New Metal Releases March 27th 2026
Grain of Pain - Foetorem - Obscure Fate - Hellripper - Growth - Phileas - Skeletal Spectre - Cryptworm - Teratoma - Tulus - Enisum - And More...
Big week this week with 74 releases. March is turning out to be a great month and there are a lot that I am looking forward to again.
Stand outs this week:
Grain of Pain - Second album from Finnish melodic gothic doom metal band. Featuring Timo Solonen of Infirmum, Lark Elkind from Before the Dawn on bass and clean vocals and Juuso Ratikainen on drums.
Foetorem - Debut album from death / doom band out of Denmark. From the Bandcamp; “With a band name that translates to “stench of decay”, Foetorem produces Death/Doom metal built on ponderous and melodic guitar riffing, technical drum patterns, and pulsing, cavernous basslines.”
Also looking forward to: Growth - Phileas - Tulus - Enisum - Cruel Force - Blasart - Solus Ex Inferis - Rivers Ablaze - Extinction - Fade Dreams - Mysidia - Bedrängnis - Hegeroth
Behind Us All by Grain of Pain
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Noble Demon
FOR FANS OF: Infirmum - Red Moon Architect - Shores of Null
Incongruous Forms Of Evergrowing Rot by Foetorem
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records
FOR FANS OF: Spectral Voice - Mortiferum - Krypts
Shades of a Dying World by Obscure Fate
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Dark the Suns - Before the Dawn - Insomnium
Coronach by Hellripper
SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Century Media Records
FOR FANS OF: Midnight - Toxic Holocaust - Bewitcher
Under the Under by Growth
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Wild Things Records
FOR FANS OF: Ulcerate - Replicant - Artificial Brain
Chapitre 1: la chute by Phileas
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Fetzner Death Records
FOR FANS OF: Dark Plague - Pâlefroid - Alghol
Keeping the Cauldron Warm by Skeletal Spectre
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Great Dane Records
FOR FANS OF: Wooden Stake - Hooded Menace - Solothus
Infectious Pathological Waste by Cryptworm
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Me Saco un Ojo Records
FOR FANS OF: Undergang - Cerebral Rot - Autopsy
Longing Voracity by Teratoma
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Me Saco un Ojo Records
FOR FANS OF: Rotted - Tomb Mold - Hyperdontia
Morbid Desires by Tulus
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Darkness Shall Rise Productions
FOR FANS OF: Khold - Satyricon - Isvind
Autumn Embrace by Enisum
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: Panopticon - Altars of Grief - Wolves in the Throne Room
Expedition III: Renitenzpfad by Antrisch
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: AOP Records
FOR FANS OF: Verheerer - Kanonenfieber
Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance by Barbaric Oath
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records
FOR FANS OF: Seraphic Castration - Heathen Beast
What If Better Never Comes? by Mallavora
SUBGENRE: Alt-Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Church Road Records
FOR FANS OF: Patriarchy - Night Thieves
Rotting on a Golden Throne by Zerre
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal / Crossover
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Enforced - High Command
Come Creeping Fiends by Aggressive Perfector
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Heavy Sentence - Midnight - Whipstriker
Italian Dark Sound by Mirdyasi’s Kult
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Celtic Frost - Pentagram - Bathory
Skräckfylld Förtjusning by Midnatt
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Jawbreaker Records
FOR FANS OF: Templar - Witch Blade - Helvetets Port
Darkness Is My Crown by Defacing God
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Apostasy Records
FOR FANS OF: Dimmu Borgir - Cradle of Filth - Carach Angren
Approaching Doom by Monsternaut
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Heavy Psych Sounds Records
FOR FANS OF: Lowrider - Kyuss - Nebula
Engines of Demolition by Black Label Society
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: MNRK Heavy
FOR FANS OF: Down - Texas Hippie Coalition - Hellyeah
Planned Obsolescence by Only Human
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Transit Method - The Contortionist
lauks by varmia
SUBGENRE: Pagan Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: M-Theory Audio
FOR FANS OF: Dordeduh - Havukruunu
Infatuation With Premeditation by Melting Rot
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records
FOR FANS OF: Insect Warfare - Wormrot - Mass Extinction
Heavy Metal Hairspray by Heavy Metal Shrapnel
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Nameless Grave Records
FOR FANS OF: Racer X - Yngwie Malmsteen - Judas Priest
Transmutation by Carnivore A.D.
