The Melomania A100 are surprisingly refined for the price, and clearly draw on Cambridge Audio’s Hi-Fi heritage. Calm under pressure, they offer precision and accuracy, for a genuinely musical ...

The members of Sabaton have much in common with each other, but likely the most vital component in their connection is their shared passion for storytelling. Sabaton is known for its high-intensity ...

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

Amy Lee confirmed that a new Evanescence album will be out in 2026.

A moving collection of vocal works, including world premiere recordings of music by the eminent Hungarian composer Gyorgy ...

Released at the height of the 1980s, Def Leppard’s Hysteria helped redefine rock albums through scale, sound, and lasting ...

Melissa Etheridge will release her first new studio album in five years, ‘Rise,’ in March 2026; listen to her new advance ...

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage talked about her new foray into R&B, 'This One Is Personal,' Afrobeats and the impact of ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...