NEW & UPCOMING CDs
New and upcoming metal and hard rock CDs, with track lists, music videos, CD details and English liner notes. Each release page links through to its Amazon listing.
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Fatal ParadoxFatal Paradox is Hatebreed’s ninth studio album and their first in six years, following 2020’s Weight of the False Self.…
IndigoAsia's fourteenth studio album, and their first in twelve years, led by the single "The Traveller (Into The Light)".
Everything Under the SunNickelback's eleventh studio album and their first in four years, following 2022's Get Rollin'. It sets out to show the many sides of the band,…
Artificial IconsFormed in 2019, British melodic metalcore five-piece Defects follow their 2024 debut Modern Error with this second full-length,…
The Legend Of The Six KingsThe Legend of the Six Kings is the sixth album, due on 2 October 2026, and their second for Napalm Records. At the time of writing it is not yet out, but t…
Throne of ThornsChristian metal pioneers Stryper release their eighteenth studio album through Frontiers Music, their first since 2024's When We Were Kings.…
The Long Road BackCanadian singer Paul Laine — Danger Danger's frontman from 1993 to 2004 and, from 2016,…
Come This MadnessCome This Madness is a 2026 work that conveys EUROPE’s appeal, centered on the big singing characteristic of Nordic hard rock. Even after a long career, th…
Born With A HammerKai Hansen of Helloween and Gamma Ray returns with a solo album roughly ten years on from XXX - Three Decades in Metal (2016). Eike Frese produced it,…
Kissin' DynamiteGerman melodic metal band Kissin' Dynamite release this self-titled album on 18 September 2026 through Kissin' Dynamite Records,…
Cursum PerficioCursum Perficio is a 2026 work into which Anthrax, around bouncing rhythm, amply packs its strengths. Sharp thrash riffs, dignified choruses and Joey Bella…
GenerectionCoreLeoni — the band led by Gotthard guitarist Leo Leoni — return with their fourth studio album,…
Stories of DestinyA new album from Mad Max, formed in Münster, Germany in 1982 and a presence in the melodic hard rock and metal scene ever since.…
Fire & VengeanceThe ninth solo album from Ricky Warwick of Black Star Riders and the Almighty, following 2025's Blood Ties. Keith Nelson produced it,…
Teutonic Titans 1976-2026A fiftieth-anniversary album: re-recordings of the band's best-known songs, each with a long list of guest musicians.
AirbourneAustralian rock and roll band Airbourne return with their self-titled album, their first in seven years since 2019's Boneshaker.…
Long Hard Road: 1980-1985A five-disc box set surveying the early years of Nightwing, the British band formed in 1978 who came up alongside the rising N.W.O.B.H.M. scene.…
Rats in the TempleThe sixteenth album from Arizona's dramatic thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, their first in two years after 2024's I Am the Weapon,…
Fire and IceA studio album from Norwegian singer Issa (Issa Oversveen), released by Frontiers Music Srl on 28 August 2026. Eleven songs built around her open,…
Marrow DeepThe ninth album from progressive sludge metal band Mastodon, their first since 2021's Hushed and Grim.…
Legacy of EmpiresIan Parry — a Liverpool-born singer who moved to the Netherlands in the early 1980s and made his name across the Dutch metal scene with Hammerhead,…
Best OfA best-of collecting the band's signature songs as 2026 versions — re-recorded, remixed and remastered.
Dark AsylumDark Asylum, released in 2026, is a record that carries on the appeal of KAMELOT — dramatic melody and symphonic drama. The elements built up over many yea…
箱庭 [通常盤]The first solo EP in five years from Fami., bassist of LOVEBITES — six tracks including one written for her by NayutalieN, in the standard edition.
箱庭 [デラックス・エディション]The six-track EP plus complete footage and a live CD of the solo show “Happy Birthday Live 2025” — a Victor-exclusive three-disc set.
FOURTH DIMENSION [初回限定盤]The limited first edition of FOURTH DIMENSION presents Lonesome_Blue’s second full-length album, released 26 August 2026 on King Records, in its most compl…
FOURTH DIMENSION [通常盤]The standard edition of FOURTH DIMENSION contains the ten main tracks of Lonesome_Blue’s second full-length album with nothing added around them. Roughly t…
Destroys Anaheim '76A live album documenting KISS's 20 August 1976 Anaheim Stadium concert before 42,000 fans, released officially for the first time to mark the band's 50th a…
Hoist the Colours HighThe fifteenth studio album by Tokyo Blade, the British metal veterans who stand among the defining names of the N.W.O.B.H.M. scene.…
Filth Hounds of Hades – Deluxe EditionA deluxe reissue of Filth Hounds of Hades, the 1982 debut by Tank, one of the definitive N.W.O.B.H.M. names,…
Live at Gothenburg Film StudiosThe first live album by Swedish melodic hard rockers NESTOR, drawing on their debut Kids In A Ghost Town and the charting Teenage Rebel, recorded at Gothen…
EclipseThe new album from German symphonic metal band Xandria, released by Napalm Records on 7 August 2026.…
CathedralJohn Carpenter — the director and composer behind Halloween and Escape from New York — releases Cathedral through Sacred Bones Records on 7 August 2026.…
On the Shortness of LifeA new album from Brazilian power metal band Hibria, aimed squarely at a second revival. The Japanese edition comes from Marquee Avalon on 5 August 2026,…
Riot Fes 2024 – Riot Matsuri 2024 Live in JapanA live set capturing both of Riot V's 2024 Japanese shows in full.…
Boom Bang GoodbyeThe final full studio album from Sinner, the band led by Mat Sinner, who also plays in Primal Fear.…
IIII is the second album, arriving from Frontiers on 31 July 2026, four years after 2022's Second Skin. The line-up has not moved: Nathan James (vocals), Mic…
LegacyLegacy is the milestone tenth studio album from Five Finger Death Punch, who have reached their twentieth anniversary. Released digitally on July 31, 2026 …
Beautiful 'N DamnedThe debut full-length from Zan/Cody, the project that brings Shotgun Messiah's core pair — singer Zinny Zan and guitarist Harry Cody — back together.…
Lights Out Chicago 1980A live document of UFO in Chicago in 1980, released through Cleopatra Records. The band had just put out No Place to Run,…
HunThe HU's third studio album, their first since 2022's Rumble of Thunder, released by Better Noise Music on 24 July 2026.…
In the Eye of the Storm (Live)The soundtrack to Foreigner's fiftieth-anniversary documentary film: an electric set on Ellis Island and an acoustic rooftop set at DUMBO House, captured l…
Tales from the Beast – Deluxe EditionPaul Di'Anno was Iron Maiden's first vocalist, and his raw, unmistakable delivery defined Iron Maiden (1980) and Killers (1981).…
UnbridledThe eighth album by Pride of Lions, the melodic rock unit formed by former Survivor man Jim Peterik (keyboards, guitar,…
AetherboundThe ninth album by Dreamtale, the Finnish melodic power metal band formed in 1999. The Japanese edition arrives on 22 July 2026 through Marquee Avalon,…
Wrath of the HammerThe eighth album by Stormhammer, the power metal band from Munich, Germany, released through ROAR, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
Initium MortisThe debut full-length from Left to Die, a project of seasoned US extreme metal players paying homage to Death, released by Relapse Records.…
HomageHomage, released in 2026, is a covers-type work on which TESLA expressed respect for its own roots through unforced, natural hard rock. Rather than viewing…
Thin Lizzy (55th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)A 55th anniversary deluxe edition of Thin Lizzy, the 1971 debut made by the three-piece of Phil Lynott, Eric Bell and Brian Downey,…
METAL QUESTMETAL QUEST places HAGANE’s adventure concept at the center and compresses the uplift of melodic speed metal into a focused EP from the renewed lineup. Fro…
Rebellen & HeldenThe fourth album from Rauhbein, who sing in German, following Adrenalin. Perception, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
Live from the Guild TheatreA live album on CD and DVD, recorded at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California on 10 July 2025 to mark the release of the studio album Leopard Skin.…
Kiss of Death (20th Anniversary Edition)A twentieth anniversary edition of Kiss of Death, the studio album Motörhead released in 2006. Remastered at half speed,…
Splat!SPLAT! is a 2026 album Deep Purple has honed around the improvisation of classic hard rock, the warmth of blues and the dialogue of keyboards and guitar. T…
Werewolves of LondonAn archive live album capturing UFO at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in England on 10 February 1998,…
Bridge to ResolutionThe first solo album Shane Embury — bassist and songwriter of Napalm Death — has released under his own name.…
Reload (Remastered)Reload is the album on which Metallica deepened the rock feel carried over from Load, built on thick, rolling riffs, low-slung groove and a raw vocal.…
Souls of the FallenThe fourth album by Prime Creation, the Swedish melodic power metal band, released through ROAR, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
MetalmorphosisMetalmorphosis is the album Masterplan polished as a 2026 release, built on the lift of European melodic power metal and a thick, hard-rock-leaning groove.…
Get What You DeserveA reissue on SHM-CD of Get What You Deserve, the sixth album that Sodom — among the defining names of German thrash metal — released in January 1994,…
Live '83An archive live album from Alcatrazz, the Graham Bonnet-led band, recorded in 1983 while Yngwie Malmsteen was in the ranks.…
LossThe fifth album by Gaerea, the masked post-black and extreme metal band from Portugal, and their first for Century Media Records,…
Live in New Haven 1986An archival live album capturing Van Halen's 27 August 1986 show at the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the 5150 tour, with the Sammy Hagar-fronted…
The Best of Judas PriestA career-spanning greatest-hits compilation reaching from the 1974 debut Rocka Rolla to 2024's Invincible Shield, gathering signature songs such as "Breaki…
XThe tenth album from Narnia, the Swedish band who play classically shaded Nordic power metal, released on 12 June 2026 to mark thirty years together.…
Frisson NoirA solo album from Tarja Turunen, formerly of Nightwish, released by earMUSIC. Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth, Apocalyptica,…
Accult IIAn acoustic album from Vanden Plas, long a leading name in German progressive metal,…
Sons of the AbandonedThe fourth album by Bloodhunter, the extreme metal band from Galicia in Spain, released by ROAR (Rock of Angels Records) on 12 June 2026.…
Rising In BloomRising In Bloom advances the cohesion established on the first album into a more open and three-dimensional five-track EP. “Our Fate” places heavy guitars …
SymphoniqueA live album recorded in June 2025, when Voivod performed with the Québec Symphony Orchestra in their home province.…
Requiem for a Pipe DreamThe fourth album, and the first in three years, from Cyhra — the Nordic melodic modern metal band built around Jesper Strömblad (formerly of In Flames and…
SanctuarySanctuary, released on 5 June 2026, is the sixth album, honed around gothic/alternative metal shading and dramatic melody including piano. It is their firs…
RebirthThe comeback record from Frontline, the accomplished German melodic hard rock band. They debuted in 1994,…
The MothThe Moth is a 2026 album Devin Townsend has honed around the huge sonic design of progressive metal, ambient space and introspective melody. Heavy guitar, …
Ei8htEight (stylized Ei8ht) is the eighth album, on which Shinedown polishes the power of contemporary American hard rock together with big melodies that also r…
Bad BonesBad Bones is Erik Grönwall’s first original solo album in sixteen years, but it does not behave like a nostalgic return. It gathers the experience of H.E.A…
Art Of ChaosArt Of Chaos is the seventh album, polished as a 2026 record around sleazy glam metal's delinquency and catchy hard rock hooks. Released on Ninetone Record…
The Cloud of UnknowingA four-track EP that Sepultura released through Nuclear Blast on 24 April 2026, and the Brazilian band's final studio recording,…
The End Is Not The EndThe End Is Not The End is Atreyu's tenth album, tying metalcore's ferocity to modern-rock openness. Described by the band itself as "their heaviest and mos…
ShoutShout is the album Hardline polished as a 2026 release, built on the classic feel of melodic hard rock and AOR-refined vocal drama. Leaving Frontiers and r…
Dead To RightsDead To Rights is a 2026 album on which METAL CHURCH refines the hard-edged frame of US power metal and sharp, thrash-leaning riffs. The guitars push with …
Engines Of DemolitionEngines Of Demolition is a 2026 work on which BLACK LABEL SOCIETY refined its music around Southern-rock earthiness, doom-leaning weight and the weeping of…
Awesome Anthems Of The GalaxyAwesome Anthems Of The Galaxy is a strongly conceptual covers album on which Iron Savior boldly “steelifies” classics by various other artists into its own…
GoliathGoliath is a 2026 work into which Exodus amply packs Bay Area thrash’s rough riffs, combative energy and overwhelming heavy sound pressure. The guitar chop…
EndgegnerA new album from Schattenmann, formed in Nuremberg, Germany in 2016, released on 13 March 2026 through Perception, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
More Stereo CrushMore Stereo Crush is a 2026 work made as an expansion of the previous Stereo Crush, complementing Gotthard’s rich songcraft. Rather than being caught by fl…
Into OblivionInto Oblivion is a 2026 work LAMB OF GOD refined around the physical weight of groove metal, thrash-derived sharp riffs and modern aggression. The rhythm m…
WROCWROC is a record Paul Gilbert carefully honed as a 2026 work, around rock guitar’s transcendent technique, pop playfulness and a bluesy, warm humanity. The…
Outstanding PowerOutstanding Power finds LOVEBITES shaping Japanese power/speed-metal drive and the shine of classical twin guitars into a 2026 album with a clear sense of …
HOT TOPICHOT TOPIC is a compact statement from a band that has learned how to project its personality across festival stages and international tours without smoothi…
MegadethReleased on January 23, 2026, Megadeth is MEGADETH’s seventeenth and final studio album. Bearing the band’s own name, it is not a retrospective that merely…
五臓 -GOZO-GOZO presents the four-piece NEMOPHILA as a band creating from its own physical center. The five songs feel like different organs of one body: each has a s…
Set The Dark On FireSet The Dark On Fire is a 2026 work EDENBRIDGE refined around symphonic metal’s fantastical beauty and melodic metal’s clear elation. The guitar keeps a me…
Haus of the Rising FunThe fifteenth album by J.B.O., the Erlangen-based band who have been Germany's foremost humour metal act since 1989,…
The Dominators Last Standing 2025〔CD2枚組〕The Dominators Last Standing 2025 is a live album of Aldious’ final one-man show, held at Toyosu PIT on August 13, 2025, ahead of the band’s indefinite hia…
EvangelCore 1EvangelCore 1, released on 5 December 2025, runs fourteen songs across 48 minutes and is Peyton Parrish's first Christian album. A singer who made his name…
Eriksplanations, Vol. 3Eriksplanations, Vol. 3 is the third collection to turn Grönwall’s online cover performances into an album-shaped statement. It proves that his appeal cann…
EquinoxThe seventh album from Germany's Equilibrium, a band that has built a world of its own by fusing melodic death metal with traditional folk.…
The Wild CardReleased on November 21, 2025, The Wild Card is TREAT’s tenth studio album. Arriving three years after The Endgame, it turns the band’s history from the ea…
Vacant ThroneVacant Throne introduces Zilqy with a clear sense of purpose, turning the idea of a global all-female metal band from Japan into a compact but forceful deb…
BLUE DAWNBLUE DAWN presents TRiDENT at the beginning of its major-label chapter, using five songs to frame renewal as a sunrise rather than a clean break with the p…
The EndThe End, released on 24 October 2025 by BMG, is the third album: ten songs, 39 minutes. This is where the name changed. Not Mammoth WVH — just Mammoth. Wol…
SCOOOOOPSCOOOOOP refines the hard-rock drive BAND-MAID have built over the years into a compact, modern EP. KANAMI’s guitar and MISA’s bass step forward from the v…
Para BellumPara Bellum is a 2025 album Testament powerfully honed, around Bay Area thrash’s sure edge and the overwhelming weight of modern heaviness. As its title, m…
Don't Sell Your SoulDon’t Sell Your Soul is a 2025 album the Michael Schenker Group has honed around the sure frame of classic hard rock and the singing guitar melody particul…
A New World RisingA New World Rising is a 2025 album RAGE has honed around the linear drive of German power metal and hard, thrash-derived riffs. Drums and guitars push shar…
BorderlandBorderland is a 2025 work Amorphis carefully honed, around the deep sorrow particular to Finland, progressive metal’s precise structural beauty and a beaut…
After RainReleased on September 24, 2025, After Rain is BLINDMAN’s twelfth full-length album, issued in the band’s thirtieth-anniversary year. It follows the OUTBURS…
The Lost MelodiesThe Lost Melodies finds MILLENIUM shaping classic melodic-hard-rock feeling and smooth AOR-related songwriting into a 2025 album with a clear sense of iden…
BrotherhoodBrotherhood is a 2025 record on which FM refined its music around the refinement of British AOR and the supple drive of melodic hard rock. The guitar and k…
DominationDomination is a 2025 work into which Primal Fear amply packs German heavy/power metal’s steel-like riffs and big choruses that powerfully stir the fighting…
Giants & MonstersGiants & Monsters is a 2025 album Helloween has honed around the drive of German power metal, bright humor and grand choruses. The guitar runs sharp and th…
Reforged – Machine WorldReforged – Machine World is a reconstruction-type work on which Iron Savior re-illuminates past songs through the current band’s playing and the latest pro…
WonderlandWonderland is the third album, released by Frontiers on 22 August 2025. The line-up has not moved since the last one: Alexander Strandell, Love Magnusson, …
METAL FORTHMETAL FORTH finds BABYMETAL celebrating its fifteenth anniversary not by repeating a proven formula, but by colliding directly with different branches of t…