Music industry updates feature new releases and album reissues

Various music artists and compilations are seeing new releases and reissues. Artefuckt is set to release their fifth album, ‘Alchemie’, in 2026, which is described as a work of musical transmutation.

British hard rock band Thunder is releasing a 2026 reissue of their 1998 live album, featuring remastered recordings and a first-time vinyl release.

Warner Music Germany has released two 80s-themed compilation volumes: ‘Don't Stop The 80's Vol. 3: The Ballads’, featuring artists such as Phil Collins and Cyndi Lauper, and ‘Don't Stop The 80's Vol. 4: Die Deutsche’, focusing on German artists like Nena and Udo Lindenberg.

Additionally, a 2001 remastered reissue of ABBA’s successful 1980 studio album, ‘Super Trouper’, is noted, including bonus tracks like ‘Put On Your White Sombrero’.