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Portland, Maine death metal outfit WORM ALTAR have unveiled “Virescent Fire”, the second single from their forthcoming debut full-length, Pillars of Eternal Dusk. The track is receiving its premiere through Mystification Zine ahead of the album’s 16 October release via DAWNBREED RECORDS and GURGLING GORE. “Virescent Fire” follows first single “Watchers of the Gate” and […]

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Release Round Up – October 9th 2026

Every week there is a tidal wave of new music released unto the world. Each Friday we’ll round up some of the best new music available, some we’ve reviewed, some we haven’t, but all worth checking out!

Theres a lot of new heavy music hitting the airwaves this week, everything from black metal, death metal, gothic metal, Stoner rock, doom, thrash metal and even some of your traditional heavy metal!

Here’s what we think you should check out today!

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Ridiculously brutal moronic caveman death metal from Werewolves with ‘You’re Weak And You Know You’re Weak’ released via Back on Black.
“you’ll come away with a bloodied stump, for they’ll shred it from your vertebrae with ease.”
Read our full review here.

Midlands based post-hardcore/post-punk trio Bat Flattery release their self-titled album.
“a well crafted, emotional album that delivers both sonically and cerebrally.”
Read our full review here.

Epic power doom outfit Smoulder release ‘Witch Wife in an Alien World’ via Cruz Del Sur Music.
“one of today’s most underrated acts.”
Read our full review here.

Swedish melodic metal force Tungsten release ‘Ashes’ via Perception.
“a fun, energetic and varied album”
Read our full review here.

Leper Colony meld the Floridian and Stockholm styles of old school death metal on ‘Back to Primal Sludge’, released via Testimony Records.

Thronehammer ventures deeper into atmospheric and post-rock territory with new album ‘Slay | Kill | Erase’.
“Crushing, sorrowful and strikingly bold, this is Thronehammer at the peak of their powers.”
Read our full review here.

Rock

Graveyard – Fever (Nuclear Blast Records)
John Coffey – Not Alone (Long Branch Records)
Old Man’s Will – At Last (Small Stone Records)
Tenebra – A Death Chant [EP] (New Heavy Sounds)

Heavy Metal

Avrak – Avrak (Peaceville Records)
Callous Master – Callous Master (Invictus Productions)
Crimson Coven – I – The Forge (Cruz Del Sur Music)
David Caress – Azure (Independent)
Fail The Enemy – Sandcastles (Independent)
Left To Suffer – Unwelcome Guest (Hopeless Records)
Netherwildsq – Peasant Rising (King Volume Records)
RAM – Against (Metal Blade Records)
Sagittarius – Abomination of Mind (WormholeDeath Records)

Black Metal

Detresse – Misères (Vendetta Records)
Hyver – La Fête de la Forêt Enchantée (Antiq)
In Luna – The Architecture Of Negativity (Talheim Records)
In This Hell – Bliss (Trollzorn Records)
Marea – A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost (Hypnotic Dirge Records)
Taufpatin – Les Malfaisances de la Taufpatin (Antiq)
Urzirkel – In Silbernen Sprachen (Vendetta Records)

Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore

Cordyceps Corpse – Perverse Craving For Rotting Corpses (Gore House Productions)
Dawn Of Demise – Feed My Absurdity (Unique Leader Records)
Goatburner – Time of Danger (Time To Kill Records)
Hell-born – VII (Deformeathing Production)
Hellucination – Penumbral (Independent)
Hexabrot – Self-Similarity (Aenima Recordings)
In Obscurity Revealed – Caustic Maelstrom (Personal Records)
Leper Colony – Back To Primal Sludge (Testimony Records)
Sickmind – Babel Tower (Independent)
Veil Piercer – This Will Not Be Painless… [EP] (Prog On! Recordings)
Written in Blood – The Final War [EP] (Independent)

Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych

Cardinals Folly – Let The Posers Fall! (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Cultus Sanguine – Tears Painted Sky (My Kingdom Music)
Gnod – Chronicles of Gnowt (Vol 2) (Rocket Recordings)
Humulus – Smuggler’s Cave (Ripple Music)
Margarita – Abysses of Melancholia (Electric Valley Records)
Orbita – Farewell to All We’ve Lost (Aural Music)
Pegzilla – Disobedience (Ripple Music)
Steak – Steak (Stickman Records)
Thronehammer – Slay | Kill | Erase (Supreme Chaos Records)
Witchthroat Serpent – Demons Left To Roam (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Power Metal

Signum Regis – Beyond Spacetime (Independent)
Tungsten – Ashes (Perception)

Progressive Rock / Metal

Amaseffer – When The Lions Leave Their Den (Independent)
The Pineapple Thief – Far And Wide (Inside Out Music)

Thrash Metal

AWAP – Clown Carousel [EP] (Independent)
Hatesphere – Guillotine (Scarlet Records)

… and the rest!

Hollow Bone – Onar (Octopus Rising) [Post-Metal]
Kid Bookie – Cheaper Than Therapy II (FLG Records) [Trap Metal/NuMetal/Grime]
Muto – Muto (Independent) [Instrumental]
Wolfbrigade – Howl from Underground (Metal Blade Records) [Hardcore]
Zilqy – Birth Of Riot (Maverick) [Metalcore]

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Finnish melodic death metallers BRYMIR have taken an unexpected detour ahead of their fifth album, What We Leave Behind, transforming SCOOTER’s eurodance hit “How Much Is The Fish” into a full-blown melodeath cover. The song arrives with an official music video just days before the new record is released on 2 October via Napalm Records. […]

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Progressive thrash metal trio VOID SECTOR ZERO have announced their debut album, Dead Space Enigma, for 11 December via SEASON OF MIST, unveiling “Vortex Divinium” as its first single and music video. The band brings together guitarist Christian Muenzner (NECROPHAGIST, ex-OBSCURA, ex-ALKALOID), vocalist and bassist Alex Weber (REVOCATION, MALIGNANCY, EXIST) and drummer Gabe Seeber (DECREPIT […]

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Detroit, Michigan-based slamming brutal death metal band SLAMINEM premiere their new music video for "Just Two Cocks In Your Ass", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The track is taken from their 2025 EP "Slam Shady" and features Mick of Throne ov Extraterrestrials. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Black Spikes have premiered a music video for “Senas Demonas“, which arrived online, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The Lithuanian avant-garde metal outfit have already unleashed a string of enigmatic clips in the lead-up to their latest album “Ydos“, which arrived this past August via Napalm Records. Rokas Bašk… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Hard rock band Alter Bridge have shared official live footage of “Silent Divide” and “Addicted To Pain” from their inaugural “Blackbird Festival“, held at Cardiff Castle in Wales this past June. The band will return to the road closer to home later this fall, with the following U.S. headlining trek booked alongside Big Wreck and Tim Mont… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Tech thrash outfit Void Sector Zero have unleashed their debut single, “Vortex Divinium“, accompanied by a new music video filmed and directed by Jesus Hernandez. The trio have already assembled an impressive lineup featuring guitarist Christian Muenzner (Necrophagist, ex-Obscura, ex-Alkaloid), vocalist/bassist Alex Weber (Revocation, Malignanc… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Against seemingly impossible odds, a new album from Disfear is now on the horizon. The Swedish D-beat/crust outfit have announced a November 20th release for “The Last Nail“, a record shaped by immeasurable loss following the September 2025 death of vocalist Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg from cancer. The band have now suffered another devastating b… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

A Perfect Circle have unleashed another new single, “To Whom It May Concern“, alongside the announcement of a 2027 North American tour. The multi-platinum alternative metal collective, featuring Tool/Puscifer vocalist Maynard James Keenan, returned with their first new track in years, “Starless“, this past May amid an active 2026 touring schedu… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com