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Apostasy Records
FOR FANS OF: Venom - Cro-Mags
Revelations by Threat Signal
SUBGENRE: Groove / Industrial / Metalcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Agonia Records
FOR FANS OF: Chimaira - Sybreed - Fear Factory
Fire & Sulfur by Exorcised
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew / Cruel Gate Records
FOR FANS OF: Craven Idol - Scythian - Ares Kingdom
De Verboden Diepte II: De Weg van de Meeste Weerstand by Dystopia
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Immortal Frost Productions
FOR FANS OF: Laster - Zalaam - Domhain
Haneda by Cruel Force
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Shadow Kingdom Records
FOR FANS OF: Nocturnal - Desaster - Sodom
Mordeo by Mordeo
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Crust Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hypaethral Records
FOR FANS OF: Primitive Man - Black Breath - His Hero is Gone
Depravatus Christianis Sacris by Blasart
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Lavadome Productions
FOR FANS OF: Ordalie - Vorga
Devour the Light by Spitfire
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Assassin - Holy Moses - Razor
Prophecies of Eternal Horror by Highgate
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
FOR FANS OF: Fleshpress - Burning Witch
Teratogen by Solus Ex Inferis
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nile - Hour of Penance - Brain Drill
Chronicles by Helgafell
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: Caladan Brood - Summoning - Moongates Guardian
Tenebris Nox Immortuae by Apocalyptic Leaders
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Tarfania - Alghol - Panzerwar
Daimon by Adversam
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Masked Dead Records
FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Emperor - Abigor
The Dome by Intoxicated
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Redefining Darkness Records
FOR FANS OF: GraveRipper - Detherous - Possessed
Inexternal Dread by Rivers Ablaze
SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Inertial Music
FOR FANS OF: Phasma - Cosmitorium - Lunar Chamber
Wilderness of Mirrors by Myrath
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Tunisia
RECORD LABEL: earMUSIC
FOR FANS OF: Orphaned Land - Circus Maximus - Kamelot
Beyond the Reach of Enchantment by Power Paladin
SUBGENRE: Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iceland
RECORD LABEL: ROAR!
FOR FANS OF: Dragonforce - Rhapsody of Fire - Twilight Force
Wayfarer by Kerrigan
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Century - Haunt - Enforcer
Inferno by Lion’s Share
SUBGENRE: Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Metalville
FOR FANS OF: Astral Doors - Civil War - Bloodbound
Morning Star by Këkht Aräkh
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Sacred Bones Records
FOR FANS OF: Draugveil - Selvnatt - Empillarist
Human Beast by Sons of Eternity
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records
FOR FANS OF: Valiant Sentinel - HammerFall - Manowar
Black Waves by Tomorrow’s Outlook
SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Battlegod Productions
FOR FANS OF: Manticora - Blind Guardian - Symphony X
Tahlia by Devil Electric
SUBGENRE: Heavy / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Blood Ceremony - Electric Wizard - Benthic Realm
Hate Reactor by Divine Chaos
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Vader - Testament - 8 Foor Sativa
My Kingdom Come by Timeless Rage
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Metalapolis Records
FOR FANS OF: Fairyland - Ancient Bards - Twilight Force
Love Overdrive by Total Maniac
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Motörhead - Tank
Scorn by Crux Ex
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Lust Hag - Svdestada
Deceit and Misery by Iron Slug
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Road to Masochist Records
FOR FANS OF: Weedian - Gawthrop - Leper Temple
Consecrated Abysses of Dread by Bekor Qilish
SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Krallice - Thantifaxath - Esoctrilihum
The Art of Abysswalking by The Oldest House
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Acid Bath - Iron Monkey
La Tourbe Des Rêves by Dionysiaque
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Deumus - Black Hole - Black Oath
Future Is Denied by Mosh-Pit Justice
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bulgaria
RECORD LABEL: Punishment 18 Records
FOR FANS OF: Forbidden - The Outer Limits - Xentrix
The Horned God by Extinction
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Punishment 18 Records
FOR FANS OF: Elsinore - Glorious Depravity
Ritual of Rebirth by Overruled
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: No Dust Records
FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Eruption - Artillery
Unfinished Human by Fade Dreams
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Ghost Bath - Woods of Desolation
Cultus Inoxia by Asylum TX
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Enfold Darkness - Inferi - Alterbeast
No One Escapes Death by Life Cycles
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal / Crossover
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: 1126 Records
FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Dead Heat - Fists of Fury
Children of Depravity by Mysidia
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mors Principium Est - Children of Bodom - Norther
Deathward by Teeth of Lamb
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Kernkraftritter Records
FOR FANS OF: Cryptic Shift - Cruel Force
A Different World by Skjord
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Time Rift - Unto Others - In Solitude
Transience by Mirror of Deception
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Warning - The Temple - Wheel
Stiller Abschied by Bedrängnis
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nøkk - Abglanz - Verheerer
Karthasis by Weltenbrecher
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Esoctrilihum - The Ruins of Beverast
Vädjan by Hädangången
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Petrichor - Blackbraid - Ghost Bath
Pieśni Pogardy by Paterna Spirituum
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mystras - Dawn Ray’d - Nocternity
In Praise of Darkness by Circle of Blood
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Grindhead Records
FOR FANS OF: Croaked - Coscradh
Il Volto Della Luna by Vëlh
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Trhä - Midoran - Ehtëk
Lores by New Dawn Fades
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wolftooth - Thunder Horse - Devil Electric
Soaked in Rot by Hegeroth
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Veytik - Obsequiae - Majesties
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Hellripper and Cruel Force is a huge weekend for blackened thrash. I have a soft spot for Cryptworm too. Didn’t even know they had a new one coming out can’t wait.