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RELEASE CALENDAR — October 2026

Metal and hard rock CDs released in October 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.

42 releases / updated

RedApril ArtAmazonThe fourth album by April Art, the alternative metal band formed in Germany in 2014. Built around frontwoman Lisa-Marie Watz,…
The Allfather AwakensAMON AMARTHAmazonThe thirteenth studio album by Amon Amarth, the melodic death / Viking metal band formed in Tumba, Sweden in 1992,…
AnnihilistHIPPOTRAKTORPelagic Records issues Annihilist on 2 October 2026, on CD in a digisleeve under the label's own SKU PEL338CD,…
The Gathering of DreamsFALLEN SANCTUARYJP edition: AmazonThe second album by Fallen Sanctuary, the project of Serenity vocalist Georg Neuhauser and Temperance / Serenity guitarist-vocalist Marco Pastorino,…
Steel Burning LiveGUS G.AmazonSteel Burning Live is a Japan-only EP by the Greek guitarist Gus G., known as the guitarist of Firewind,…
DecayGODFLESHJP edition: AmazonDecay is the tenth Godflesh album, made by Justin K. Broadrick and Ben Green.…
Gargoyle of the Garden StateSKID ROWJP edition: AmazonAmazon ImportThe first solo album under his own name from Rachel Bolan, Skid Row's co-founder and bassist, after some forty years. Nick Raskulinecz produced it, and ear…
AshesTUNGSTENAmazonAshes is the fifth studio album by the Swedish melodic power metal band Tungsten, released on 9 October 2026.…
Artificial IconsDEFECTSFormed in 2019, British melodic metalcore five-piece Defects follow their 2024 debut Modern Error with this second full-length,…
Mer Ström Åt FolketSTRÖMJP edition: AmazonThe third album by Ström, a five-piece from Växjö in the Småland region of southern Sweden. Black Lodge Records, through Sound Pollution,…
Chaos ControlCHAOS CONTROLAmazonThe third full-length album by CHAOS CONTROL, and a self-titled one, released by Repentless on 21 October 2026 as a CD (RETS-0048, ¥3,500 incl. tax).…
Live From New Haven 1988JUDAS PRIESTAmazonA two-disc Japanese edition of a Judas Priest concert given at New Haven, Connecticut on 7 August 1988,…
PropheciesDRAGONLANDAmazonDragonland's seventh studio album arrives on Scarlet Records, the Milan label that announced a multi-album deal with the Swedish band in December 2025.…
LAST WAY FORWARDVALKYRIE ZEROAmazonVALKYRIE ZERO are a four-piece thrash metal band from Osaka: Aya Ozeki on guitar and vocals, MIHO on guitar, COR on bass and backing vocals,…
PainstreamBLIND CHANNELAmazon LimitedAmazon StandardThe sixth studio album by Blind Channel, the Finnish band formed in Oulu in 2013, released by Century Media Records on 30 October 2026.…
The Ones We FollowSARCATORAmazonReigning Phoenix Music release the fourth Sarcator album worldwide on 30 October 2026, and Ward Records' Japanese edition lands the same day,…
The SchoolgirlsTHE SCHOOLGIRLSJP edition: AmazonAn album recorded in Florida in the mid-1990s and then shelved has finally been sold.…
In Lust We ThrustTHE DEVIL WEARS NADAJP edition: AmazonIn Lust We Thrust is the second album by THE DEVIL WEARS NADA, from Falköping in Sweden.…
DEMOlish ThisSERAIAHJP edition: AmazonSERAIAH formed in Indiana in 1985. By the label's account, a set at the Metal Fest in Decatur, Illinois in the summer of 1988, shared with Bride,…
Ozzy / Sabbath - The Ultimate TributeV.A.JP edition: AmazonEonian Records, a US label founded in 2008, put this ten-song tribute out on CD worldwide on 10 July 2026; Bit Organization / Eonian Records issue it in Ja…
Rise Above It AllJORGE CANANJP edition: AmazonRise Above It All is a fourteen-song melodic hard rock album by Jorge Canan, a singer from New Jersey,…
Hard To StopGASTEMJP edition: AmazonThe second GASTEM album since the band reunited. GASTEM formed in Damascus, Maryland in 1985 and were active until 1989 on the Baltimore-Washington D.C.…
PerfecthQUEENS OF THE STONE AGEAmazonPerfecth is the ninth studio album by Queens of the Stone Age,…
ArmagelionARMAGELIONAmazonWard Records brings ARMAGELION to Japan on CD on 30 October 2026 as GQCS-91797, and diskunion bills the record as a Japan-first debut.…
Thomas Miller's Lazarus EffectTHOMAS MILLER'S LAZARUS EFFECTAmazonAmazon LPThomas Miller founded Symphony X with Michael Romeo in 1994, having met him in the mid-1980s, and played bass on the early records — Symphony X,…
ZornhauZORNHAUJP edition: AmazonZornhau is a Swedish atmospheric black metal project, and Hvitramn plays and sings all of it alone.…
SzilánkokSENKIJP edition: AmazonSenki are a Hungarian trio and Szilánkok is their third EP — four songs that move between metalcore, groove metal and progressive writing,…
Ecce MundusLIVAJP edition: AmazonLiva formed in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1997 and call what they do symphonic power metal opera. The band is Nadine Guertin on soprano voice,…
Force Against The EndFIREFLAMEJP edition: AmazonFireFlame are a five-piece from Osaka and this is their worldwide debut album.…
ErneuerungAKANTOPHISJP edition: AmazonAkantophis are a German four-piece playing atmospheric black metal, formed in 1998, and Erneuerung is their fifth album.…
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