Break The SilenceAmazonBreak The Silence, the sixth album from Jennifer Haben's German symphonic metal band Beyond The Black (formed in Mannheim in 2014),…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.
Break The SilenceAmazonBreak The Silence, the sixth album from Jennifer Haben's German symphonic metal band Beyond The Black (formed in Mannheim in 2014),…
Alter BridgeAmazonNapalm 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 1995Amazon
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)JP edition: AmazonTheatre 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 WorldAmazon
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 FireAmazon
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)AmazonMarquee'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",…
VengeanceJP edition: AmazonGlamour 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)AmazonThe 2005 covers album expanded for 2026 with five newly added bonus tracks: fifteen songs on a single SHM-CD.
五臓 -GOZO-AmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-rayA five-song 2026 EP that condenses the four-piece NEMOPHILA’s physical groove, self-written material and renewed identity.
MegadethAmazonAmazon
LimitedReleased 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…
2WOJP edition: AmazonTwo days before Mindfeels' 2WO came out on Art Of Melody Music / Burning Minds Music Group on 30 January 2026,…
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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 OmnipotensJP edition: AmazonWormholedeath Japan's direct-import CD of DEOS's Augustus Omnipotens (BITX-1419), with Japanese specifications, arrived on 30 January 2026,…
Glory Or NothingJP edition: AmazonOverdrivers' Glory Or Nothing came out on Roar on 7 March 2025, after the northern French hard rock band, formed in 2015,…
Plague Of RatsJP edition: AmazonBrainstorm's Plague Of Rats reached Japan through Ward Records on 30 January 2026 (GQCS-91723, with translated lyrics and Japanese liner notes),…
Bad Boys - The McAuley Schenker Group Story 1987-1992Amazon
4CDThe McAuley Schenker Group's four albums of 1987-1992, each with bonus tracks, on four CDs from Cherry Red's HNE.