New Metal Albums 2026 Week 3 (January 12th – 18th)

58 New Upcoming Metal and Hard Rock releases listed in Week 3 – 2026 (January 12th – 18th)! Check on video format https://www.youtube.com/metalcollision

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
January 13th, 2026AlexandriteAd AstraSymphonic MetalRussiaFull-lengthIndependent
January 13th, 2026Black HurstPurgatory of Flesh BizarreBlack MetalUSFull-lengthNuclear War Now! Productions
January 15th, 2026Beg For MercyThe Living Will Envy the DeadDeath MetalAustraliaEPIndependent
January 15th, 2026BimurtaAll Skies Lead To The SunPost MetalIndiaEPIndependent
January 15th, 2026Crux ExNietzsche’s Descent into MadnessBlack MetalSpainEPIndependent
January 15th, 2026GiantBeneath the MountainsStoner/Doom MetalAustraliaFull-lengthPrimitive Moth
January 15th, 2026HagetisseTo Wither Beneath Thy RadianceAtmospheric Black MetalNetherlandsFull-lengthVoid Wanderer
January 15th, 2026HyperionCybergenesisHeavy MetalItalyFull-lengthFighter Records
January 15th, 2026JumpscareLive At El Barrio (Torino – Italy)Melodic Death MetalItalyLive albumVault Lab Recordings
January 15th, 2026RuohttaUgric SatanBlack Metal/AmbientSwedenEPWar Against Yourself Records
January 15th, 2026Through MistsThe Thought That Swallowed AllBlackened Death MetalCanadaFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026Anti-SapienAt the Mercy of the MercilessDeath Metal/GrindcoreUSEPIndependent
January 16th, 2026Arcanum SanctumPaxProgressive/Melodic Death MetalRussiaEPIndependent
January 16th, 2026Architectural GenocideMalignant CognitionBrutal Death MetalUSFull-lengthComatose Music
January 16th, 2026AsteriseTwilight OperaPower MetalInternationalEPIndependent
January 16th, 2026Badass CommanderIntense Combat ExperimentDeath MetalCanadaFull-lengthCrypt of Dr. Gore
January 16th, 2026Black VelvetLive Unplugged at La CudeHeavy MetalFranceLive albumIndependent
January 16th, 2026Carrion VaelSlay UtterlyMelodic Death MetalUSFull-lengthUnique Leader Records
January 16th, 2026DarghlSystemic ViolenceBlack MetalNorwayFull-lengthAttractor Records
January 16th, 2026Death CultParadise LiveHard/Alternative Rock/Heavy MetalUSLive AlbumBeggars Banque
January 16th, 2026DiscerptusRebirthDeath/Thrash/Groove MetalSpainFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026Dvm SpiroMMXXVI – GraveAtmospheric Doom/Death MetalItalyEPMy Kingdom Music
January 16th, 2026EdenbridgeSet the Dark on FireSymphonic Power MetalAustriaFull-lengthSteamhammer
January 16th, 2026Emasculated VituperationLarval Communion in the Womb CathedralSlam/Brutal Death MetalTaiwanFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026Frozen FactoryApocalypse Inc.Progressive MetalFinlandFull-lengthWormholedeath
January 16th, 2026Funeral HomeYour FuneralMelodic Death MetalFinlandFull-lengthInverse Records
January 16th, 2026Genus Ordinis DeiThe Land East of EdenSymphonic Death/Groove Metal/MetalcoreItalyFull-lengthEclipse Records
January 16th, 2026GlueciferSame Drug New HighHard RockNorwayFull-lengthSteamhammer/SPV
January 16th, 2026Gran MorenoEl SolStoner RockUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026Handful of HateSoulless AbominationsBlack MetalItalyFull-lengthDusktone
January 16th, 2026Holy DragonsGuardians of Time – Part IHeavy/Power MetalKazakhstanFull-lengthPitch Black Records
January 16th, 2027I Promised The WorldI Promised The WorldMetalcore/Post HardcoreUSEPRise
January 16th, 2026In A House Of HeartbeatsDivination Of DreamsPost/Sludge MetalUKFull-lengthRipcord
January 16th, 2026KreatorKrushers of the WorldThrash MetalGermanyFull-lengthNuclear Blast Records
January 16th, 2026Marianas RestThe BereavedMelodic Doom/Death MetalFinlandFull-lengthNoble Demon
January 16th, 2026Moon WisdomLet Water FlowBlack MetalItalyFull-lengthHypnotic Dirge Records
January 16th, 2026My RuinDeclaration Of ResistanceAlternative MetalUSFull-lengthMagick Room Recordings
January 16th, 2026NiemaraczNightjoy over Morning HangoverStoner/Blackened Heavy MetalKazakhstanFull-lengthOrko Productions
January 16th, 2026Ov SulfurEndlessDeathcoreUSFull-lengthCentury Media Records
January 16th, 2026PavicLive To ThriveHard Rock/MetalItalyFull-lengthFighter Records
January 16th, 2026Philippe Drouin ObvurtLe Chemin Du GaucherDeath MetalCanadaFull-lengthBrutal Mind
January 16th, 2026PutridariumNatvm Ad MortemDeath/Doom MetalGermanyEPIndependent
January 16th, 2026Serpent ColumnAion of StrifeAvant-garde Black MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026SoenRelianceProgressive MetalSwedenFull-lengthSilver Lining
January 16th, 2026SoulboundsYnAlternative/Industrial MetalGermanyFull-lengthMetalville
January 16th, 2026The EternalCelestialGothic MetalAustraliaEPReigning Phoenix Music
January 16th, 2026The Funeral PortraitLive From Suffocate CityHard RockUSLive albumBetter Noise
January 16th, 2026The Last Sound RevelationThe Proximity EffectProgressive/Post MetalItalyFull-lengthOctopus Rising/Argonauta Records
January 16th, 2026Total AnnihilationMountains of MadnessThrash/Death MetalSwitzerlandFull-lengthTestimony Records
January 16th, 2026Unbounded TerrorThrough the Dark DesperationDeath MetalSpainCompilationAbstract Emotions
January 16th, 2026UnderWhat Happened in RoundwoodProgressive Sludge MetalUKFull-lengthAPF Records
January 16th, 2026Valiant SentinelNeverealmHeavy/Power MetalGreeceFull-lengthTheogonia Records
January 16th, 2026VesselesHomeSymphonic Black MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 16th, 2026ViserionFire and BloodBlack MetalUSEPIndependent
January 16th, 2026Voice Of GlassEposHard RockUSEPRexius
January 16th, 2026Void MonumentsPosthumous ImprecationBlack/Death MetalRussiaFull-lengthBlood Harvest
January 16th, 2026Void SinkerDepthDoom/Sludge Metal/DroneItalyFull-lengthIndependent
January 17th, 2026ServatorThe Dark TriadDeath/Thrash MetalFull-lengthIndependent