20) Gaerea, Loss
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Label: Century Media Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Post Black Metal
Location: Portugal
Note: First new album since 2024 and a first with Century Media Records.
Track List:
01) Luminary
02) Submerged
03) Hellbound
04) Uncontrolled
05) Phoenix
06) Cyclone
07) LBRNTH
08) Nomad
09) Stardust
Latest Single: “Hellbound”
21) Total Annihilation, Mountains of Madness
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Testimony Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Thrash/Death Metal
Location: Switzerland
Note: First new album since 2020.
Track List:
01) The Art of Torture
02) Mountains of Madness
03) Illusion
04) Chokehold
05) Choose the Day
06) Age of Mental Suicide
07) Nyctophobia
08) Beneath the Cross
09) Invisible Conflagration
10) Lost Forever
11) Hate Remains
Latest Single: “The Art of Torture”
22) Dream Theater, The Studio Albums 1992–2016 & Dream Theater Vol. 3
Release Date: November 21, 2025
Label: Atlantic Catalog Group / Rhino
Pre-Order: Studio Albums – Here. Vol 3 – Here.
Genre: Progressive Metal
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Note: Special two releases celebrating the band’s extensive catalog.
23) Paleface Swiss, The Wilted – EP
Release Date: January 2nd, 2026
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Deathcore
Location: Switzerland
Track List:
01) Intro
02) Withering Flower
03) Let Me Sleep
04) Instrument of War
05) Everything Is Fine
Latest Single: “Let Me Sleep”
24) All The Damn Vampires, VICECORE
Release Date: February 4th, 2026
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Synth-wave meets Metal
Location: Los Angeles
Note: Debut Album from the group.
Track List:
01) Welcome To Los Angeles
02) VICECORE feat Sunglasses Kid
03) Is This Love feat. Andy James
04) Falling Into The Darkness
05) Into The Night
06) Last Man Standing
07) (I Just) Died In Your Arms
08) Homesick
09) On My Own Tonight
10) From Here
11) In The Air Tonight
12) Sunset Over The Final Chapter feat. Miles Dimitri Baker
Latest Single: “Last Man Standing”
25) Malefic Throne, The Conquering Darkness
Release Date: November 28, 2025
Label: Agonia Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Death Metal
Note: Debut album from the group featuring guitarist Gene Palubicki (Angelcorpse, Perdition Temple), vocalist & bassist Steve Tucker (Morbid Angel) and drummer John Longstreth (Origin, Hate Eternal, ex-Angelcorpse).
Track List:
01) Blasphémait Desecration
02) The Voice of my Ghost
03) Athirst for Dissonance
04) Born of Plague
05) Divine Tragedy
06) Carnage of the Forgotten
07) When our Shadows Align
08) Forged in Stone
26) Second Harbour, Coalesce – EP
Release Date: December 12, 2025
Label: SharpTone Records
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Location: Canada
Track List:
01) Relative
02) Mourning Dove
03) I am Half-Sick of Shadows
04) Coalesce
Latest Single: “Relative”
27) Mc50, 10 More
Release Date: December 5, 2025
Label: earMUSIC
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Rock
Location: Michigan
Note: New live album captured during their 2018 anniversary tour. The Mc50 rendition was formed by MC5 founding member Wayne Kramer to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams, the MC50 lineup includes Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Billy Gould (Faith No More), Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam) and Marcus Durant (Zen Guerrilla).
28) Induction, Love Kills!
Release Date: February 6, 2026
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Location: Czechia
Note: First new album since 2022.
Track List:
01) Virtual Insanity
02) War Of Hearts
03) Dark Temptation
04) Steel And Thunder
05) Strangers To Love
06) Beyond Horizons
07) Gods Of Steel (physical release exclusive)
08) Love Kills
09) I Am Evil
10) The Veil of Affection
11) Empress
Latest Single: “Love Kills”
29) Marianas Rest, The Bereaved
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Noble Demon
Pre-Order: Here.
Genre: Melodic Doom/Death Metal
Location: Finland
Note: First new album since 2023.
Track List:
01) Thank You for the Dance
02) Rat in the Wall
03) Divided
04) Again into the Night
05) Burden
06) Diamonds in the Rough
07) Pity the Living
08) Goodbyes and Good Intentions
09) Tyhjä
10) The Colour of You
Latest Single: “The Colour of You”
