The Black Friday edition of Record Store Day for 2026 is packed with rock and metal titles set to make their debut on Nov. 27.
What Rock + Metal Releases Are Coming Out on Record Store Day: Black Friday?
Record Store Day has been an annual celebration of independent music stores since 2008. It’s a day when labels release limited-edition and “first-time-ever” titles, drawing shoppers into brick-and-mortar stores.
After a couple of years of the event, organizers added a second edition called RSD: Black Friday. It was another chance to get people back into stores at the start of the busy holiday shopping season.
For the RSD: Black Friday 2026 release list, there’s A LOT to go through when it comes to rock and metal. Here are all of those titles in alphabetical order for your viewing pleasure.
A-D
- 13th Floor Elevators, The Mono Singles LP
- Barenaked Ladies, Born on a Pirate Ship – 30th ANNIVERSARY 2XLP
- Barenaked Ladies, Rock Spectacle – 30th ANNIVERSARY LP
- The Black Angels, Passover XX 2XLP
- Black Veil Brides, Black EP
- Frank Black, Teenager of the Year 3XLP, 2XCD
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Night Moves (50th Anniversary) LP
- Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Live in Chicago LP
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Live at Tower Theater Philly 1975 4XLP, 2XCD
- Carcass, Swansong LP
- Cursive, Happy Hollow (20th Anniversary Edition) 2XLP
- The Dead Milkmen, Eat Your Paisley! (40th Anniversary) LP
- Dexter and the Moonrocks, Freakin’ Out 12”
- The Doors, 1966 LP
E-H
- Eagles, Please Come Home For Christmas/Funky New Year 12”
- Jason Falkner, Presents Author Unknown 2XLP
- Florence + The Machine, Everybody Scream (Chamber Version) 10”
- Fountains Of Wayne, Sky Full of Holes – 15th Anniversary Edition LP
- Genesis, Land of Confusion 12” picture disc
- Godsmack, Battle of the Drums 12”
- Goo Goo Dolls, Borrowed LP
- Good Charlotte, Greetings From California 2XLP
- Grateful Dead, Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 2/14/68 (Live) 4XLP
- Grateful Dead, On A Back Porch Vol. 4 LP
- George Harrison, George Harrison (Zoetrope) LP
- George Harrison, <iThirty Three & 1/3 (Zoetrope)
<li<Hootie & The Blowfish,< i<MTV Unplugged<i
e
I-L
- Billy Idol,< i<Live From The Roxy 1982<i
M-R
- M
otley Crue,< i<Decade of Decadence '81 – '91<i - M
otorhead,< i<The Lost Tapes Vol. 8: Live at Margate<i - M
otorhead,< i<Motorhead – Lemmy (RSD)< i
<li<O ld 97's,< i<Alive & Wired<i
<li<O m,< i<Pilgrimage<i - Poppy,< i<Empty Hands<i
- P ower Trip,< i<P recinct 3<i
<li<R ainbow,< i<Rarities 75-76<i
<li<R ainbow Kitten Surprise,< i<The Study/Neon Cross Sessions<i
<li<R amones,< i<Subterranean Jungle Demos<i
<li<T he Rolling Stones,< i<Aftermath (US)< i
<li<T he Runaways,< i<And Now… The Runaways<i
BMG
S-Z
- S kid Row,< i<Live At The Moscow Music Peace Festival<i
- S on Of Sam,< i<Songs From The Earth<i
- S parta,< i<Threes (20th Anniversary)< i
- S taind,< i<Break The Cycle (25th Anniversary Live)< i
- T hey Might Be Giants,< i<Live at KEXP Seattle<i
- T hrice,< i<Audiotree From Nothing<i
<li<J eff Tweedy,< i<Twilight in Paris<i
<li<W een,< i<Shinola, Vol. 2<i
Rock + Metal Albums You’re Most (and Least) Likely to Find on RSD: Black Friday
A s with any Record Store Day event,some titles will be easier to find than others due to how many copies are allotted to each store. Here are five rock and metal albums you will likely see the most often on Nov. 27.
- B ruce Springsteen & The E Street Band,
Live at Tower Theater Philly
1975 (14,500 copies)
- W een,
Shinola, Vol. 2
(9,200 copies)
- T he Doors,
1966
(7,000 copies)
- T he Rolling Stones
Aftermath
(6,500 copies)
- E agles,
Please Come Home For Christmas/Funky New Year
(6,000 copies)
- T he Runaways,
And Now… The Runaways
(500 copies) - C ursive,
Happy Hollow
(20th Anniversary Edition) (1,180 copies) - B rigitte Calls Me Baby,
Live in Chicago
(1,200 copies) - T hey Might Be Giants,
Live at KEXP Seattle
(1,300 copies) - F rank Black,
Teenager of the Year
(2XCD) (1,300 copies)A nd if you can’t find any of those , maybe you should instead spend your time shopping for one of these albums that made our list of the 10 strangest things ever pressed into vinyl.
10 Strangest Things Pressed Into Vinyl Records
Tagged:link in biometalnewsrockT he strangest things that have been pressed into vinyl records.
Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner
N ow , for the bad news. Every year , Record Store Day offers some albums in such limited quantities that not every store can carry the title. And the ones that do have them will probably require you to get in line early to buy one.
H ere are the rock and metal albums you’re least likely to find on RSD: Black Friday.
- T he Runaways,
- B ruce Springsteen & The E Street Band,
