Another week and change has gone by since we shared 13 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 1,539 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. To help you catch up, Metal Insider has compiled 26 recently announced albums from the last week alone including, Soen, Aerosmith/Yungblud, Karnivool, and more.
01) Lacertilia, Transcend
Release Date: October 24, 2025
Label: Majestic Mountain Records
Genre: Psychedelic
Location: Cardiff, UK
Note: First new album in five years.
Track List:
01) Archaic Oscillations
02) We Go Here
03) Listen Close
04) Over & Out
05) Nothing’s Sacred
06) Transcending
07) Deviate From The Plan
08) Weird Scenes
09) Cerulean Sky
10) The Sun Is The Key
Latest Single: “The Sun is the Key”
02) Motörhead – Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead
Release Date: October 31, 2025
Label: BMG
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Punk
Track List:
01) Pennywise – Ace of Spades
02) Rancid – Sex & Death
03) The Bronx – Over The Top
04) Lagwagon – Rock ‘N’ Roll
05) FEAR – The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
06) GBH – Bomber
07) Murphy’s Law – Stay Clean
08) Slaughterhouse – Love Me Like A Reptile
09) The Casualties – The Hammer
10) Anti-Nowhere League – Born To Raise Hell
11) Love Canal – Voices In The Sky
12) Soldiers Of Destruction – Overkill
13) Wisdom In Chains – Iron Fist
14) Motörhead & The Damned – Neat Neat Neat
Latest Single: Motörhead & The Damned – “Neat Neat Neat”
03) Inhuman, GLORIÆ
Release Date: November 7, 2025
Label: Alma Mater Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Gothic Metal
Location: Portugal
Note: First new album in five years.
Track List:
01) Absent Glory
02) Conspiratio
03) Seed of Ancient Hate
04) To Reign In Captivity
05) Illuminate the Pain
06) Semblance of Reality
07) Overgone
08) The Dreariest One
09) Do Fim dos Dias
10) Visionary State
Latest Single: “Conspiratio”
04) A Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms (Limited 25th Anniversary Edition)
Release Date: October 10, 2025
Pre-Order: Here (vinyl) and Here (DSS)
Note: Two special limited-edition releases: a 2LP zoetrope vinyl edition and an audiophile One-Step pressing as part of the Definitive Sound Series (DSS).
Trailers:
05) Steve Morse Band, Triangulation
Release Date: November 14, 2025
Label: Music Theories Recordings
Pre-Order: Here.
Track List:
01) Break Through
02) Off the Cuff
03) TexUS (feat. Eric Johnson)
04) The Unexpected
05) March of the Nomads (feat. Scott Sim)
06) Ice Breaker
07) Tumeni Partz
08) Triangulation (feat. John Petrucci)
09) Taken by an Angel (feat. Kevin Morse)
Latest Single: “Break Through”
06) Urne, Setting Fire To The Sky
Release Date: January 30th, 2026
Label: Spinefarm
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Modern Metal
Location: London
Track List:
01) Be Not Dismayed
02) Weeping To The World
03) The Spirit, Alive
04) Setting Fire To The Sky
05) The Ancient Horizon
06) Towards The Harmony Hall
07) Harken The Waves (feat. Troy Sanders)
08) Breathe (Feat. Jo Quail)
09) Nocturnal Forms (CD and Digital ONLY bonus track)
Latest Single: “Be Not Dismayed”
07) Wolftooth, Wizard’s Light
Release Date: November 21, 2025
Label: Ripple Music
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Heavy Metal
Location: Maryland
Track List:
01) Hymn Of Belgarath (Intro)
02) Sightless Archer
03) Darkened Path
04) Wizard’s Light
05) Sounds Of Redemption
06) Eternal Hunt
07) Armor Of Steel
08) War Brigade
09) Bloodline
10) All Father
Latest Single: “Wizard’s Light”
08) Ace Enders, Posture Syndrome
Release Date: October 31, 2025
Label: Pure Noise Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Note: First new album since 2020.
Track List:
01) Posture Syndrome
02) Alaska
03) Recede
04) Dark Weather
05) Almost Awake
06) Strings of Light
07) Damaged Goods
08) I Was An Ocean
09) For What It’s Worth
10) Where I Stand
11) Heavy
12) Smoke Signal
13) Forty Eight
14) Term Life
15) Wide Awake
Latest Single: “Damaged Goods” & “Heavy”
09) Doro, Warriors Of The Sea
Release Date: October 24, 2025
Label: Rare Diamonds Production, distributed by Edel
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Metal Queen
Location: Germany
Note: A special release between a new full-length album.
Track List:
01) Warriors of the Sea
02) Touch Too Much
03) Tattooed Angels
04) Horns Up High
05) Seelied
06) Children of the Dawn (Live)
07) Fire in the Sky (Live)
08) Revenge (Live)
09) Above the Ashes (Live)
10) Raise Your Fist in the Air (Live)
Latest Single: “Warriors of the Sea”
