New Metal Releases June 26th 2026
Walg - Solystalgia - Entropist - Psicorragia - Duir - Astriferous - Iskandr - Thætas - Ruyned - Astral Alchemy - Fyrgast - Angest - Ill Tidings - And More
51 releases this week and plenty to look forward to. Lots of black and death and a handful of doom thrown in.
Stand outs this week:
Walg - Sixth album from melodic black metal band out of the Netherlands. I became a huge fan of this duo when IV came out in 2024 and have been looking forward to their releases every year since. Last year’s album, V, is my favorite from them and my AOTY last year.
Solystalgia - Debut album from death / doom metal band out of the US with some funeral doom elements. Sounds amazing so far.
Entropist - Debut album from progressive death metal band out of Denver. Sounds amazing so far and I always love promoting local (to me) bands.
Also looking forward to: Duir - Thætas - Astral Alchemy - Angest - Alkuharmonian Kantaja - Seven Chains - Temple of Ahriman - Entgeist - Forsmán - Valosta Varjoon
VI by Walg
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wiegedood - Der Weg einer Freiheit - Vorga
Solystalgia by Solystalgia
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Nameless Grave Records
FOR FANS OF: Hooded Menace - Mortiferum - Dream Unending
The Vision by Entropist
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Equipoise - First Fragment - Beyond Creation
Nekromanthra by Psicorragia
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Total Death - Temple of Void - Asphyx
Catarsi by Duir
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black / Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: AOP Records
FOR FANS OF: Saor - Panopticon - Sojourner
Atavistic Unraveling by Astriferous
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Cost Rica
RECORD LABEL: Me Saco un Ojo Records
FOR FANS OF: Abhorrence - Demigod - Incantation
Sacraal by Iskandr
SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Folk Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Eisenwald
FOR FANS OF: Fell Voices - Solar Temple - Skagos
The Irredeemable Age by Thætas
SUBGENRE: Dissonant Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records
FOR FANS OF: Wormed - Malignancy - Defeated Sanity
Profanum Sacrificium by Ruyned
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Romania
RECORD LABEL: Osmose Productions
FOR FANS OF: Bütcher - Bewitcher - Deathhammer
Weaving Chilling Magical Dreamworlds by Astral Alchemy
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New York
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: Helgafell - Nocturnal Reveries
Mountains of Doom by Fyrgast
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Primeval Well - Darkthrone
Perpetual Anguish by Angest
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International
RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records
FOR FANS OF: Groza - Human Serpent - Dødsferd
Seeds of True Rebirth by Ill Tidings
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records
FOR FANS OF: In Crucem Agere - Carpe Noctem
Temptation’s Gates by Amberian Dawn
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records
FOR FANS OF: Nightwish - Edenbridge - Xandria
Abyssal Womb by Verdun
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Coffinworm - Thou - Drofnosura
Washington State Charm by Monument of Misanthropy
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Listenable Records
FOR FANS OF: Dying Fetus - Deeds of Flesh - Benighted
Filth Majesty by Hoc est Bellum
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Lunar Blood - Frozen Soul - Diabolic Oath
Retrospectre by Dead Kosmonaut
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Edged Circle Productions
FOR FANS OF: Grand Magus - The Dagger
Poison Riot by Iron Bones
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Morbid and Miserable Records
FOR FANS OF: Onslaught - Bulldozer - Motörhead
Ashes of the Damned by Royal Infanticide
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Vivisect Merch
FOR FANS OF: Gutslit - Limbsplitter - Defeated Sanity
Expand Crimson Chaos by Stonecast
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Pitch Black Records
FOR FANS OF: Livin’Evil - Vulcain - H-Bomb
Melas Khole by Alkuharmonian Kantaja
SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Ved Buens Ende - Fleurety - Dødheimsgard
Swollen, In Flux by Seven Chains
SUBGENRE: Experimental Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Portal - Imperial Triumphant - Altarage
Twilight of the Golden Star by Zørza
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Harakiri for the Sky - Deafheaven - Anomalie
Cimbrian Rites by Speedslut
SUBGENRE: Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Listenable Records
FOR FANS OF: Phantom - Vulture - Whiplash
Metalmorphosis by Masterplan
SUBGENRE: Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records
FOR FANS OF: Helloween - Thunderstone - Edguy
Not Midnight Yet by Phantom
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Cruel Force - Toxic Holocaust - Division Speed
Requiem for the North by Eternios
SUBGENRE: Blackened Symphonic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Belnejoum - Dimmu Borgir - Covenant
In the Shadow of the Cross by Anxious Arms
SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Sunday Drive Records
FOR FANS OF: Tort - Horn of the Rhino - Swamp Coffin
Volcano Shock by Vorax
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Grand Cadaver - Sentient Horror - Carnal Ruin
Heretics of Consensual Reality by Temple of Ahriman
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Primeval Well - Koreltsak
The Mincecore Manifesto by Haggus
SUBGENRE: Goregrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Tankcrimes
FOR FANS OF: Golem of Fore - Heinous - Toughguy
Welk by Entgeist
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Bihargam - Esoctrilihum
Trip Meadow by Druidess
SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Green Lung - Sergeant Thunderhoof - Weedian
Ultima Requies by Feralia
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy / Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum
FOR FANS OF: Dawn of a Dark Age - Selvans - Vorga
Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur by Forsmán
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iceland
RECORD LABEL: Vesperian
FOR FANS OF: Sinmara - Zhrine - Carpe Noctem
Agent Steel by Crying Steel
SUBGENRE: Heavy / Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Pride & Joy Music
FOR FANS OF: Vanadium - Venexa - Strana Officina
Crowned in Grey Skies by Mace ‘n’ Chain
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: No Remorse Records
FOR FANS OF: Megaton Sword - Eternal Champion - Ironsword
Luxuria Sanguis Plenilunium by Vampryiia
SUBGENRE: Ambient Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Void Wanderer Productions
FOR FANS OF: Wynter Myst - Escaping Aghartha
Cannot Be Controlled by Ill Omen
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Black Breath - Tyrannus - Eternal Evil
Path to Emptiness by Plaguestorm
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Argentina
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Intestine Baalism - Arghoslent - Vehemence
…with a Stone in My Maw by Fallen Moon Servant
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Thrawsunblat - Këkht Aräkh
The Fifth Essence by Broadslab
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Electric Desert Records
FOR FANS OF: SlowRepeaT - Hibernaut - Doomherre
..In Which Evil Dwells by Der Jäger
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Vixen - Sacred Steel - Tokyo Blade
O Além Ser by Agona
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Gojira - Mastodon - Rivers of Nihil
The Ugly Facets Of The Modern World by Internal Damage
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Trauma Bond - Pig Destroyer - Wormrot
The Experiment by Abductions
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Acid Vicious
FOR FANS OF: Avulsed - Putrevore
Seventh Act of a Death Foretold by Revoltons
SUBGENRE: Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Elevate Records
FOR FANS OF: Metal Church - Crimson Glory - Fates Warning
Blut, Stahl und Leid by Valosta Varjoon
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Folter Records
FOR FANS OF: Viha Surma - Wolves’ Winter
Totalitarian by Sinthetik Sentienz
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Parasitic Entity - Kalaveraztekah - Sallow Moth
Rebels by Steelballs
SUBGENRE: Power / Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Argentina
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Helloween - Blind Guardian - Grave Digger