New Metal Releases May 8th 2026
Draconian - Galibot - Aghalmar - Acolythus - Panopticon - IATT - Ingested - Darkthrone - Abuser - Scarab - Frozen Soul - Vile Desolation - And More...
Another pretty good week with 59 releases. Several to look forward to and the top two below I am super excited about. I haven’t listened to any of the Draconian album because I want to listen to it straight through the first time. There are a few bands I do this with and they are one of them.
Stand outs this week:
Draconian - 8th album from Swedish gothic death / doom band. One of personal favorite bands and I am very excited for this one. This is the first album with Lisa Johansson back on clean vocals. Heike Langhans is amazing but I just like Lisa a little better. Maybe it’s because their Turning Season Within album from 2008 is in my top 10 albums of all time and I’ve listened to it countless times.
Galibot - Third album from black metal band out of France. Their release earlier this year was fantastic and made my best albums of February list. I’m hoping this one is as good or better
Aghalmar - Debut album from atmospheric post black metal out of Germany. Sounds amazing from what I have heard so far.
Acolythus - Debut album from black metal band out of Finland. Reminiscent of old school Finnish black metal.
Also looking forward to: Panopticon - IATT - Ingested - Yoth Iria - Conjuring - Old Moon - Torchia - Saasta
In Somnolent Ruin by Draconian
SUBGENRE: Gothic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records
FOR FANS OF: Swallow the Sun - My Dying Bride - Paradise Lost
Catabase by Galibot
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions
FOR FANS OF: Houle - Aorlhac - Darkenhöld
Ruin by Aghalmar
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos
FOR FANS OF: A Somber Funeral - Grima - Pure Wrath
Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars by Acolythus
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Houle - Wormwitch
Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet by Panopticon
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Bidrune Recordings / Nordvis
FOR FANS OF: Wolves in the Throne Room - Agalloch - Saor
Etheric Realms of the Night by IATT
SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Black Lion Records
FOR FANS OF: Black Crown Initiate - A Novelist - Beyond Creation
Denigration by Ingested
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: Aborted - Cerebral Bore - Vulvodynia
Pre-Historic Metal by Darkthrone
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Dark Metal
RECORD LABEL: Peaceville Records
FOR FANS OF: Mayhem - Gorgoroth - Satryricon
Blood Marks by Abuser
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Xtreem Music
FOR FANS OF: Deathstorm - Kreator - Hypnosia
Transmutation of Fate by Scarab
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Egypt
RECORD LABEL: Brutal Records
FOR FANS OF: Nile - Crescent -Morbid Angel
No Place of Warmth by Frozen Soul
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Century Media Records
FOR FANS OF: Bolt Thrower - Undeath - Sanguisugabogg
Annihilating the Consciousness by Vile Desolation
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia
RECORD LABEL: Comatose Music
FOR FANS OF: Emasculator - Kraanium - Amputated
Gone with the Devil by Yoth Iria
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: Varathron - Cult of Eibon - Funeral Storm
Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface by A Forest of Stars
SUBGENRE: Progressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions
FOR FANS OF: Oranssi Pazuzu - Voices - The Water Witch
Restless Spirit by Restless Spirit
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Magnetic Eye Records
FOR FANS OF: The Sword - Orange Goblin - Sleep
Første Aksjon by Sabotør
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Dark Essence Records
FOR FANS OF: Aggressive Perfector - Whipstriker - Exciter
Rebirth of the Cold by Harms
SUBGENRE: Metalcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Catharsis - Sect - Rubbish Heap
Gwenojennoù an Ankounac’h by Möhrkvlth
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Antiq
FOR FANS OF: Murg - Skogen - Kampfar
Locus Damnatorum by Goholor
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovakia
RECORD LABEL: Personal Records
FOR FANS OF: Phasma - Amphisbaena - Antediluvian
Vigil by Lago
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records
FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - Immolation - Incantation
Spiritual Cessation by Nocturnal Departure
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records
FOR FANS OF: Spectral Wound - Human Serpent
Memento Mori by Conjuring
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records
FOR FANS OF: Dysthymia - None
In Sorrow’s Requiem by Motus Tenebrae
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music
FOR FANS OF: Paradise Lost - Katatonia - My Dying Bride
Pang of Phantom Self by Vanishing Grasp
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Rotted Life
FOR FANS OF: Malignant Altar - Tomb Mold - Sepulchral Curse
Demise Profanation by Gangrenated
