Rock This Week
Week 17, 2026 · 2026-04-20 to 2026-04-26
At the Gates Release Final Album with Tomas Lindberg, The Ghost Of A Future Dead
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At the Gates release their eighth studio album, The Ghost Of A Future Dead, on April 24 via Century Media. The 12-track record is the follow-up to 2021's The Nightmare of Being and serves as a tribute to late frontman Tomas 'Tompa' Lindberg, who died on September 16, 2025 at age 52 from cancer-related complications after recording all the album's vocal parts. The record also marks the return of co-founding guitarist Anders Bjorler, his first At the Gates album since 2014's At War With Reality. Early reviews from The Razor's Edge and Everything Is Noise have called it a fitting epitaph for one of melodic death metal's most influential voices.
Nuclear Messiah Drop All-Star Project Black Flame
Cleopatra Records release Black Flame from Nuclear Messiah on April 24. The all-star concept album features contributions from Chris Poland, Marty Friedman, Don Airey, Vinny Appice, David Ellefson, Sebastian Bach, Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Bumblefoot, Rick Wakeman, Jonathan Cain, Ronnie Romero, and dozens of other rock and metal veterans.
Decibel Premieres Full Stream of Since the Death's Entangled
Decibel Magazine premiered a full album stream of Entangled, the fourth full-length from Swedish death/thrash project Since the Death, on April 20. The record marks a turning point for the long-running solo project of multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rask, who is joined for the first time by guitarist Richard Adolfsson across the album's 10 tracks.
Report: The Gathering's Mandylion Reunion May End After 2026 Tour
According to a report from The MetalList, Dutch gothic metal pioneers The Gathering's reunited Mandylion-era lineup has no plans to continue beyond the ongoing 2026 world tour. Guitarist Rene Rutten is quoted framing the run as a one-off celebration of the 1995 album rather than the start of a new chapter, though whether the lineup truly stays retired after the tour remains to be seen.