Release Round Up - March 27th, 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
Scotland's blackened thrash bastards Hellripper release 'Coronach' via Century Media Records.
"from the harsh coldness of album opener, to rock ‘n’ roll debauchery '
Read out full review here.
The UK’s Black Metal forerunners Winterfylleth reveal latest album 'The Unyielding Season' via Napalm Records.
"enveloping you in stirring, evocative pieces everywhere from grief to victory to resistance"
Read our full review here.
Stormo, the multifaceted outlet of performance art and expression, release latest album 'Sogni Che Invadono il Cielo'
"goes on to prove that they are a progressive, evolving unit"
Read our full review here.
Post-metal/progressive rock outfit Final Coil release their '1994' EP.
"a brave and respectable effort that acts a fitting homage to one of alternative music’s most important movements."
Read our full review here.
Rivers Ablaze uncompromising approach to extreme metal is on display on new album 'Inexternal Dread'.
"whatever you’re doing, putting the kids to bed, brain surgery, lockpicking bank vaults, put that shit down and cram this into your ears with all possible alacrity."
Read our full review here.
Scotland's favourite brutal party slam band Party Cannon release new EP 'Subjected To A Partying' via Unique Leader.
"it’s reasonable to suggest anyone not ready to party with the Cannon might well be dead on the inside"
Read our full review here.
Gnarly blackened speed metal outfit Cruel Force drop latest offering 'Haneda' via Shadow Kingdom.
"A face ripping concoction of speed, thrash and traditional heavy metal"
Read our full review here.
Emergeing from the French heavy/blues scene, Fat Jeff releases EP 'Heavy Lonesome Blues'.
"fulsome and captivating riffs are being let free for our audible delight."
Read our full review here.
Cryptworm commence death metal bludgeoning on new album 'Infectious Pathological Waste', released via Me Saco Un Ojo.
"sees them swerve to a more technically-fronted death metal attack."
Read our full review here.
Emerging from the frozen heart of Norway, Miserate release 'Weaver Of Witchery' via Rekviem Records.
"Miserate announce themselves as a new and exciting voice in modern doom death."
Read our full review here.
Foetorem erupt with a new onslaught of putrid Death/Doom on 'Incongruous Forms Of Evergrowing Rot', released via Everlasting Spew Records.
"showcases the importance of crushing soundscapes, whilst throwing in songwriting that’s pummelling and cohesive."
Read our full review here.
The blazing force in alt-metal Mallavora release 'What If Better Never Comes?' via Church Road Records.
"there’s so much to celebrate and admire about this young up and coming band!"
Read our full review here.
Wildernesses’ blend of shoegaze and post-rock resonates on new offering 'Growth', released via Floodlit Recordings.
"rich in textured sounds that define the bands shape and depth."
Read our full review here.
Canadian doom death duo Funelore release their debut EP 'The Dissolution of Consciousness' on vinyl via Me Saco un Ojo Records
"a bowel-loosening low end and guitars stripped bare of any emotion other than submissive solitude."
Read our full review here.
Black Metal mingled with portions of Doom, Djent and Dark Ambient on Antrisch new release 'Expedition III: Renitenzpfad'.
"a rich and rewarding immersive experience into the deepest darkest chasms of the human psyche"
Read our full review here.
Modern thrash heavyweights Divine Chaos return with 'Hate Reactor'.
