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Reviews of 2026 releases

164 albums released this year.

Andvara Andvara Midnight Mysticism Atmospheric Post-MetalPost-Black MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 Jun 2026 Double Horse Double Horse Violent Sessions Doom MetalSludge MetalStoner Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 Jun 2026 Taihr Taihr Allicanto Alternative RockProgressive RockCrossover ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 Jun 2026 In Vespro In Vespro Where Silence Used To Sleep Death-DoomDoom MetalDeath Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jun 2026 Smokemaster Smokemaster In the Temple Psychedelic RockHeavy PsychStoner Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jun 2026 Starless Void Starless Void Mors Certa, Hora Incerta Death-DoomDoom MetalOccult Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jun 2026 Litúrgia Litúrgia I Epic Doom MetalDoom MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 Jun 2026 Plaindrifter Plaindrifter Gestalt Stoner RockHeavy PsychProgressive Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 Jun 2026 Green Desert Water Green Desert Water Eerie Meadows Stoner RockHeavy PsychGrunge ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 Jun 2026 Leviathan Rising Leviathan Rising King in Yellow Sludge MetalPost-MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 Jun 2026 Warning Warning Rituals of Shame Doom MetalAtmospheric DoomEpic Doom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 20 Jun 2026 Gold Spire Gold Spire Steps into Shadow Death-DoomProgressive MetalAvant-Garde Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 19 Jun 2026 Red Sun Red Sun Songs from Hidden Places Psychedelic RockStoner RockHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 19 Jun 2026 Undrowned Undrowned Universe Death-DoomMelodic Death MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 19 Jun 2026 Cenozoa Cenozoa Manta Hymns Post-MetalDoom MetalSludge ● ● ● ○ ○ 18 Jun 2026 Numen Numen Erre Atmospheric Black MetalPagan Black MetalBlack Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 18 Jun 2026 Tidal Wave Tidal Wave Volume Tree Stoner RockHeavy PsychHeavy Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 18 Jun 2026 Aghalmar Aghalmar Ruin Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 15 Jun 2026 Galibot Galibot Catabase Melodic Black MetalAtmospheric Black MetalBlack Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 15 Jun 2026 PallBear PallBear Grief Is Love Doom MetalPost-RockHeavy Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 15 Jun 2026 Acid Row Acid Row Magic Stoner DoomHeavy PsychNoise Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jun 2026 El Altar del Holocausto El Altar del Holocausto Ecos Post-MetalDoom MetalInstrumental ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jun 2026 Solar Mantra Solar Mantra State of Joyful Lightness Stoner RockHeavy PsychHeavy Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jun 2026 Afterwise Afterwise Disintegration Post-MetalPost-RockInstrumental ● ● ● ○ ○ 13 Jun 2026 Fyrnask Fyrnask Íosir Atmospheric Black MetalAmbient Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 13 Jun 2026 Soulburn Soulburn Quantifying Cosmic Doom Blackened Death MetalDeath-DoomBlack Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 13 Jun 2026 Alunah & Samavayo Alunah & Samavayo Embers of Belief Stoner RockDoom MetalHeavy Psych ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 Jun 2026 Arroganz Arroganz Death Doom Punks Death MetalBlack MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 Jun 2026 King Potenaz King Potenaz Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2 Stoner DoomOccult RockPsychedelic Doom ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 Jun 2026 In a Forest Dark In a Forest Dark To a God Unknown Death-DoomGothic MetalAtmospheric Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 11 Jun 2026 Mörkekraft Mörkekraft Fragments Stoner RockHeavy RockAlternative Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 11 Jun 2026 Primal Cult Primal Cult Dark Passage Atmospheric