New Metal Albums August 2026 you need to check!

Upcoming Metal Album Releases – August 2026!

Looking for the best upcoming metal albums of August 2026? In this video, we preview 100+ 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
AirbourneAirbourneFull-lengthHard Rock/Heavy MetalAugust 28th, 2026SpinefarmAustralia
Burning SunPower to SurviveFull-lengthHeavy/Power/Speed MetalAugust 21st, 2026Pride & Joy MusicHungary
CastleCarrie ChainsFull-lengthHeavy/Doom MetalAugust 24th, 2026Hammerheart RecordsUS
Die EntweihungWorldwide TerrorFull-lengthBlackened Heavy MetalAugust 7th, 2026IndependentIsrael
IronflameWorlds to ConquerFull-lengthHeavy/Power MetalAugust 14th, 2026High Roller RecordsUS
Kickin ValentinaAnthems From The UndergroundFull-lengthHard Rock/Heavy MetalAugust 28th, 2026Mighty MusicUS
MalamorteOmen IIFull-lengthHeavy MetalAugust 21st, 2026Moribund RecordsItaly
MorrowinterThe Endless DreamFull-lengthHeavy MetalAugust 8th, 2026IndependentNorway
Show n TellEyes of EvilFull-lengthHeavy MetalAugust 14th, 2026IndependentUS
SortilègeLarmes des héros: Meme les dieux pleurentFull-lengthHeavy MetalAugust 28th, 2026VerycordsFrance
The Night EternalCold VelvetFull-lengthHeavy MetalAugust 21st, 2026Metal Blade RecordsGermany
Tokyo BladeHoist the Colours HighFull-lengthNWOBHM, Heavy MetalAugust 21st, 2026Dissonance ProductionsUK
Power & Symphonic Metal
IliumScythe BalletFull-lengthPower MetalAugust 7th, 2026Arkeyn SteelAustralia
JupiterThe Pantheon ~Age of Heroes~Full-lengthPower MetalAugust 25th, 2026Japan
KamelotDark AsylumFull-lengthProgressive/Melodic Power MetalAugust 28th, 2026Napalm RecordsUS
Mob RulesStories from the Verdant ValeCompilationMelodic Power MetalAugust 21st, 2026Reigning Phoenix MusicGermany
NoveriaBecoming AfterFull-lengthProgressive Power MetalAugust 21st, 2026Scarlet RecordsItaly
RistridiRide the StormFull-lengthMelodic Death/Power/Progressive MetalAugust 21st, 2026IndependentGermany
Talia HoitWhen the Skies FallFull-lengthEpic Symphonic MetalAugust 28th, 2026IndependentUS
TriosphereOceans Above, Stars BelowFull-lengthPower/Progressive MetalAugust 28th, 2026Frontiers RecordsNorway
XandriaEclipseFull-lengthSymphonic MetalAugust 7th, 2026Napalm RecordsGermany
Thrash Metal
DeceptorReign of TerrorFull-lengthThrash MetalAugust 21st, 2026Dying Victims ProductionsUS
DogtakShattered ReflectionEPGroove/Thrash MetalAugust 21st, 2026IndependentGermany
EscapeinoutThe Age of Collapse – As Above, So BelowFull-lengthThrash/Death MetalAugust 21st, 2026Brutal RecordsItaly
EvisarizeBound in FleshFull-lengthBlack/Death/Thrash MetalAugust 26th, 2026IndependentUK
ExumerDeath Mask MessiahFull-lengthThrash MetalAugust 28th, 2026Metal Blade RecordsGermany
Flotsam and JetsamRats in the TempleFull-lengthPower/Thrash MetalAugust 28th, 2026Napalm RecordsUS
MaidenheadMaximum ClonageFull-lengthThrash/Death MetalAugust 14th, 2026IndependentUS
Ninth RealmDamnation’s VeilFull-lengthCrossover/Thrash MetalAugust 28th, 2026Transcending Obscurity RecordsUS
TeratumOrdnance of Spiritual WarfareEPThrash/Black MetalAugust 21st, 2026Dying Victims ProductionsSweden
TriskelyonMetalmorphosisFull-lengthThrash/Heavy MetalAugust 21st, 2026MoribundCanada
XenithTo No AvailFull-lengthMelodic Death/Thrash MetalAugust 28th, 2026IndependentUK
Death Metal
Abyssal RiftRelics of Great AshFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 14th, 2026Transcending Obscurity RecordsUS
Burial RuthlessHeld by EvilFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 14th, 2026Great Dane RecordsVenezuela
