Release Round Up – June 26th 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
The pride of Shropshire, Shane Embury takes a journey of self-discovery on new album ‘Bridge to Resolution’.
“one of those albums that will burrow itself into your mind and have you reaching for it again long after you’ve moved on to other things.”
Read our full review here.
Mexican speed metal force Phantom release ‘Not Midnight Yet’ via High Roller Records.
“Phantom prove yet again why they’re one of speed metal’s hottest commodities.”
Read our full review here.
Iconic Norwegian artist Mortiis releases ‘Ghosts of Europa’ via Prophecy Productions.
“Ghosts of Europa might have limited amount of guitar, but its use of electronics, synths and samples make is a compelling listen.”
Read our full review here.
Cleveland’s unholy denizens of the underground, Nunslaughter, unleash ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’ via BLKIIBLK.
“Each chord smacks into you like an axeblow, cleaving ravines through the milling corpse-pyre smog”
Read our full review here.
Manchester progressive heavyweights Vmbra release ‘Polylith’.
“If there is any justice in this world, Vmbra would be on the fast train to the big-time”
Read our full review here.
Swedish thrashers Dead Sleep release EP ‘Repulsion’
“Like the bastard child of classic thrash and extreme metal”
Read our full review here.
London-based heavy rock foursome Okay You Win release ‘End of Days’ via Blues Funeral Recordings.
“hit you a huge swathe of guitars and bass.”
Read our full review here.
Progressive punk metallers Hawxx release the politically charged ‘The World Splits Open’.
“Our future is going to be intense and Hawxx will be our soundtrack!”
Read our full review here.
California’s favourite mincecore practitioners Haggus release ‘The mincecore manifesto’ via Tankcrimes.
“lands with blistering speed, brutal barks and froggy croaking vocals.”
Read our full review here.
After several years of gestation, THÆTAS return with ‘The Irredeemable Age’ via Profound Lore Records.
“fast proving alpha wolves of this avante-garde corner of brutal music”
Read our full review here.
Rock
Child – Rebirth (Heavy Psych Sounds)
CJ Wildheart – DEViL (Independent)
Nazareth – Born Under The Wrong Sun [BOXSET] (Cherry Red Records)
Powerload – In The Pocket (Luv Machine Records)
Rock Justice – You’ve Been Served (Fireflash Records/Edel)
Sans Froid – Back Into The Womb (Church Road Records)
The Pretty Reckless – Dear God (Fearless Records)
Thrum – Rifferama (remastered) + Live at Airdrie Town Hall (Fireflash Records)
Heavy Metal
Autumnblaze – Glut (Argonauta Records)
Every Hell – The Peoples Republic Of Hell [EP]
Orga Mecha – Humanity.exe (Independent)
Outshine – Truthsayer (Eclipse Records)
Savatage – Madness Reigns From The Gutter (1990) (earMUSIC)
Stonecast – Expand Crimson Chaos (Pitch Black Records)
Black Metal
Akantophis – Erneuerung (WormholeDeath Records)
Angest – Perpetual Anguish (Vendetta Records)
Arkanum – Motestandarin [EP] (Darkness Shall Rise Productions)
ATMF – Feralia (Independent)
Azels Mountain – Echa Krwi (Pagan Records)
Duir – Catarsi (AOP Records)
Feralia – Ultima Requies (ATMF)
Forsman – Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur (Vesperian)
Ill Tidings – Seeds of True Rebirth (Vendetta Records)
Temple ov Ahriman – Heretics of Consensual Reality (Independent)
Tenebris / Hyver – Tänzelcore / Techno [SPLIT] (Antiq)
Vampyriia – Luxuria Sanguis Plenilunium (Void Wanderer Productions)
Walg – VI (Independent)
Zorza – Twilight of the Golden Star (Godz ov War Productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Astriferous – Atavistic Unraveling (Me Saco Un Ojo)
Aydra – Icon of Sin (Rude Awakening Records)
Hoc est Bellum – Filth Majesty (Time To Kill Records)
Mace ‘N’ Chain – Crowned In Grey Skies (No Remorse Records)
Vorax – Volcano Shock (Independent)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Bong Wizard – Transilvanian Munchies (Independent)
Doomherre / Ordos / Hexjakt / Kaiser – Four Altars of Sin [SPLIT] (Majestic Mountain Records)
Druidess – Trip Meadow (Independent)
Gaistaz – Verschijningen (Howling Cat Shop)
Thrakian – The Way (Independent)
Verdun – Abyssal Womb (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Power Metal
Masterplan – Metalmorphosis (Frontiers Music SRL)
Prime Creation – Souls Of The Fallen (ROAR)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Entropist – The Vision (Independent)
Exploring Birdsong – Every House We Built (Long Branch Records)
Far From Refuge – Pillars of Language (Independent)
Swanwriter – Melodie of Despair (Independent)
Tonnen Von Hall – Donnermesser [EP] (Unsung Records)
Vortex Sutra – Noumenon (Hallucigenia Records)
… and the rest!
A World Worth Burning – The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead (Argonauta Records) [Industrial/Post-Metal]
Amberian Dawn – Temptation’s Gates (Napalm Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Boneripper – Radiant in Ruin (Independent) [Hardcore]
Death Protocol – Illusion of Faith (Rottweiler Records) [Thrash Metal]
Junius – Sotera (Prosthetic Records) [Post-Metal]
Siamese – dissolution (Long Branch Records) [Metalcore/Post-Hardcore]
The Cloverhearts – Germaniac! (SBAM Records) [Punk]
The Medea Project – Komēn: Facets (BDB Productions) [Dark Ambient/Doom/Electronica]
This Is Me Breathing – Serenity In Suffering (Independent) [Deathcore]
