From the label desks
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Feuerschwanz — German folk metal band releases new single "Carpe Noctem" featuring In Extremo, with official video. Metfest runs December 19 in Essen and the joint tour starts April 2027.
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter — German metal veterans sign with Napalm Records, with a 13th studio album due summer 2027. Schrei!Nachten tour runs December 26 to 30, 2026.
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Frozen Crown — Italian power metallers cover the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" with official video. New album The Legend of the Six Kings out October 2, 2026.
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Chris Harms — Second solo album Aporia announced, out January 22, 2027. New single "Find What You Love And Let It Kill You" out now.
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The New Roses — New single "Saints & Sinners" out now with official video. Headlining tour starts October 30, 2026.
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HAGANE — Japanese melodic power metal band signs with Napalm Records. Album Through the Night gets a physical release January 15, 2027.
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Brymir — Finnish melodic death metallers cover Scooter's "How Much Is The Fish" with official video. New album What We Leave Behind out October 2, 2026.
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Thundermother — New album Mothers of Thunder announced, out February 5, 2027. First single "Bimbo Boost" out now.
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Knife — German speed metallers announce new album Into Your Nightmare, out December 18, 2026. First single "Shadows" out now.
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Crypta — Brazilian death metal force reveals new single "A Portrait of Decay" with official video.
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Skáld — French folk metal band releases third single "Dǫkksalir" with lyric video. New album Ørlǫg out September 25, 2026.
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DragonForce — Power metal pioneers announce self-titled tenth studio album, out March 19, 2027, with new vocalist Alissa White-Gluz. First single "Hunger of the Beast" out now.
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Prong — Alternative metal legends unleash new single "Fear The Sun" with video. Self-titled album out November 6, 2026.
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tAKiDA — New album Numbers announced, out January 8, 2027. New single "In Your Bed" out now.
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Konvent — Danish extreme-metal witches announce new album Firesky, out November 6, 2026.
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Temperance — Third single "The Tower: Lean Into Fear" + video. Album out October 16, 2026.
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Werewolves — You're Weak And You Know You're Weak, the band's seventh album in seven years, out October 9, 2026.
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Bülent Ceylan — New single "Randale und Radau" featuring In Extremo frontman Michael Rhein.
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Schandmaul — New single "Zwei Raben" with Laura Fella of Faun, plus official video.
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Savage Grace — Power/speed metal legends announce new album Underworld, out October 23, 2026.
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Accept — Heavy-metal icons reveal a 50th-anniversary re-rendition of "Losers and Winners" + video.
On our watch list
The upcoming records we track on Album Releases, mirrored here under their label.
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ZILQY — Debut full-length Birth of Riot, ten tracks, the band's first album-length statement.
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AVE MUJICA — Mini album 神の名を (Kami no Na wo), collecting insert songs from the film prima aurora.
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Savage Grace — Power/speed metal legends release new album Underworld.
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KOIAI — Live Blu-ray from the Starting Over tour, Heavy Kawaii Fes 2026 in Tokyo.
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BAND-MAID — New single SPIN, their first physical single in four and a half years and the new Beyblade X ending theme.
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HAGANE — Third full-length Through the Night, followed by a nationwide album tour into February 2027.
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