New Metal Releases June 12th 2026
Fires in the Distance - BalashToth - Woewarden - Fleshcrawl - Goreworm - Bloodhunter - Numen - Defiled - Ka'aper - Malist - Goetia - Woewarden - And More
Stand outs this week:
Fires in the Distance - Third album from US based melodic death / doom metal band. Both of their previous albums are amazing with Air Not Meant for Us being one of the best albums of 2023.
BalashToth - Debut album after two EP’s from Irish melo death band.
Woewarden - Fourth album from atmospheric depressive black metal band out of Australia.
Also looking forward to: Goreworm - Numen - Malist - Nuclear Tomb - Hecate
Circadian Promise by Fires in the Distance
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Prosthetic Records
FOR FANS OF: Swallow the Sun - Saturnus - Novembers Doom
Equation II - The Antithesis of Life and Free Will by BalashToth
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland
RECORD LABEL: Not-Even-Music / Metal Ör Die Records / Pest Records
FOR FANS OF: At the Gates - Dimension Zero - The Haunted
The Roots Of My Neglect by Woewarden
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Dusktone
FOR FANS OF: None - ColdWorld - Thy Light
Epitome of Carnage by Fleshcrawl
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Reigning Phoenix Music
FOR FANS OF: Dismember - Vomitory - Revel in Flesh
Miasmic Solitude by Goreworm
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Alterbeast - Arkaik - The Kennedy Veil
Sons of the Abandoned by Bloodhunter
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: ROAR!
FOR FANS OF: Arch Enemy - Frantic Amber - Nightrage
Erre by Numen
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions
FOR FANS OF: Nakkiga - Owl’s Blood - Ur
Altered State by Defiled
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Hate Eternal - Monstrosity - Tzun Tzu
When Gods Walked the Earth by Ka’aper
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Cyprus
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Dark the Suns - Noumena - Be’lakor
Eternal Echo of the Fall by Malist
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Flowing Downward
FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Magoth - Craft
Mortuary Cult by Goetia
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Carbonized Records
FOR FANS OF: Necrovore - Morbid Angel - Hate Eternal
Evil Black Church by Estertor
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Black Lion Records
FOR FANS OF: Sarcator - Nekromantheon - Dark Angel
Quantifying Cosmic Doom by Soulburn
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records
FOR FANS OF: Malignant Altar - Feral
The Tarot of the Bohemians - Part II by Heavenwood
SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Target Group
FOR FANS OF: Paradise Lost - Moonspell - Inhuman
Khemmis by Khemmis
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast
FOR FANS OF: Pallbearer - Warning - Crypt Sermon
Epoch Inhumane by Nuclear Tomb
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Rotted Life Records
FOR FANS OF: Voivod - Coroner - Vektor
Signal Fire by Genghis Tron
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records
FOR FANS OF: Chat Pile - Death Meta
Grave of the Damned by Tombal
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Blood Harvest
FOR FANS OF: Abscession - Entrails - Live Burial
Migja ta Mohh Mignun by Saħħar
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Malta
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Ultha - Weakling - Sumerian Tombs
Tragicus. Laetitia. Ira. Misericordia. by Dehumanize
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Broken Curfew Records
FOR FANS OF: Revulsed - Abated Mass of Flesh - The Empty Tomb
Phenomenon by Day 40
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Toxik
AcCult2 by Vanden Plas
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECROD LABEL: Frontiers Records
FOR FANS OF: Dream Theater - Threshold - Shadow Gallery
Cosmic Consciousness by Cornucopia
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Sarcator - Hellripper
Exgenesis at the End of Time by Make
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Accident Prone Records
FOR FANS OF: Inter Arma - Morne
The Nocturnes of Iswylm by Stormkeep
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Origin of the Divine Light
FOR FANS OF: Sacramentum - Windir - Dawn
Rotting Antefix by Defenestration
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Slimelord - Fossilization - Replicant
Lethal Messiah by Moontowers
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Manilla Road - October 31 - Visigoth
Comment est la nuit ? by Hecate
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Moonlight Sorcery - Mooncitadel - Ancestral Shadows
Consent to Deception by Bakken
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Anvil - Gothic Knights
Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2 by King Potenaz
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Majestic Mountain Records
FOR FANS OF: Monolord - Weedian - Electric Wizard
Acts of Violence by Atomic Terror
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Sodom - Dark Angel
Behold the Event Horizon by Blind Watchmaker
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Valiant Sentinel - HammerFall
Omen by Argorok
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Orbit Culture - Scar Symmetry - Gojira
Íosir by Fyrnask
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Ván Records
FOR FANS OF: Lunar Aurora - Crimson Moon
The Powerhouse Act by Wizzmakin
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Ossuary Records
FOR FANS OF: Time Rift - Wytch Hazel - Sir Lord Baltimore
Antinferno by Trigonum Mortis
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Shrine of Denial - Houle
Assiégé Pour l’Éternité by Véhémence
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Antiq
FOR FANS OF: Sühnopfer - Obsequiae - Passéisme
Systems of Solitude by Black Tusk
SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Crowbar - Lord Dying
Grief Is Love by PallBear
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Widower Records
FOR FANS OF: Muerto - Malignant Aura
Really excited for the new Fyrnask record
I’m not familiar with any of these bands. It’s like you’re speaking in tongues. I will be checking them out though, thank you for posting.