Friday, April 17, 2026 — here are the most important releases of the week.
Crimson Glory – “Chasing the Hydra”
The American power/progressive metallers release their 5th album via BraveWords Records.
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life – “The Dead Ones”
The American deathcore band releases their 8th album via Metal Blade Records.
Skindred – “You Got This”
The British alternative metallers release their 9th album via Earache.

Victorius – “World War Dinosaur”
The German power metal band releases their 7th album via Reigning Phoenix Music.
.gif from god – “Dissimulation”
The American grindcore band releases their 2nd album via Prosthetic Records.
Reeking Aura – “On the Promise of the Moon”
The American death metal band releases their 2nd album via Profound Lore Records.
Rise of Kronos – “Slaves of Time”
The German death/thrash metal band releases their 5th album.
Draken – “Here Be Draken”
The Norwegian stoner metal band releases their 3rd album via Majestic Mountain Records.
Warside – “Cognitive Extinction”
The French death metal band releases their debut album via Gruesome Records.
Thunderor – “Bleed for It”
The Canadian heavy metal band releases their 2nd album via Boonsdale Records.
Vanderlust – “The Human Farm”
The Italian heavy/progressive/power metal band releases their 2nd album via Rockshots Records.
Only Sons – “Through the Night Again”
The Polish heavy/southern metal band releases their 2nd album.
Godsnake – “Inhale the Noise”
The German thrash metal band releases their 3rd album via Massacre Records.
Sleep Throne – “Swamp Mentality”
The American doom/death metal band releases their 6th album.
Muerto – “Eclipsed Realms”
The Mexican black metal band releases their 3rd album via Transcending Obscurity Records.
Doodswens – “Doodswens”
The Dutch black metal band releases their 2nd album via Svart Records.
Sabiendas – “Puppeteer of Doom”
The German death metal band releases their 4th album via Kernkraftritter Records.
Sznur – “Cwel”
The Polish black metal band releases their 6th album via Godz ov War Productions.
Lividus – “Scarabaeus”
The American progressive/melodic death metal band releases their debut album via Nameless Grave Records.
Necromancer – “Unholy Trinity”
The German thrash/black metal band releases their 2nd album via Evil Spell Records.
Ignifania – “El eco de las mil batallas”
The Chilean black metal band releases their debut album via Schattenkult Produktionen.
Ignobleth – “Manor of Primitive Anticreation”
The Italian blackened death metal band releases their debut album via Caligari Records.
Boisson Divine – “Eretatge”
The French folk metal band releases their 4th album via Verycords.
Master’s Ashes – “How the Mighty Have Fallen”
The international heavy metal band releases their debut album via Time to Kill Records.
Daemonium Regni – “Daemonium Regni”
The Swedish doom/black metal band releases their debut album via Darkness Shall Rise Productions.
Vargrav – “Dimension: Daemonium”
The Finnish black metal band releases their 4th album via Werewolf Records.
Ordh – “Blind in Abyssal Realms”
The American death metal band releases their debut album via Pulverised Records.
The Fals – “Where Cold Steel Gleams”
The German blackened heavy metal band releases their 2nd album via Undercover Records.
Oïkoumen – “Rsilience”
The French symphonic metal band releases their 2nd album.
Deianeira – “The Lighthouse Keeper”
The Czech heavy/doom metal band releases their 8th album.
Veltharion – “Black Hole’s Dance”
The Brazilian death/black metal band releases their debut album.
Kill or Cure – “The Prisoner”
The British heavy metal band releases their 2nd album.
In Pain – “My Knife Cuts Flesh”
The Swedish death metal band releases their 3rd album via Southcoast Productions.
Resumption – “The Respite”
The Portuguese death/doom metal band releases their debut album.
Anthea – “Beyond the Dawn”
The American symphonic metal band releases their 3rd album via Rockshots Records.
Ashley Kilingfelde – “Palindrome”
The American heavy/doom/death metal project releases its 3rd album.
Class Traitor – “The Images Aren’t Mine”
The Australian sludge/post-metal band releases their 2nd album via Transylvanian Recordings.
Beneath Purgatory – “…of the Depths”
The American black metal band releases their 5th album via Frozen Gate Kult.
Nolove – “I tak wszyscy umrzemy”
The Polish experimental/depressive black metal band releases their 8th album.
Pissrot – “Absolute Form”
The American death metal band releases their 2nd album via Iron Fortress Records.
Demons My Friends – “Survive/Yourself”
The American stoner metal band releases their 2nd album via Ripple Music.