"for those who like their speed and aggression mixed with slower, more menacing grooves, and razor-sharp rhythmic precision, all with a contemporary feel."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Chez Kane - Reckless (Frontiers Music SRL)
Evil Blizzard - Death Songs & Lullabies (Crackedankles Records)
Jon Anderson - Survival & Other Stories (Frontiers Music SRL)
Jon Anderson - Earth Mother Earth (Frontiers Music SRL)
Kal-El - Astral Voyager Vol. 2 (Majestic Mountain Records)
Le Zok - Yksas (inverse Records)
Lili Refrain - Nagalite (Subsound Records)
Massive Wagons - Live At The Great Hall (Earache Records)
Microwaves - Temporal Shifter (Decoherence Records)
RedRedRed - Deaf Gods (Octopus Rising)
Sons of Butcher - Skids [EP] (Infamous Butcher Records)
The Cruel Intentions - Wasteland (Indie Recordings)
White Skies - Shouting At The Hurricane (Conquest Music)
Heavy Metal
Ashen Sun - Velarium (Desert Plain Records)
Black Label Society - Engines of Demolition (Spinefarm Records)
Chaosaddiction - Kintsugi (Mosher Records)
Defying Decay - Synthetic Sympathy (Independent)
Iron Savior - Awesome Anthems of the Galaxy (Perception)
Lion's Share - Inferno (Metalville)
Midnatt - Skräckfylld Förtjusning (Jawbreaker Records)
Moodring - Death Fetish (Sharptone Records)
Sons of Eternity - Human Beast (Massacre Records)
Tomorrow's Outlook - Black Waves (Sörvik Rock Music)
Total Maniac - Love Overdrive (Independent)
Valyear - An Invitation to Chaos (SelfMade Records)
Black Metal
Adversam - Daimon (Masked Dead Records)
Closed City - Closed City (Independent)
Dystopia - De Verboden Diepte II: De Weg van de Meeste Weerstand (Immortal Frost Productions)
Enisum - Autumn Embrace (Avantgarde Music)
Horion - Doom (Voind Wanderer Productions)
Këkht Aräkh - Morning Star (Sacred Bones)
Sura'sura - Warefare Metal (විරෑපී (VIRŪPI))
Tulus - Morbid Desires (Darkness Shall Rise)
Valdrin - Beyond The Forest (Avantgarde Music)
Varmia - Iauks (M-Theory Audio)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Grain of Pain - Behind Us All (Noble Demon)
Growth - Under the Under (Wild Thing Records)
Multiwomb - Anatomy of Gorelust (Grave Island Records)
Sparagmos - Error (Selfmadegod Records)
Teratoma - Longing Veracity (Me Saco Un Ojo)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Fuzzing Nation - Mothertruck (Octopus Rising)
Highgate - Prophecies of Eternal Doom (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Iron Slug - Deceit and Misery (Road to Masochist)
Monsternaut - Approaching Doom (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Mordeo - Mordeo (Shove Records)
New Dawn Fades - Lores (Independent)
Hardcore
Dry Socket - Self Defense Tehniques (Get Better Records)
Xtinguish The Code - The Conflict (Grey Matter Records)
Metalcore
Chamber - this is goodbye... (Pure Noise Records)
Samurai Pizza Cats - Press Start (Century Media Records)
Power Metal
Power Paladin - Beyond The Reach of Enchantment (ROAR)
Siege Perilous - Becoming The Dragon (Crunchtronic Records)
ThunarWulf - Cailleach [EP] (Independent)
Power Metal
Power Paladin - Beyond The Reach of Enchantment (ROAR)
Siege Perilous - Becoming The Dragon (Crunchtronic Records)
ThunarWulf - Cailleach [EP] (Independent)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Deadnate - Mosaic (DeadRecords)
Godsticks - VOiD (Kscope)
Myrath - Wilderness of Mirror (earMusic)
Only Human - Planned Obsolescense (Season of Mist)
Raibard - Postscript (Independent)
Ram-zet - Sapien (ViciSolum Productions)
Thoughts - Of The Radiant Void (Independent)
Punk
Dark Ride - Blade Manor (Massacre Records)
Riotweekend - Table4four [EP] (Independent)
Thrash Metal
Acidosis - Arrival (Independent)
Altared States - Borrowed Time [EP] (Independent)
Evildead - Annihilation of Civilization [REISSUE] (Steamhammer)
Evildead - The Underworld [REISSUE] (Steamhammer)
Intoxicated - The Dome (Redefining Darkness Records)
... and the rest!
Free Throw - Moments Before The Wind (Wax Bodega) [Emo/Punk]
Dälek's - Brilliance of a Falling Moon (Ipecac Recordings) [Experimental/HipHop]
