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New Metal albums October 2026 – Preview of 100+ Upcoming Metal releases
Upcoming Metal Album Releases – October 2026!
Looking for the best upcoming metal albums of October 2026? In this video, we preview 120+ new metal releases, including Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash, Power Metal, Doom, Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Stoner Metal, and more—so you never miss the next essential release.
Whether you’re searching for the latest metal albums, planning your next purchases, or discovering new bands before release day, this monthly roundup has everything you need.
| Heavy Metal | ||||||
| Band | Album | Genre | Country | Label | Type | Release Date |
| Absolute Power | Needs Must When the Devil Drives | Heavy Metal | UK | Time to Kill Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Cirith Ungol | All the Shadows | Epic Heavy/Doom Metal | US | No Remorse Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Dethonator | The Last Realm of Magic | Melodic Heavy/Thrash Metal | UK | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Generation Steel | Steelmachine | Heavy Metal | Germany | Fireflash Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Haunt | Setting Course | Heavy Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Iommi | From the Dark | Doom/Heavy Metal | UK | BMG | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Powermönger | Powermönger | Heavy/Speed Metal | Canada | Jawbreaker Records | EP | October 31st, 2026 |
| Ram | Against | Heavy Metal | Sweden | Metal Blade Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Rattlesnakes | Shadows in the Night | Heavy Metal | UK | Listenable Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Sagittarius | Abomination of Mind | Heavy Metal | Poland | Independent | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Savage Grace | Underworld | Power/Speed Metal | Back on Black | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 | |
| Scarblade | Guardians of Time | Heavy Metal | Sweden | WormHoleDeath | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Streamer | Into the Void | Heavy Metal | Spain | High Roller Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Temperance | Arcani | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal | Italy | Napalm Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Power Metal | ||||||
| After Infinity | Beyond Eternity | Power Metal | Finland | Rockshots Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Crystal Eyes | Thunder God | Power Metal | Sweden | Massacre Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Crystal Throne | Chantry of Sacrifice | Progressive Heavy/Power Metal | France | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Dawn of Destiny | Ashes Over Tomorrow | Power Metal | Germany | El Puerto Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Dragonfly | Laberinto | Heavy/Power Metal | Argentina | Art Gates Records | EP | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Dragonland | Prophecies | Symphonic Power Metal | Sweden | Scarlet Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Eternal Crypt | Memories Fade in Time | Melodic Black/Power/Folk Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 26th, 2026 |
| Frozen Crown | The Legend of the Six Kings | Power Metal | Italy | Napalm Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Gloryhammer | Space 1993: Wrath of Kor-Virliath | Symphonic Power Metal | UK | Napalm Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Signum Regis | Beyond Spacetime | Progressive/Power Metal | Slovakia | Fireflash Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Tungsten | Ashes | Heavy/Power Metal, Hard Rock | Sweden | Reigning Phoenix Music | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Thrash Metal | ||||||
| Amok | Assault into Hell | Thrash Metal | UK | Independent | EP | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Abyssal Decay | Call of the Abyss | Thrash Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Deathwards | Realms of Sin | Thrash/Death Metal | Chile | Sepulchral Voice Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Estertor | Evil Black Church | Thrash Metal | Spain | Black Lion Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Forbidden | Forbidden | Thrash Metal | US | BLKIIBLK | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| HateSphere | Guillotine | Thrash/Death/Groove Metal | Denmark | Scarlet Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Hostilia | The Curse of Khamun | Thrash Metal | Sweden | Hammerheart Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Methedrine | Death Punk | Crossover/Thrash Metal | Italy | Independent | EP | October 10th, 2026 |
| Quemasantos | Stranded In Hell | Thrash/Heavy Metal | US/Chile | Digmetalworld | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Razorvoid | Into the Void | Thrash Metal/Punk | Sweden | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Sarcator | The Ones We Follow | Blackened Thrash Metal | Sweden | Reigning Phoenix Music | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Valkyrie Zero | Last Way Forward | Thrash Metal | Japan | Slumber Records | Full-length | October 28th, 2026 |
| Xentrix | Allied with the Enemy | Thrash Metal | UK | Listenable Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Melodic Death Metal | ||||||
