Upcoming Metal Releases
In following metal news on a daily basis, we maintain this list of upcoming metal releases to the best of our ability. However, we make no guarantees about its accuracy. Oftentimes newsletters and press releases do not specify the territory that the announced release date applies to and we do our best to research it or make educated guesses in such cases.
If you find that information here is wrong or lacking, feel free to send us an email via the contact form. (Please include a legitimate reference/link to back up your claim as well).
US / North America
| Date | Band/Release |
|---|---|
| Released Dec 2, 2013 |
Iron Dogs "Free and Wild" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Immortal Bird "Akrasia" (CD/EP) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Mastic Scum "C T R L" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Rhapsody Of Fire "Dark Wings Of Steel" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Sleeping Romance "Enlighten" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
I Exist "From Darkness" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Black Messiah "Heimweh" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Benedictum "Obey" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Human Fortress "Raided Land" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Silent Voices "Reveal The Change" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Rabbits "SOS (Singles, Other Shit)" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Eat the Gun "Stripped To The Bone" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Pro-Pain "The Final Revolution" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Angelica "Thrive" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Almah "Unfold" (CD) |
| Released Dec 3, 2013 |
Primal Fear "When Death Comes Knocking" (CD Single) |
| Released Dec 6, 2013 |
Mooncry "A Mirror's Diary" (CD) |
| Released Dec 6, 2013 |
Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies "Earth Air Spirit Water Fire" (CD) |
| Released Dec 6, 2013 |
Deformatory "In The Wake of Pestilence" (CD) |
| Released Dec 6, 2013 |
Slaughterday "Nightmare Vortex" (CD) |
| Released Dec 6, 2013 |
Crisis Alert "Urban Decay" (CD) |
| Dec 7, 2013 |
After The Burial "Wolves Within" (CD) |
| Dec 8, 2013 |
Shores of Elysium "Entity in the Void" (CD) |
| Dec 9, 2013 |
Ithilien "From Ashes to the Frozen Land" (CD) |
| Dec 10, 2013 |
Disfiguring the Goddess "Deprive" (CD) |
| Dec 10, 2013 |
Deliverance "Hear What I Say!" (CD) |
| Dec 10, 2013 |
Mastodon "Live At Brixton" (CD) |
| Dec 10, 2013 |
Groan "Ride the Snake" (CD) |
| Dec 10, 2013 |
Red Handed Denial "Stories of Old" (CD) |
| Dec 11, 2013 |
Divino Disturbo "Op I" (CD) |
| Dec 11, 2013 |
Deadspeaker "Our World Left Behind" (CD/EP) |
| Dec 13, 2013 |
Crystal Viper "Possession" (CD) |
| Dec 13, 2013 |
Alghazanth "The Three-faced Pilgrim" (CD) |
| Dec 13, 2013 |
Final Depravity "Thrash is Just the Beginning" (CD) |
| Dec 15, 2013 |
Kauan "Pirut" (CD) |
| Dec 16, 2013 |
Ingested "Revered By No One, Feared By All" (CD/EP) |
| Dec 16, 2013 |
Rainover "Transcending The Blue And Drifting Into Rebirth" (CD) |
| Dec 17, 2013 |
Valdur "At War With" (CD) |
| Dec 17, 2013 |
Kingdoms Of Flesh "The Age Of Darkness" (CD/EP) |
| Dec 20, 2013 |
Majesty "Banners High" (CD) |
| Dec 20, 2013 |
Basilisk "End Of Catastrophe" (CD) |
| Dec 20, 2013 |
Legions of War "Forced to the Ground" (CD) |
| Dec 21, 2013 |
The Sustained Low 'C' of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra "Lime/Meat" (CD) |
| Dec 23, 2013 |
Elegy of Madness "Brave Dreams" (CD) |
| Dec 24, 2013 |
Haemorrhage "Live Carnage (Feasting on Maryland)" (CD) |
| Dec 24, 2013 |
Sheol "Sepulchral Ruins Below The Temple" (Vinyl) |
| Dec 27, 2013 |
Screams Of Angels "Into The Warzone" (CD) |
| Dec 30, 2013 |
Catch the Sun "Legacy" (CD) |
| Dec 31, 2013 |
Calvaiire "Forceps" (CD) |
| Jan 1, 2014 |
Altar of Betelgeuze "Darkness Sustains the Silence" (CD) |
| Jan 7, 2014 |
Nigromante "Black Magic Night" (CD) |
| Jan 7, 2014 |
Siegewyrm "Harvest Begins" (CD) |
| Jan 7, 2014 |
