Hawaiian Artists

Yungblud has opened 2026 with a significant creative statement, unveiling a heavier reworking of his song Zombie in collaboration with Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins. The new version of the track is scheduled for worldwide release at midnight on January 2, accompanied by an official music video, marking a rare and deliberate intersection between one of modern rock's most outspoken younger voices and one of alternative music's most influential architects.

Converge will release their eleventh studio album Love Is Not Enough on 13 February 2026 via Deathwish and Epitaph, marking a significant moment for a band now 35 years into a career that has shaped the sound and ethos of modern heavy music.

Germany's modern metalcore breakers The Narrator have plunged into darker creative territory with their new single Aurora. The track marks another powerful step in their evolution, showing a band unafraid to confront fear, conflict and emotional unease.

American singer-songwriter Delaney Bailey will release her long-anticipated debut album Concave through AWAL on 21 January 2026, unveiling a deeply personal world where emotion, introspection, and cinematic soundscapes collide.

Lucinda Williams is set to deliver one of the most politically charged and emotionally raw albums of her career with World's Gone Wrong, arriving 23 January 2026 through her own Highway 20 Records label. The record continues Williams' lifelong habit of holding up a mirror to American life - this time reflecting on division, resilience and the fight to stay human when the world feels anything but.