New Metal Releases August 21st 2026
Jotungrav - Fen - Noumena - AXTY - Suffering Quota - Fen - Escapeinout - Rapid - Deceptor - Cvinger - Nekrodawn - Martyrium - Argul - Triskelyon - And More
Starting to pick up a little with 44 releases this week. Even with more coming out, there’s not quite as much that I am looking forward to and I’ve only got one in the stand outs section. But the ones I am looking forward to should all be great.
Stand out this week:
Jotungrav - Debut album from progressive blackened folk metal band out of Finland. The songs on this album take the listener through war torn landscapes of the ancient world.
Also looking forward to: Fen - Noumena - Nekrodawn - Martyrium - Nethergate - Barbarossa
Elegi by Jotungrav
SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Noltem - Wayfarer - Falls of Rauros
Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth by Fen
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions
FOR FANS OF: Agalloch - Wolves in the Throne Room - Vallendusk
Maanääri by Noumena
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Haunted Zoo Productions
FOR FANS OF: Insomnium - Omnium Gatherum - Be’lakor
The Pain Made Me Who I Am by AXTY
SUBGENRE: Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records
FOR FANS OF: Into the Silo - Brand of Sacrifice - The Last of Lucy
Sisyphean Life by Suffering Quota
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Tartarus Records
FOR FANS OF: Cloud Rat - Insect Warfare - Bloat
The Age of Collapse - As Above, So Below by Escapeinout
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Brutal Records
FOR FANS OF: Imperishable - Entombed - Carnage
Enter the Realm of Fire by Rapid
SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Venom - Bulldozer - Sabbat
Reign of Terror by Deceptor
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Possessed - Venom - Merciless
Rites ov Flesh by Cvinger
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovenia
RECORD LABEL: Void Wanderer Productions
FOR FANS OF: 1349 - Ragnarok - Dark Funeral
Covenant of Carnage by Nekrodawn
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: War Anthem Records
FOR FANS OF: Bloodbath - Vomitory - Hypocrisy
Malevolent by Martyrium
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Apostasy Records
FOR FANS OF: Tyrannus - Eternal Evil - Atonement
Soledad & Orgullo by Argul
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru
RECORD LABEL: Personal Records / Mixuo Records
FOR FANS OF: Weedian - WyndRider - bunsenburner
Metalmorphosis by Triskelyon
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Moribund Records
FOR FANS OF: Iron Kobra - Iron Slaught
Cold Velvet by The Night Eternal
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: In Solitude - Portrait - Morgul Blade
Becoming After by Noveria
SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records
FOR FANS OF: Symphony X - Manticora - Pagan’s Mind
Nefelheim by Fejd
SUBGENRE: Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Black Lodge Records
FOR FANS OF: Týr - Heidevolk - Primordial
Omen II by Malamorte
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Moribund Records
FOR FANS OF: Mercyful Fate - King Diamond - In Solitude
No Future, No Light by Mind Affliction
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna
FOR FANS OF: Altarage - Adversarial - Mitochondrion
The Morning Darkness by Dysthymia
SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records
FOR FANS OF: Thy Light - Austere - Farewell
Hell Is Evil by Deathgrave
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Tankcrimes
FOR FANS OF: Repulsion - Blood - Macabre
Existence Is Corruption by Street Tombs
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Carbonized Records
FOR FANS OF: Undeath - Cemetery Reign - Tomb Mold
Into Sunless Gravescapes by Vrykolakas
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Singapore
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Eskhaton - Impetuous Ritual - Cruciamentum
A Kingdom Reborn by Funerarya
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Philippines
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Malthusian - Antediluvian
Power to Survive by Burning Sun
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Pride & Joy Music
FOR FANS OF: Helloween - Iron Savior - Grave Digger
Ride the Storm by Ristridi
SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - Dark the Suns - Amon Amarth
Civitas Lacrimarum by Cemetery Echo
SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Unto Others - Idle Hands - Sentenced
Iridescence by Colliding Worlds
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Intestine Baalism - Dungeon Serpent - Garden of Shadows
Hoist the Colours High by Tokyo Blade
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Cherry Red Records
FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Grim Reaper - Saxon
Unilluminate to Illuminate by Oddland
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records
FOR FANS OF: Leprous - Pain of Salvation - Riverside
Faerie Ring by Faerie Ring
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: King Volume Records
FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Kyuss - Sleep
Ordnance of Spiritual Warfare by Teratum
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: GraveRipper - Wraith - Hellripper
Shattered Reflection by Dogtak
SUBGENRE: Groove / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Confess - Acrassicauda
Droga Total by Cobrafuma
SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Municipal Waste - Gama Bomb - Nuclear Assault
Ihme by Ristiinnaulitseminen
SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland / Russia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Ghost Bath - Austere - Silencer
Haze, Cacophony, and White Light by Shabti
SUBGENRE: Technical Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Contemn Light
FOR FANS OF: Cryptic Shift - Artificial Brain - Siderean
Neanderthal by Celophys
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Robustfellow
FOR FANS OF: Conan - Deadsmoke
Sanguivoria by Nethergate
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Abyssal Rift - Incantation - Phrenelith
Tetric One by Tetric One
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Fer de Lance - Scald
Carnal Lust of Blasphemy by Azatoth
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Extremely Rotten Productions
FOR FANS OF: Cannibal Corpse - Malformed - Undergang
Olověné sny by War for War
SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Master’s Hammer - Stíny Plamenů
The Rabid Dead by Thanatomass
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Nomad Snakepit Productions
FOR FANS OF: Pseudogod - Grave Misma
Meaningless Existence by Utilize the Remains
SUBGENRE: Slam
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New Zealand
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Dysmorfectomy - Analepsy - Kraanium
Tales of Cruelty by Barbarossa
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Ripper - Ignobleth
Cloven by Cloven
SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Pest Productions
FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Ashenspire