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 Jan 31, 2012 |
Liberteer "Better To Die on Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees" (CD) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
Dorthal "Cell Regeneration" (CD/EP) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
King Giant "Dismal Hollow" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
Vendetta "Feed The Extermination" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
Tetrafusion "Horizons" (CD/EP) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
I Exist "II: The Broken Passage" (CD) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
The Sacrificed "III" (CD) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
At Home In Hell "In Home Hell" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
Astral Doors "Jerusalem" (CD) |
| Released Jan 31, 2012 |
Bleeding Through "The Great Fire" (CD) |
| Released Feb 2, 2012 |
Aggressor "Beyond All Reckoning" (CD) |
| Released Feb 3, 2012 |
Obolus "Lament" (CD/EP) |
| Released Feb 3, 2012 |
Severed Fifth "Liberate" (CD) |
| Released Feb 4, 2012 |
Analogies "Broadcasting" (CD/EP) |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
Chimp Spanner "All Roads Lead Here" (CD/EP) |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
Karnak Seti "In Harmonic Entropy" (CD) |
| Feb 7, 2012 |
Van Halen "A Different Kind Of Truth" (CD) |
| Feb 7, 2012 |
Nephelium "Coils of Entropy" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 7, 2012 |
The 11th Hour "Lacrima Mortis" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 7, 2012 |
Sandraudiga "The Hollow Nation" (CD) |
| Feb 7, 2012 |
Iron Fire "Voyage Of The Damned" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 11, 2012 |
Crimson Shadows "Glory On The Battlefield" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Earth "Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Avatar "Black Waltz" (CD/EP) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Dimesland "Creepmoon" (CD/EP) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
The Devastated "Devil's Messenger" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Pilgrim "Misery Wizard" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Ribozyme "Presenting the Problem" (CD) |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Immolith "StormDragon" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
Wykked Wytch "The Ultimate Deception" (CD) |
| Feb 20, 2012 |
Autopsy "All Tomorrow's Funerals" (2-CD Set) |
| Feb 20, 2012 |
Hamerex "Rites of Passage" (CD) |
| Feb 21, 2012 |
Common Dead "Diatribe" (CD) |
| Feb 24, 2012 |
Rage "21" (CD) |
| Feb 24, 2012 |
Pharaoh "Bury The Light" (CD) |
| Feb 24, 2012 |
Imminent Sonic Destruction "Recurring Themes" (CD) |
| Feb 27, 2012 |
Rhope "Turning Maybes Into Reality" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Opera Diabolicus "+ 1614" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Asphyx "Deathhammer" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Nothnegal "Decadence" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Veil Of Maya "Eclipse" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
The Safety Fire "Grind the Ocean" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
77 "High Decibels" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Caliban "I Am Nemesis" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Degradead "Live at Wacken and Beyond" (DVD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Lay Down Rotten "Mask Of Malice" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Monarch "Omens" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Christian Mistress "Possession" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
UFO "Seven Deadly" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
I The Breather "Truth and Purpose" (CD) |
| Feb 28, 2012 |
Death "Vivus!" (2-CD Set) |
| Feb 29, 2012 |
Amberian Dawn "Circus Black" (CD) |
| Mar 3, 2012 |
Ministry "Relapse" (CD) |
| Mar 6, 2012 |
Heidevolk "Batavi" (CD) |
| Mar 6, 2012 |
Every Time I Die "Ex Lives" (CD) |
| Mar 6, 2012 |
Doogie White & La Paz "Granite" (CD) |
| Mar 6, 2012 |
Unsu "The Filthy" (CD/EP) |
| Mar 6, 2012 |
