What's New In Metal Albums Today, August 25th

Friday has arrived and that means a slew of new metal and hard rock albums are now available digitally, via label mail order, or in that dwindling number of stores that still carry physical products. Honestly, I'm not even sure if you can still buy CDs where I live since all our record shops shut down.

So, what's out this week that's actually worth hearing though? Below we've rounded up the best of mainstream and indie releases across the entire genre spectrum that you should be checking out. From black metal to stoner rock to prog, here's what's out today (August 25th):

Howling Giant - "Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2" (fuzz / stoner rock)
Grande Royale - "Breaking News" (heavy hard rock)
The Haunted - "Strength In Numbers" (death / thrash)
Dagoba - "Black Nova" (groove / industrial metal)
Mordatorium - "Obsessed With Death" (death metal)
Crimfall - "Amain" (symphonic power / viking metal)
Ledge - "Cold Hard Concrete" (sludge)
The New Roses -"One More For The Road" (hard rock)
Crafteon - "Cosmic Reawakening" (black metal)
Fornhem - "Ett Fjärran Kall" (black metal)
Alazka - "Phoenix" (post-hardcore)
Der Weg Einer Freiheit - "Finisterre" (black metal)
Brendon Small's Galaktikon - "Galaktikon II: Become The Storm" (melodic death metal)
Chastain - "We Bleed Metal 17" (power metal)
Leprous - "Malina" (prog)
Nervecell - "Past, Present…Torture" (death / thrash)
Phantoms - "Screaming on the Inside" (post-metalcore)
Jack Starr's Burning Starr - "Stand Your Ground" (classic heavy metal)
Inanimate Existence - "Underneath a Melting Sky" (tech death)

What are you picking up this week, and did we miss anything that drops today you think should make the list? Let us know in the comments!