Release Round Up - February 6th, 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
Norway’s extreme metal groundbreakers Mayhem return with 'Liturgy Of Death' released via Century Media.
"another glimpse into twisted and dark minds that are behind Mayhem."
Read out full review here.
Carrying the torch for the new generation of NWOBHM fans, Tailgunner unleash 'Midnight Blitz' via Napalm Records.
"Tailgunner throw off the shackles of their early years, rocketing full bore into stardom"
Read out full review here.
Iconic desert rock masters Hermano release live album 'Clisson, France' via Ripple Music, chronicalling their acclaimed Hellfest set.
"one hell of a spectacle to witness this performance"
Read our full review here.
The Scandinavian warmachine that is Paganizer rolls on with new album 'As Mankind Rots' via Xtreem Music.
"dirty, straightforward OSDM"
Read our full review here.
Swedish black death returns in the form of In Aeternum's '…Of Death and Fire' released via Soulseller Records.
"The sacrilegious strains of apex black thrash riffs propel along at bullet train velocities, suppressive fire from Gatling gun drum work ventilating the sandbags you lie quivering behind."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Jay Buchanan - Weapons Of Beauty (Thirty Tigers)
Lily Löwe - Beautiful Disaster (Independent)
Moon Mother - Meadowlands (Independent)
Stereoseat - Moanster (Shake Like A Dino Records)
Stonetrip - The Fight [EP] (Independent)
Stud - Under Silver Sky (Inverse Records)
Supralunar - Dead Come To Dance (Supralunatic Records)
What Will Be - Primordial [EP] (Independent)
Heavy Metal
Adeline Gray - Portrait of Our Descent (Independent)
Demonic Resurrection - Apocalypse Dawn [EP] (Independent)
Full House Brew Crew - Glasgow Grin (ROAR)
Wicked Smile - When Night Falls (Independent)
Black Metal
Evoked Eclipse - The Cries of Evil (Club Inferno Ent.)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Cartoons Can't Die - Rebirth (Independent)
Ensanguinate - Death Saturnalia (Soulseller Records)
Frostmorner - Orbital chaos (WormholeDeath Records)
Heir Corpse One - Destination: Domination (Emanzipation Productions)
Infinite Misery - Altar of Extracted Teeth [EP] (Iron Fortress Records)
Mors Verum - Canvas (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Withering Surface - Unique [REISSUE] (Mighty Music)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Agenbite Misery - Remorse of Conscience (Independent)
Cattle Hammer - Dark Thoughts With Lights Out (Road to Masochist)
Epimetheus - Perseus 9 (Independent)
Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows - Inexorable Opposites (Magnetic Eye Records)
Mount Palatine - Wormholy World (Octopus Rising)
Predatory Void - Atoned In Metamorphosis [EP] (Pelagic Records)
Shoo Bee Doom - Devil's Dance (Independent)
Sleeping Giant - The Beauty of Obliteration (Octopus Rising)
Noise
Daniele Brusaschetto - Dichotomous (WormholeDeath Records)
Unsane - Occupational Hazard [Extended Reissue] (Lamb Unlimited)
Post-Hardcore
Ablaze - Slow Death (Independent)
Uncultivates - This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution (Horsebox Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Karnivool - In Verses (Cymatic Records/Sony Music)
Phendrana - Cathexis (Independent)
Wolverine - Anomalies (Music Theory Recordings)
Symphonic Metal
Epinikion - The Force of Nature (Independent)
Visions of Atlantis - Armada - An Orchestral Voyage (Napalm Records)
Thrash Metal
Bitterness - Hallowed Be The Game (G.U.C.)
Cyclone - Known Unto God (High Roller Records)
Lomor - Sabouk Rouge (Rockshots Records)
SkyTigers - ...Injustice For All (Sound Investment Records)
... and the rest!
Blossoms Fall - La Alma (Eclipse Records) [Metalcore]
Induction - Love Kills! (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Power Metal]
