RebirthJP edition: AmazonFrontline formed in Nuremberg in 1989 around founding vocalist Stephan Kämmerer, who still fronts the band. The debut The State Of Rock arrived in 1994,…RELEASE CALENDAR — June 2026
Metal and hard rock CDs released in June 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.
RebirthJP edition: AmazonFrontline formed in Nuremberg in 1989 around founding vocalist Stephan Kämmerer, who still fronts the band. The debut The State Of Rock arrived in 1994,…
Gate of HellAmazonThe sixth album, released on 3 June 2026 as the companion piece to Gate of Heaven: the band's own announcement calls it the darkest and most chaotic world …
SymphoniqueAmazonA live album by Voivod, the Canadian band formed in 1982 in Québec's Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region,…
Requiem for a Pipe DreamAmazonThe fourth studio album by Cyhra, the Swedish melodic and modern metal band, and their first album for Reigning Phoenix Music.…
SanctuaryAmazon
CD+Blu-rayAmazon
CDSanctuary finds EVANESCENCE shaping gothic/alternative-metal shade and dramatic melodies that include piano color into a 2026 album with a clear sense of i…
Rising In BloomAmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-rayA five-track EP that balances open, refreshing melodies with loud-rock weight and presents the second chapter of East Of Eden through Ayasa’s violin-led id…
XJP edition: AmazonNarnia began in 1996, started by singer Christian Liljegren and guitarist CJ Grimmark, who met in Jönköping in southern Sweden in 1993,…
Frisson NoirAmazonTarja Turunen released Frisson Noir through earMUSIC on 12 June 2026, and Ward Records issued the Japanese edition the same day as GQCS-91749,…
Accult IIAmazonAn acoustic album from Vanden Plas, long a leading name in German progressive metal,…
Sons of the AbandonedAmazonThe fourth album by Bloodhunter, the extreme metal band from Galicia in Spain, released by ROAR (Rock of Angels Records) on 12 June 2026.…
Werewolves of LondonJP edition: Amazon
2CDAn archive live album capturing UFO at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in England on 10 February 1998.…
IIIAmazonMattador are a melodic hard rock band from Puerto Rico, and III is the album their reunion produced.…
Haus of the Rising FunJP edition: AmazonThe fifteenth album by J.B.O., the Erlangen-based band who have been Germany's foremost humour metal act since 1989,…
Before We All DieJP edition: AmazonCLAWFINGER are a Swedish-Norwegian rap-metal band formed in Stockholm in the early 1990s; Before We All Die is their eighth studio album.…
Ride the Rainbow: Ultimate Tribute to Ritchie Blackmore's RainbowAmazonCleopatra Records released this fourteen-track Rainbow tribute on 19 June 2026,…
The Best of Judas PriestAmazonA career-spanning compilation running from the 1974 debut Rocka Rolla to 2024's Invincible Shield, released through Sony Music.
PLUVIAAmazonThe first solo major-label album by Saki, the Japanese guitarist who picked up an electric guitar out of respect for Seikima-II.…
Get What You Deserve (SHM-CD)AmazonThe 2026 remastered Japanese SHM-CD (MICP-30232) of Get What You Deserve, the sixth studio album Sodom released in January 1994, issued by Marquee Inc.…
Live '83AmazonAn archive live album from Alcatrazz, the Graham Bonnet-led band, recorded in 1983 while Yngwie Malmsteen was in the ranks.…
LossJP edition: AmazonLoss is the fifth album by Gaerea, a five-piece who began in 2016 in Porto, in northern Portugal, and their first for Century Media Records.…
Pachinko – Ransu Seisei Rock OperaJP edition: AmazonPachinko is the fourth album by the Norwegian progressive and pop rock band Moron Police.…
Apocalypse – MokushiJP edition: AmazonCrown Lands are a Canadian progressive hard rock duo formed in 2015 by Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau.…
The Bottom Line Nagoya Japan 1993Amazon
2 SHM-CDPraying Mantis, counted among the pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal,…
Live in New Haven 1986AmazonAmazon
ImportAn archival live album of the 5150 tour's New Haven show of 27 August 1986, the Sammy Hagar line-up issued as a standalone CD for the first time.
ENERGETICAmazonAmazon
CD+Blu-rayBAND-MAID's first single in four years and seven months: the title track plus 'Days' and 'CAGE', with footage from the 2024 Zepp tour on the limited editio…
Bridge to ResolutionAmazonThe first solo album Shane Embury — bassist and songwriter of Napalm Death — has released under his own name.…
Reload (Remastered)Amazon
3-disc + BonusAmazon
3-discReLoad was Metallica's seventh studio album, released on 18 November 1997. Universal Music describe the sessions behind it,…
Souls of the FallenAmazonThe fourth album by Prime Creation, the Swedish melodic power metal band, released through ROAR, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
PhoenixJP edition: AmazonPhoenix is the fourth studio album by XTASY, a melodic hard rock band formed in Navarra, Spain,…
Wired For SoundAmazonThe fourth album by Rockett Love, the melodic hard rock / AOR band from Sala in Sweden.…
HAIL THE MINDAmazonThe third album by Endall, the Japanese thrash metal / rock'n'roll band who started in 2009, and the first full-length made by the current line-up.…
Lex LegionJP edition: AmazonThe debut album by Lex Legion, a band that came together in 2026.…
Reload (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)Amazon
15CD+5LP+4DVDReload remastered in a numbered box: five LPs, a 7-inch, fifteen CDs and four DVDs of demos, rough mixes and 1997-98 live shows, most of it unreleased.
MetalmorphosisAmazonAmazon
ImportMetalmorphosis finds MASTERPLAN shaping European melodic power-metal uplift and thick hard-rock-leaning groove into a 2026 album with a clear sense of iden…
FlamecoreJP edition: AmazonWormholedeath Japan issue the debut album by the Greek melodic death metal quintet Flamecore on 30 June 2026, a direct import with Japanese packaging,…
Dark DimensionJP edition: AmazonDark Dimension is the fourth album by the Tampere heavy metal band Crimson Day. Wormholedeath released it worldwide on 22 May 2026,…
Until One of Us DiesJP edition: AmazonThe third album by Double Crush Syndrome, a trio from Mülheim an der Ruhr in Germany. Guitarist Andy Brings started the band in 2013,…