Release Round Up - May 22nd, 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
UK doom titans Godthrymm release third album 'Projections' via Profound Lore Records.
"channels the UK doom of the early 90s"
Read our full review here
Lithuania extreme outfit Erdve release 'Epigrama' via Season of Mist.
"a churning caldera of unsavoury downtempo grunt"
Read our full review here.
One of the UK underground's most respected acts, Hecate Enthroned release 'The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried' via M-Theory Audio.
"a powerful reminder of Hecate Enthroned’s supreme talent and positions themselves amongst the elite in British black metal!"
Read our full review here.
Manchester's finest thrash metal quartet Beyond Salvation release 'The Final Nail'
"raw and intense, devouring all before it."
Read our full review here.
Another reminder of the outstanding work of the late, great Tomas Lindberg this week as Lock Up release boxset 'Brethren Of The Pentagram' via Cherry Red Records.
"an essential collection of one of grind’s most important actors coming together at the peak of their talents."
Read our full review here.
Monolord cause mass riff hypnosis on new album 'Neverending' released via Relapse Records.
"swathes of groove cursing through the composition"
Read our full review here.
New Jersey death metallers Funebrarum release 'Beckoning The Void of Eternal Silence' via Pulverised Records.
"their mission here is twofold: obliterate longtime fans and also hearken a new generation"
Read our full review here.
Emerging from the shadows, Serpent Lord release 'The Once Forgotten Ways of Old' via Eisenwald Records.
"a heaping dose of epic heavy metal swirled into your typical black metal cocktail"
Read our full review here.
Heavy psych masters Elder release 'Through Zero' via Stickman Records.
"truly captivating and illuminating"
Read our full review here.
French post rock collective Hanry release 'What Came From Silence' via Pelagic Records.
"demonstrates the early promise and exciting potential of one of post-rocks future breakout stars."
Read our full review here
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Abrasive Trees - Light Remaining (Argonauta Records)
Brocarde - Good Attendance At Sunday School (Independent)
Coastal Fire Dept. - Come Together (L'islet Records)
Dogstar - All In Now (tbc)
Jayler - Voices Unheard (Silver Lining Music)
Lynch Mob - The Final Rdie (Frontiers Music SRL)
Mandy Manala - Something Wicked (Argonauta Records)
Saint Agnes - Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin (Spinefarm)
Shinedown - Ei8ht (Atlantic Records)
The Who - Live At Eden Project 25/07/2023 (earMUSIC)
When Rivers Meet - Rhythm Rust & Static (Independent)
Heavy Metal
Malummeh - Malummeh (Incerse Records)
Mzzrt - Pronounced MIS-TER (Independent)
The Cruel Intentions - All Hail Hypocrisy (Indie Recordings)
Black Metal
Balmora - These Graven Halls (Daze)
Belialed - The Echoless Chasm (Independent)
Deus Sabaoth - Distortion of Lies (Paragon Records)
Graveir - The Festering Triad (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Malebeste - Monestherou (Antiq)
Misère - Bēacn (CultKill Music)
Pvrgatorii - Profane Rites For Cursed Times (Night Terrors Records)
Vimbullnat - Der dunklen Tugenden; Echos (Void Wanderer productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Chronic Hate - Defeating The Oblivion of Life (Time To Kill Records)
Consecration - Exanimis (Nuclear Winter Records)
Crocell - Swarm of Insects (Emanzipation Productions)
Furnace - Echoes of a Distant Future (Emanzipation Productions)
Meltification - Meltification (Extremely Rotten Productions)
Sarcasm - Lifeforce Omnibound (Hammerheart Records)
Se, Josta Ei Puhuta - Syvyyden portit on saatava auki (Inverse Records)
The Scalar Process - Agnomysticism (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Valar Morghulis - The Call of the Void (Independent)
Voidmaker - A Cold, Unyielding Universe (Witches Brew Records)
Wyrmhaven - Seasons Of Gloom (Independent)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Lázara - Lázara [EP] (Independent)
The Fifth Alliance - Stenahoria (Tartarus Records)
Tooms - Karst (Road To Masochist)
Yawning Balch - Volume Four (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Hardcore
Chewed Out - Mud, Filth and Shit [DEBUT SINGLE] (Independent)
On Borrowed Time - In The Dark Before The Dawn (Omen Records)
Trueandtrue - Nosedive (New Bloom Records)
Noise
Deafkids - Cicatrizes Do Futuro (Neurot Recordings)
The Freqs - No God On The Gold Coast (Independent)
Post-Hardcore
Sparta - Cut A Silhouette (Equal Vision / Rude Records)
Kid Feral - 2019 (Backpack Records)
... and the rest!
Ana - Motivated By Death (Eclipse Records) Symphonic Metal
BlackMarket - Radical Views [EP] (Independent) NuMetal
Dark Divine - Undead Melody (Thriller Records) Metalcore
Diminishing - The Outcome (Anti-Corp Music) Dark Ambient, Drone, Experimental
Eternal Evil - Forever Feared (listenable Records) Thrash Metal
Liva - Ecce mundus (WormholeDeath Records) Power Metal
Lufeh - Overwhelmed (Independent) Prog Rock
Meltification - Meltification (Extremely Rotten Productions) Grindcore
Rakinua - Esi Um Ninu - Heal Us, Mother (Dusktone) Dark Folk/Progressive
Seven Crowns - Haunted Head (Pale Wizard Records) Punk
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