Black MetalMelodic Black MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 11 Jun 2026 Crobu Crobu More Than This SludgePost-MetalGroove Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 10 Jun 2026 Food for the Wyrm Food for the Wyrm A Wicked Huntsman Folk MetalDark FolkDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 10 Jun 2026 Gravvålnad Gravvålnad Dreams of Evernight Atmospheric Black MetalEpic Black MetalDark Ambient ● ● ● ○ ○ 10 Jun 2026 Blüdwyrm Blüdwyrm The Blissful Sleep Of Ignorance SludgeDoom MetalStoner Doom ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Jun 2026 Junon Junon The Golden Citadel of the Astral Sphere Avant-Garde Black MetalAtmospheric Black MetalDrone ● ● ● ● ○ 9 Jun 2026 Together to the Stars Together to the Stars Iridescence Post-Black MetalBlackgazeAtmospheric Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Jun 2026 Aetere Aetere Théogonie DoomgazeDroneShoegaze ● ● ● ○ ○ 8 Jun 2026 Mandy Manala Mandy Manala Something Wicked Hard RockStoner RockOccult Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 8 Jun 2026 Urzah Urzah A Tranquil Void Progressive Sludge MetalPost-MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 8 Jun 2026 Chullachaqui Chullachaqui Epiphanic Perdition Post-MetalSludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 7 Jun 2026 Dead Void Dead Void Cranial Devastation Death Doom MetalDeath MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 7 Jun 2026 Oh Hiroshima Oh Hiroshima And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter Post-RockPost-MetalCinematic ● ● ● ● ○ 7 Jun 2026 Brüle Brüle Beltane Stoner DoomDoom MetalOccult Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jun 2026 Go Mahhh Go Mahhh Doppelgänger Heavy PsychFuzz RockKrautrock ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jun 2026 Hanry Hanry What Came From Silence Post-RockCinematicHeavy Post-Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Jun 2026 Sad Whisperings Sad Whisperings The Hermit Death Doom MetalDoom MetalDeath Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Jun 2026 The Dharma Chain The Dharma Chain Some Kind Of Pure State Neo-PsychedeliaShoegazeKrautrock ● ● ● ○ ○ Pre-Release The Fifth Alliance The Fifth Alliance Stenahoria Blackened DoomPost-Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Jun 2026 Tooms Tooms Karst Sludge MetalDoom MetalProgressive Sludge ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Jun 2026 Elder Elder Through Zero Heavy Psychedelic RockProgressive RockPost-Stoner ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 Erdve Erdve Epigrama Dissonant HardcoreBlackened HardcorePost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 Monolord Monolord Neverending Stoner Doom MetalDoom MetalPsychedelic Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 Mother Bear Mother Bear Orm 2 Stoner Doom MetalSludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 Sealess Sealess Aura Doom MetalCold WaveDark Wave ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 AYD AYD AYD Sludge MetalDoom MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 29 May 2026 Consecration Consecration Exanimis Death Doom MetalDeath MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ Pre-Release Godthrymm Godthrymm Projections Doom MetalEpic Doom MetalMelodic Doom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 29 May 2026 Downfall of Nur Downfall of Nur And the Firmament Will Burn to Quench the Pain of this Earth Atmospheric Black MetalBlack MetalFolk MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 28 May 2026 Fuzzrider Fuzzrider Desert Boogie Stoner RockBlues RockHeavy PsychFuzz Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 28 May 2026 Hypnosaur Hypnosaur Afterlife Stoner RockHeavy RockHard Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 28 May 2026 Inherits the Void Inherits the Void The Silent Abscission Atmospheric Black MetalMelodic Black MetalBlack Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ Pre-Release Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell The Trouble With The Shovell Heavy RockHard RockHeavy PsychStoner Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 