Slave MachineJP edition: AmazonSlave Machine is the sixth album from Brazilian thrash band Nervosa and their second with founding guitarist Prika Amaral also singing lead,…RELEASE CALENDAR — April 2026
Metal and hard rock CDs released in April 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.
Slave MachineJP edition: AmazonSlave Machine is the sixth album from Brazilian thrash band Nervosa and their second with founding guitarist Prika Amaral also singing lead,…
The Sound Of Absent LifeAmazonCut live onto analog tape in about ten hours at Finnvox Studios, with no computers involved,…
The Master PlanAmazonStryper guitarist and singer Michael Sweet's latest solo record came out through Frontiers Music on 3 April 2026,…
Live & Ready: 1980-1984AmazonA six-disc live box: four complete concerts from 1980 to 1984 across five CDs, plus a DVD of two of those nights on film.
5150 (Expanded Edition)JP edition: AmazonThis expanded 5150 turns Van Halen's 1986 album, their first with Sammy Hagar and their first to top the US chart (it reached No. 4 in Japan),…
Deja VuAmazonSwiss melodic hard rockers Fighter V wear their 1980s arena-rock influences, Whitesnake, Journey, Survivor and Bon Jovi among them, openly.…
MournbraidJP edition: AmazonScarlet Records released Mournbraid on 20 March 2026, and Ward Records' ten-track Japanese CD (GQCS-91741) followed on 10 April.…
In Death ThroesAmazonIn Death Throes is Vomitory's first album since Christian Fredriksson, who had already played most of the solos on 2023's All Heads Are Gonna Roll,…
Dead To RightsAmazon
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ImportDead To Rights finds METAL CHURCH shaping hard-edged US power metal and thrash-leaning riffs into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.
World War DinosaurAmazonAn all-out war between an army of cybernetic dinosaurs and a space-faring ninja force is the story of World War Dinosaur,…
On Parole SessionsAmazonOn Parole was meant to be Motörhead's first album: Lemmy, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummers Lucas Fox and Phil Taylor recorded it in 1975 and 1976,…
ShoutAmazonAmazon
ImportShout finds HARDLINE shaping classic melodic hard rock and AOR-polished vocal drama into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.
Curtain CallsJP edition: AmazonMarquee/Avalon's Japanese CD of Curtain Calls (MICP-12017) came out on 22 April 2026, two days ahead of the international release,…
Buried BlueJP edition: AmazonBuried Blue is only the second album from Finnish gothic metal band For My Pain...,…
Embers Of A Dying WorldJP edition: AmazonSoprano Marialena Trikoglou leads Greek symphonic metal band Mystfall, with Aris Baris on guitar,…
New DayAmazonNew Day is John Corabi's first solo studio album of original songs; the Philadelphia-born singer, known for his time in Mötley Crüe and The Dead Daisies,…
The Ghost of a Future DeadAmazonThe Ghost of a Future Dead is the last At The Gates album with Tomas Lindberg,…
EvolutionAmazonJudas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner's band Elegant Weapons, with Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG) singing,…
The End Is Not The EndAmazon
Jewel CaseAmazon
StandardThe End Is Not The End finds ATREYU shaping metalcore aggression and the larger melodies of modern rock and post-hardcore into a 2026 album with a clear se…
HeroicaJP edition: AmazonRed Rivet Records' Japanese edition of Heroica (RRR-044) arrived on 29 April 2026,…February 2027January 2027November 2026October 2026September 2026August 2026July 2026June 2026May 2026April 2026March 2026February 2026January 2026December 2025November 2025October 2025September 2025August 2025July 2025June 2025May 2025April 2025March 2025February 2025January 2025December 2024November 2024October 2024September 2024August 2024July 2024June 2024May 2024April 2024March 2024February 2024January 2024December 2023November 2023October 2023