Night is CallingJP edition: AmazonThe third album by German band DOMINUM, out on Napalm Records on 3 July 2026 and in Japan two days earlier, on 1 July 2026,…RELEASE CALENDAR — July 2026
Metal and hard rock CDs released in July 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.
Night is CallingJP edition: AmazonThe third album by German band DOMINUM, out on Napalm Records on 3 July 2026 and in Japan two days earlier, on 1 July 2026,…
First SpellJP edition: AmazonThe debut album by Leatherwitch, the new band from Poland's Marta Gabriel.…
Rebellen & HeldenAmazonThe fourth album from Rauhbein, who sing in German, following Adrenalin. Perception, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
Kiss of Death (20th Anniversary Edition)AmazonA twentieth anniversary edition of Kiss of Death, the eighteenth studio album by Motörhead, first released on 29 August 2006.…
Splat!AmazonAmazon
ImportSPLAT! finds DEEP PURPLE shaping classic hard-rock improvisation, blues warmth and the conversation between keyboard and guitar into a 2026 album with a cl…
The Bottom Line Nagoya Japan 1998AmazonA live album by Praying Mantis, the British melodic hard rock band,…
Strike and KillJP edition: AmazonDevilDriver were formed in 2002 by singer Dez Fafara, who had previously fronted the nu-metal band Coal Chamber.…
Heaven's FallingJP edition: AmazonThe debut album by Shadowborne, the melodic power metal band from Sweden.…
METAL QUESTAmazonA melodic-metal EP that links fantasy-adventure imagery with bright speed, heroic guitar work and the renewed identity of HAGANE.
From Hell I Rise – Extended Deluxe EditionJP edition: AmazonThe extended deluxe edition of From Hell I Rise, the debut album by Slayer guitarist Kerry King's own band,…
The Cloud of UnknowingJP edition: AmazonA four-track EP that Sepultura released through Nuclear Blast on 24 April 2026, and the Brazilian band's final studio recording,…
Thin Lizzy (55th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)AmazonThin Lizzy's self-titled first album reached shops on 30 April 1971 through Decca, cut in London under producers Scott English and Nick Tauber.…
From Nation to ChaosAmazonNoble Demon put this album out on 10 July 2026. It is the second SIGYN have made, and it runs to nine songs.…
Live from the Guild TheatreJP edition: AmazonTaped at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California on 10 July 2025, this concert album documents the night L.A. Guns launched Leopard Skin,…
A CRY FROM THE SKY ABOVEAmazon
CD+Blu-ray+T-shirtAmazon
CD+Blu-rayThe fourteenth full-length album by Galneryus and their first in about two years, after the twentieth-anniversary record The Stars Will Light the Way. This…
Starting OverAmazonKOIAI's fourth EP and the first release by the settled five-piece line-up with vocalist Mirei Sakurada; the title track became the August 2026 ending theme…
Wrath of the HammerAmazonThe eighth album by Stormhammer, the power metal band from Munich, Germany, released through ROAR, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music,…
Initium MortisAmazonThe debut full-length from Left to Die, a project of seasoned US extreme metal players paying homage to Death, released by Relapse Records.…
HomageAmazonAmazon
ImportHomage is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how TESLA translates outside material into its own sense…
Tales from the Beast – Deluxe EditionAmazonPaul Di'Anno was Iron Maiden's first vocalist, and his raw, unmistakable delivery defined Iron Maiden (1980) and Killers (1981).…
UnbridledJP edition: AmazonThe eighth album by Pride of Lions, the melodic rock unit formed by former Survivor man Jim Peterik (keyboards, guitar,…
AetherboundAmazonThe ninth album by Dreamtale, the Finnish melodic power metal band formed in 1999. The Japanese edition arrives on 22 July 2026 through Marquee Avalon,…
Beautiful 'N DamnedAmazonThe debut full-length from Zan/Cody, the project that brings Shotgun Messiah's core pair — singer Zinny Zan and guitarist Harry Cody — back together.…
Lights Out Chicago 1980AmazonA live document of UFO in Chicago in 1980, released through Cleopatra Records. The band had just put out No Place to Run,…
The Final FlightAmazonMarco Garau — the Italian composer and keyboard player once in Derdian — runs Magic Opera as a project of his own,…
In the Eye of the Storm (Live)AmazonThe soundtrack to Foreigner's fiftieth-anniversary documentary film: an electric set on Ellis Island and an acoustic rooftop set at DUMBO House, captured l…
黎明AmazonThe first new song from the lineup that formed in July 2026, a streaming single written and sound-produced by Kayoko Kusano with Shota Horie on guitar and …
Riot Fes 2024 – Riot Matsuri 2024 Live in JapanAmazonWard Records issue Riot's two July 2024 Japanese shows in full on 31 July 2026, on four CDs running three hours and twenty-one minutes.…
ILSYAmazonSheela's Burned Down appeared in 1995, most of it written by singer Wolfgang "Ilsy" Terne, who parted with the band not long afterwards.…
RIOT祭2024 LIVE IN JAPANAmazon
Blu-ray + 4CDAmazon
2DVD + 4CDA live video release holding both of Riot's July 2024 Japanese concerts in full — Todd Michael Hall's last, with his successor Valentino Francavilla guesti…
IIAmazonAmazon
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