Death KommanderThe Great OffensiveFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 14th, 2026F.D.A. RecordsUK
GorgeDeeds of HorrorFull-lengthBrutal Death MetalAugust 27th, 2026Time to Kill RecordsItaly
MegascavengerToxic Noxious UndeathFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 13th, 2026Xtreem MusicSweden
MiscreanceReminiscenceFull-lengthTechnical Death/Thrash MetalAugust 28th, 2026Season of MistItaly
NekrodawnCovenant of CarnageFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 21st, 2026War Anthem RecordsSweden
NoumenaMaanääriFull-lengthMelodic Death MetalAugust 21st, 2026Haunted Zoo ProductionsFinland
SAROFVia DiscendiFull-lengthMelodic Death MetalAugust 7th, 2026IndependentFinland
Temple of DreadDreadspawn DominionFull-lengthDeath MetalAugust 7th, 2026Testimony RecordsGermany
VertiginousIncessant AfflictionFull-lengthBrutal Death MetalAugust 7th, 2026Comatose MusicIndonesia
Black Metal
AgonanistThe Spirit of GravityFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 28th, 2026Transylvanian RecordingsUS
AzgaalDivine HitmanFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 28th, 2026Fetzner Death RecordsFrance
Dark FuneralA Beast to PraiseLive albumBlack MetalAugust 21st, 2026Century Media RecordsSweden
Dark PlagueMasqueradeFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 7th, 2026Fetzner Death RecordsFrance
DysthymiaThe Morning DarknessFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 21st, 2026Hypnotic Dirge RecordsUS
FenElemental (Part 1: Mourning Earth)Full-lengthAtmospheric Black Metal/Post-RockAugust 21st, 2026Prophecy ProductionsUK
HesperiaPicenum (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance)Full-lengthAtmospheric Pagan Black MetalAugust 28th, 2026Hammerheart RecordsItaly
HulderVerbolgenFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 7th, 202620 Buck SpinUS
Thorns of RuinsStellar ReverenceFull-lengthBlack/Doom MetalAugust 13th, 2026Satanath RecordsNorway
MartyriumMalevolentFull-lengthBlack/Death MetalAugust 21st, 2026Apostasy RecordsNetherlands
Mind AfflictionNo Future, No LightFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 21st, 2026Via NocturnaPoland
SpectreA Procession of the DeadFull-lengthBlack MetalAugust 7th, 2026Solistitium RecordsSpain
Doom/Stoner Metal
10.000 YearsEsox LuciferFull-lengthStoner/Doom MetalAugust 7th, 2026RippleSweden
Aphonic ThrenodyGrace My HeartFull-lengthFuneral Doom/Death MetalAugust 7th, 2026IndependentUK
ArgulSoledad & orgulloFull-lengthDoom/Stoner MetalAugust 21st, 2026Personal RecordsPeru
BesvärjelsenTill glömskan ad oblivionemFull-lengthStoner/Doom Metal/Psychedelic RockAugust 28th, 2026Magnetic Eye RecordsSweden
Dymna LotvaVyrajFull-lengthPost-Black/Doom MetalAugust 7th, 2026Prophecy ProductionsBelarus
Faerie RingFaerie RingFull-lengthDoom/Stoner MetalAugust 21st, 2026King Volume RecordsUS
KulkChoosing to DieFull-lengthSludge/Drone/Doom Metal/Noise RockAugust 28th, 2026Church Road RecordsUK
MastodonMarrow DeepFull-lengthProgressive Metal/RockAugust 28th, 2026Loma VistaUS
Occult MasterOccult MasterFull-lengthDoom Metal/Hard RockAugust 14th, 2026Inverse RecordsFinland
Static AbyssThe Dying HuntFull-lengthDoom/Death MetalAugust 28th, 2026PeacevilleUS
Wizards of HazardsPoint of No ReturnFull-lengthHeavy/Doom MetalAugust 14th, 2026Inverse RecordsFinland
Metalcore/Deathcore
AXTYThe Pain Made Me Who I AmFull-lengthDeathcore/MetalcoreAugust 21st, 2026Napalm RecordsBrazil
BeartoothPure EcstasyFull-lengthMetalcore/HardcoreAugust 28th, 2026FearlessUS