Legion Of The Damned "Ravenous Plague" (CD) |
| Jan 10, 2014 |
Re-Armed "Rottendam" (CD) |
| Jan 10, 2014 |
The Isolation Process "The Isolation Process" (CD) |
| Jan 10, 2014 |
Magenta Harvest "Volatile Waters" (CD) |
| Jan 11, 2014 |
Theatre Nocturne "Depictions of Life and Death" (CD) |
| Jan 14, 2014 |
AC Angry "Black Denim" (CD) |
| Jan 14, 2014 |
Skull Fist "Chasing the Dream" (CD) |
| Jan 14, 2014 |
We All Die (Laughing) "Thoughtscanning" (CD) |
| Jan 17, 2014 |
Vital Science "Imaginations Of The Subject Of Infinity" (CD) |
| Jan 17, 2014 |
Majesty of Revival "Iron Gods" (CD) |
| Jan 18, 2014 |
Stuntman "Incorporate The Excess" (CD) |
| Jan 20, 2014 |
Graveborne "Through The Window Of The Night" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Battleaxe "Burn This Town" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Avichi "Catharsis Absolute" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Chrome Division "Infernal Rock Eternal" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Axel Rudi Pell "Into The Storm" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Throwdown "Intolerance" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Murmur "Murmur" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Operadyse "Operadyse" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Warfather "Orchestrating The Apocalypse" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Alcest "Shelter" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Persuader "The Fiction Maze" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Saving Grace "The Urgency" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Vardan "The Woods Is My Coffin" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
The Kennedy Veil "Trinity of Falsehood" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Grand Magus "Triumph and Power" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Nashville Pussy "Up the Dosage" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
The Vintage Caravan "Voyage" (CD) |
| Jan 21, 2014 |
Apostolum "Winds Of Disillusion" (CD) |
| Jan 24, 2014 |
Rain of Acid "Ghost Town" (CD) |
| Jan 25, 2014 |
Northern Plague "Manifesto" (CD) |
| Jan 27, 2014 |
Kampfar "Djevelmakt" (CD) |
| Jan 28, 2014 |
Ring of Fire "Battle Of Leningrad" (CD) |
| Jan 28, 2014 |
Periphery "Clear" (CD) |
| Jan 28, 2014 |
Primal Fear "Delivering The Black" (CD) |
| Jan 28, 2014 |
Metallica "Metallica: Through The Never" (DVD) |
| Jan 31, 2014 |
Mayan "Antagonise" (CD) |
| Jan 31, 2014 |
Lake of Tears "By The Black Sea" (DVD) |
| Jan 31, 2014 |
Ektomorf "Retribution" (CD) |
| Feb 1, 2014 |
Haymaker "Let Them Rot" (Vinyl) |
| Feb 4, 2014 |
Prostitute Disfigurement "From Crotch To Crown" (CD) |
| Feb 4, 2014 |
Caliban "Ghost Empire" (CD) |
| Feb 4, 2014 |
Hammercult "Steelcrusher" (CD) |
| Feb 7, 2014 |
Mantar "Death By Burning" (CD) |
| Feb 11, 2014 |
The Unguided "Fragile Immortality" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2014 |
Sammath "Godless Arrogance" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
I Killed The Prom Queen "Beloved" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
Benighted "Carnivore Sublime" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
Soreption "Engineering the Void" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
Cynic "Kindly Bent To Free Us" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
Artificial Brain "Labyrinth Constellation" (CD) |
| Feb 18, 2014 |
Adrenaline Mob "Men Of Honor" (CD) |
| Feb 24, 2014 |
Crematory "Antiserum" (CD) |
| Feb 24, 2014 |
Hirax "Immortal Legacy" (CD) |
| Mar 4, 2014 |
I Am Heresy "Thy Will" (CD) |
| Mar 11, 2014 |
Havenside "Living Our Darkest Days" (CD) |
| Mar 18, 2014 |
The Prestige "Ecotone" (CD) |
| Mar 25, 2014 |
Magnum "Escape From The Shadow Garden" (CD) |
| Apr 15, 2014 |
Triptykon "Melana Chasmata" (CD) |
| Dec 1, 2014 |
Xenos "In The Craypot" (CD) |
Europe / Worldwide*
* The world-wide release date (barring North America) often corresponds to the European release date. However, smaller labels and regional distros may render this correlation invalid in many instances.
