Release Round Up - February 13th, 2026
Every week there is a tidal wave of new music released unto the world. Each Friday we'll round up some of the best new music available, some we've reviewed, some we haven't, but all worth checking out!
Theres a lot of new heavy music hitting the airwaves this week, everything from black metal, death metal, gothic metal, Stoner rock, doom, thrash metal and even some of your traditional heavy metal!
Here's what we think you should check out today!
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Converge - relentless force of chaotic hardcore fury - release new album 'Love Is Not Enough' via Epitaph.
"a testosterone filled sandwich that’s impossible to resist!"
Read out full review here.
Slaughterday deliver perfectly executed old school death metal with a wicked twist on 'Dread Emperor', released via Testimony Records.
"establishing soundscapes where the experience is smooth as silk but punches with searing vitriol."
Read our full review here.
Fusing classic US power metal, AOR and all things epic metal; Greyhawk release 'Warriors Of Greyhawk' via Cruz Del Sur Music.
"the inclusion of Euro power metal elements really give the album an injection of charisma, energy and dynamics."
Read our full review here.
French old-school death metallers Muertissima release 'Prophecy' via Fetzner Death Records.
"at every turn they’re looking to destroy with riffs aplenty that jump off the record with ferocity unbridled."
Read our full review here.
Two of Norway’s most unhinged bands join forces for a split release. Forcefed Horsehead and Shaving The Werewolf unleash 'From Horrid To Worse'.
"a unique brand of antagonistic chaos."
Read our full review here.
Worm's blackened, doom-laden foray continues with 'Necropalace' released via Century Media.
"a misstep for the band given how removed it is from Gloomlord, Foreverglade, Bluenothing and so on."
Read our full review here.
Greek purveyors of classic speed metal Leatherhead release 'Violent Horror Stories' via No Remorse Records.
"guitars explode into life and create dramatic songs that will leave you wanting more."
Read our full review here.
Emerging from the abyssal depths of the underground, Fossilization released 'Advent of Doom' via Everlasting Spew Records.
"Hostile, misanthropic, and darker than balrog shit"
Read our full review here.
Ponte del Diavolo craft a focused blend of doom, black metal, post‐punk on 'De Venom Natura' released via Season of Mist.
"an embodiment of the bands boundless creative talent and vision!"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Austen Starr - I Am the Enemy (Frontiers Music SRL)
Avalanche - Armed To The Teeth (Independent)
Black Swan - Paralyzed (Frontiers Music SRL)
Blazoner - Sonic Chambers [EP] (Independent)
Electric Hydra - From the Fallen (Majestic Mountain Records)
Harvey Rushmore & The Octopus - Mindsuckers (Taxi Gauche Records)
Hellgrimm - Resurrection (Independent)
Ian Highhill - A Hymn Among Gravestones (Independent)
Kyote Radio - Habitats (Independent)
Oreyeon - The Grotesque Within (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Remember Sports - The Refrigerator (Get Better Records)
Sneaky Mustard - This Will Explain Everything (Independent)
The Hellacopters - Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works • Volume 3 (Nuclear Blast Records)
TX2 - End of Us (Hopeless Records)
Unchosen Ones - Divine Power Flowing (Independent)
Heavy Metal
No Worth of Man - The Killing Streets (Brutal Records)
Powerwolf - Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle)
Various Artists - Iron Man’s Anthem: A Tribute to Ozzy (Witching Buzz Records)
Black Metal
Ashbringer - Subglacial (Bölverk Collective)
Diespnea - Radici (Code666)
Frozen Ocean - Askdrömmar (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Saille - Forebode (Non Serviam Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Bloodred - Colours of Pain (Massacre Records)
Defaced - Icon (Massacre Records)
Embittered - Archatron (Independent)
Overtoun - Death Drive Anthropology (Time To Kill Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Crucella - Behedoom (Independent)
Kröwnn - Santa Somnia (Subsound Records)
Patriarchs in Black - Completelt Covered in Black (NoLifeTilMetal Records)
Stargo - Violet Skies (Independent)
Hardcore
Death of Youth - Nothing Is The Same Anymore (Engineer Records)
Merit - Sweetness Fades (Independent)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Divided by Design - Stages of Osiris: Rebirth (Independent)
Primaluce - Way of Perfection (Independent)
Thrash Metal
Borrower - Killerdemons (Octopus Rising)
DeathAssault - DeathAssault (Independent)
Deathraw - Reduces to Ashes (Independent)
Malefic - Impermanence (Terminus Hate City)
... and the rest!
Hoaxed - Death Knocks (Relapse Records) Metal/Goth/Americana
Ingrina - Nåværende Lys (Medication Time Records / À Tant Rêver Du Roi) Post-Metal/Post-Hardcore
Sightseeing Crew - Muffled Ears, the World Sounds Bad Quality (Independent) Post-Rock
Space of Variations - Poisoned Art (Napalm Records) Metalcore
Story Of The Year - A.R.S.O.N. (Sharptone Records) Post-Hardcore
Wazzara - Arbor (Independent) Post-Metal
Yakkie - Kill The Cop Inside Your Head (Independent) Punk
