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Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week’s newest albums!
Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty difficult. Bookmark this page because we’ll be updating this all year and you can check back each Friday to see what’s out that day and go check it all out!
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January 2, 2026
Ellende – Zerfall (AOP)
Excavated Graves – Life Isn’t For Everyone (Selfmadegod)
Fuath – III (Northern Silence)
Hologramah – Abyssus.Versus.Versiculos. (Living Temple)
Paleface Swiss – The Wilted EP (Self)
Ulver – Neverland (House Of Mythology)
Wildhunt – Aletheia (Jawbreaker)
January 9, 2026
Alter Bridge – Alter Bridge (Napalm)
Beyond The Black – Break The Silence (Nuclear Blast)
Bruit – Monolith Re-Release (Pelagic)
Bullet – Kickstarter (Steamhammer)
Iotunn – Waves Over Copenhell (Metal Blade)
Läjä Äijälä and Albert Witchfinder – Circle Of Pain (Svart)
Lionheart – Valley Of Death II (Arising Empire)
The Medea Project – Live At Dingwalls (Self)
Nanowar Of Steel – The Genghis Khan EP To End All Genghis Khan EPs (Napalm)
Push! – Plowing Ahead (Frozen)
Semper Acerbus – Following Omens (Eclipse)
Six Going On Seven – Human Tears (Spartan)
Uuhai – Human Herds (Napalm)
January 16, 2026
Architectural Genocide – Malignant Cognition (Comatose)
Blanket – True Blue (Adventure Cat)
Carrion Veal – Slay Utterly (Unique Leader)
Death Cult – Paradise Live (Beggars Banquet)
Demons My Friends – Demons Seem To Gather Re-Release (Ripple)
Dvm Spiro – MMXXVI – Grave (My Kingdom)
Edenbridge – Set The Dark On Fire (Steamhammer/SPV)
The Eternal – Celestial EP (Reigning Phoenix)
Evoken – Embrace The Emptiness Re-Release (Hammerheart)
Evoken – Shades Of Night Descending Re-Release (Hammerheart)
The Funeral Portrait – Live From Suffocate City (Better Noise)
Gluecifer – Same Drug New High (Steamhammer/SPV)
Godzillionaire – Negative Balance Re-Release (Ripple)
I Promised The World – I Promised The World EP (Rise)
Kreator – Krushers Of The World (Nuclear Blast)
Ov Sulfur – Endless (Century Media)
Soen – Reliance (Silver Lining)
Soulbound – sYn(Metalville)
January 23, 2026
Alkaloid – Bach Out Of Bounds(Season Of Mist)
Bad Lizard – Power Of Destruction(Re-Release) Relics From The Crypt
Casket:–The Long Run We Are All Dead (Neckbreaker) Coranatus:-Dreadful Waters (Massacre) Crystal Lake:-The Weight Of Sound (Century Media) The Damned:-Not Like Everybody Else (earMusic) Death Dealer:-Reign Of Steel (Massacre) Helix:-Scrap Metal (Perris) Karloff:-Revered By Death (Dying Victims) Megadeth:-Megadeth (Tradecraft) New Mexican Doom Cult:-Zaggurat (Majestic Mountain) New Miserable Experience:-Gild The Lily (Pelagic) Pagan Altar:-Lord Of Hypocrisy (Re-Release)(Dying Victims) Pelican:-Ascending (EP)(Run For Cover) Poppy:-Empty Hands (Sumerian) Ritual Arcana:-Ritual Arcana (Heavy Psych Sounds) Rocky & The Sweden:-Early Years Singles Collection 1997-1999 (Relapse) Rocky & The Sweden:-God Save The Green (Re-Release)(Relapse) Rocky & The Sweden:-Punks Pot Heads (Relapse) Rocky & The Sweden:-Total Hard Core (Re-Release)(Relapse) Rotting Christ:-Aealo (Re-Recorded)(Season Of Mist) Sigh:-Ghastly Funeral Theatre (Re-Release)(Peaceville) Sky Valley Mistress:-Luna Mausoleum (New Heavy Sounds) Textures:-Genotype (Kscope) Visceral Evisceration:-Incessant Desire For Palatable Flesh (Re-Release)(Hammerheart)
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