Diabulus in Musica "The Wanderer" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Impending Doom "Baptized In Filth" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Spawn Of Possession "Incurso" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Mychildren Mybride "MyChildren MyBride" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
A Liquid Landscape "Nightingale Express" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Adrenaline Mob "Omertà " (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Epica "Requiem For The Indifferent" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Wizard Rifle "Speak Loud Say Nothing" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Barren Earth "The Devil's Resolve" (CD) |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
Primitive Weapons "The Shadow Gallery" (CD) |
| Mar 15, 2012 |
Orror "Monstro Brasilis" (CD) |
| Mar 16, 2012 |
Secrets of the Moon "Seven Bells" (CD) |
| Mar 20, 2012 |
Worm Ouroboros "Come the Thaw" (CD) |
| Mar 23, 2012 |
Zero Degree "Surreal World" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
General Surgery "A Collection of Depravation" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Axel Rudi Pell "Circle Of The Oath" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Dark Empire "From Refuge to Ruin" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Furyon "Gravitas" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Meshuggah "Koloss" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
The Burial "Lights and Perfections" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Saint Vitus "Lillie: F-65" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
3 Inches Of Blood "Long Live Heavy Metal" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
A Sound of Thunder "Out of the Darkness" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Hour of Penance "Sedition" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Hemina "Synthetic" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Overkill "The Electric Age" (CD) |
| Mar 27, 2012 |
Cynic "The Portal Tapes" (CD) |
| Apr 3, 2012 |
The Prestige "Black Mouths" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Pelican "Ataraxia/Taraxis" (CD/EP) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Exumer "Fire & Damnation" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Enthroned "Obsidium" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Jeff Loomis "Plains of Oblivion" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Emmure "Slave To The Game" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo "Tree of Tongues" (CD) |
| Apr 10, 2012 |
Woods Of Ypres "Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| Apr 17, 2012 |
Ufomammut "Opus Primum" (CD) |
| Apr 20, 2012 |
The Convalescence "Unmasking The Betrayer" (CD) |
| Apr 23, 2012 |
Running Wild "Shadowmaker" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
Fair Warning "Best And More" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
Cancer Bats "Dead Set On Living" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
16 "Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
Unleashed "Odalheim" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
Vesperian Sorrow "Stormwinds of Ages" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
7 Horns 7 Eyes "Throes of Absolution" (CD) |
| Apr 24, 2012 |
Paradise Lost "Tragic idol" (CD) |
| Apr 30, 2012 |
Enemy Remains "Two Faces, Two Minds" (CD) |
| May 8, 2012 |
Nate Hall "A Great River" (CD) |
| May 22, 2012 |
Firewind "Few Against Many" (CD) |
| Jun 5, 2012 |
Kreator "Phantom Antichrist" (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 31-1-12 |
Skydancer "Winterkiller" (CD) |
| Released 1-2-12 |
Lunar Path "Memento Mori" (CD) |
| Released 1-2-12 |
Aggression "Viocracy" (CD) |
| Released 2-2-12 |
Aggressor "Beyond All Reckoning" (CD) |
| Released 3-2-12 |
Obolus "Lament" (CD/EP) |
| 6-2-12 |
Caliban "I Am Nemesis" (CD) |
| 6-2-12 |
4arm "Submission For Liberty" (CD) |
| 6-2-12 |
Confession "The Long Way Home" (CD) |
| 8-2-12 |
Stam1na "Nocebo" (CD) |
| 10-2-12 |
Effloresce "Coma Ghosts" (CD) |
| 10-2-12 |
Sphere "Homo Hereticus" (CD) |
| 10-2-12 |
I Exist "II: The Broken Passage" (CD) |
| 10-2-12 |
Necronomicon "Invictus" (CD) |
| 10-2-12 |
Ribozyme "Presenting the Problem" (CD) |
| 13-2-12 |
Doogie White & La Paz "Granite" (CD) |
| 13-2-12 |
Coldworker "The Doomsayer's Call" (CD) |
