New Metal Releases April 3rd 2026
Apolaustic - SolNegre - Forlorn Citadel - Bloody Valkyria - Unearthly Rites - Nervosa - Non Est Deus - Akem Manah - Sisyphean - Green Carnation - And More...
Stand outs this week:
Apolaustic - Debut album from Swiss melodic blackened death metal band featuring the former vocalist of Stortregn. Being a huge Stortregn fan, I am extremely excited about this one.
SolNegre - Sophomore album from death / doom band out of Spain. Formed in 2022 by Gebre and Rigel, bandmates since 1995 and founders of Helevorn. In this new project, they are taking inspiration from 90’s death / doom.
Also looking forward to: Forlorn Citadel - Bloody Valkyria - Nervosa - Non Est Deus - Sisyphean - Vanir - Graveborn - Fathomless
No Plenitude Without Suffering by Apolaustic
SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Stortregn - Unanimated - Naglfar
Anthems for the Grand Collapse by SolNegre
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records
FOR FANS OF: Helevorn - Mourners Lament - A Dream of Poe
An Oath Undone by Forlorn Citadel
SUBGENRE: Black Metal / Dungeon Synth
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Northern Silence Productions
FOR FANS OF: Summoning - Caladan Brood
Requiem: Reveries of the Dying by Bloody Valkyria
SUBGENRE: Epic Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Northern Silence Productions
FOR FANS OF: Saor - Belore - Cân Bardd
Tortural Symphony of the Flesh by Unearthly Rites
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Svart Records
FOR FANS OF: Croaked - Grand Cadaver - Coffin Mulch
Slave Machine by Nervosa
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records
FOR FANS OF: Crypta - Destruction - Vader
Blessings and Curses by Non Est Deus
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Noisebringer Records
FOR FANS OF: Kanonenfieber - Leiþa
Threnodies by Akem Manah
SUBGENRE: Progressive Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Black Lion Records
FOR FANS OF: Sorrowful Land - Anathema - Paradise Lost
Divergence by Sisyphean
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Lithuania
RECORD LABEL: Edged Circle Productions
FOR FANS OF: Suffering Hour - Temple of Void - Hooded Menace
A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis b Green Carnation
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: In the Woods… - Paradise Lost - Pain of Salvation
The Third Nail by Malauriu
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Adirondack Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Fire Magic - Spectral Wound - Dumal
Astral Imprisonment by Evilbreed
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia
RECORD LABEL: Ironbound Records
FOR FANS OF: Stress Angel - Death Strike - Conjureth
Theories of Imperfection by Gus Drax
SUBGENRE: Instrumental Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Theogonia Records
FOR FANS OF: Jeff Loomis - John Petrucci - Marty Friedman
Alle Hernach by Schattenvald
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Solistitium Records
FOR FANS OF: Totenwache - Antrisch
The Oblation of Man by Towering
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Dolorem Records
FOR FANS OF: Nothingness - Shoah - Grave
The Embrace of Cloacal Desire by Crotaline
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Liminal Dread Productions
FOR FANS OF: Phantom - Venom - Hellhammer
Maledicti in Aeternvm by Death Dies
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music
RECORD LABEL: Dark Funeral - 1349 - Ragnarok
Medium... La Daga de la Iniciación by Ejecutor
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Chaos Records
FOR FANS OF: Atomicide - Vomitor - Invincible Force
Wyrd by Vanir
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Target Group
FOR FANS OF: Sylvatica - Amon Amarth - Hin Onde
Forefathers’ Eve (Damnation) by Upiór
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Fleshgod Apocalypse - Septicflesh - Ex Deo
Nowhere in Between Forever by Lantlôs
SUBGENRE: Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions
FOR FANS OF: Deafheaven - Fen - Old Silver Key
Sunn O))) by Sunn O)))
SUBGENRE: Drone / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Sub Pop Records
FOR FANS OF: Khanate - Pentemple - Asva
Absentia by Splendidula
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: SubRosa - Sunken - Friisk
Good God / Baad Man by Corrosion of Conformity
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Southern Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast Records
FOR FANS OF: Down - Black Label Society - Melvins
Præterhuman II: Apokathistemi by The Last Knell
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Schattenkult Produktionen
FOR FANS OF: Voodus - Ondskapt - Funeral Mist
La Noche Más Oscura by Throne of Evil
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Schattenkult Produktionen
FOR FANS OF: Absent Ritual - Ancestral Fortitude
Metempsychosis by Graveborn
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Contrarian - Obscura - Augury
The End of Antiquity by Chariots Overdrive
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Gates of Hell Records
FOR FANS OF: Metalucifer - Loudness - Angel Witch
Qisma by HeKz
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wolf - Metal Law
Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum by Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Stillbirth Records
FOR FANS OF: Septic Karnage - Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship
Theos-Vel-Samael by Ain Sof Aur
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Serpent ov Old - Ulthar
Achlys by Anasarca
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Selfmadegod Records
FOR FANS OF: Vomitory - Broken Torse - Cryptopsy
Reveal by Gadir
SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal
COUTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Prehistoric Sounds
FOR FANS OF: Aspaarn - Gelkhammar - Broken Spirit
The Sound of Absent Life by The Solitude
SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Reaper Entertainment
FOR FANS OF: Candlemass - Solitude Aeturnus - Crypt Sermon
Asymmetries by Void of Light
SUBGENRE: Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Ripcord Records
FOR FANS OF: Adzes - Slowcut - Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
II: Thy Desolation by Fathomless
SUBGENRE: Progressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Azaab - Transgressive
Acts of Sedition by Hubris
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Groza - Human Serpent - Dødsferd
Anointed in Blood by Cinder Mage
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Hell is a City - WyndRider - Blue Heron
Kill Pagans by Gorgon Vomit
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Pissgrave - Infester - Deicide
Letargia by Forevercold
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Summoning - Eiffor - Moongates Guardian
Usurping the Throne Under the Crown of Blasphemy by Verletzen
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Wulfhere Productions
FOR FANS OF: Wynter Myst - Black Pyre - Asbjorn Daemonium de Noctis
A Comedy Divine by Bragging Rights
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Torso - Floating - Morbus Chron
Tanatologie by Inféren
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Demonolith - Domhain
The Darkest Part of Your Room by Dog Smoke
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Seum - Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
Still Life by Nature Morte
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Frozen Records
FOR FANS OF: Deafheaven - Alcest - Harakiri for the Sky
Teufelsmühle by Harlinger
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Verheerer - Ascension - Acrimonious
La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación by Cenotafio
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Demoniac Productions
FOR FANS OF: Grave Miasma - Wrathprayer - Chaos Perversion
I Have No Name by Cult of Occult
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Primitive Man - Grief - Body Void
Thanatocorporeal Sculptures of Cryogenic Excruciation by Ecchymosis
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Thailand
RECORD LABEL: New Standard Elite
FOR FANS OF: Orchidectomy - Brodequin - Embodied Torment