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: 1980-1984Amazon
5CD+DVDA 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: Amazon
Japanese edition, 3CD+Blu-ray+LPThis 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),…
Grace Under Pressure (Super Deluxe Edition)JP edition: Amazon
4CD+Blu-rayAmazon
4CD+Blu-ray ImportGrace Under Pressure at forty: the 1984 mix remastered, a new Terry Brown mix and the complete 1984 Toronto show on four CDs and a Blu-ray.
MORTAL DOWNERAmazonDir En Grey's twelfth album, released on 8 April 2026, their newest record and fourteen tracks long.
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,…
DescentAmazonAmazon
Jewel CaseDescent is the twelfth studio album by IMMOLATION, the death metal band from Yonkers in New York State,…
Dead To RightsAmazon
Japanese editionAmazon
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 SessionsAmazon
3CD+Blu-rayOn 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 EndAmazonAmazon
Jewel CaseThe End Is Not The End, ATREYU's tenth album, ties the ferocity of metalcore to the openness of modern rock with a forward-looking spirit.
HeroicaJP edition: AmazonRed Rivet Records' Japanese edition of Heroica (RRR-044) arrived on 29 April 2026,…