26 May 2026 Endless Floods Endless Floods PASSAGES DoomgazePost-RockPost-MetalDark FolkDrone ● ● ● ● ○ 26 May 2026 Khybernaut Khybernaut Tales of Ashes and Delusion Stoner MetalStoner RockHeavy Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 26 May 2026 Deliverance Deliverance The Voyager Golden Banquet Sludge MetalBlack MetalAvant-Garde MetalPsychedelic RockProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 25 May 2026 Lorn Lorn Searing Blood Black MetalAtmospheric Black MetalRaw Black MetalExperimental ● ● ● ○ ○ 25 May 2026 Sloth Sloth Slothmachine Stoner RockHeavy PsychDoom MetalFuzz Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 25 May 2026 Jesus Crustus Jesus Crustus El Crustadore Crust PunkGrindcoreSludgeD-Beat ● ● ● ○ ○ 24 May 2026 Sauvageoness Sauvageoness A Maze Deep In Doom MetalShoegazePost-PunkIndustrialDream Pop ● ● ● ● ○ 24 May 2026 The Space Huns The Space Huns Sunny Road Stoner RockHeavy PsychInstrumentalBlues Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 24 May 2026 Buio Dentro Buio Dentro Aurora Post-MetalNoise RockSludgeDrone ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 May 2026 Goddess Goddess Ritual of the Cloven Hoof Doom MetalStoner DoomHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 23 May 2026 Hex A.D. Hex A.D. Surgical Cuts in the Cosmos Doom MetalProgressive MetalStoner RockHeavy Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 May 2026 Faded Remembrance Faded Remembrance The Blessing Of Downfall Doom MetalAtmospheric DoomGothic MetalExperimental ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 May 2026 Impure Wilhelmina Impure Wilhelmina Le Sanglot Progressive MetalPost-HardcorePost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 22 May 2026 Sons of Node Sons of Node Consequence of Abundance Sludge MetalStoner MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 May 2026 The Dead At Sea The Dead At Sea III Post-RockPost-MetalHeavy PsychDrone ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 May 2026 Abyssian Abyssian Let Me Die Under the Stars Gothic MetalDoom MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 May 2026 Manøver Manøver Insurrection Crust PunkSludgeD-BeatHardcore ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 May 2026 Red Swamp Red Swamp Peace and Hate Groove MetalSludge MetalStoner MetalHeavy Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 May 2026 Damask Damask Three Times Ten Progressive RockDoom MetalStoner RockAcoustic ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 May 2026 Dromos Dromos Failing Light Funeral DoomDoom MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 20 May 2026 Void Sinker Void Sinker Cycle Doom MetalDroneSludgeInstrumental ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 May 2026 Godes Yrre Godes Yrre Feelings Can Burn You Stoner DoomGothic MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ Pre-Release Belzebong Belzebong The End Is High Stoner DoomDoom MetalOccult RockInstrumental ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2026 Bismut Bismut Matsutake Heavy PsychProgressive RockStoner RockSpace Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2026 Black Toaster Black Toaster Astrobird Stoner RockHeavy RockHard Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 15 May 2026 Oreyeon Oreyeon The Grotesque Within Heavy PsychStoner DoomDoom MetalProgressive Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2026 The Cosmic Dead The Cosmic Dead Beyond The Beyond Space RockPsychedelic RockKrautrockDrone ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2026 Yeast Machine Yeast Machine Bad Milk Stoner RockGrungePsychedelic RockHeavy Psych ● ● ● ○ ○ 15 May 2026 Turpentine Valley Turpentine Valley Veuel — Revisited Post-MetalPost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 13 May 2026 Azken Auzi Azken Auzi Infernua Blackened DoomSludge MetalDoom MetalPost-Hardcore ● ● ● ● ○ 12 May 2026 Cowboys & Aliens Cowboys & Aliens Finis Temporum Stoner RockAlternative RockHeavy Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 May 2026 Desert Colossus Desert Colossus Apparatus Stoner