| Date | Band/Release |
|---|---|
| Released 3-12-13 |
Royal Hunt "A Life To Die For" (CD) |
| Released 3-12-13 |
Primal Fear "When Death Comes Knocking" (CD Single) |
| Released 6-12-13 |
Rustfield "Kingdom Of Rust" (CD) |
| Released 6-12-13 |
Ewigheim "Nachruf" (CD) |
| Released 6-12-13 |
Zombie Lake "Plague Of The Undead" (CD) |
| 8-12-13 |
Triddana "Ripe For Rebellion" (CD) |
| 9-12-13 |
Dismal "Giostra Di Vapore" (CD) |
| 10-12-13 |
Mastodon "Live At Brixton" (CD) |
| 13-12-13 |
Gaped "Murderous Inception" (CD) |
| 13-12-13 |
Crystal Viper "Possession" (CD) |
| 13-12-13 |
Silent Force "Rising From Ashes" (CD) |
| 20-12-13 |
Thaurorod "Anteinferno" (CD) |
| 27-12-13 |
Screams Of Angels "Into The Warzone" (CD) |
| 10-1-14 |
The Vintage Caravan "Voyage" (CD) |
| 13-1-14 |
Skull Fist "Chasing the Dream" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Pleonexia "Break All Chains" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Vital Science "Imaginations Of The Subject Of Infinity" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Chrome Division "Infernal Rock Eternal" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Majesty of Revival "Iron Gods" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Murmur "Murmur" (CD) |
| 17-1-14 |
Persuader "The Fiction Maze" (CD) |
| 20-1-14 |
Graveborne "Through The Window Of The Night" (CD) |
| 20-1-14 |
Ethersens "Your Wandering Ghost" (CD) |
| 24-1-14 |
Ring of Fire "Battle Of Leningrad" (CD) |
| 24-1-14 |
Primal Fear "Delivering The Black" (CD) |
| 24-1-14 |
Stormwarrior "Thunder & Steele" (CD) |
| 24-1-14 |
Descend "Wither" (CD) |
| 27-1-14 |
Caliban "Ghost Empire" (CD) |
| 27-1-14 |
Hammercult "Steelcrusher" (CD) |
| 3-2-14 |
The Unguided "Fragile Immortality" (CD) |
| 7-2-14 |
Kowai "Dissonance" (CD) |
| 14-2-14 |
Appearance Of Nothing "A New Beginning" (CD) |
| 14-2-14 |
Vanden Plas "Chronicles Of The Immortals, Pt. I: Netherworld" (CD) |
| 14-2-14 |
Cynic "Kindly Bent To Free Us" (CD) |
| 21-2-14 |
Hirax "Immortal Legacy" (CD) |
| 21-2-14 |
Silent Opera "Reflections" (CD) |
| 24-2-14 |
Adrenaline Mob "Men Of Honor" (CD) |
| 3-3-14 |
I Am Heresy "Thy Will" (CD) |
| 10-3-14 |
Vita Imana "Oceanidae" (CD) |
| 24-3-14 |
Magnum "Escape From The Shadow Garden" (CD) |
| 28-3-14 |
Circle of Chaos "Crossing The Line" (CD) |
| 23-8-13 |
Trouble "The Distortion Field" (CD) >> Reviewed |
