August 2026 has been a landslide of new music, and moshstar’s shelves just got heavier. From Toronto hardcore and German symphonic metal to a Weezer curveball and a pair of prog legends staring out to sea, here are ten records that dropped this month — each with a track you can play right now on the artist’s page.
Out August 7
Cancer Bats — Give Me Dirt
The Toronto crew’s eighth album, tracked with Converge’s Kurt Ballou, doubles down on the bouncy, bruising hardcore that made them festival favourites. ▶ Watch the lead single ‘Stay Stuck’
Ceremony — Tell Me Your Dream
The California punks’ first new music in roughly seven years lands on Relapse, pushing further into jagged post-punk. ▶ Watch ‘Death Destruction Mayhem’
Citizen — Halcyon Blues
The Toledo band’s first record since 2023 taps back into the urgent energy of their early work. ▶ Watch the lead single ‘Highs and Lows’
Electric Callboy — TANZNEID
Germany’s kings of chaos are back with more genre-hopping mayhem. ▶ Watch ‘The Way You Are’ — a boy-band ballad that detonates into a breakdown.
Xandria — Eclipse
The German symphonic-metal institution’s most varied album yet, out via Napalm Records. ▶ Watch the cinematic first single ‘The Shannon’s Home’
Out August 21
Weezer — Weezer (the ‘Gold Album’)
Rivers Cuomo and co. hit their twentieth studio album, and it leans widescreen. ▶ Watch ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’, featuring Karly Hartzman of Wednesday.
Oddland — Unilluminate To Illuminate
Finland’s prog-metal craftsmen return on Frontiers with an album about struggle and resilience. ▶ Watch ‘Freefall’
Legends’ corner — mid-to-late August
Carly Simon — Comes in Waves (Aug 14)
The soft-rock icon delivers her first album of all-original songs since 2008. ▶ Watch the lyric video for lead single ‘Howl’
Ann Wilson — Consecrated Ground (Aug 14)
Heart’s powerhouse vocalist digs into heavy rock, psychedelia and blues on her second album with Tripsitter. ▶ Hear the lead single ‘I Will Not Be Coming Back’
Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery — The Roaring Waves (Aug 28)
Genesis’s former guitarist and Marillion’s founding six-stringer finally finish their sea-themed, all-instrumental collaboration for InsideOut. ▶ Watch ‘The Black Sea’
Every track above lives on its artist’s moshstar page — hit play, then dig into the rest of the catalogue.