RockStoner DoomHeavy PsychFuzz Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 May 2026 Kaleidobolt Kaleidobolt Karakuchi Progressive RockPsychedelic RockNoise RockProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 12 May 2026 Kal-El Kal-El Astral Voyager Vol. 2 Stoner DoomStoner RockHeavy PsychDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 12 May 2026 Misty Route Misty Route Ethos Progressive MetalAlternative MetalPsychedelic RockPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 May 2026 Red Sun Atacama Red Sun Atacama Summerchild Desert RockStoner RockHeavy PsychHardcore Punk ● ● ● ● ○ 12 May 2026 Unearthly Rites Unearthly Rites Tortural Symphony of the Flesh Death MetalGrindcoreCrust PunkHardcore Punk ● ● ● ● ○ 12 May 2026 Low Road Low Road Low Road Post-MetalSludge MetalPost-HardcoreDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 May 2026 Poly-Math Poly-Math Something Deeply Hidden Progressive MetalMath MetalIndustrialPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 May 2026 Slund Slund Last One GrindcorePowerviolenceHardcore PunkSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 May 2026 Cesar Sun Cesar Sun The Palace Stoner RockHardcore PunkPost-Hardcore ● ● ● ○ ○ 7 May 2026 Occult Hand Order Occult Hand Order Meaningless Monuments Post-MetalAtmospheric Black MetalBlackgazeDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 7 May 2026 White Tundra White Tundra Stories From The Dark Post-MetalSludge MetalPost-HardcoreDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 7 May 2026 Drawn Into Descent Drawn Into Descent Onrust Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 May 2026 Northern Graves Northern Graves Derelict Heart Blackened DoomAtmospheric Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 3 May 2026 Ultha Ultha A Light So Dim Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 May 2026 Atlantic Ridge Atlantic Ridge Atlantic Ridge Atmospheric Black MetalFuneral DoomPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 29 Apr 2026 Cruel Force Cruel Force Haneda Speed MetalHeavy MetalThrash Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 28 Apr 2026 Tons Tons Stoned Villains Sludge MetalDoom MetalStoner Doom ● ● ● ○ ○ 28 Apr 2026 Bekor Qilish Bekor Qilish Consecrated Abysses of Dread Avant-Garde Black MetalTechnical Death MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 25 Apr 2026 Corrosive Agent Corrosive Agent Vastator Mundi Death MetalBlackened Death MetalGroove Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 24 Apr 2026 Fátima Fátima Primal Stoner DoomGrungePost-Punk ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 Apr 2026 Goatsmoker Goatsmoker E.R.I.S. Doom MetalSludge MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 23 Apr 2026 Crouch Crouch Breaking the Catatonic State Sludge MetalPost-HardcoreMathcore ● ● ● ● ○ 22 Apr 2026 Myar Myar Bleak Mountains Stoner RockDoom MetalHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 22 Apr 2026 Syberia Syberia Quan Tot S'Apagui Post-MetalPost-RockInstrumental Post-Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 22 Apr 2026 Worm Worm Necropalace Black MetalDoom MetalDeath Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Apr 2026 Moloch Moloch Bend. Break. Kneel. Crawl. Sludge MetalPunk ● ● ● ● ○ 21 Apr 2026 Ponte del Diavolo Ponte del Diavolo De Venom Natura Post-PunkBlack MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ● 20 Apr 2026 Ethereal Darkness Ethereal Darkness Echoes Melodic Death MetalDoom MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 19 Apr 2026 Doodswens Doodswens Doodswens Black MetalDSBM ● ● ● ● ○ 18 Apr 2026 The Holeum The Holeum Ensis Doom MetalDeath MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ● ● 18 Apr 2026 Funeral Pile Funeral Pile Summoning Death MetalDoom MetalBlack Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 17 Apr 2026 Sotabosc Sotabosc El Batec dels Maquis Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalPost-Rock ● ● ● ● ● 17 Apr 2026 Unmother Unmother State Dependent Memory Post-Black MetalPost-PunkExperimental ● ● ● ○ ○ 16 Apr 2026 Desert Storm Desert Storm Buried