A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2059 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 another batch of 37 recently announced albums from the last few weeks alone including, Poppy, Stabbing, Victorius, Converge, Ulver, and more.
01) Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Inexorable Opposites
Release Date: February 6, 2026
Label: Magnetic Eye Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Psychedelic Western Rock
Location: Australia
Track List:
01) Moss
02) Venomous
03) Mt. Macedon
04) Dave Is Done
05) Junior Fiction
06) Seer
07) On the Overwhelm
08) To Die
Latest Single: “Dave Is Done”
02) Hér, Monochrome
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Season of Mist
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Nordic Fusion/Jazz/Contemporary
Location: Poland
Note: Debut album
Track List:
01) Chant
02) Needles and Bark
03) Going Down
04) Patience in Observation
05) Slipknot
06) Praise the Day
07) Farewell
Latest Single: “Needles and Bark”
03) Red Sands, Evocations
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Independent
Genre: Melodic Metal
Location: Mexico City
Note: EP Release
Track List:
01) Mors Vincit Omnia
02) The Coven
03) The Hunt (feat. Stu Block)
04) My Beloved Ghost
05) System
06) The Hunt (Alternative Version)
Latest Single: “The Coven”
04) Skindred, You Got This
Release Date: April 17, 2026
Label: Earache Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Ragga Metal
Location: Newport, Wales
Track List:
01) You Got This
02) Can I Get a
03) Born Fe Dis
04) This Is the Sound
05) Broke
06) Glass
07) Big Em Up
08) Do It Like This
09) My People
10) Give Thanks
Latest Single:
05) Francis Rossi, The Accidental
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: earMUSIC
Pre-Order: Here.
Note: Solo album from Status Quo’s co-founder, frontman.
Track List:
Side One:
01) Much Better
02) Go Man Go
03) Push Comes To Shove
04) Back On Our Home Ground
05) Dead Of Night
06) Going Home
07) Bye My Love
Side Two:
01) Something In The Air (Stormy Weather)
02) Picture Perfect
03) November Again
04) Things Will Get Better
05) Oh So Good
06) Beautiful World
07) Time To Remember
Latest Single: “Something In The Air (Stormy Weather)” and “Go Man Go”
06) Tailgunner, Midnight Blitz
Release Date:
Label: Napalm Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Heavy Metal
Location: UK
Note: The forthcoming sophomore album is the follow-up to their 2023 debut.
Track List:
01) Midnight Blitz
02) Tears In Rain
03) Follow Me In Death
04) Dead Until Dark
05) Barren Lands And Seas Of Red
06) War In Heaven
07) Blood Sacrifice
08) Night Raids
09) Eye Of The Storm
10) Eulogy
Latest Single: “Midnight Blitz”
07) Uuhai, Human Herds
Release Date: January 9, 2026
Label: Napalm Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Rock
Location: Mongolia
Note: This will be the group’s debut album.
Track List:
01) Beginning
02) Human Herds
03) Ancient Land
04) Uuhai
05) Dracula
06) Khurai
07) Khar Khulz
08) Paradise
09) Uvdis
10) Secret History of the Mongols
Latest Single: “Uuhai”
08) Textures, Genotype
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Label: Kscope
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Progressive Metalcore
Location: Netherlands
Note: This marks the group’s first new album since their return in 2023, after disbanding in 2018, marking the overall follow-up to 2016’s Phenotype.
Track List:
01) Void
02) At The Edge Of Winter
03) Measuring The Heavens
04) Nautical Dusk
05) Vanishing Twin
06) Closer To The Unknown
07) A Seat For The Like-Minded
08) Walls of the Soul
Latest Single: “At the Edge of Winter”
09) Stabbing, Eon Of Obscenity
Release Date: January 30, 2026
Label: Century Media Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Location: Texas
Note: The forthcoming record is the follow-up to their 2022 debut album.
Track List:
01) Rotting Eternal
02) Inhuman Torture Chamber
03) Masticate the Subdued
04) Eon of Obscenity
05) Reborn to Kill Once More
06) Ruminations
07) Nauseating Composition (Feat. Ricky Myers)
08) Their Melted Remains
09) Sonoluminescent Hemoglobinopathy
10) Symphony of Absurdity
11) Sinking Into Catatonic Reality
Latest Single: “Inhuman Torture Chamber”
10) Dangerous Toys, Demolition
Release Date: December 12, 2025
Label: Cleopatra Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Sleaze Metal
Location: Austin, Texas
Note: While the group are potentially working on a long-awaited follow-up to their 1995 fourth record, The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys, Dangerous Toys are set to release their new compilation record. Demolition features 10 tracks, all previously unreleased and recorded during the hiatus between the band’s second and third albums, 1991’s Hellacious Acres and 1994’s Pissed.
Track List:
01) Rock Shock Cowboy
02) Come Out Swinging
03) Rattle My Cage
04) Rhapsody in Barbed Wire
05) One On One Live
06) Burning Bridges
07) Your Sister
08) Backstreet Girl
09) Shot To Hell
10) SNAFU
Latest Single: “Rock Shock Cowboy”
11) Alice in Chains, Alice In Chains 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set
Release Date: Early 2026
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Grunge
Location: Seattle
Box Set includes:
2LP vinyl with pop-up gatefold packaging
Three 7-inch singles
10 custom art prints
12 tarot cards
Hardcover comic book
Cassette
Two double-sided 24×24” posters
Double-sided zoetrope slip mat
3D ballerina + zoetrope coin record topper.
12) Gus Drax, Theories of Imperfection
Release Date: April 3, 2026
Label: Theogonia Records
Genre: Progressive Metal
Location: Greece
Note: The forthcoming instrumental record is the second solo album from Gus Drax, and overall follow-up to 2010’s In Search of Perfection.
Track List:
01) Sentio Ergo Sum
02)Nocturnal Waltz
03) Emotive Resonance
04) Ethereal Horizon
05) Sombrero Attack
06) Final Atonement
07) Cosmic Shadow
08) Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
