New Metal Releases May 15th 2026
Angellore - Tyrannus - Inthraced - Defect Designer - Arroganz - Artillery - Ara - Jungle Rot - Desolus - Lorn - Desiccation - Nocturnal Reveries - And More...
Stand outs this week:
Angellore - Fourth album from French gothic death / doom metal band. From their Bandcamp; “Angellore weaves a majestic, sorrowful tapestry of gothic doom metal.”
Tyrannus - Sophomore album from blackened death / thrash metal band out of the UK.
Also looking forward to: Defect Designer - Lorn - Desiccation - Nocturnal Reveries - Crown the Beast - Mauna Sol - Vow - Aneeiun - Verba Serpentis
Nocturnes by Angellore
SUBGENRE: Gothic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Ardua Music
FOR FANS OF: Draconian - Saturnus - Forest of Shadows
Mournhold by Tyrannus
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: True Cult Records
FOR FANS OF: Necrodeath - Possessed - Schizo
Constellation Zero by Inthraced
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Ensiferum - Children of Bodom
Depressants by Defect Designer
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Swelling Repulsion - Diskord - Demilich
Death Doom Punks by Arroganz
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records
FOR FANS OF: Ignobleth - Archgoat - Teitanblood
Made in Hell by Artillery
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Target Group
FOR FANS OF: Forbidden - Testament - Destruction
Hohe Tannen by Ara
SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Into Endless Chaos Records
FOR FANS OF: Weathered Crest - Ash Pool - Oldowan Gash
Cruel Face of War by Jungle Rot
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records
FOR FANS OF: Obituary - Vomitory - Broken Hope
Dwellers of the Twilight Void by Desolus
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records
FOR FANS OF: Aura Noir - Solstice - Mayhemic
Searing Blood by Lorn
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Dolomia Nera / I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Gorrch - Blattaria - Illkynja
Legatum Mortuorum by Desiccation
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Carbonized Records
FOR FANS OF: Noltem - Autrest - Elderwind
Song of the Forest by Nocturnal Reveries
SUBGENRE: Pagan Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: Firmament - Eveale - Helgafell
Judgement by Crown the Beast
SUBGENRE: Death / Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Emanzipation Productions
FOR FANS OF: Cavalera Conspiracy - Gojira - Claustrofobia
Stone Cold Anger by Pro-Pain
SUBGENRE: Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records
FOR FANS OF: Throwdown - Prong - Kingdom of Sorrow
Echoes of the Hypermind by Sum of Seven
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Iris Divine - Oceans of Slumber - Leprous
Gozu VI by Gozu
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: Dozer - Orange Goblin - Unida
Arbitrary Punishment by Revenge Ritual
SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
FOR FANS OF: Admiral Angry - Celtic Frost - Crowbar
Maturafine by Gli Alberi
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Masked Dead Records
FOR FANS OF: Vale - Woods of Desolation
The Calling by Mauna Sol
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Romania
RECORD LABEL: Loud Rage Music
FOR FANS OF: Krigsgrav - Agalloch
Old Gods Awaken by Atavistia
SUBGENRE: Epic Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Blood Blast Distribution
FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Black Forest - Whispered
Thorn by Heavenfall
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records
FOR FANS OF: Valiant Sentinel - Against Evil - Traveler
Daze of the Week by Acid Reign
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Back on Black
FOR FANS OF: Anthrax - Nuclear Assault - Warbringer
Cycle by Void Sinker
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Conan - Ufomammut - Sleep
Black Spirits by Norgaahl
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Altars - Abysmal Dawn
Opus Barbaricum by Solemnity
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Sacred Steel - Lethal Night - Acerus
The Golden Citadel of the Astral Sphere by Junon
SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Fortress of the Pearl - Spectral Lore - Jute Gyte
Death Will Be My Bridge by Vow
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Iron Fortress Records
FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - Amon Amarth - Dark Tranquillity
An.Ki.Kur by Aneeiun
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia
RECORD LABEL: Black Stars Productions
FOR FANS OF: Vorga - Imperialist - Groza
The Black Scourge by Deadnight
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Eternal Evil - Menecia - Atonement
Torchbearers by Verba Serpentis
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nixil - Voarm
Four Portraits of Mud and Thaw by Gloamus
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Zalaam - Petrichor
Rameras del Diablo by Rito Profantorio
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru
RECORD LABEL: Morbid Oath Productions
FOR FANS OF: Blasphemy - Death Yell - Vulvacult
Heterotopia by Primordial Black
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Tunisia
RECORD LABEL: Darkside Records
FOR FANS OF: Alghol - Wormwitch - Necrophobic
Solar Annihilation by Kataplexia
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Visceral - Sickening - Defacing
Black Lumina by Aeons in Solitude
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Soman Records
FOR FANS OF: Inno - Oceans of Slumber
Misery by Noosed
SUBGNERE: Sludge / Crust Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Gawthrop - Leper Temple - Eyehategod
Failing Light by Dromos
SUBGENRE: Funeral Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Argonauta Records
FOR FANS OF: HellLight - Esoteric - Ahab
Dispersed Blood Sustenance by Bleeding
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: New Standard Elite
FOR FANS OF: Induced - Enmity - Putridity
The Human Condition by Profaned
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Against Evil - Accept - Judas Priest
Devil’s Light by Louder
SUBGENRE: Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia
RECORD LABEL: Fighter Records
FOR FANS OF: Sentry - Midnight Force
Spirits of the Swamp by Bockreiter
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Abstruse Eerie Radiance
FOR FANS OF: Wolvennest - Ponte del Diavolo - Splendidula
The Dark Ascension of the Supreme Prometheus Gods by Drain of Impurity
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Turkey
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Cenotaph - Meshum - Putridity