| Amon Amarth | The Allfather Awakens | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden | Metal Blade Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Brymir | What We Leave Behind | Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal | Finland | Napalm Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Darkest Hour | Suffer Divine | Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore | US | MNRK Heavy | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Divine Bloodline | Wintertide | Melodic Death Metal | Canada | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Eshtadur | In Darkness All Shadows Gone | Melodic Death Metal | Colombia | Rockshots Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Hellucination | Penumbral | Melodic Death/Goove Metal | Italy | Time to Kill Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Iapetus | The Mother Void | Melodic/Progressive Death Metal | US | Willowtip Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Insomnium | Netherworlds | Melodic Death Metal | Finland | Century Media Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Mother of Graves | The Light That Keeps Us | Melodic Death/Doom Metal | US | Profound Lore Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Of Spite | Raisu | Melodic Death Metal | Finland | Inverse Records | EP | October 14th, 2026 |
| Shores of Null | Homesick | Melodic Death/Doom Metal | Italy | Dusktone | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Wraithstorm | Revenant | Melodic Death Metal | US | Fiadh Productions | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Death Metal | ||||||
| Carnation | Symphony in Flesh | Death Metal | Belgium | Independent | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Dawn of Demise | Feed My Absurdity | Death Metal | Denmark | Unique Leader Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Dissimulator | Artifice Dissolves | Technical Death/Thrash Metal | Canada | 20 Buck Spin | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Doomscroller | Shrouded in Darkness | Death Metal | Germany | Fucking Kill Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Eldfödd | The Night Belongs to the Dead | Death Metal | Sweden | Edged Circle Productions | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Leper Colony | Back to Primal Sludge | Death/Thrash Metal | Germany | Testimony Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Master | Among the Seeds of Death | Death/Thrash Metal | US | Hammerheart Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Minenfeld | Instruments of Industrialized Warfare | Death Metal | Germany | Fucking Kill Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Morgue | Herald the Dawn | Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore | France | Godz ov War Productions | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Mutation | Esoteric Order of Debauchery | Death Metal | Sweden | Hells Headbangers Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Sépulcre | Cryptic Temple of Otherworldly Abhorrations | Death Metal | France | Invictus Productions | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Sorcery | The Immaculate Sin | Death Metal | Sweden | Xtreem Music | Full-length | October 1st, 2026 |
| Traumatomy | Ascension of the Ineffable | Slam/Brutal Death Metal | International | Gore House Productions | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal | ||||||
| Black Royal | Abyssian | Sludge/Stoner/Death Metal | Finland | M-Theory Audio | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Clegane | Ocean of Black Thoughts | Doom/Sludge Metal | France | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Crimson Coven | I – The Forge | Epic Doom/Heavy Metal | Spain | Cruz del Sur Music | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Earthbong | Salutations to the Cultivators | Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal | Germany | TLD Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Firebreather | Blood That I Spill Turns to Fire | Stoner/Doom Metal | Sweden | Heavy Psych Sounds Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Fvneral Fvkk | Indecent Idols | Doom Metal | Germany | Dying Victims Productions | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Goat Major | Death Comes Twice | Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock | UK | Ripple Music | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Hexecutioner | Ascension Rock | Stoner/Doom Metal/Rock | US | Independent | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Orbita | Farewell to All We’ve Lost | Stoner/Doom Metal | Italy | Aural Music | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Saturniidae | Stoner Fucking Doom | Stoner/Doom Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Stoned Jesus | Songs to Moon | Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock | Ukraine | Season of Mist | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Thronehammer | Slay | Kill | Erase | Doom Metal | UK/Germany | Supreme Chaos Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Witchthroat Serpent | Demons Left to Roam | Stoner/Doom Metal | France | Heavy Psych Sounds Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Black Metal | ||||||
