With their ever-mutating brand of jazz- and country-laced punk, Opus Kink have always cut a singular figure in a saturated landscape. Making their name with incendiary, cult-like live shows, the band has developed a sound as elusive as it is recognizable. Underscored by a formidable horn section and a ragged, sardonic delivery, the group bears a passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts such as The Pop Group, The Birthday Party, and the Lounge Lizards. However, it is their weaving of older, more traditional influences-choral, folk, country, Latin, Weimar cabaret, and cruise-ship crooning-into the fabric of their music that truly sets them apart. Their highly anticipated debut album, The Sweet Goodbye, follows a series of EPs and singles that have earned acclaim from NME, DORK, DIY, CLASH, So Young, BBC Radio 1, and playlisting on BBC Radio 6 Music. The album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer and mixer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Florence & The Machine, R.E.M.) and features a guest appearance by The New Eves, whose 2025 debut album reached No. 1 on the UK's Official Independent Albums Chart.
Tracklist:
Rolling Stone
Run Game
TTG
Nail In The Coffin
The Gavel
Torches
The Path (featuring Eric Ellis)
Play The Fool
The Standard
DTWD
UPC: 5401148011340Label: SpinefarmRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: Vinyl
More than half a century into its life, what exactly is heavy metal? Is it a kind of belief system? Is it something to be observed as a museum piece, or an exhibit in a museum? Or is it, to paraphrase Christopher Lee’s Due de Richeleau in The Devil Rides Out “A living force, which can strike at any moment of the night”? Needless to say, SPELL, Vancouver’s next-level metal magicians, have plenty of thoughts on the matter. And as far as they’re concerned, heavy metal is something that needs to evolve to stay vibrant and exciting. This has been the fuel for their fifth album, the brashly confident Wretched Heart. What’s more, this relentless evolutionary momentum has led to them creating their strongest record to date - a thunderous celebration of individualism and eccentricity which stalks its nocturnal realm with savage finesse and beguiling charm.
Tracklist:
) Dark Inertia
) Lilac
) Take My Life
) Unquiet Graces
) Oubliette
) Iron Teeth
) Exquisite Corpse
) Savage Scourge
) In Duress
) Wretched Heart
UPC: 803341637634Label: Bad Omen RecordsRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: Vinyl
The journey of Spirit Adrift has come full circle. With their sixth album in a decade, mastermind Nathan Garrett is ready to unleash the band's final chapter. Infinite Illumination, the Spirit Adrift swansong, is a return to the wellspring that first inspired it all and testament to a band that in the last ten years has crafted an impeccable signature thoroughly their own, molded from the elemental matter of more than a half century of heavy metal exaltation. Infinite Illumination has a directness to it, a sense of urgency and raw intensity. The songs feel inevitable, like they had to be driven out from deep within during a time of great upheaval. The fatalistic "Born in a Bad Way" summons a vengeful "broken relic from another age" that must "live again and make them pay" via Garrett's swaggering snarl, while "White Death" impugns "God shined on a chosen few, we must kill the rest of you". These songs have a palpable sense of malaise both spiritual and terrestrial, personal and universal, inflicted via crushing traditional doom riffs, thunderous mid-tempo marches and Garrett's impassioned vocal delivery. Long after the band is gone fans will continue to discover the Spirit Adrift catalog and witness the breadth of greatness they delivered in just a decade's time. Every melodic, epic and emotionally charged thread that defines the band's legacy honors the animating force behind pure creative ambition. And at it's core Infinite Illumination carries both the weight of conclusion and the troubling realization that it is rarely painless to say farewell. UPC: 810079502264Label: 20 Buck SpinRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: Vinyl
Stainless started out in Portland, Oregon, in 2022. All of the band members had previously been active in other local groups, such as Black Breath, Long Knife, Nightfell, and Ripper. After their 7", "Snakebite/Too Hot To Steal," High Roller Records released the mini-album, Nocturnal Racer, in 2024. Their new album, Lady Of Lust & Steel, delivers eight brand new songs that cover a considerable stylistic range, and Larissa Cavacece's raw voice, somewhere between Leather Leone and Wendy O. Williams, is once again Stainless's greatest trademarks.
