New Metal Albums 2026 Week 1 (December 29th – January 4th)

30 New Upcoming Metal and Hard Rock releases listed in Week 1 – 2026 (December 29th – January 4th)! Check on video format https://www.youtube.com/metalcollision

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
December 29th, 2025JumpscareLive at Valle Caudina Metal Fest VMelodic Death MetalItalyLive albumVault Lab Recordings
December 31st, 2025Dreadful RelicAncient ObsessionBlack MetalGreece/USFull-lengthNuclear War Now! Productions
December 31st, 2025EllimistDevastation of the Large Magellanic CloudProgressive Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
December 31st, 2025Enemy AwakeRotten Soul​Melodic Death/Thrash MetalSwedenEPIndependent
December 31st, 2025HologramahAbyssus.Versus.Versiculos.Black MetalChileFull-lengthLiving Temple
December 31st, 2025LiknoSummit and TrenchBlack MetalGreeceFull-lengthWolfKult Religion
December 31st, 2025Suicidal WindsIn the Fire 666Black/Thrash MetalSwedenFull-lengthWolfKult Religion
December 31st, 2025Thy RitesFlagellum MortisDeath/Black MetalBrazilFull-lengthNekrolust Records
December 31st, 2025True Iron WillSpirit of SteelBlack MetalUSFull-lengthNuclear War Now! Productions
December 31st, 2025UlverNeverlandAmbient/Avant-garde/ElectronicaNorwayFull-lengthHouse of Mythology
January 1st, 2026Darkened MonestaryEnglish Meadow MusicDrone/Funeral Doom MetalUKFull-lengthWinter Forest Industries
January 1st, 2026Feral WinterThe ReapingBlack MetalUKFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026GravewürmTo Rule the NightBlack/Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026Kani KannushiCrustaceanal Hymns of Sobbing WorshipExperimental GrindcoreSouth KoreaFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026KiljinFar Too GoneHeavy MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026Ordre of the Wampyric RiteMorbid MistressRaw Black MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026Parham GharavaisiBeyond DevastationMelodic Gothic/Doom MetalIranFull-lengthIndependent
January 1st, 2026StaghelmNatura Semper PraevaletAtmospheric Black MetalUKFull-lengthNaturmacht Productions
January 2nd, 20261986CarniveilSludge Metal/HardcoreUKFull-lengthIndependent
January 2nd, 2026BozopogostickstompGetting Cancelled for DummiesGrindcoreAustraliaFull-lengthIndependent
January 2nd, 2026DawnbreakerPactum Sanguine NovoSymphonic Black/Death MetalUSFull-lengthVision of God Records
January 2nd, 2026EllendeZerfallPost-Black MetalAustriaFull-lengthAOP Records
January 2nd, 2026Excavated GravesLife Isn’t For EveryoneDeath MetalPolandFull-lengthSelfmadegod
January 2nd, 2026Paleface SwissThe WiltedDeathcore/MetalcoreSwitzerlandEPBlood Blast Distribution
January 2nd, 2026The Mensis RitualCainiteDeath Metal/DeathcoreUKFull-lengthIndependent
January 2nd, 2026WildhuntAletheiaThrash MetalAustriaFull-lengthJawbreaker Records
January 2nd, 2026XzanthusWorld of Misery: The Demo Anthology (1988-1991)Thrash MetalUSCompilationDivebomb Records
January 3rd, 2026Arcane FrostNight’s CavalryBlack MetalGermanyFull-lengthBleeding Heart Nihilist Productions
January 3rd, 2026EnshineElevationMelodic Death/Doom MetalSweden/FranceFull-lengthIndependent
January 3rd, 2026Forever AutumnThe LamentationsNeofolkUSFull-lengthIndependent