Alice Cooper
The Dirty Nil – The Lash
Post Animal – Iron