2026 Top Third

Best of January - April 2026

 

Over 90 minutes of excellent rock tunes released from January to April, 2026. These artists are from: Argentina, Australia, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United States

Out Today......

 

DEVIL ELECTRIC: TAHLIA

Australian band Devil Electric has released their fourth (third full-length) album today, and I'm really liking it.  I pre-ordered it based on the pre-released title track, and here's a new one I really dig:

Devil Electric are:

Pierina O’Brien (Vocals)
Christos Athanasias (Guitars)
Nicolas Dumont (Bass & Vocals)
Mark Van De Beek (Drums)

MONSTERNAUT: APPROACHING DOOM

I loved this Finnish band's prior three albums, so this was an instant pre-order for me.  I've been enjoying the pre-released track "Approaching Doom" and have been looking forward to the rest.  Today is the day, and here's another one that I like even better:

Monsternaut are:

Perttu Härkönen: Bass

Patrik Kuitunen: Drums

Tuomas Heiskanen: Guitar, Vocals

...AND THESE

Some Jewels From 2017 I Never Got Around To Posting

DEVIL ELECTRIC: Devil Electric

This band from Melbourne released a four track EP in June of 2016, and then this gem in August 2017.  Top-notch songwriting, musicianship, vocals and production.  I finally purchased this after a couple of months of listening in on Bandcamp, and don't know what I was waiting for.  Pretty different from other female-fronted stoner rock bands like Blood Ceremony, Electric Citizen or Ruby The Hatchet.  Willing to bet these folks are fans of  The Graviators.  "Lady Velvet" is the hit, but I'm posting "Acidic Fire".   Give this one a chance to develop.  Drum player is subtly awesome here.

RADIO MOSCOW: New Beginnings

Few things in life are as sure as a high-quality release from Radio Moscow.  They are right up there with Clutch in terms of consistency of quality and sincerity, while maintaining a sound that anyone unfamiliar with the band would swear is from the early 1970's.  Timeless, very Hendrix-inspired guitar rock.  Here is the title track, "New Beginnings":

UFOMAMMUT: 8

New Ufomammut is all that needs to be said if you like this band.  They are one of the very best in their category of sludgy, doomy, super heavy and slow developing rock.  Flip a coin on whether to call them stoner rock or heavy metal;  Ufomammut releases nothing but quality.  Here is "Warsheep":

MASTODON: Emperor Of Sand

Once again, new release is all you need to hear when it comes to this band.  Mastodon is on a level with Rush in terms of technical proficiency and uniqueness, and is perpetually aggressive and sophisticated at the same time.   Here is "Steambreather", set to easily the strangest music video I've ever seen:   (you thought the Warsheep video was weird?  Get a load of this...)

Guy that gets hit in the face with hot dogs: a young Al Bundy?  Also, 0:50 the most hilarious thing I've ever seen in a music video.

Going to post my top ten albums playlist ASAP; Will anything here be on it?  

Stay tuned!!!    -ULTRA