RELEASE CALENDAR — January 2026

Metal and hard rock CDs released in January 2026. The calendar is grouped by Japanese street date, so a title whose import edition reached shops in another month is still listed here — each card states both dates. Every album links to its track list, music videos and CD details.

16 releases / updated 2026-09-20

Break The SilenceBEYOND THE BLACK2026-01-09AmazonBreak The Silence, the sixth album from Jennifer Haben's German symphonic metal band Beyond The Black (formed in Mannheim in 2014),…

Alter BridgeALTER BRIDGE2026-01-09AmazonNapalm Records released Alter Bridge's self-titled eighth album on 9 January 2026, the same day as Marquee's Japanese CD (MICP-11997).…

Live at Wembley 1995VAN HALEN2026-01-09Amazon Japanese editionAmazon ImportThe first official release of Van Halen at Wembley Stadium, London, on 24 June 1995: eight songs, about forty-two minutes.

Theatre of Pain (40th Anniversary)MOTLEY CRUE2025-11-14JP edition: 2026-01-14AmazonTheatre of Pain, Mötley Crüe's third album, turned 40: BMG issued a newly remastered 40th Anniversary Edition CD on 14 November 2025,…

Krushers Of The WorldKREATOR2026-01-16Amazon 2CDAmazon CDKreator, the thrash metal band formed in Essen in 1982, released Krushers Of The World, their first album in four years,…

Set The Dark On FireEDENBRIDGE2026-01-16Amazon LimitedAmazon DigipakSet The Dark On Fire finds EDENBRIDGE shaping symphonic-metal fantasy and clear melodic-metal uplift into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Fight to Survive (SHM-CD)WHITE LION2026-01-21AmazonMarquee's SHM-CD reissue of Fight to Survive (MICP-30226), White Lion's debut album, came out on 21 January 2026 with demos of "After A Broken Heart",…

VengeanceGLAMOUR OF THE KILL2026-01-22JP edition: 2026-01-21AmazonGlamour Of The Kill's first album since Savages, Vengeance, was released first in Japan by Victor Entertainment on 21 January 2026 (VICP-65644),…

Heavy Hitters (Deluxe Edition)MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP2026-01-21AmazonThe 2005 covers album expanded for 2026 with five newly added bonus tracks: fifteen songs on a single SHM-CD.

五臓 -GOZO-NEMOPHILA2026-01-21Amazon CD+Blu-rayAmazon StandardA five-song 2026 EP that condenses the four-piece NEMOPHILA’s physical groove, self-written material and renewed identity.

MegadethMEGADETH2026-01-23Amazon LimitedAmazon StandardReleased 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…

2WOMINDFEELS2026-01-30JP edition: 2026-01-28AmazonTwo days before Mindfeels' 2WO came out on Art Of Melody Music / Burning Minds Music Group on 30 January 2026,…

HOT TOPICHANABIE.2026-01-28Amazon CD+Blu-ray + BonusAmazon CD+Blu-rayA five-track EP that condenses HANABIE.’s current Harajuku-core sound into metalcore impact, digital pop color, streetwise energy and unapologetic self-aff…

Augustus OmnipotensDEOS2025-12-05JP edition: 2026-01-30AmazonWormholedeath Japan's direct-import CD of DEOS's Augustus Omnipotens (BITX-1419), with Japanese specifications, arrived on 30 January 2026,…

Glory Or NothingOVERDRIVERS2025-03-07JP edition: 2026-01-30AmazonOverdrivers' Glory Or Nothing came out on Roar on 7 March 2025, after the northern French hard rock band, formed in 2015,…

Plague Of RatsBRAINSTORM2025-02-28JP edition: 2026-01-30AmazonBrainstorm's Plague Of Rats reached Japan through Ward Records on 30 January 2026 (GQCS-91723, with translated lyrics and Japanese liner notes),…