{"id":719235,"date":"2026-06-06T15:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719235\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:36:24","slug":"the-20-best-metal-hard-rock-albums-of-2026-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719235\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20 Best Metal &#038; Hard Rock Albums of 2026 So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consequence\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/best-of-2026-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2026 Mid-Year Report<\/a> continues with our roundup of the 20 Best Metal &amp; Hard Rock Albums So Far. Check out our other lists from earlier in the week, including the best <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/list\/33-best-albums-of-2026-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">overall albums<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/list\/best-movies-of-2026-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">films<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/list\/best-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TV shows<\/a> from the first half of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The halfway point of 2026 is upon us, and already there\u2019s been a plethora of excellent heavy metal and hard rock albums released this year.<\/p>\n<p>Most unexpected, Neurosis returned with a new singer, Aaron Turner, and surprise-released a stellar comeback album titled An Undying Love for a Burning World.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hard-rock staples like Evanescence, Sevendust, Alter Bridge, and Rob Zombie each delivered topnotch albums.<\/p>\n<p>And veteran extreme acts like Immolation, Mayhem, and Darkthrone proved that they\u2019re still as vital as ever decades into their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Heavy Consequence\u2018s picks for the 20 Best Metal &amp; Hard Rock Albums of 2026 So Far below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consequence\u2019s 2026 Mid-Year Report continues with our roundup of the 20 Best Metal &amp; Hard Rock Albums So&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-719235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}