Release Round Up – October 23rd 2026

Release Round Up – October 23rd 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

Kings of USBM, Wolves In The Throne Room, release ‘Estuary’ via Century Media
“represents the sound of a band more than comfortable in taking the path less travelled.”
Read our full review here.

Greek death metal force Abyssus unleash ‘The Reign’ via Fireflash Records.
“the Greek nation’s most celebrated names as of late and this record cements that recognition.”
Read our full review here.

Bay Area thrash legends Forbidden release their latest, self-titled album via BLKIIBLK.
“this isn’t a straightforward thrasher. You will hear elements of groove metal, traditional heavy metal, power metal and progressive metal.”
Read our full review here.

NWOBHM royalty Satan release boxset ‘Out of the Fire 1981-1985’ via Cherry Red Records.
“razor sharp riffs, amazing melodies and intricate harmonies.”
Read our full review here.

Belgian grinders Leng Tch’e release EP ‘Hammered Into Collapse’ via Season of Mist.
“Brief and belligerently aggressive”
Read our full review here.

Progressive sludge outliers Boss Keloid release ‘Float & Aperture’ via Church Road Records.
“crushing, complex melodies, but have periods of serene calm that make the music all consuming and immersive.”
Read our full review here.

Black Sabbath guitar wizard Tony Iommi releases solo album ‘From The Dark’ via BMG.
“proof that Tony Iommi is still the undisputed riff lord.”
Read our full review here.

Guttural slam band Embryectomy release third album ‘Vitriolic Baptism’ via Unique Leader.
“half-an-hour of uncompromising, unrelenting stomps “
Read our full review here.

Rock

Bad Earth – Stitches (Independent)
Boneyard – Black Static (Independent)
Ian Blurton’s Future Now – Imperial Filth (Pajama Party)
Leadfeather – Catch The Silvertrain [EP] (Independent)
Mason Hill – World So Wonderful (7hz Productions)
Phil Vincent – Passive Aggressive (Independent)
Scott Weiland – Live (Primary Wave Music)
Sweet – Live 25 (Metalville)
Swervedriver – Raise: Demos (Outer Battery Records)
Turbo – Listen… Shut Up! (Independent)

Heavy Metal

After Infinity – Beyond Eternity (Rockshots Records)
Distant Shadow – World of Disillusion (Independent)
Wolfshead – Wolfshead (Jawbreaker Records)

Black Metal

Ala – The Dragon’s Return (WormholeDeath Records)
Alasthor – Flesh Apart, Mind Aside (Chapitre XIII)
Anagnorisis – Caregriever (Negative Reflections)
Bokkerijders – Crush Kill Destroy (Personal Records)
Curebinder – Psychohazard (Avantegarde Music)
Janvs – Fatum Est (Avantegarde Music)
Jernlov – Redemption (Nordic Mission)
Sigilo – Gloria ad Inferi (Alma Mater Records)
Stygian Steel – Black Lotus Veil (High Roller Records)
Wyrm Chasm – Wyrm Chasm (Independent)

Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore

A Distorted Utopia – An Heir To All The Ills Of Flesh (Independent)
Beaten To Death – Vntrve (Mas-Kina Recordings)
Callider – The Explorer (Motor Entertainment)
Casket Dweller – River of Slumber (Nuclear Winter Records)
Macocha – Pale Heart (Independent)
Nicotine Dolls – Nicotine Dolls (BMG)
Obscura Qalma – Immortality Through Ashes (Dusktone)
Saprobiontic – Of Fire and Bloodshed (Black Lion Records)

Deathcore

Beyond Extinction – Three Swords [EP] (Independent)
Mental Cruelty – Echoes of a Fallen Land (Century Media)

Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych

Blood of the Earth – Beneath A Sky That Breaks [EP] (Independent)
Earthbong – Salutations to the Cultivators (The Lasting Dose Records)
Goat Major – Death Comes Twice (Ripple Music)
Godzilla in the Kitchen – Termination Sequence (Tonzonen Records)
Grief Cathedral – The Graves We Hold Inside (Morbid and Miserable Records)
Hempire – Sealed By The Sea [EP] (Independent)
Hexecutioner – Ascension Rock (Independent)
Kant – Echoes of Unfortunate Times (Sound Of Liberation Records)
Maison Dieu – Città Nascosta (Octopus Rising)
Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol – Ca$h Grab (Independent)
Snake Mountain Revival – The Divide (Ripple Music)
The Scars in Pneuma – Cursed Songs From the Garden of Twilight (Masked Dead Records)

Harcore

Big Ass Truck I.E. – Found On Road Dead [EP] (Nuclear Blast Records)
Get The Shot – Crucifixion Depiction (Arising Empire)
Half Me – Dogma (Arising Empire)
Killed By Sorrow – Empire of Excess (Independent)
Last Agony – Death Wave (sentient RUin)
Moni Jitchell – Aware (Independent)
Niis – Play Niis [EP] (Rise Records)

Metalcore

Glasswaves – while(True) (Sharptone Records)
Onryō UK – Exit Here [EP] (Independent)
Windwalker – Smile, You’re On Camera (tbc)

Power Metal

Dragonland – Prophecies (Scarlet Records)
Savage Grace – Underworld (Back on Black)

Progressive Rock / Metal

Entheos – Empty on the Inside (Metal Blade Records)
Ignea – Monumental (Napalm Records)
Messier 16 – Shouts from the Cliffs of Heterodoxy (Time to Kill Records)
Mines – Mines I (Live Album) (Independent)
Pilotinthepicture – While We Escape (Independent)
Polyphia – Be Not Affraid (Rise Records)

Thrash Metal

Absolutle Darkness – Witness To A Dying World (Independent)
Hostilia – The Curse of Khamun (Hammerheart Records)
Infernal Majesty – None Shall Defy (Dissonance Productions)
Estertor – Evil Black Church (Black Lion Records)

… and the rest!

Could Seed – Terminal (Klonosphere Records) [Post-Rock]
Ensemble Tikoro – Tortoise (Jangjang Records) [Throat Singing/Death/Thrash]
Fake Names – Punk Ruins (Epitaph Records) [Punk]
Ghostemane – AM:FM (Independent) [Trap Metal]
Madam Orange – Parallax (Amalgam) [Experimental Drone/Jazz]
Qualm – Let’s Find Those Parrots In The Clouds (Zinnober Records) [Experimental]
Turmion Kätilöt – Resodance (Nuclear Blast Records) [Industrial Metal]

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