Under the Weight of Reason Stoner RockSludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Apr 2026 Rosa Faenskap Rosa Faenskap Ingenting Forblir Black MetalHardcorePost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 14 Apr 2026 Vertige Vertige Chute-Libre Black MetalAtmospheric Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 12 Apr 2026 Void of Light Void of Light Asymmetries Post-MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Apr 2026 Splendidula Splendidula Absentia Atmospheric Black MetalDoom MetalDSBM ● ● ● ○ ○ 6 Apr 2026 Lantlôs Lantlôs Nowhere in Between Forever Alternative RockShoegazePost-Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 Apr 2026 Unverkalt Unverkalt Héréditaire Post-MetalProgressive Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Apr 2026 Cult of Occult Cult of Occult I Have No Name Sludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ● 31 Mar 2026 Domhain Domhain In Perfect Stillness Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalBlackgaze ● ● ● ● ○ 31 Mar 2026 Matador Matador Above, Below and So Post-MetalAtmospheric Doom ● ● ● ● ● 31 Mar 2026 Weedpecker Weedpecker V Psychedelic RockStoner RockProgressive Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 24 Mar 2026 Witchcraft Witchcraft A Sinner's Child Proto-DoomFolkOccult Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 24 Mar 2026 Zahn Zahn Purpur Noise RockKrautrockPost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 24 Mar 2026 Gaerea Gaerea Loss Post-Black MetalExtreme Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 20 Mar 2026 The Mountain King The Mountain King Pike Dreams Doom MetalDroneAmbientPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 18 Mar 2026 Bosse-de-Nage Bosse-de-Nage Hidden Fires Burn Hottest Post-Black MetalBlackgazePost-Hardcore ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Mar 2026 Vor die Hunde Vor die Hunde Weltmarktführer Befiehl – Wir Entfolgen! GrindcoreDeath MetalPunk ● ● ● ● ● 13 Mar 2026 auszaat auszaat Dissolve Black MetalSludge MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 Mar 2026 Bloodred Bloodred Colours of Pain Blackened Death MetalMelodic Death MetalExtreme Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Mar 2026 Slaughterday Slaughterday Dread Emperor Death MetalDoom MetalOld School Death Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Mar 2026 Misotheist Misotheist De Pinte Black MetalBlack/Doom Metal ● ● ● ● ● 25 Feb 2026 Nightscape Nightscape Cosmic Viewer Stoner DoomPsychedelic RockInstrumental ● ● ● ● ○ 22 Feb 2026 Turpentine Valley Turpentine Valley Veuel Post-MetalDoomExperimental ● ● ● ● ○ Pre-Release American Sharks American Sharks Not Dead Yet Stoner RockPunk MetalFuzz Rock ● ● ● ● ○ Pre-Release GOZD GOZD Trees Are Silent Post-MetalStoner RockAtmospheric MetalInstrumental ● ● ● ● ○ 20 Feb 2026 Wright Valley Trio Wright Valley Trio Leben ist Schmerz Doom MetalSludgePost-Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Feb 2026 Course of Fate Course of Fate Behind the Eclipse Progressive MetalHeavy Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 23 Jan 2026 Cryptic Shift Cryptic Shift Overspace & Supertime Tech DeathThrash MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 29 Dec 2025 Enshine Enshine Elevation Doom MetalDeath MetalMelodic Death Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 27 Nov 2025 ZU ZU Ferrum Sidereum Avant-Garde MetalJazz MetalExperimental ● ● ● ● ○ 19 Nov 2025 Bizarrekult Bizarrekult Alt Som Finnes Black MetalPost-Black MetalExperimental Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 26 Oct 2025 The Hirsch Effekt The Hirsch Effekt Der Brauch Prog MetalPost-HardcoreArt Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 18 Oct 2025 Profane Elegy Profane Elegy Herezjarcha Atmospheric Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 19 Jul 2025 The Ruins of Beverast The Ruins of Beverast Tempelschlaf Black MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 20 May 2025 Tarlung Tarlung Axis Mundi Doom MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2025
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