NEW-RELEASES
13 stories on Metal Mantra
New Metal This Friday - June 5, 2026: August Burns Red, Converge & Blood Incantation
June 5 is led by August Burns Red's Season of Surrender, Converge's Hum Of Hurt, Blood Incantation's soundtrack set, and Clutch vinyl.
Best Metal of 2026 So Far: Albums and Songs That Hit Hardest
The best metal of 2026 so far, from The Warning and Holy Wars to Exodus, Dimmu Borgir, Sevendust, Kreator, and more.
New Metal This Friday - May 29, 2026: Shinedown, Devin Townsend & Elder
May 29 is led by Shinedown's Ei8ht, Devin Townsend's orchestral The Moth, Elder's Through Zero, and a useful hard-rock release slate.
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.