Black SpikesYdosFull-lengthModern Metal/MetalcoreAugust 28th, 2026Napalm RecordsLithuania
Die tote StadtThe Dead CityFull-lengthMelodic Death Metal/MetalcoreAugust 1st, 2026IndependentCanada
Enemies EverywhereEnemies EverywhereFull-lengthDeathcoreAugust 28th, 2026Ranka KustannusFinland
In Dying TimesSoothing LullabiesFull-lengthMetalcore/Melodic Thrash/Death MetalAugust 6th, 2026IndependentGermany
Ocean SleeperPeace When I’m DeadFull-lengthMetalcoreAugust 21st, 2026BMG Australia/Rise RecordsAustralia
Perpetual ParadoxMay Misery Befall YouEPMetalcore/Groove MetalAugust 28th, 2026Bleeding Art CollectiveUK
RaunchyPrisonerFull-lengthMelodic Groove Metal/Metalcore, Alternative/Industrial RockAugust 14th, 2026Target RecordsDenmark
Rising InsaneDeathraceFull-lengthMetalcore/Modern MetalAugust 21st, 2026Long BranchGermany
Utilize the RemainsMeaningless ExistenceFull-lengthSlam/Brutal Death Metal/DeathcoreAugust 18th, 2026IndependentNew Zealand
Progressive Metal
Coyote ManProsthetic MemoriesFull-lengthProgressive MetalAugust 14th, 2026IndependentUS
GorodThe Ember GoneFull-lengthProgressive/Technical Death MetalAugust 28th, 2026Base ProductionsFrance
Famous StrangersFamous StrangersFull-lengthAlternative/Progressive/Heavy MetalAugust 6th, 2026IndependentCanada
KamelotDark AsylumFull-lengthProgressive/Melodic Power MetalAugust 28th, 2026Napalm RecordsUS
MindworkAdriftFull-lengthProgressive Thrash/Death MetalAugust 27th, 2026IndependentCzechia
OddlandUnilluminate to IlluminateFull-lengthProgressive Metal/RockAugust 21st, 2026Frontiers RecordsFinland
TriosphereOceans Above, Stars BelowFull-lengthPower/Progressive MetalAugust 28th, 2026Frontiers Records
WarforgedThe Grove | AlmanacFull-lengthProgressive/Blackened Death MetalAugust 14th, 2026The Artisan EraUS
Hardcore/Grindcore
Cancer BatsGive Me DirtFull-lengthHardcore/PunkAugust 7th, 2026Bat Skull RecordsCanada
Dead TiredHornets Of FallFull-lengthHardcore/PunkAugust 14th, 2026New DamageCanada
DeathgraveHell Is EvilFull-lengthDeath Metal/GrindcoreAugust 21st, 2026TankcrimesUS
F.A.M.Pleasure of TortureFull-lengthDeath Metal/GrindcoreAugust 7th, 2026Selfmadegod RecordsPoland
FaneArmageddon ScarsFull-lengthBlackened Death/Sludge Metal/HardcoreAugust 28th, 2026IndependentUS
Fosse SeptiqueSepticityEPGrindcore/GoregrindAugust 7th, 2026Me Saco Un Ojo RecordsDenmark
Living WeaponDeath In The FamilyFull-lengthHardcore/MetalcoreAugust 14th, 2026Closed Casket ActivitiesUS
Suffering QuotaSisyphean LifeFull-lengthGrindcoreAugust 18th, 20267 Degrees RecordsNetherlands
Negative FrameBreak The IceFull-lengthMetal/HardcoreAugust 7th, 2026BloodblastUK
State PowerHyperstitionFull-lengthHardcoreAugust 28th, 2026Parasocial RecordsNetherlands
Folk/Gothic/Post/Alternative Metal
BeseechFuture Present PastFull-lengthGothic Metal/RockAugust 28th, 2026Despotz RecordsSweden
FejdNifelheimFull-lengthFolk MetalAugust 21st, 2026Black Lodge RecordsSweden
HanternozA hed an noz, a noz, a nozFull-lengthFolk/Black MetalAugust 3rd, 2026Antiq RecordsFrance
JotungravElegiFull-lengthProgressive Folk/Black MetalAugust 20th, 2026Inverse RecordsFinland
Marilyn MansonOne Assassination Under God – Chapter 2Full-lengthGothic/Industrial Metal/RockAugust 14th, 2026Nuclear BlastUS
Russian CirclesNineFull-lengthPost MetalAugust 28th, 2026Sargent HouseUS
SalivaBreaking ThroughFull-lengthAlternative Metal/RockAugust 14th, 2026Judge & JuryUS
SoulgrindAd Pulchram MortemFull-lengthGothic/Black/Pagan MetalAugust 14th, 2026Inverse RecordsFinland