| Callous Master | Callous Master | Black Metal | Ireland | Invictus Productions | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Deathcult | Cult of the Dog | Black Metal | Norway | Soulseller Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Détresse | Misères | Black Metal | Canada/Austria | Vendetta Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Dumal | The Trials of Existence | Black Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Enslaved | Mið | Progressive Black/Viking Metal | Norway | Nuclear Blast Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| In This Hell | Bliss | Industrial Black Metal | Germany | Independent | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Litost | Logos | Black/Death Metal | Spain | Art Gates Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Marea | A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost | Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal | Italy | Hypnotic Dirge Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Nonservant | Clairvoyance Through Pain | Black Metal | Portugal | War Productions | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Servant | Lux Ex Inferis | Black Metal | Germany | AOP Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Stryga | Upon Stygian Wings | Black Metal/Crust | US | Independent | Full-length | October 1st, 2026 |
| Trolldom | Tronen | Atmospheric Black Metal | Sweden | Debemur Morti Productions | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Veilburner | All That Glimmers Is Gloam | Black/Death Metal | US | Transcending Obscurity Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Werewolves | You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak | Technical Black/Death Metal | Australia | Back on Black | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Progressive Metal | ||||||
| Amaseffer | When the Lions Leave Their Den (Exodus Part II) | Progressive/Folk Metal | Israel | Independent | Full-length | October 8th, 2026 |
| Beaten to Death | Vntrve | Progressive/Avant-garde Grindcore | Norway | Mas-Kina Recordings | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| End of Abyss | Escape to a New Empire | Progressive Metal | Finland | Inverse Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Fervence | Constructs | Progressive Metalcore | US | Metal Blade Records | Full-length | October 16, 2026 |
| Messier 16 | Shouts from the Cliffs of Heterodoxy | Progressive Black/Death Metal | Norway | Time to Kill Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Sgàile | Onwards to Embrace the Echo | Progressive/Post-Metal | UK | These Hands Melt | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Souls of Diotima | Arcade | Progressive/Power Metal | Italy | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Temic | Ceiba | Progressive Metal | International | Season of Mist | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Twintera | Zero | Power/Progressive Metal | Italy | Independent | Full-length | October 3rd, 2026 |
| Ways to the Grave | Voyager | Progressive Death Metal | US | Independent | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Metalcore/Deathcore | ||||||
| Butcher Babies | Nightbloom | Metalcore/Alternative Metal | US | Judge & Jury Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Entheos | Empty on the Inside | Technical/Progressive Deathcore | US | Metal Blade Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| GHØSTKID | FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT | Metalcore/Post Hardcore | Germany | Century Media | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Imminence | Axis Mundi | Metalcore | Sweden | Sumerian Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Mental Cruelty | Echoes of a Forlorn Land | Symphonic Deathcore | Germany | Century Media Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Miss May I | No Place For Me | Metalcore | US | Solid State Records | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Of Virtue | Death Of The Altar | Metalcore | US | Arising Empire | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Rev3rent | She Let The World Run Rampant | Deathcore | US | Deep Love Recordings/Atlantic Records | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| SAVE US | Death To Something | Metalcore | UK/US | Solid State Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| To The Grave | LIBERATION FRONT | Deathcore | Australia | BLKIIBLK | Full-length | October 2nd, 2026 |
| Wage War | Landfall | Metalcore | US | Fearless Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |
| Windwaker | smile, you’re on camera. | Metalcore | Australia | Fearless Records | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Hardcore/Grindcore | ||||||
| Algor Mortis | The Art of Suffering | Brutal Death Metal/Hardcore | Australia | Bereave in God Records | Full-length | October 14th, 2026 |
| Collapsor | We Deserve Extinction | Crossover/Grindcore | US | Independent | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Goatburner | Time of Danger | Death Metal/Grindcore | Finland | Time to Kill Records | EP | October 9th, 2026 |
| Half Me | Dogma | Hardcore/Metalcore | Germany | Arising Empire | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Lugubrious Garment | In the Wide Vale of Uncreated Night | Black/Death Metal/Grindcore | Italy | 20 Buck Spin | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| New World Man | I Am the Machine | Hardcore/Groove Metal | US | Closed Casket Activities | Full-length | October 23rd, 2026 |
| Odious Sanction | Overwhelming Hatred for Humanity | Death Metal/Hardcore | US | Independent | Full-length | October 31st, 2026 |
| Throes | The Colorless Light Of Emptiness | Hardcore/Sludge Metal | US | Church Road Records | Full-length | October 16th, 2026 |
| Tormentous | Siege Bastards | Death Metal/Grindcore | US | Independent | Full-length | October 30th, 2026 |
| Wolfbrigade | Howl from Underground | Hardcore/Crust/Punk | Sweden | Metal Blade Records | Full-length | October 9th, 2026 |