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.

30 releases / updated

Night is CallingDOMINUMJP 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,…
Strike and KillDEVILDRIVERJP edition: AmazonDevilDriver were formed in 2002 by singer Dez Fafara, who had previously fronted the nu-metal band Coal Chamber.…
METAL QUESTHAGANEAmazonA melodic-metal EP that links fantasy-adventure imagery with bright speed, heroic guitar work and the renewed identity of HAGANE.
Starting OverKOIAIAmazonKOIAI'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…
UnbridledPRIDE OF LIONSJP edition: AmazonThe eighth album by Pride of Lions, the melodic rock unit formed by former Survivor man Jim Peterik (keyboards, guitar,…
AetherboundDREAMTALEAmazonThe 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 DamnedZAN/CODYAmazonThe debut full-length from Zan/Cody, the project that brings Shotgun Messiah's core pair — singer Zinny Zan and guitarist Harry Cody — back together.…
黎明LUMiRiSEAmazonThe 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 …
ILSYILSYAmazonSheela's Burned Down appeared in 1995, most of it written by singer Wolfgang "Ilsy" Terne, who parted with the band not long afterwards.…

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