Release Round Up – October 2nd 2026

Release Round Up – October 2nd 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

Viking metal horde Amon Amarth release ‘The Allfather Awakens’ via Metal Blade Records.
“soul stirring, epic and anthemic with plenty of death metal grit”
Read our full review here.

Belgian post-metallers Hippotraktor release ‘Annihilist’ via Pelagic Records.
“Though like flicking a light switch, the band can take a U-Turn and unleash unmitigated hell with crushing walls of distorted guitars”
Read our full review here.

Spirit Possession unleash their third full-length album “Cathedral Speech” on Sepulchral Voice Records.
“this record has more in line with Venom or Midnight, injecting blackened speed metal into their stabbing and razor-sharp soundscape”
Read our full review here.

Northern Irish death/doom stalwarts The Crawling release two track EP ‘What We Leave Behind’ via Grindscene Records.
“a blistering punch to the gut that leaves you nowhere to hide!”
Read our full review here.

German extreme metal force Firtan release ‘Helios’ on AOP Records.
“showcases a wholesome new twist on the genre”
Read our full review here.

Quebec-based death/thrash trio Dissimulator release ‘Artifice Dissolves’ via 20 Buck Spin.
“the guitar work comes alive all the while ripping our sinews asunder “
Read our full review here.

Progressive metal supergroup Temic release ‘Ceiba’ via Season of Mist.
“Either you’ll be moved by this, or you’re lying.”
Read our full review here.

High-octane metal force Asomvel release ‘Set Your World On Fire’
“sit down, grab a drink and play it loud.”
Read our full review here.

True pioneers of the Swedish death metal scene Sorcery release ‘The Immaculate Sin’ via Xtreem Music.
“a roaring and breathless ride from start to finish”
Read our full review here.

Colombian melodic death metal band Eshtadur release ‘In Darkness All Shadows Gone’ via Rockshots Records.
“a haunting classical guitar and terrifying ominous chants; enough to make a grown man cower.”
Read our full review here.

Frozen Crown head into their very own age of gold with ‘The Legend of the Six Kings’ released via Napalm Records.
“a fist-in-the-air, lean-back, scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs kind of album”
Read our full review here.

Brymir release melodic death metal epic ‘What We Leave Behind’ via Napalm Records.
“A multilayered complex package and a fully guided tour around several sub genres of metal”
Read our full review here.

Swedish metalcore visionaries Imminence release ‘Axis Mundi’ via Sumerian Records.
“It’s beautiful. It’s heartbreaking. But contained within is grace, hope, and a very promising future.”
Read our full review here.

Heavy rock trio Valley of the Sun deliver ‘The Blacklight Sessions’ via Heavy Psych Sounds.
“Their collective intensity is audible as they deliver another monstrous album”
Read our full review here.

Rock

Convulsif – Anatomy of Rag (Deszpot Records/Akari Records/Day Off Records/Ramble Records/Cheap Satanism Records)
Howling Bells – Howling Bells [Vinyl Reissue] (Nude Records)
Rebel Rose – In the Dark She Grows (Independent)
The Green Goblins – The Green Goblins (Metalville)
These Wicked Rivers – Fire and Folklore (Fat Earth Records)
Triggertone – Bombs Away [EP] (Independent)
Valley of the Sun – The Blacklight Sessions (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Heavy Metal

Asomvel – Set Your World On Fire (Independent)
Butcher Babies – Nightbloom (Judge & Jury Records)
Crimson Steel – Show No Fear (Heaven and Hell Records)
Dethonator – The Last Realm Of Magic (The Orchard)

Black Metal

Deathcult – Cult of the Dog (Soulseller Records)
Endspace – First Contact (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Enterré Vivant – Kurogoku (Trancendance)
Hardiesse – Tristesse Vespérale (Antiq)
MØrkgrim – Sǫgur frá Norðfirði (Soulseller Records)
Servant – Lux Ex Inferis (AOP Records)
Speer – Blotters in Saline Water (Independent)
Thede – Whet The Keen Axes (Independent)
Urisk – Callous Master (Vendetta Records)

Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore

Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens (Metal Blade Records)
Brymir – What We Leave Behind [EP] (Napalm Records)
Deconsekrated – The Inexorable Transcendence of Death (Nuclear Winter Records)
Eshtadur – In Darkness All Shadows Gone (Rockshots Records)
Hektatoxen – Obsidian Majesty (Nuclear Winter Records)
Morbid Stench – Doom Metástasis (Nuclear Winter Records)
Orbital Soul System – Nightwing (Independent)
Razorvoid – Into The Void (Jawbreaker Records)
Sorcery – The Immaculate (Xtreem Music)
Zornheym – Descending Into Madness (Noble Demon)

Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych

Calus – The Evolution of Social Exclusion (Independent)
Cinder Well – Small Prophets OST (Bucks Records / Hen House Studios)
Doctor Nez – Nothing Short of Silver (Independent)
It’s All About Mary – Exploring The Brane (Independent)
Spider Kitten – God Don’t Sleep (APF Records)
The Machine – ANother Sun (Blues Funeral Recordings)
Travo – Wasteland (Fuzz CLUB)
Wizard Tattoo – When Gods Had Hands (Garage Fire Recordings)

Hardcore

Bombstrap – Big Enemy (Tartarus Records)
Inherited – All 4 One [EP] (Independent)

Metalcore

Electron – Is This Worth Living For? (Independent)
HRTLSS – The Devil On My Shoulder (Papercut Records)
Imminence – Axis Mundi (Sumerian Records)
Of Virtue – Death Of The Altar (Arising Empire)
The Light Superior – Dayspring (Rottweiler Records)

Progressive Rock / Metal

Datura Lodge – Datura Lodge (Arquen Records)
Crystal Throne – Chantry Of Sacrifice  (Independent)
POHL / Ogives Big Band – Split (Ripcord Records)

Thrash Metal

Dissimulator – Artifice Dissolves (20 Buck Spin)
Eternal – Conspiracy of Warheads (Floga Records)
Foreshadow – Here Down On Earth [EP] (Independent)
Methane – Demolate (Fireflash Records)

… and the rest!

Division:Dark – The Eternal Baptism (Metalville) [Industrial]
Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings (Napalm Records) [Power Metal]
Harker – All That Remains (Disconnect Disconnect) [Punk]
Helen – Linda’s Head (Kranky) [Shoegaze]
Lustmord Lombardo – The Pulse of Atoms (Ipecac Recordings) [Ambient/Electonic]
Rapidly Aging – You’re Not Yourself Lately (Fig on Wrist) [Post-Metal]
Ruled By Raptors – A Shadow That Never Moves (Independent) [Post-Hardcore]
To The Grave – Liberation Front (BLKIIBLK) [Deathcore]
Wes Hoffman – For The Better (SBÄM Records) [Pop-Punk]

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