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SAOR Rebuild a Song From 2014 and Keep the Gaelic Word for Rise at the Centre of It
Black Metal Folk Metal
The Awakening MMXXVI is the second song from Caledonia, out on 6 November through Season of Mist.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 11, 2026
SAOR Re-Record Five Old Songs and Say It Is Not Nostalgia
Black Metal Folk Metal
The Awakening MMXXVI is the second single from Caledonia, out 6 November on Season of Mist. Five songs from Roots, Aura and Guardians, all cut again.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 8, 2026
VARANG NORD Headline the Baltics Next Month With a Bagpipe and a Talharpa
Folk Metal Viking Metal
The Latvian band take a run of headline shows across the Baltic countries in November, a year after the album Mygla.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 7, 2026
HRAFNABLÓT Change Two Players Three Weeks After Their First Album
Folk Metal
The guitarist and the drummer have left the Reykjavik band; two replacements are in and the live dates follow.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 5, 2026
RUADH Give Rising Five Songs and the Order of the Forty Five
Black Metal Folk Metal
The fifth Ruadh album arrives on 4 December through Northern Silence Productions, and its track titles run from Prestonpans to exile.
Robin Aalto · Oct 4, 2026
AGALLOCH Hand Marrow Of The Spirit to a New Mix and Two Sources Give Two Dates
Doom Metal Black Metal
Markus Stock remixed it, Gus Elg remastered it, and the reissue adds a 2015 live recording and a piano piece written for The Watcher's Monolith.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 3, 2026
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Sign to Napalm With a Thirteenth Album Already Two Years Old
Heavy Metal Death Metal
The contract is new, the record is not: the band say they have been writing it for almost two years and expect it in summer 2027.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 2, 2026
STORM SEEKER Take the Hurdy Gurdy to Britain for the First Time
Folk Metal
The Sailors, Rowers and Gunners tour runs through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in 2027.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 2, 2026
FEUERSCHWANZ and IN EXTREMO Put Dracula's Line in a Chorus
Folk Metal
Carpe Noctem is out with a video, and the two bands co-headline a German tour in spring 2027.
Robin Aalto · Oct 2, 2026
WAYLANDER Reach a Hidden Island on the Second Single From Mac Tire
Black Metal Folk Metal
Hy Brasil (Isle Of Mists) is out with a video. The album lands on 6 November through Rockshots, nine tracks and fifty one minutes.
Robin Aalto · Oct 1, 2026
Napalm Sign DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Thirty One Years In
Heavy Metal Death Metal
A thirteenth album has been two years in the making and is promised for the summer of 2027. The tour between Christmas and New Year comes first.
Ben Ashworth · Oct 1, 2026
LEPOKA Close Rebelion Animal With Orwell Set to Music
Folk Metal
Twelve tracks out tomorrow on Calaverita Records, two of them already released, and the last one is Bestias de Inglaterra.
Robin Aalto · Oct 1, 2026
AGALLOCH Play Canada for the First Time in Over a Decade at Prepare The Ground
Doom Metal Black Metal
Toronto, 4 to 6 June 2027, with SubRosa returning, Dark Castle reunited and Primitive Man performing Observance.
Lars Hendriks · Sep 29, 2026
New Metal Releases: 29 September to 5 October 2026
Heavy Metal Power Metal
82 records scheduled this week, led by Death Metal, Black Metal and Doom Metal across 34 labels, with covers, labels and full tracklists.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 29, 2026
LUMSK Build Einsemda Out of a Poet Who Died at Thirty Five
Folk Metal
Haust pa Torget is the second single from an album set to selected poems by Tor Jonsson. Einsemda arrives on 30 October through Karisma Records.
Robin Aalto · Sep 27, 2026
TROLLFEST Send Three Trolls After a Star on the Walk of Fame
Folk Metal
Claiming the Walk of Fame is the second and last single before Trollywood, the Norwegian band's tenth album, arrives on 6 November through Reaper Entertainment.
Robin Aalto · Sep 26, 2026
TROLLFEST Send Trolls to Hollywood on Their Tenth Album, Out 6 November
Folk Metal
Claiming the Walk Of Fame is the second and last single before Trollywood, a record about trolls chasing fame in a city that pushes every promise to absurdity.
Robin Aalto · Sep 25, 2026
NOKTURNAL MORTUM Put Out a Forty Four Minute EP Tomorrow, Their First Record in Four Years
Black Metal Folk Metal
Біль | Hurt arrives on 25 September through Oriana Music, six tracks long, ending on a live recording, the first Nokturnal Mortum release since 2022.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 24, 2026