NEW-RELEASES
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New Metal This Friday - May 22, 2026: Dimmu Borgir, Armored Saint & Nashville Pussy
May 22 brings Dimmu Borgir's first album since 2018, a new Armored Saint record, and Nashville Pussy's first studio EP in eight years.
New Metal This Friday — May 15, 2026: Periphery, Slayer & Paradise Lost
May 15 new metal releases are lean but useful: Periphery leads, Slayer reissues Hell Awaits, and Paradise Lost revisits Gothic.
New Metal This Friday — May 8, 2026: Black Veil Brides, Frozen Soul, Ingested & More
May 8 brings new metal and hard rock releases from Black Veil Brides, Frozen Soul, Ingested, Draconian, The Narrator, and more.
New Metal This Friday — May 1, 2026: Sevendust, Venom, Haste The Day & More
May 1 brings new metal and hard rock releases from Sevendust, Venom, Haste The Day, Godsmack, Cage Fight, and more.
New Metal This Friday — April 24, 2026
April 24 brings new releases from The Amity Affliction, Atreyu, Terror, Elegant Weapons, Holy Wars, and Sepultura.
Record Store Day 2026: Rock + Metal Picks Worth Hunting
Record Store Day hits April 18. Here are the rock + metal releases worth lining up for, plus a quick plan to actually score them.
New Metal This Friday — April 17, 2026
Wage War drop a new EP, The Last Ten Seconds of Life make their Metal Blade debut, and Crippled Black Phoenix deliver their most inward full-length yet.
New Metal This Friday — April 4, 2026
COC return after eight years with a double album, Nervosa drop a thrash machine, and Edge of Sanity unearths rare Swanö demos. Here's what's hitting April 4.
New Metal This Friday — March 27, 2026: BLS, Hellripper, The Casualties & More
Friday March 27 drops Black Label Society's Ozzy tribute album, Hellripper's blackened Celtic opus, The Casualties' first record in 8 years, and more.
New Metal This Friday — March 20, 2026
Poison The Well's first album in 17 years, Gaerea's 'Loss,' and Exodus' 'Goliath' headline a stacked March 20 release day.
