New Metal Releases February 20th 2026
Domhain - Crowen - Evig Natt - AmongRuins - Sylosis - Phasma - Nightshade - Nazghor - Soul of Anubis - Bizarrekult - Belzebong - And More...
Pretty decent release week with 55. Quite a few melodic releases and several atmospheric black and post black. And a handful of thrash to go along with the death and black metal releases.
Stand outs this week:
Domhain - Debut album from Irish post black metal band. Quite a few clean vocals in here but it really works well.
Crowen - Third EP from Finnish melodic death metal band. Tuomas Saukkonen from Wolfheart filling in on bass.
Evig Natt - Fourth album from Norwegian gothic doom metal band.
Also looking forward to: Phasma - Nazghor - Bizarrekult - Incandescence - Shadowspawn - Galibot - Bloodred - Trespasser
In Perfect Stillness by Domhain
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal / Blackgaze
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: These Hands Melt
FOR FANS OF: Noctambulist - Numenorean - Harakiri for the Sky
Through the Dying Mist by Crowen
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Wolfheart - Insomnium - Dark the Suns
Vaketimen by Evig Natt
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: WormHoleDeath
FOR FANS OF: Draconian - Forest Stream - Saturnus
Advent of Chaos by AmongRuins
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Theogonia Records
FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - Darkness Everywhere - Upon Stone
The New Flesh by Sylosis
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast Records
FOR FANS OF: Revocation - The Haunted - Darkest Hour
Purgatory by Phasma
SUBGENRE: Technical Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Psycroptic - Spawn of Possession - Crypts of Despair
In Essence Divided by Nightshade
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music
FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Blood Incantation - Gojira
A World Ablaze by Nazghor
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Solistitium Records
FOR FANS OF: Naglfar - Vinterland - Dissection
Ritual by Soul of Anubis
SUBGENRE: Doom / Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Gawthrop - Ghostsmoker - Leper Temple
Alt Som Finnes by Bizarrekult
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Blackbraid - Laster - Heretoir
The End Is High by Belzebong
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Heavy Psych Sounds Records
FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Bongripper - Bongzilla
Monolith of Ephemerality by Dwellnought
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records
FOR FANS OF: Crypt Sermon - Sorcerer
The Seraphic Conspiracy by Slave One
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Cartilage - Impaled - Exhumed
Hors Temps by Incandescence
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records
FOR FANS OF: Spectral Wound - Petrichor - Ancient Death
Cadaver Dogs by Shadowspawn
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna
FOR FANS OF: Mors Verum - Absurdeity
Carving the Causeway to the Otherworld by Coscradh
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland
RECORD LABEL: 20 Buck Spin
FOR FANS OF: Teitanblood - Black Curse - Malthusian
Reborn to Light by Aeon Gods
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records
FOR FANS OF: Fellowship - Twilight Force - Majestica
Hymns Under a Blood Moon Sky by Suplecs
SUBGERE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Ripple Music
FOR FANS OF: Battalions - Boss Keloid
Red Asphalt by Exhumed
SUBGENRE: Goregrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records
FOR FANS OF: Impaled - General Surgery - Regurgitate
Dawn of the Iconoclast by Worm Shepherd
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records
FOR FANS OF: Lorna Shore - Mental Cruelty - Shadow of Intent
Euch’Mau Noir bis by Galibot
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions
FOR FANS OF: Dauþuz - Aaskereia - Ungfell
Worshippers Of Chaös by Rotten Blasphemy
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Craven Idol - Ares Kingdom - Desaster
Infernal Exekution Reign by Slakter
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Destruction - Morbid Saint - Exumer
Colours of Pain by Bloodred
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records
FOR FANS OF: Demonstealer - Reeking Aura
Abyssurge by Strup
SUBGENRE: Deathgrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Rotted Life / Gurgling Gore
FOR FANS OF: Gutslit - Cartilage - Impaled
Áradó fájdalom a tűnődés medrében by Merculistarya
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Pest Records
FOR FANS OF: Alghol - Tarfania - Isrike
The Great Elven War by Darklore
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Brymir - Atavistia
Zepter by Zepter
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Jag Panzer - Liege Lord - Omen
State Dependent Memory by Unmother
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Spectral Lore - Laster
Daemonosophia by The Magus
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: The Circle Music
FOR FANS OF: Necromantia - Yoth Iria - Varathron
Hiraeth by Abstracted
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: M-Theory Audio
FOR FANS OF: Obscura - Beyond Creation - Augury
יְהִי אוֹר by Trespasser
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Fucking Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Dawn Ray’d - Profecium - Anarchist Wolves
Witching Attack by Lead Injector
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Warfield - Phantom
Vigil for a Hollowed Earth by Mortal Blood
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Tribunal - Draconian - Woods of Vypres
Dante by Daidalos
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records
FOR FANS OF: Dimmu Borgir - Septicflesh
The Praise of Folly by L’Ira del Baccano
SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Subsound Records
FOR FANS OF: Spaceslug - Hawkeyes - Shooting Guns
Redemption Part 1: Twisted World by Dispyria
SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: El Puerto Records
FOR FANS OF: Superior - Winterland
Tesuque by Ferndom
SUBGENRE: Melodic Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Gonemage - Cara Neir
Dreamerie by Flowerleaf
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil / Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Graveshadow - Epica - Sonata Arctica
Taurunovem - Th’Astraktyan Serfdome by Necropolissebeht
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany / Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Teitanblood - Nuclearhammer - Nirriti
De Pinte by Misotheist
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Terratur Posseessions
FOR FANS OF: Sinmara - Enevelde - Mare
Apnea by Stam1na
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Sakara Records
FOR FANS OF: Devin Townsend - Waltari - Strapping Young Lad
Ædel Fetich by Ædel Fetich
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Deadbangers Productions
FOR FANS OF: Stikkersvin - Bekor Qilish
Let Us Not Speak of Them but Look and Pass On by Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Redscroll Records
FOR FANS OF: Thou - Primitive Man - Grief
Century by Imago Imperii
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Metal Zone Italia
FOR FANS OF: Claymorean - Sacred Outcry - Valiant Sentinel
Coagulating Putrescence by Disgustingest
SUBGENRE: Slam
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Emasculator - Snuffed on Sight
The Veil of Darkness by Serpent Gates
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Venomoon Records
FOR FANS OF: Seven Sisters - Amulet - Acid Blade
Confrontación Heroica by Asedio
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: FHM Records
FOR FANS OF: Acero Letal - Speedtrap - Agent Steel
Hyper-Death by Aabode
SUBGENRE: Avante-Garde Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Ulcerate - Gorguts
Perversa Mysteria by Kadavereich
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Degraved - Warp Chamber - Cosmic Putrefaction
La Congrega Del Signore Oscuro by VoidLord
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Succumb - Fossilization
Death Worshippers by Mortis Mutilati
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Pâlefroid - Wrack
Sorge & Sehnsucht by Irrseele
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wallfahrer - Autrest - Elderwind
Skumhammer by Skumhammer
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Sonic Raid Records
FOR FANS OF: Disma - Immolation
New World by Deadtrees
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China
RECORD LABEL: Pest Productions
FOR FANS OF: None - ColdWorld - Thy Light
Thanks as always!
I know Incandescence, not remembering a lot about them but will definitely try it. I have listened to Worm Shepard before and not my cup of tea but pretty good for that symphonic deathcore genre. Stuff from places like Hungary and China this week could be interesting.