New Metal Albums 2026 Week 2 (January 5th – 11th)

45 New Upcoming Metal and Hard Rock releases listed in Week 2 – 2026 (January 4th – 11th)! Check on video format https://www.youtube.com/metalcollision

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
January 5th, 2026Black UsurperEchoes from BeneathBlack MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 5th, 2026MotonDangeous De MessisBlack MetalUSEPSathanas Records
January 5th, 2026NorseTundraBlack MetalRussiaFull-lengthIndependent
January 6th, 2026I, ForlornRequiemDoom/Death MetalNetherlandsEPIndependent
January 6th, 2026Smoke RitesEager Eyes of TalionStoner/Doom MetalPolandFull-lengthIndependent
January 7th, 2026Bound to PrevailEnthroned in TormentDeath MetalMaltaFull-lengthLethal Scissor Records
January 7th, 2026CanaanFor A Bird That Never FlewAmbient/Doom/DarkwaveItalyFull-lengthIndependent
January 7th, 2026Nanowar of SteelThe Genghis Khan EP to End All Genghis Khan EPsHeavy/Power Metal/Hard RockItalyEPNapalm Records
January 9th, 2026Alter BridgeAlter BridgeHeavy/Alternative Metal/Hard RockUSFull-lengthNapalm Records
January 9th, 2026AmusieRapid ResuscitationHeavy/Power MetalJapanEPIndependent
January 9th, 2026Beyond the BlackBreak the SilenceSymphonic Metal/RockGermanyFull-lengthNuclear Blast Records
January 9th, 2026BulletKickstarterHeavy Metal/Hard RockSwedenFull-lengthSteamhammer
January 9th, 2026Chaos RevealedForetold In AshesMelodic Death MetalGermanyEPIndependent
January 9th, 2026DeadwoodRituals of a Dying LightDeathcoreCanadaFull-lengthInnerstrength Records
January 9th, 2026DenominateRestorationProgressive Death MetalFinlandFull-lengthDusktone
January 9th, 2026EctovoidIn Unreality’s CoffinDeath MetalUSFull-lengthEverlasting Spew Records
January 9th, 2026EffluenceAnticholinergic DerangementBrutal Death/Avantgarde MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026Fear of DominationKatharsisElectronic/Melodic Groove Metal/MetalcoreFinlandFull-lengthInverse Records
January 9th, 2026For My Pain…Buried BlueGothic Metal/RockFinlandFull-lengthRainheart Productions
January 9th, 2026HrmüljaDream HorizonsHeavy/Psych/Stoner RockCroatiaFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026IotunnWaves over CopenhellProgressive Melodic Death MetalDenmarkLive albumMetal Blade Records
January 9th, 2026KadavrikErde 666Melodic Death MetalGermanyFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026KrushorTaste of HatredThrash MetalFinlandEPIndependent
January 9th, 2026LionheartValley Of Death IIHardcore/MetalcoreUSFull-lengthArising Empire
January 9th, 2026MiasmeKeep Them at a DistancePost Black Metal/BlackgazePolandFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026Mortis MutilatiDeath WorshippersBlack MetalFranceFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026MotljusFor evigtAtmospheric Black MetalSwedenFull-lengthDarkwoods
January 9th, 2026NighnachtLimb ServiceBlack/Death MetalUSFull-lengthMorbid and Miserable Records
January 9th, 2026OraculumHybris DivinaDeath MetalChileFull-lengthInvictus Productions
January 9th, 2026Orchid ThroneBuried in BlackDoom/Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 9th, 2026Push!Plowing AheadHardcore/CrossoverPortugalFull-lengthFrozen
January 9th, 2026RedividerSounds of MaliceDeath MetalUSFull-lengthThird House Communications
January 9th, 2026Sardonic AllegianceCoast IIMelodic Black MetalNetherlandsEPIndependent
January 9th, 2026SecfremistTwój król, mój wrógDeath MetalPolandFull-lengthVia Nocturna
January 9th, 2026Semper AcerbusFollowing OmensMetalcoreUSFull-lengthEclipse
January 9th, 2026StranguliatoriusFlies Don’t LieDeath Metal/GrindcoreLithuaniaFull-lengthHorror Pain Gore Death Productions
January 9th, 2026The Medea ProjectLive at DingwallsDoom/Gothic/Sludge MetalUKEPIndependent
January 9th, 2026The Ruins of BeverastTempelschlafAtmospheric Black/Doom MetalGermanyFull-lengthVán Records
January 9th, 2026UuhaiHuman HerdsFolk MetalMongoliaFull-lengthNapalm
January 9th, 2026VengerTimes of LegendHeavy MetalInternationalFull-lengthSilver Lining Music
January 9th, 2026Walls Of BabylonAeons ApartProgressive/Power MetalItalyFull-lengthWanikiya Record
January 9th, 2026ZUFerrum SidereumAvantgarde/Experimental MetalItalyFull-lengthHouse Of Mythology
January 10th, 2026PâroSketches of an Unseen RealmProgressive Doom/Post-MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 10th, 2026Terror GardenTerror GardenHeavy Metal/Hard RockUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 10th, 2026The Promise Of PlagueThe Earth Above, A Grave BeneathDoom/Death/Black MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent