DragonForceAmazonDragonForce's tenth album and first self-titled record, with a release date of 19 March 2027: the first with Alissa White-Gluz and Alessio Garavello sharin…NEW & UPCOMING CDs
New and upcoming metal and hard rock CDs, with track lists, music videos, CD details and English liner notes. This page lists the releases from November 2026 on; every release, earlier ones included, is on the page for its month of release. Months follow the Japanese street date, and each card states both dates.
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DragonForceAmazonDragonForce's tenth album and first self-titled record, with a release date of 19 March 2027: the first with Alissa White-Gluz and Alessio Garavello sharin…
DOLLS AETHERAmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-ray+BonusDOLL$BOXX's third album and first new record in about nine and a half years: six songs, with a deluxe edition adding a Blu-ray of their whole 2026 show at …February 20271 release
Gods, Myths & TitansAmazonAmazon
DigipakFirewind's Gods, Myths & Titans is a concept album built on Greek mythology, with a release date of 19 February 2027 on BLKIIBLK,…January 20274 releases
Gods of ThunderAmazonAmazon
LPSaxon's twenty-fifth studio album, Gods of Thunder, has a release date of 22 January 2027 on Silver Lining Music, three years after Hell,…
ToxicAmazonToxic is an album by JADED HEART, the German melodic hard rock band, and their first full-length since Heart Attack,…
Voodoo RangerAmazonAmazon
ImportU.D.O.'s twentieth studio album, for a triple-anniversary year (Udo Dirkschneider's 75th, the band's 40th), with new guitarist Alen Brentini on board; rele…
Uroboric Forms (The Complete Demo Recordings 1988-1989-1990-1991)AmazonAmazon
ImportUroboric Forms (The Complete Demo Recordings 1988-1989-1990-1991) gathers the demos the American band CYNIC made before their 1993 debut album Focus.…December 202621 releases
ArcaniJP edition: AmazonAmazon
ImportArcani is the eighth studio album by TEMPERANCE, the Italian symphonic power metal band. It takes the Major Arcana of the tarot as its theme,…
LEGEND - METAL FORTHAmazon
BonusAmazon
All EditionsMETAL FORTH from start to finish and ten songs from fifteen years, filmed when BABYMETAL played Saitama Super Arena on 10 and 11 January 2026 to round off …
The Water Taste Of BloodJP edition: AmazonAmazon
ImportThe Water Taste Of Blood is the fifth studio album by ELEINE, the Swedish band built around singer Madeleine Liljestam and guitarist and vocalist Rikard Ek…
Ex CathedraJP edition: AmazonEx Cathedra is the third full-length album by CARMERIA, the independent symphonic metal band from Australia: a self-release with a release date of 30 Octob…
AdvenaeJP edition: AmazonAdvenae is the debut album by CARMERIA, the Australian symphonic metal band,…
Back to the BeginningAmazonA film of Ozzy Osbourne's last show, and the final show of the original Black Sabbath, at Villa Park in Birmingham on 5 July 2025.…
Beyond The GraveAmazonAmazon
ImportBeyond The Grave is the third album by ARCHON ANGEL, the band of former SAVATAGE singer Zak Stevens. Stevens and Aldo Lonobile,…
Wild At HeartRakutenWild At Heart, nine tracks on Rare Diamonds Productions, Doro's own label, has a release date of 11 December 2026, the opening night of her winter tour,…
50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection, Part One: 1980-1992Rakuten
10LPIron Maiden mark fifty years as a band by boxing their first nine studio albums, the 1980 debut through Fear of the Dark, on ten LPs pressed in a different…
Audio Secrecy (15th Anniversary Edition)JP edition: Amazon
3CDAmazon
LPA fifteenth-anniversary edition of Audio Secrecy, Stone Sour's third album from 2010, on three CDs and fifty tracks: the album remastered in 2026 with four…
道唐草AmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-rayNEMOPHILA's second EP: five songs including the single "-GOU-", self-produced like GOZO and billed as the four-piece's last original recording.
アナタダレ FINAL CUTAmazonNEMOPHILA's ANATADARE FINAL CUT: the full "ANATADARE" video and a making-of on Blu-ray, with a CD that holds the five songs of the band's second EP.
Yeeet!Amazon
BonusAmazon
CD+DVD + BonusA triple A-side single from TRiDENT, with a release date of 9 December 2026: "Good call" and "メイヒテンセイ", with words and music by ASAKA, the second written f…
Mechanix (2026 Remaster - Deluxe Edition)Amazon
2CDChrysalis Records' two-CD digipak and 180-gram triple LP of Mechanix, both dated 4 December 2026, belong to the label's UFO reissue series.…
Morning Nautical TwilightAmazonAmazon
ImportMorning Nautical Twilight is the third full-length by STORMRULER, the Missouri black metal duo of Jason Asberry (guitar,…
Perfect WorldAmazonPerfect World is the second studio album by HumanKind, the German metalcore band that began as a five-piece in 2022 and released its debut, An End,…
HOME - Live at the Sydney Opera HouseRakutenHOME - Live at the Sydney Opera House is the record of Parkway Drive's one night in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 9 June 2025,…
The Everlasting ShadowsRakutenThe Everlasting Shadows, The Duskfall's sixth album, was announced in 2018 for release the following year and reached listeners only in March 2026,…
40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row (2026 Remaster)JP edition: AmazonAmazon
LPSixteen tracks in the 1998 order, remastered for SKID ROW's 40th anniversary: 40 Seasons, the band's 1998 best-of, on CD and on its first official vinyl.
MY WAYAmazonAmazon
BonusMY WAY gathers five tracks by ASTERISM, a three-piece heavy metal band from Kyushu, on a CD that SME Records releases on 2 December 2026 as SECL-3375.…
Through the NightAmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-rayThe second full-length album since HAGANE regrouped in 2024: eleven songs, two of them from the METAL QUEST EP, issued in Japan as a CD + Blu-ray and as a …November 202661 releases
TornJP edition: AmazonTorn is a funeral doom album by Abysmal Growls Of Despair, the one-man project that the UK-based multi-instrumentalist Hangsvart has run since 2013,…
Spiritual SyphilisJP edition: AmazonSpiritual Syphilis is the debut album by Odio Deus, a black metal trio from Oslo, and its target is the evil that organized religion carries inside it,…
Abomination of MindJP edition: AmazonAbomination of Mind is the first full-length album by Sagittarius, a five-piece heavy metal band from Wrocław in Poland,…
TruthJP edition: AmazonGreg Fraser, who earned four Juno nominations and a Canadian gold record as the guitarist of Brighton Rock, formed STORM FORCE in Niagara Falls, Ontario,…
Edge Of DestructionJP edition: AmazonEdge Of Destruction runs to twelve tracks: eleven songs, the last of them "Eye For An Eye", listed as a bonus track, and the instrumental "Friends".…
DrabJP edition: AmazonTen songs of heavy, riff-driven rock with a post-grunge spine and a darker, doom-tinged air make up the debut of DRAB, a New Orleans band formed in 2020.…
Molten Rites 2025JP edition: AmazonSeven HESSIAN songs, each with concepts and visualizers by the project's founder, Laremy Wade, plus one clip apiece by DROMÓ and HTKY,…
Molten Rites 2026JP edition: Amazon"Aphkallu-Abzu", the opening clip, is a HESSIAN song that also appears on Absolute Fucking Possession, the band's split with Mystifier,…
HoodledoinsAmazonHoodledoins is the 1996 album by Daddy Long Leg, a hard rock four-piece from Bowling Green, Kentucky: Eddie Vincint (vocals and keyboards),…
Lost HorizonAmazon
CDAmazon
LPMolly Hatchet made this record in Studio 2 at Abbey Road in London, the room the Beatles used — with, Bobby Ingram says,…
Crock Of HitsAmazon
3CDAmazon
1CDThe Darkness assemble the first best-of of their career, choosing and sequencing it themselves, and Warner Music release it on 27 November 2026.…
In MetalAmazonAmazon
ImportIn Metal, Mystic Prophecy's thirteenth studio album, is out on 27 November 2026 via Perception, part of Reigning Phoenix Music, and Ward Records in Japan.…
OsyronAmazonAmazon
ImportOsyron is the self-titled album of the Calgary progressive metal band OSYRON and their first for Distortion Music Group, after Harbinger (2013),…
Big, Bigger, Biggest! The Best Of Mr. Big (30th Anniversary Edition)Rakuten
2CDThirty years on, Mr. Big's 1996 best-of, a number-two album in Japan, comes as a remastered MQA-CD paired with a CD of twelve live recordings, including pr…
Sad Wings of Destiny (50th Anniversary Remixed & Remastered)RakutenJudas Priest's second album of 1976, mixed anew from its original multitracks for its fiftieth year under producer Tom Allom: it now opens with "Prelude", …
Deliverance (25th Anniversary)AmazonAmazon
LPSix songs in their 2002 order and the original photograph under new lettering: the 25th Anniversary edition of OPETH's Deliverance, on Music For Nations.
Voices UnheardJP edition: AmazonAmazon
BonusGeorge Perks produced Voices Unheard at Vada Studios in Warwickshire in September 2025, and it is the first album by JAYLER,…
Hollywood 1976 (Remaster)AmazonHollywood 1976 captures UFO on stage at the Starwood in Los Angeles on 3 May 1976,…
Landing in St. Louis: Live 1982 (Remaster)AmazonLanding in St. Louis: Live 1982 is UFO at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis on 14 March 1982,…
LIVE IN GERMANY -KEEP IT TRUE 2026-AmazonLIVE IN GERMANY -KEEP IT TRUE 2026- captures EARTHSHAKER's set on 25 April 2026 at Keep It True XXVI,…
NetherworldsJP edition: AmazonAmazon
ImportNetherworlds is the tenth studio album by INSOMNIUM, the Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Joensuu in 1997,…
TwoAmazonTwo is Three Man Army's third album, issued in Britain on Reprise in 1974 with "Three Man Army Two" written across the top of its sleeve.…
DisintegrateAmazonAmazon
ImportGirish and The Chronicles formed in 2009 in Sikkim, in the north-east of India, and have been based in Bengaluru since 2013.…
Lucro Sucio; Unfinished BusinessAmazonAmazon
LPThe Mars Volta's live album Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business is made of performances the band's fans voted for,…
Volume VAmazonAmazon
LPDOWN's Volume V, with a release date of 20 November 2026 on Nuclear Blast Records,…
Commandments - An AnthologyAmazonAmazon
LPCommandments - An Anthology is a sixteen-track Tiamat compilation, first released by Century Media in 2007,…
Steel Rumours - The Songs Of Fleetwood Mac Reforged In MetalAmazonTwelve Fleetwood Mac songs, each with its own line-up from hard rock and metal, make up Cleopatra Records' Steel Rumours.…
Crown In The GraveAmazonAmazon
ImportTRIVIUM's eleventh studio album, born of Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and steeped in Japanese horror film; Josh Wilbur produced it and Jacob Hansen mixed it.
Live in Mexico CityAmazon
2CD+Blu-rayAmazon
2CDRammstein's October 2022 stand at Mexico City's Foro Sol, three concerts, all sold out, that ended the North American leg of their stadium tour, on two CDs…
Eternal CreationAmazonEternal Creation is the fourth full-length album by Muses, a fusion and crossover band from Japan,…
A Fist Full Of Dollarz - The Archives Vol 2 1992-2011JP edition: Amazon
5CDAmazon
5CD ImportA Fist Full Of Dollarz - The Archives Vol 2 1992-2011 is the second archive box from Tigertailz, the glam rock band from Cardiff,…
Frozen Silhouettes 2006-2009JP edition: Amazon
3CD BoxAmazon
3CD Box ImportFrozen Silhouettes 2006-2009 is a three-CD box set from HNE Recordings, part of Cherry Red, that gathers DELAIN's first two albums,…
Where Angels Fear To TreadJP edition: RakutenWhere Angels Fear To Tread is the debut of Häven, the band Spanish singer Gabrielle de Val formed when songs meant for her next solo album, Revolution,…
BURRN! PRESENTS 炎 Vol.8AmazonBURRN! PRESENTS 炎 Vol.8 is the eighth issue of 炎, the mook series edited by the staff of BURRN!, and an Iron Maiden special.…
System Error: HumanityAmazonSystem Error: Humanity is the first studio album in roughly a decade from Detroit metalcore band Walls of Jericho,…
Hell Or High WaterAmazonAmazon
BonusHell Or High Water, Yngwie Malmsteen's twenty-third studio album, is dedicated to his father, who died in 2025 and for whom he wrote "Father",…
DeathbringerAmazonAmazon
ImportDeathbringer is Iron Savior's first album for Frontiers Music Srl, which announced the signing and the record together on 7 August 2026,…
The CD Collection: Volume 4Amazon
6CD BoxAmazon
6CD Box ImportThe CD Collection: Volume 4, the fourth instalment of Def Leppard's six-part series gathering everything the band has recorded,…
Suffer DivineJP edition: AmazonAmazon
LPSuffer Divine is Darkest Hour's eleventh studio album, with a release date of 30 October 2026 on MNRK Heavy.…
Purple Storm - A Tribute To Deep PurpleAmazonAmazon
LPEach of the twelve Deep Purple songs on Cleopatra Records' Purple Storm has a cast of its own. Bernie Shaw, Rick Wakeman,…
Totally Twisted - The Studio Albums 1982-1987Amazon
5LPAll five Twisted Sister studio albums from Under the Blade in 1982 to Love Is for Suckers in 1987, boxed on five CDs or on five coloured LPs.
A's and B's 1979-88Amazon
3CDBGO Records gathers the A- and B-sides of Saxon's singles from 1979 to 1988, from the Carrere years to EMI, on three digitally remastered CDs of 43 tracks;…
RE:RAIGNAmazon
CD+DVD + BonusAmazon
CD + BonusRE:RAIGN is the second solo album by the Japanese guitarist Sally: nine tracks, five of them instrumentals.…
HIDENRakutenHIDEN, the self-titled debut of a band of Japanese and Australian musicians,…
Fatal ParadoxAmazonAmazon
ImportFatal Paradox is Hatebreed’s ninth studio album and their first in six years, following 2020’s Weight of the False Self.…
From the DarkJP edition: AmazonAmazon
LimitedA new studio album from Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, issued worldwide by BMG on 23 October 2026; Universal Music Japan's edition follows on 6 Novemb…
ProngAmazonThe self-titled album by Prong, the New York band formed in 1986 and led by guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor.…
Shogun MojoAmazonAmazon
ImportShogun Mojo is the band KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer has formed with Dan Reed, the singer of Dan Reed Network, and this is their self-titled debut.…
Rock And Roll Over (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)AmazonRock And Roll Over (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix) is KISS's 1976 album in a new stereo mix, built from the original analog multitrack tapes by Eddie Kramer,…
The Sea Of EmotionAmazonAmazon
LPThe Sea Of Emotion is the first full-length studio album Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have recorded together,…
Rock And Roll Over (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)Amazon
4CD+Blu-ray+BonusAmazon
4CD+Blu-rayBudokan 1977, demos, outtakes and Eddie Kramer's 2026 mix with the remastered 1976 album: Rock and Roll Over's 50th-anniversary box, four CDs and a Blu-ray…
Nightlife (SHM-CD)AmazonA Japanese SHM-CD of the 1974 fourth album in a card sleeve reproducing the first British LP, adding seven outtakes and alternate mixes to the ten album so…
Fighting (SHM-CD)AmazonA Japanese SHM-CD of the 1975 fifth album in a card sleeve reproducing the first British LP, adding eight related recordings to the ten album songs.
IndigoAmazonAmazon
LimitedAsia's fourteenth studio album, and their first in twelve years, led by the single "The Traveller (Into The Light)".
The Moth (The War - Live)AmazonThe premiere of The Moth, recorded in Groningen in March 2025 with a full orchestra and choir, on CD and Blu-ray with all 24 parts in album order.
The Open Door (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)AmazonA twentieth-anniversary deluxe edition of The Open Door, Evanescence's second album from 2006. The thirteen songs are newly remastered and joined by three …
Orgasmatron (40th Anniversary Edition)Amazon
2CDOrgasmatron at forty: the 1986 album half-speed remastered from its tapes, Cameron Webb's new remix, 1985 rehearsals and outtakes, and a 1986 BBC session.
Ghost SequenceAmazonAmazon
Anime edition"Ghost Sequence" is the opening theme of the television series 『とある暗部の少女共棲』, which began broadcasting on 9 October 2026.…
GARDEN OF EDENAmazonMETALVERSE is a three-member multiverse project from Japan - MIKO, SAKIA and COCONA - signed to Amuse and produced by KOBAMETAL.…
TitanbloodJP edition: AmazonAmazon
DigipakTitanblood is the fourth studio album by ETERNITY'S END, the German power metal band founded and led by guitarist Christian Muenzner, formerly of Obscura,…
Shoot Shoot ShootAmazonAmazon
Limited EditionA METALVERSE single following "GIZA" and "OMIKUJI", and the opening theme of the original animated film GROTESQQQUE. The title track has been streaming sin…