New Metal Albums 2026 Week 21 (May 18th – May 24th)

78 New Upcoming Metal and Hard Rock releases listed in Week 21 – 2026 (May 18th – May 24th)! Check on video format https://www.youtube.com/metalcollision

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
May 19th, 2026ErseduGORESymphonic Death MetalUkraineEPIndependent
May 19th, 2026HourswillEnsembleProgressive MetalPortugalFull-lengthEthereal Sound Works
May 19th, 2026MembranceResa MarcianaDeath MetalItalyFull-lengthAd Noctem Records
May 19th, 2026Second to NoneBoundary: The True, the Good and the BeautifulDeath MetalJapanCompilationMandragora Records
May 20th, 2026Blood ProphecyRoad to HeroMelodic Death MetalJapanFull-lengthIndependent
May 20th, 2026DimhavOndineProgressive/Power MetalSwedenFull-lengthIndependent
May 20th, 2026Du CaneVeil of the AbyssProgressive/Sludge Metal/RockAustraliaFull-lengthIndependent
May 20th, 2026SoulersReal-Life CrisisDrone/Doom/Stoner MetalCanadaFull-lengthIndependent
May 20th, 2026VorothLingua SecundaDeath/Thrash MetalRussiaFull-lengthSatanath Records
May 21st, 2026Anna FioriMetztliSymphonic Power MetalMexicoFull-lengthIndependent
May 21st, 2026Blood PythonVoidseekerHeavy MetalNorwayFull-lengthIndependent
May 21st, 2026Blossom DeathSpiritDoom/Gothic Metal/RockGreeceFull-lengthThe Circle Music
May 21st, 2026DesecresyThe Secret of DeathDeath MetalFinlandFull-lengthXtreem Music
May 21st, 2026Heaven Is SleepingHeaven Is SleepingStoner/Doom MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026Abandon AgonyEndbringerMelodic Death MetalSwedenFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026AbgeschiedenheitLa dernière valseBlack Metal/Dark AmbientCanadaFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026AcidezLa ley de la calleSpeed/Thrash Metal/Hardcore PunkMexicoEPIndependent
May 22nd, 2026AkiavelScelestVsMelodic Death MetalFranceEPIndependent
May 22nd, 2026Armored SaintEmotion Factory ResetHeavy MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
May 22nd, 2026As the Sun FallsSongs from the VeilMelodic Death MetalSwitzerlandFull-lengthTheogonia Records
May 22nd, 2026Barren CanyonA Virulent SteamAtmospheric Black MetalCanadaFull-lengthAvantgarde Music
May 22nd, 2026BearAnhedoniaMetalcore/DjentBelgiumEPPelagic
May 22nd, 2026Blindead 23DeuteriumProgressive/Post-MetalPolandFull-lengthPeaceville Records
May 22nd, 2026Burial CloudsBurn HolyDoom/Post-MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026CadaverDemos & Live 1988-1991Death MetalNorwayCompilationDarkness Shall Rise Productions
May 22nd, 2026Caught In A MirrorNeoncoreMetalcore/EDMGermanyFull-lengthBleeding Nose
May 22nd, 2026Corpse Water…something in the waterDeath MetalUKFull-lengthGrindscene
May 22nd, 2026Crimson DayDark DimensionHeavy MetalFinlandFull-lengthWormHoleDeath
May 22nd, 2026Crux ExWickedness and ViolenceBlack MetalSpainFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026Dan ByrneThis Is Where The Show BeginsHard RockUKFull-lengthFrontiers
May 22nd, 2026Dark MillenniumComeAvant-Garde Death MetaGermanyFull-lengthMassacre
May 22nd, 2026DeathstormCascophoniesThrash MetalAustriaFull-lengthDying Victims Productions
May 22nd, 2026DeliveranceThe Voyager Golden BanquetSludge/Black MetalFranceFull-lengthLes Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions
May 22nd, 2026Dimmu BorgirGrand Serpent RisingSymphonic Black MetalNorwayFull-lengthNuclear Blast Records
May 22nd, 2026Downfall of NurAnd the Firmament Will Burn to Quench the Pain of This EarthAtmospheric Folk/Black MetalArgentinaFull-lengthAvantgarde Music
May 22nd, 2026EcotageRedemptionMetalcoreFinlandEPBound by Modern Age Records
May 22nd, 2026ElvenkingRites of DisclosureMelodic Power/Folk MetalItalyEPReaper Entertainment
May 22nd, 2026Embrace of SoulsThe Battle of the DeadPower MetalItalyFull-lengthRockshots Records