SUBGENRE: Goregrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Estonia
RECORD LABEL: Iron Corpse
FOR FANS OF: Exhumed - Cartilage - Impaled
No Sight, No Mercy by Sledgehammer Vasectomy
SUBGENRE: Slam
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Vivisect Merch
FOR FANS OF: Emasculator - Abominable Putridity
Home to Nowhere by Old Moon
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: M-Theory Audio
FOR FANS OF: Imperialist - Hoth - Sacramentum
They Are Born Under Rules of the Darkness by Torchia
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records
FOR FANS OF: Fractal Gates - Be’lakor - Mors Principium Est
Before the Birth of Light by Sacriversum
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records
FOR FANS OF: Mutagenic Host - Phobophilic - Alchemy of Flesh
Cesspool by Saasta
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Of Spite - Undersave
Fallen Dimension by Rexoria
SUBGENRE: Melodic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Black Lodge Records
FOR FANS OF: Battle Beast - Metalite - Beast in Black
The Silent Architect by Teramaze
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Wells Music
FOR FANS OF: Threshold - Redemption - Dream Theater
Choices by Wormlord
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Morbific - Cerebral Rot - Rotted
Wiring of Violence by Eradikated
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Indie Recordings
FOR FANS OF: Coroner - Sodom - Warbringer
Towards the Inevitable by Teloch Vovin
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nixil - Yoth Iria - Voarm
Dreaming Rat by Voidthrone
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Total Dissonance Worship
FOR FANS OF: Suffering Hour - Convulsing - Mitochondrion
Infernal Decay by Sense of Fear
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Sleaszy Rider Records
FOR FANS OF: Traveler - Haunt - Cauldron
Wolfpack Heading Nowhere by Wolfpack Heading Nowhere
SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Piranha Music
FOR FANS OF: Unto Others - Idle Hands - Sonja
Master of the Skies by The Quill
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Metalville
FOR FANS OF: Fireball Ministry - Sir Hedgehog - Spiritual Beggars
Coerced by Gadget
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: De:Nihil Records
FOR FANS OF: Nasum - Rotten Sound - The Arson Project
L’ottavo Giorno by Madvice
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Art Gates Records
FOR FANS OF: At the Gates - Nightrage - Arch Enemy
Infinite Loss by Without Mercy
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mors Verum - Phobocosm - Serpent Corpse
Duskfall by Telomyras
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Emissary - Against Evil - Manowar
The Lost Legion Rising by Torian
SUBGENRE: Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records
FOR FANS OF: Orden Ogan - Helloween - Powerwolf
Infinite Journey by Scraper
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Metalloscope Music
FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Voivod - Disillusion
Embracing Change by OverKhaos
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Progressiverse
FOR FANS OF: Green Carnation - Pain of Salvation - Riverside
Rooted in Ancestral Memory by WLVS
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Fucking Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Weft - Tombs - Vulning
Amnesie & Hysterie by Drown in Malice
SUBGENRE: Metalcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Deadguy - Integrity - Ringworm
Crepuscular Gloom by Ascended Master
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Void Horror Records
FOR FANS OF: Hellripper - Toxic Holocaust - Venom
Eternal Victory by Clairvoyant
SUBGENRE: Epic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Sleaszy Rider Records
FOR FANS OF: Eternal Champion - Manilla Road - Megaton Sword
Crawl Space Detention Center by Climate of Despair
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Garnering Mass Productions
FOR FANS OF: Pentagram - The Gates of Slumber - Count Raven
Berettyó by Gormoth
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Within Thy Wounds - None - ColdWorld
Infinite Genesis by In Their Sleep
SUBGENRE: Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mutagenic Host - Carnifex
Systemic Disruption by Bloodkill
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: India
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Blodwar - Sangre - Excessum
Power Metal Prophecy by Toby Knapp’s Evermoving
SUBGENRE: Technical Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Stormspell Records
FOR FANS OF: Loudness - Apocrypha - Racer X
Gerrero Inmortal by Mandrágora Negra
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Legacy of the Seas - Krait
Proving Grounds by Mamorlis
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Mega Colossus
Lúgubres Devaneios De Abismos E Sombras by Grievance
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Haloran Records
FOR FANS OF: Medo - Carma
The Last Frontier by Sins of Shadows
SUBGENRE: Heavy / Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Legendry - Eternity’s End - Emissary