OceansJP edition: AmazonOceans sets Terra Atlantica's power metal on a voyage across the seven seas,…RELEASE CALENDAR — May 2026
Metal and hard rock CDs released in May 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.
OceansJP edition: AmazonOceans sets Terra Atlantica's power metal on a voyage across the seven seas,…
Into OblivionAmazonVenom's first new recordings since Storm The Gates (2018) arrive as their sixteenth studio album, thirteen songs released by Noise Records on 1 May 2026.…
Dance Into The Void: Complete Recordings Vol. 2 – 1989-2003JP edition: Amazon
5CDCherry Red's Holocaust Complete Recordings move on to the band's later years with this second volume,…
A Rock'n'Roll SensationJP edition: AmazonMarkus Grosskopf, Helloween's bassist since the band's beginnings, steps out with The Fireball Monkeys, a rock'n'roll and rockabilly band,…
Pre-Historic MetalAmazonThe twenty-first studio album by Norway's Darkthrone, released by Peaceville Records on 8 May 2026,…
Lost in FlamesJP edition: AmazonLost in Flames, the second album from Los Angeles heavy metal band Saber,…
Gone with the DevilAmazonGone with the Devil is the third album from Yoth Iria, and the band say they set out to keep the immediacy of 2024's Blazing Inferno and the psychedelia of…
KidronJP edition: AmazonKidron, named after the valley on the eastern side of Jerusalem's Old City,…
Art Of ChaosAmazonArt Of Chaos finds CRASHDIET shaping sleazy glam-metal attitude and catchy hard-rock hooks into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.
GIZAAmazonMETALVERSE's first official recording of any kind. The one-track digital single appeared at midnight JST on 8 May 2026 alongside the group's first studio-s…
VINDICATEJP edition: AmazonVINDICATE is the seventh album from Black Veil Brides and their first since The Phantom Tomorrow (2021).…
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CDAmazon
CD+DVDA second maxi single built on the theme of setting out, led by “Starlight Voyage” — three songs, with a DVD on the limited edition.
Heaven WeptJP edition: AmazonHeaven Wept is the seventh full-length album from Inferi and their first in about five years. Official music videos for "The Rapture of Dead Light",…
MetalmorphosisAmazonFrontiers Music Srl released Metalmorphosis on 15 May 2026, and the album's announcement bills it as the Swedish band's long-awaited fourth record and thei…
Born To RockAmazonBorn To Rock is Von Groove's first studio album since 2001, and it brings back the Canadian melodic hard rock band's original trio of Mladen (guitars),…
Hell Awaits (40th Anniversary Edition)Amazon
3CDHell Awaits, the album Kerry King calls "the record where SLAYER became SLAYER", turns 40 with this reissue from Metal Blade Records,…
HAGANE Full Album Release Tour「TOP OF THE TOWER」at Zepp Shinjuku 2025.12.25Amazon
Blu-ray + 2CDA live Blu-ray of HAGANE's first nationwide tour final, played at Zepp Shinjuku on 25 December 2025, in a three-disc set with two live CDs and the complete…
Night SpectreAmazonNight Spectre's self-titled debut came out on 22 May 2026 through Dying Victims Productions, on CD and vinyl LP,…
Steel BurnerJP edition: AmazonSteel Burner is Gus G.'s fifth solo album and his first in about five years, released internationally on 24 April 2026.…
No Sins To ConfessJP edition: AmazonNo Sins To Confess is the first full-length album from Löanshark, a traditional heavy metal trio from Barcelona, released by ROAR,…
Acts of MadnessJP edition: AmazonActs of Madness, the third album from British heavy metal band Airforce, came out of a hard stretch: according to the label,…
Fallen DimensionJP edition: AmazonSwedish melodic metal band Rexoria call their sound Royal Metal, a blend of power, elegance and emotion, and Fallen Dimension,…
Emotion Factory ResetAmazonEmotion Factory Reset, the follow-up to Punching The Sky, is by Metal Blade's count Armored Saint's ninth studio full-length,…
The Final RideJP edition: AmazonThe Final Ride documents Lynch Mob on the tour they had announced as their farewell. Alongside songs from across the band's history,…
Bad BonesAmazonAmazon
ImportA ten-song independent hard-rock statement that turns recovery, major-band experience and renewed creative freedom into Erik Grönwall’s first original solo…
ExuviaJP edition: AmazonExuvia, the second studio album from UK metal band Cage Fight, takes its title from the word for a shed skin or husk, and its cover, a radiation mask,…
Society's Pact With SatanJP edition: AmazonSociety's Pact With Satan is the last thing Lee Dorrian's British doom band Cathedral ever recorded: a single piece of almost half an hour,…
Through ZeroAmazonThe seventh album by Elder, the heavy psychedelic / stoner rock band formed around 2006 in a small coastal town in Massachusetts.…
Grand Serpent RisingJP edition: AmazonEight years after Eonian, Dimmu Borgir return with Grand Serpent Rising,…
The MothAmazon
3CD+Blu-rayAmazon
2CDThe Moth finds DEVIN TOWNSEND shaping huge progressive-metal sound design, ambient space and introspective melody into a 2026 album with a clear sense of i…
Ei8htAmazonAmazon
ImportEI8HT finds SHINEDOWN shaping modern American hard-rock strength and large melodies that can reach pop listeners into a 2026 album with a clear sense of id…