An exciting new batch of albums have gone live and are now available to stream this New Music Friday.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have unveiled a new orchestral album, while genre pioneers Metallica have repackaged a classic from the mid-’90s. Additionally, Queens of the Stone Age are back with an audio-visual experience filmed and recorded in Paris and Neil Young has released his first record with his new backing band, The Chrome Hearts.
Scroll on for six new albums to stream this weekend.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Phantom Island
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are back with their 22nd album in the past decade. Phantom Island features ten new tracks by the Australian shapeshifters as they continue their powerful run, with a new emphasis on orchestral arrangements to accompany their 2025 tour.
Stream Phantom Island on Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Spotify | Buy on Vinyl/CD
Metallica — Load Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set
Almost 30 years after its release, Metallica’s sixth studio album has been remastered and further enhanced by previously unreleased studio recordings and live tracks. This newly packaged edition of Load comprises a total of 301 tracks, 245 of which have never been published before. Hefty though it may be, this release is for die-hard fans of the group who stuck around even through some of the criticisms the record received upon its release in 1996.
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Stream Load Remastered Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set on Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Spotify | Buy on Vinyl/CD
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts — Talkin to the Trees
Folk rock icon Neil Young is back with a new band and a new full-length album. Working with a gang of musicians he’s dubbed The Chrome Hearts, Talkin is another helping of everything that has defined Young for the last few decades: his characteristic guitar playing, his trademark attitude, and his penchant for rock-solid songwriting. Also be sure to catch the band on tour this summer.
Stream Talkin to the Trees on Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Spotify | Buy on Vinyl/CD
Pixel Grip — Percepticide: The Death of Reality
Chicago-based dark electronic trio Pixel Grip have returned with Percepticide: The Death of Reality, the act’s third studio album. Full of in-your-face attitude, pulsing instrumentals, and surprisingly catchy hooks, Percepticide: The Death of Reality seems poised to gain Pixel Grip some much-deserved attention.
Stream Percepticide: The Death of Reality on Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Spotify
Queens of the Stone Age — Alive in the Catacombs EP
To go along with their new concert film Alive in the Catacombs, Queens of the Stone Age have unveiled a companion EP. The five-song collection was recorded live in the ossuary beneath Paris without any overdubs or edits. It sees the band’s lineup of Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and Jon Theodore in a stripped-down arrangements accompanied by a three-piece string section, with chains and chopsticks used as makeshift percussion instruments.
Stream Alive in the Catacombs on Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Spotify
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