| 14-2-12 |
Syven "Aikaintaite" (CD) |
| 14-2-12 |
Beneath the Massacre "Incongruous" (CD) |
| 15-2-12 |
Dead Summer Society "Visions From A Thousand Lives" (CD) |
| 17-2-12 |
Sangre Eterna "Asphyxia" (CD) |
| 17-2-12 |
Crimes Of Passion "To Die For" (CD) |
| 20-2-12 |
Outcast "Awaken the Reason" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Rage "21" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Pharaoh "Bury The Light" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Lyriel "Leverage" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Rizon "Masquerade" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Alkerdeel "Morinde" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Davidian "Their Fear Is Our Force" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Elmsfire "Thieves Of The Sun" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Hellsaw "Trist" (CD) |
| 24-2-12 |
Mordax "Violence Fraud Treachery" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
Dyscarnate "And So It Came To Pass" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
The Safety Fire "Grind the Ocean" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
Lay Down Rotten "Mask Of Malice" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
Mortad "Pandemic Paranoia" (CD/EP) |
| 27-2-12 |
Lord Of Mushrooms "Perspectives" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
Lanfear "This Harmonic Consonance" (CD) |
| 27-2-12 |
Rhope "Turning Maybes Into Reality" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| 28-2-12 |
77 "High Decibels" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| 29-2-12 |
Amberian Dawn "Circus Black" (CD) |
| 2-3-12 |
Heidevolk "Batavi" (CD) |
| 5-3-12 |
Bloodloss "The Struggle" (CD/EP) |
| 5-3-12 |
Diabulus in Musica "The Wanderer" (CD) |
| 5-3-12 |
Death "Vivus!" (2-CD Set) |
| 7-3-12 |
Torture Killer "I Chose Death" (CD/EP) |
| 9-3-12 |
Epica "Requiem For The Indifferent" (CD) |
| 10-3-12 |
Pandemonium "Misanthropy" (CD) |
| 12-3-12 |
Enochian Theory "Life... And All It Entails" (CD) |
| 12-3-12 |
Thunderkraft "Totentanz" (CD) |
| 16-3-12 |
Folkstone "Il Confine" (CD) |
| 16-3-12 |
Soulbound "Towards the Sun" (CD) |
| 16-3-12 |
Vendetta "World Under Fire" (CD) |
| 20-3-12 |
Enthroned "Obsidium" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Gun Barrel "Brace For Impact" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Bleeding Red "Evolutions Crown" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Furyon "Gravitas" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Meshuggah "Koloss" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Saint Vitus "Lillie: F-65" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Kissin' Dynamite "Money, Sex & Power" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Black Sheep Wall "No Matter Where It Ends" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Aura Noir "Out To Die" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Zero Degree "Surreal World" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Cynic "The Portal Tapes" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Acherontas "The Ruins of Edom" (CD/EP) |
| 23-3-12 |
Primitive Weapons "The Shadow Gallery" (CD) |
| 23-3-12 |
Seven Ends "To The Worms" (CD) |
| 26-3-12 |
Fair Warning "Best And More" (CD) |
| 26-3-12 |
Axel Rudi Pell "Circle Of The Oath" (CD) |
| 26-3-12 |
Stigmhate "The Sun Collapse" (CD) |
| 30-3-12 |
Embrional "Absolutely Anti-Human Behaviors" (CD) |
| 30-3-12 |
Atoma "Skylight" (CD) |
| 30-3-12 |
Overkill "The Electric Age" (CD) |
| 6-4-12 |
Exumer "Fire & Damnation" (CD) |
| 6-4-12 |
ETHS "III" (CD) >> Reviewed |
| 6-4-12 |
Hour of Penance "Sedition" (CD) |
| 9-4-12 |
Jeff Loomis "Plains of Oblivion" (CD) |
| 13-4-12 |
Ufomammut "Opus Primum" (CD) |
| 15-4-12 |
Dragonforce "The Power Within" (CD) |
| 20-4-12 |
Unleashed "Odalheim" (CD) |
| 23-4-12 |
Running Wild "Shadowmaker" (CD) |
| 23-4-12 |
Paradise Lost "Tragic idol" (CD) |
| 27-4-12 |
Winter's Verge "Beyond Vengeance" (CD) |
| 27-4-12 |
Crystal Viper "Crimen Excepta" (CD) |
| 27-4-12 |
Before the Dawn "Rise Of The Phoenix" (CD) |
| 27-4-12 |
Huntress "Spell Eater" (CD) |
| 7-5-12 |
Nate Hall "A Great River" (CD) |
| 18-5-12 |
Nightmare "Mercury Rain" (CD) |
| 1-6-12 |
Kreator "Phantom Antichrist" (CD) |
