2026 is here and there’s already well over 100 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 a batch of 90 recently announced albums since the wake of 2026 including, Exodus, Heathen, Evergrey, Corrosion of Conformity, Monstrosity, Nervosa, The Amity Affliction, and many more.   

01) A Wilhelm Scream, Cheap Heat

Release Date: February 27, 2026
Label: Creator-Destructor Records 
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Location: Bedford, Massachusetts
Note: The group’s sixth full-length album

Track List:

01) Somebody’s Gonna Die
02) The Scumbag Grift
03) Midnight Ghost
04) I Got Tunnel Vision
05) Let It Ride
06) Fell Off
07) Run.
08) Visitor: Unimpressed
09) Unsolving the Mystery 
10) Poison II

Latest Single: “I Got Tunnel Vision”

02) Akem Manah, Threnodies

Release Date: April 3, 2026
Label: Black Lion Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Doom Metal
Location: Belgium

Track List:

01) The Inevitable Fate of Francis Cobb (Intro)
02) The End of Earnest Hollow
03) The Mystery of Mosef Mehul
04)The Burning of John Briggs
05) The Journey of Nathaniel Johnson
06) The Undoing of an Unknown (Interlude)
07) The Fall of Maximillian Montagne
08) The Sleep of Eve Saldana
09) The Demise of John Dunn
10) The Hanging of Edward Hope (Outro)

Latest Single: “The Burning of John Briggs”

03) Arroganz, Death Doom Punks

Release Date: May 15, 2026
Label: Testimony Records
Pre-Order: Here. 
Genre: Death Doom Punk
Location: Germany

Track List:

01) Die for Nothing
02) Under Scarred Skin
03) Pain Forged Armor
04) Death Doom Punks
05) Anti-Ideology
06) Arsenic Breath
07) Incubus’ Veins
08) Earth’s Final Dose
09) Spirit Arsonist

Latest Single: “Die for Nothing”

04) As Everything Unfolds, DID YOU ASK TO BE SET FREE?

Release Date: April 10, 2026
Label: Century Media
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Post Hardcore
Location: UK

Track List:

01) DENIAL
02) GASOLINE
03) POINT OF VIEW
04) FIND ANOTHER WAY
05) CUT THE LIES
06) BREAK IT AWAY
07) SET IN FLOW
08) WHAT YOU WANTED
09) IDOLS
10) REVERIE
11) EDGE OF FOREVER
12) SETTING SUN

Latest Single: “Gasoline”

05) Blindead 23, Deuterium

Release Date: April 24, 2026
Label: Peaceville
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Avant-Metal
Location: Poland
Note: Debut album from the group led by ex-Behemoth guitarist Mateusz “Havoc” Smierzchalski, also includes Roger Öjersson (ex-Katatonia) and Pawel “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz (Vltimas, ex-Vader, ex-Decapitated).

Track List:

01) Immersion I 
02) Immersion II 
03) Wither
04) Worst Laid Plans
05) Deuterium 
06) Towards the Dark
07) You Are the Universe

Latest Single: “Deuterium”

06) Bodysnatcher, Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home

Release Date: April 10, 2026
Label: MNRK Heavy
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Deathcore
Location: South Florida

Track List:

01) The Maker
02) Writhe And Coil
03) Plague Of Flies
04) May Your Memory Rot
05) Violent Obsession
06) No Savior
07) Blade Between The Teeth
08) Two Empty Caskets
09) Survive Or Die (ft. Scott Vogel)
10) Hell Is Home

Latest Single: “The Maker”

07) Bosse-de-Nage, Hidden Fires Burn Hottest

Release Date: March 6, 2026
Label: The Flenser
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Post Black Metal
Location: San Francisco, California
Note: First new album in eight years.

Track List:

01) Where to Now?
02) Mementos
03) In the Name of the Moth
04) With a Shrug
05) No Such Place
06) Triangular Dream
07) Underwater
08) Frenzy
09) Immortality Project
10) Leviathan

Latest Single: “In the Name of the Moth”

08) Cage Fight, Exuvia

Release Date: May 1, 2026
Label: Spinefarm Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Metal
Location: UK
Note: Mark’s the group’s sophomore album. 

Track List:

01) Confined 
02) Oxygen
03) Pig
04) Pick Your Fighter
05) Un Bon Souvenir
06) Deathstalker
07) Le Déni
08) Exuvia 
09) The Hammer Crush
10) IHYG (I Hate Your Guts)
11) Élégie

Latest Single: “Un Bon Souvenir” 

09) Cemetery Reign, Confined To Time

Release Date: February 26, 2026
Label: Carbonized Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Death Metal
Location: New Mexico
Note: Debut of the solo death metal project by David McMaster of Street Tombs / Superstition.

Track List:

01)  Escape Survival
02) Pendulum Clock
03) Spiral Eyes
04) Grave Depression
05) Despised By Fire
06) Infernal Punishment
07) Captive In A Coffin
08) Curse Of Despair

Latest Single: “Curse Of Despair”

10) Confess, Metalmorphosis

Release Date: May 15, 2026
Label: Frontiers Music Srl
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Sleaze Metal
Location: Sweden
Note: Marks the group’s overall fourth studio album.

Track List:

01) Colorvision
02) The Warriors
03) Wicked Temptations
04) Metalmorphosis
05) Beat Of My Heart
06) Pursuit Of The Jenny Haniver
07) The Other Side
08) Running To My Death
09) Plague Of Steel
10) Silvermalen

Latest Single: “Wicked Temptations”