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BLOOD THIRSTY DEMONS Set Equilibrium for Halloween
Thrash Metal
The tenth album from Cristian Mustaine's Italian project lands on 31 October, as the second half of a record about his own esotericism.
Robin Aalto · Oct 24, 2026
FIMIR Call the Album Cosmic Heavy Doom and Mean All Three Words
Doom Metal
Old Master is the second song out ahead of a record due on 27 November through Argonauta, after Pain of the World.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
KLONE Name a March Date for The Moon Is Witness
Progressive Metal Groove Metal
The French band's tenth album arrives on 12 March through V2 Records, three years after The Unseen, with a visualizer out now.
Robin Aalto · Oct 24, 2026
FLOR DE FUMO Arrive With Eight Songs and Nobody Behind Them
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
Eight tracks, self released on 23 October, from a Brazilian band whose titles leave no doubt about the subject matter.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
EARTHBONG Open Salutations to the Cultivators With a Ten Minute Bug
Doom Metal Stoner Metal
Four songs across the record and the closer runs fifteen minutes, which is the measure of what this German band do.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
SHUNT Fit Twelve Songs Into Twenty Two Minutes on Their First Album
Death Metal Grindcore
Mesenteric Torsion came out on 23 October with no label behind it at all, on digital, cassette and CD on the same day.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
EMBRYECTOMY Land a Third Album on Unique Leader
Brutal Death Metal Slam
Nine tracks, none over four minutes, and a third album that keeps the Greek band on the label that defines their corner of the genre.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
DANTALION Name Their Tenth Album After Themselves
Death Metal Doom Metal
Seven songs, out on 1 November through Base Record Production, with Whispers From the Inner Abyss already on film.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
200 STAB WOUNDS Hand Over the Whole Rockville Half Hour
Death Metal
Half an hour filmed on 10 May in Daytona Beach, out now through the K! Pit series rather than cut into single songs.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
SECOND TO SUN Keep Pushing an EP They Have Released Three Times
Black Metal
Thunderbolt came out independently in February 2025, on Regolith in April, independently again in December, and now gets a film.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 24, 2026
BELUSHI SPEED BALL Make an Aqua Teen Hunger Force Cartoon
Thrash Metal Crossover
The video for That's A Mighty Fine Wayne Gretzky is a cast of talking food, and the singer directed and edited it himself.
Robin Aalto · Oct 24, 2026
STRATOVARIUS Open the Vault on a 2011 Night in Tampere
Power Metal
I Walk To My Own Song, filmed on the Under Flaming Winter Skies tour, comes out fifteen years after the night it was shot.
Robin Aalto · Oct 24, 2026
GOJIRA Take the Third Rose Bowl Night From System Of A Down
Progressive Metal Death Metal
A 10 June date was added to the two already booked in Pasadena, and the French band open that one instead of Pierce The Veil.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 24, 2026
BLACK SABBATH's Born Again Tapes Were Lost, and Iommi Has Them Back
Heavy Metal Doom Metal
The multitracks sat unfound for years in a record company store room, and the remix that fans keep arguing about is finally possible.
Tomas Berglund · Oct 24, 2026
HEAVY PETTIN Open for Uriah Heep From Tomorrow, With X-Rated Out First
Heavy Metal NWOBHM
Twenty one European dates on The Magician's Farewell tour begin on 24 October in Haarlem, and the band put out a video the day before.
Lars Hendriks · Oct 23, 2026
SIGILO Reach a First Album, Eleven Tracks Made Alone
Black Metal
Duarte Pombo closed Mournkind in 2019 and started again under a new name; Alma Mater have the result on CD and streaming.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 23, 2026
CALLIDER Split a Horn Intro Off Into Its Own Track on The Explorer
Death Metal
Seven tracks, out today and unsigned, with a video for One Note and an intro long enough to need a title of its own.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 23, 2026
SCALDING Get Exordium on Vinyl Four Years After the Download
Black Metal
Hypaethral press two hundred copies and bolt the Skull Collapse EP onto the end, making a ten track edition of the 2022 debut.
Marie-Ève Tremblay · Oct 23, 2026