Another week and change has gone by since we shared 30 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,381 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album announcements. Example: we just highlighted 37 new singles/videos that were released within one week. And don’t forget about live music, with tour announcements always in rotation. To help you catch up, Metal Insider has compiled 20 recently announced albums from the last week alone including, Kittie, Testament, The Devil Wears Prada, and more.
01) Kittie, Spit XXV – EP
Release Date: September 19, 2025 Label: Sumerian Records Pre-Order:here. Genre: Metal Location: Canada Note: Kittie are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album Spit with the release of a new EP, Spit XXV, featuring four re-recorded tracks from the acclaimed record.
Track List:
01) Spit XXV 02) Do You Think I’m A Whore? XXV 03) Brackish XXV 04) Charlotte XXV
Latest Single: “Spit XXV”
02) Carach Angren, The Cult of Kariba – EP
Release Date: October 17, 2025 Label: Season of Mist Pre-Order: here. Genre: Symphonic Black Metal Location: Netherlands Note: The upcoming EP promises the band to “return to the source that inspired their first album.”
Track List:
01) A Malevolent Force Stirs 02) Draw Blood 03) The Resurrection of Kariba 04) Ik Kom Uit Het Graf 05) Venomous 1666
Latest Single: “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf”
03) Testament, Para Bellum
Release Date: October 10, 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Records Pre-Order: Here. Genre: Thrash Metal Location: Oakland, CA Note: This will mark the group’s 14th record and first since 2020.
Track List:
01) For the Love of Pain 02) Infanticide A.I. 03) Shadow People 04) Meant to Be 05) High Noon 06) Witch Hunt 07) Nature of the Beast 08) Room 117 09) Havana Syndrome 10) Para Bellum
Latest Single: “Infanticide A.I”
04) Moonspell, Opus Diabolicum
Release Date: October 31, 2025 Label: Napalm Records Pre-Order:Here. Genre: Gothic Metal Location: Portugal Note: The live album was recorded during Moonspell’s historic 2024 symphonic show Opus Diabolicum at Lisbon’s MEO Arena.
Track List:
01) Tungstennio (CD + DVD/Blu-ray only) 02) Em Nome do Medo 03) 1755 04) In Tremor Die 05) Desastre 06) Ruinas 07) Breathe (Until We Are No More) 08) Extinct 09) Proliferation 10) Finisterra 11) Everything Invaded 12) Scorpion Flower 13) Vampiria 14) Alma Mater 15) Fullmoon Madness
Latest Single: “Vampiria,” Featuring Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa
05) The Devil Wears Prada, Flowers
Release Date: November 14, 2025 Label: Solid State Records Pre-Order:Here. Genre: Metalcore Location: Dayton, Ohio Note: First album since 2022.
Track List:
01) That Same Place 02) Where The Flowers Never Grow 03) Everybody Knows 04) So Low 05) For You 06) All Out 07) Ritual 08) When You’re Gone 09) The Sky Behind The Rain 10) The Silence 11) Eyes 12) Cure Me 13) Wave 14) My Paradise
Latest Single: “Where the Flowers Never Grow” and “Wave”
06) Pallbearer, Foundations of Burden (2025 Redux)
Release Date: Digital Release: November 7, 2025, Physical Release: December 5, 2025 Label: Profound Lore Pre-Order:Here. Genre: Doom Metal Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Note: A redux of the group’s 2014 record.
Release Date: October 24, 2025 Label: Serjical Strike Records/Create Music Group Pre-Order:Here. Location: Los Angeles, CA Note: According to the press-release the compilation will be: “a genre-spanning collection that celebrates artistic unity, reinvention, and storytelling.”
Track List:
01) Electric Dreams 02) A Seed (feat. Deadmau5) 03) I’m Counting On You 04) I’m In Heaven 05) Things Unspoken (feat. Bic Runga) 06) I Found You 07) Kneeling Away From The Sun 08) Apocalyptical Dance (feat. Lucas Vidal) 09) Sonic Expulsions 10) When Death Arrives
Latest Single: “Electric Dreams”
08) Pale Horse Ritual, Diabolic Formation
Release Date: November 28, 2025 Label: Black Throne Productions Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal Location: Canada
Track List:
01) Deflowered 02) Wickedness 03) Holy Lies 04) Save You 05) Bloody Demon 06) DED 07) A Beautiful End
Latest Single: “Wickedness”
09) Stellar Circuits, Phantom :: Phoenix
Release Date: November 14, 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Records Pre-Order: Here. Genre: Progressive Alt-Metal Location: North Carolina
Track List:
01) I See Your Spirit 02) Queen Mary 03) Silhouette 04) Elegant Illusion 05) The War Within 06) Bury The Ashes 07) Corridor 08) Gloria 09) Same Page 10) Paris
Latest Single: “I See Your Spirit”
10) Avatar, Don’t Go In The Forest
Release Date: October 31, 2025 Label: Black Waltz AB Pre-Order:Here. Genre: Metal Location: Swedeh Note: First album since 2023.
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Release Date: November 14, 2025