May 22nd, 2026Erik GrönwallBad BonesHard RockSwedenFull-lengthGreenwall
May 22nd, 2026Escaping AgharthaLurkers of Languid WatersBlackened Doom Metal, AmbientUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026Goat the HeadDeath by DefaultDeath MetalNorwayFull-lengthCrispin Glover Records
May 22nd, 2026GoddessRitual of the Cloven HoofDoom/Stoner MetalSwedenFull-lengthMajestic Mountain
May 22nd, 2026HaemothBlack DustBlack MetalFranceFull-lengthAgonia Records
May 22nd, 2026HarbouredWe’re Only the Love That We LeadAtmospheric Black/Post-MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026HellevateKillicon ValleyThrash/Power MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026HexenaltarDescending CurseBlack/Thrash MetalPolandFull-lengthGodz ov War Productions
May 22nd, 2026Horrific VisionsRemnants of AtrophyBrutal Death MetalUSFull-lengthComatose Music
May 22nd, 2026ImmortalTo the North and Into Eternal Winter – Live in Darkness 1993-1995Black MetalNorwayLive albumDarkness Shall Rise Productions
May 22nd, 2026Impure WilhelminaLe SanglotAlternative Metal/Post Hardcore/RockSwitzerlandFull-lengthSeason Of Mist
May 22nd, 2026JPT Scare BandLive at Crosstown StationHeavy/Hard/Psych RockUSLive albumRipple
May 22nd, 2026KeopsBitter Story for HumanityHeavy/Groove MetalCroatiaFull-lengthSPV GmbH
May 22nd, 2026Kur.Nu.Gi.ACarmina InferorumBlack/Death MetalPolandFull-lengthGodz Ov War
May 22nd, 2026LorePsychotic Trance of the Black NightsBlack MetalUKFull-lengthDeath Prayer Records
May 22nd, 2026MalfeitorThe Smell of DeathBlack MetalNorwayCompilationDarkness Shall Rise Productions
May 22nd, 2026MaliciouzSympathypnotic IntercessionDoom/Sludge/Stoner MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026MansvaraSable Odes To NihilityBlack/Death MetalPolandFull-lengthGodz Ov War
May 22nd, 2026Moonlight HazeInterstellar MadnessSymphonic/Power MetalItalyEPScarlet Records
May 22nd, 2026MécréantDéchéanceBlack MetalFranceFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026NecrotesqueEt Mortui ResurgentDeath MetalNetherlandsFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026Night SpectreNight SpectreHeavy MetalGreeceFull-lengthDying Victims
May 22nd, 2026NoitumaYhdeksän sairauttaFolk/Pagan Black MetalFinlandFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026NorthbornNorthbornSymphonic/Melodic Death MetalSwedenFull-lengthArt Gates Records
May 22nd, 2026Opera IXVeneficiumSymphonic Black MetalItalyFull-lengthEdged Circle Productions
May 22nd, 2026PiołunExolvunturBlack MetalPolandFull-lengthMalignant Voices
May 22nd, 2026Rival CultsOur Gods Need BloodGoth RockUSFull-lengthSeeing Red
May 22nd, 2026SandstormDungeon of DeathHeavy MetalCanada/SwedenEPDying Victims Productions
May 22nd, 2026ShewolffWe’re All Gonna Fukkin’ DieBlack Metal/PunkBelgiumEPDying Victims Productions
May 22nd, 2026SönusPlanes of TormentHard Rock/Heavy MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 22nd, 2026The Circle Of The ElectKaoskarmaBlack MetalUkraineEPArchaic Sound
May 22nd, 2026VargLive at Wolfszeit Festival 2024Melodic Death/Black Metal/MetalcoreGermanyLive albumNapalm Records
May 22nd, 2026Vision DivineA Clockwork ReverieProgressive Power MetalItalyEPScarlet Records
May 22nd, 2026Witching HourDescending… Where Time Has Ceased to ExistBlack/Thrash/Heavy MetalGermanyFull-lengthDying Victims Productions
May 23rd, 2026XCOMMTime To BurnHardcore/PunkUSFull-lengthBlowed Out
May 23rd, 2026Your Spirit DiesIt Is Well…MetalcoreUSEPMNRK Heavy
May 23rd, 2026CerberEssentia StraubeDeath MetalRussiaFull-lengthSatanath Records
May 23rd, 2026SolipsismPedagogy for the Existentially ExhaustedBlack MetalSlovakiaFull-lengthSun & Moon Records
May 24th, 2026InfestationRituals Beneath the Crimson SunSlam/Brutal Death Metal/GoregrindLithuaniaFull-lengthIndependent
May 24th, 2026MeowtilationCowgato from MarsBrutal Death MetalBrazilEPIndependent