AirbourneJP edition: Amazon
CD+Blu-rayAmazon
Jewel CaseAustralian rock and roll band Airbourne return with their self-titled album, their first in seven years since 2019's Boneshaker.…RELEASE CALENDAR — September 2026
Metal and hard rock CDs released in September 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.
AirbourneJP edition: Amazon
CD+Blu-rayAmazon
Jewel CaseAustralian rock and roll band Airbourne return with their self-titled album, their first in seven years since 2019's Boneshaker.…
Teutonic Titans 1976-2026JP edition: Amazon
LimitedAmazon
2CDA fiftieth-anniversary album: re-recordings of the band's best-known songs, each with a long list of guest musicians.
Hoist the Colours HighJP edition: AmazonAmazon
Jewel CaseThe latest studio album by Tokyo Blade, British metal veterans who stand among the defining names of the N.W.O.B.H.M. scene.…
Stories of DestinyAmazonAmazon
ImportA new album from Mad Max, formed in Münster, Germany in 1982 and a presence in the melodic hard rock and metal scene ever since.…
Fire & VengeanceFire & Vengeance is the ninth solo album by Ricky Warwick, issued on 4 September 2026 by Earache Records. Warwick toured with New Model Army in 1987,…
ElectrifyedJP edition: AmazonAmazon
DigipakFormed in 1978 in Whitley Bay, north-east England, and part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal,…
Kindred NorthJP edition: AmazonAmazon
ImportThe debut album by Kindred North, the Nordic melodic hard rock project of Swedish singer-guitarist Andi Kravljaca and Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Andre…
APARADOXIAAmazonAPARADOXIA is the second full-length album by the Japanese band SLOTHREAT, and its first record for Marquee's AVALON label. The Japanese CD (MICL-20015),…
HunJP edition: AmazonThe HU's third studio album, their first since 2022's Rumble of Thunder. The four of them — Galaa, Jaya,…
GenerectionAmazon
2CDAmazon
Import 2CDCoreLeoni — the band led by Gotthard guitarist Leo Leoni — return with their fourth studio album,…
TAmazonViciSolum Productions issue T on 11 September 2026, and the copy on sale in Japan is that same release, arriving on the same day: one disc in a digipak,…
Wiped Out (4CD/DVD Expanded Edition)JP edition: Amazon
4CD+DVDAmazon
ImportA 4CD + DVD expanded edition built around Wiped Out, the second album by Raven, the Newcastle band who helped define the NWOBHM,…
Born With A HammerAmazonAmazon
ImportWard Records put out the Japanese edition of Born With A Hammer on 18 September 2026 as GQCS-91779, the same day earMUSIC release it everywhere else.…
Kissin' DynamiteAmazonGerman melodic metal band Kissin' Dynamite release this self-titled album on 18 September 2026 through Kissin' Dynamite Records,…
At Montreux Jazz FestivalAmazon
LimitedAmazon
2CDA live album from HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES — Alice Cooper (vocals), Johnny Depp (guitar),…
Obscured HorizonsAmazonThe eighth studio album from THE ETERNAL, the Australian/Finnish gothic and doom metal collective,…
Empowered EmotionsAmazonAmazon
ImportA solo album from English singer Gary John Barden, the voice of the Michael Schenker Group's early-1980s records,…
The Greater GoodAmazonAmazon
BonusThe second studio album from Swedish hard rock band Velveteen Queen, released worldwide on 18 September 2026 by Silver Lining Music,…
Whispers & TalesAmazonAn acoustic album by Bob Catley, the voice of Magnum. Recorded as a duo with Vince O'Regan (Escape, Legion, Pulse),…
Way BeyondAmazonWay Beyond is the second Mystery Moon album, following the duo's 2024 debut Shine,…
Cursum PerficioAmazonAmazon
DigipakCursum Perficio is a useful way to hear ANTHRAX from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.
LegacyJP edition: AmazonAmazon
ImportLegacy is a useful way to hear FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.
NineJP edition: AmazonRussian Circles are an instrumental band formed in Chicago, Illinois in late 2004. "Nine" is their ninth studio album, following "Gnosis" (2022),…
Decades' Report - Best Of A.C.TAmazon
2 SHM-CDA best-of compiled to mark the first Japanese shows by A.C.T, the progressive rock and pop band from Sweden.…
The Long Road BackAmazonCanadian singer Paul Laine — Danger Danger's frontman from 1993 to 2004 and, from 2016,…
DiscoveryAmazonThe fifth studio album from Metalite, the Swedish band formed in 2015 around guitarist and songwriter Edwin Premberg.…
BloodstainAmazonBLOODSTAIN formed in Stockholm at the end of 2023, and this self-titled record is the four-piece's debut album.…
Nothin' To Lose In Reading 1981AmazonGirlschool formed in London in 1978, growing out of the earlier band Painted Lady, which had been active since 1975.…
Crystal EyesAmazonThe fifth studio album by SPIDERS, a rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden.…
Throne of ThornsAmazonThe band counts this as its eighteenth studio album, released by Frontiers Music Srl on 25 September 2026.
Endless ThoughtsJP edition: AmazonRickert G is a one-man melodic death metal project from Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Metal Archives dates it to 2021, with Rickert G alone on vocals,…
Hanged's FateJP edition: AmazonThe debut album by New Sun, a four-piece from Padua and the province of Venice. It began when guitarist Lorenzo "Mr.…
InvasionJP edition: AmazonDrakkar formed in Belgium in 1983. Their debut X-Rated appeared in 1988 on the Paris label New Musidisc and led to European support slots with Queensryche,…
Stand And Be RecognizedJP edition: AmazonStand and Be Recognized is the first album by The Nude, a four-piece from Brooklyn. The band say the four of them, a South African, a New Yorker,…
Tempvs Edax RervmJP edition: AmazonStalwart formed in Saint Petersburg in 1999 and play death and thrash metal shaped by groove and progressive writing.…
Becoming Led ZeppelinAmazonPony Canyon's Japanese two-disc Blu-ray and DVD edition of Becoming Led Zeppelin, the 2025 documentary directed by Bernard MacMahon.…
AETHER CROSSAmazonAETHER CROSS is the second full-length album by the Japanese metal band Mana Diagram, and the first they made as a trio. Singer UYU,…
The Legend Of The Six KingsJP edition: AmazonThe Legend Of The Six Kings is a useful way to hear FROZEN CROWN from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.