Tracklist:
Restless An' Ready
Whorefrost
(Don't Cross Me) Fool
Lady of Lust ; Steel
Danger in the Night
Take a Listen Mama
Vitamin Tease
Rough Justice
UPC: 4251267723829Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: Vinyl
Static Dress fuse early-2000s post-hardcore and emo on their third album, Injury Episode, out via Sumerian Records. Across 15 striking tracks, the band pair vivid imagery with sharp creative instincts, pushing the genre forward with their most compelling work to date. Featuring the singles “human props” and “Nostalgia Kills (ft. Underoath).” Rolling Stone UK calls Static Dress “one of the most promising new acts in the country.” UPC: 198704967948Label: Sumerian RecordsRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: Vinyl
With a title like Cannibal, it's no surprise that this 2007 album presents Static X at it's most, er, bloodthirsty. Lead singer Wayne Static put it plainly: "I think it's the most metal record we've ever made, and it's arguably the heaviest record we've ever made." Cannibal is the first Static X record to have numerous guitar solos, which herald the return of founding guitarist Koichi Fukuda; and the change in producers (from Ulrich Wild to John Travis) no doubt played a role in the band's shift back to the more intense sound they premiered with Wisconsin Death Trip. The record went Top 40, and "No Submission" wound up on the Saw 3 soundtrack. In short, a return to form after the chaotic personnel and stylistic changes of Start a War. Cannibal is here given it's first-ever vinyl reissue with a bonus track ("Light It Up"). Blood and bronze splatter pressing inside a gatefold jacket!
Tracklist:
Cannibal
No Submission
Behemoth
Chemical Logic
Destroyer
Forty Ways
Chroma-Matic
Cuts You Up
Reptile
Electric Pulse
Goat
Team Hate
Light It Up
UPC: 848064020912Label: Real Gone MusicRelease Date: 3.6.26Format: Vinyl
Algae colored vinyl. Stitched Up Heart is a Los Angeles rock band formed in 2010 by powerhouse vocalist Alecia "Mixi" Demner. Known for blending heavy riffs, soaring choruses, and deeply introspective lyrics, the band has built a strong presence in modern hard rock. Signed to Another Century Records in 2015, Stitched Up Heart released three full-length albums: Never Alone (2016), Darkness (2019), and To the Wolves (2023), the latter featuring standout collaborations including "Lost" with Sully of Godsmack. In 2025, the band signed with Judge & Jury Records and entered a bold new chapter with MEDUSA, an album loaded with dynamic collaborations featuring Conquer Divide, Butcher Babies, and Nonpoint.
Tracklist:
Love and Death
Sick Sick Sick
Glitch Bitch
Cannibal
Meet Me After Life
Medusa
Beast
Dead to Me
Devilicious
Ex-Termination
UPC: 824296111314Label: Judge & JuryRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: Vinyl
The Citadel opens its gates again. Five years after the release of STORMKEEP’s highly acclaimed debut album "Tales of Othertime", the Coloradian quartet returns with the new single track "Carnal Tapestries of Nailtorn Flesh", offering a first glimpse into a new chapter of their singular mythos. Since their emergence with the underground mini-LP "Galdrum", STORMKEEP have cultivated a sound rooted in the grand tradition of symphonic black metal, shaped equally by medieval mysticism, fantastical storytelling, and an unmistakable sense of atmosphere.
Tracklist:
The Taste Of Immortal Blood
The Black Dragons Of Iswylm
Saccharine Subjugation
Imperious Sanguine Eroticism
Echoes In The Vasts Of Sequestration
Carnal Tapestries Of Nailtorn Flesh
Ballad Of A Fallen Star
UPC: 4255939800283Label: VesperianRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: Vinyl
SUN DONT SHINE / FROM BIRTH TO DEATH (Exclusive `Cool Gray Opaque' Varian)t [AEC Exclusive]The debut full-length from Sun Dont Shine, featuring Kenny Hickey, Johnny Kelly, Kirk Windstein, and Todd Strange - members of Type O Negative, Crowbar, and Down.From Birth to Death delivers punishing riffs, bleak atmosphere, and unfiltered emotion, drawing from decades of influence across doom, sludge, and heavy metal. The album confronts themes of conflict, endurance, and the human condition with a sound that's massive, deliberate, and uncompromising.This exclusive vinyl variant also includes a 4-inch Tiny Vinyl (plays on most manual turntables) with the bonus track, "Dreams Always Die With The Sun."
Tracklist:
Power to Live
Cryptomesia
Coming Down
All You Wasted
When It's Time to Leave
The Promise Song
What You Are
Black to Red
In the End
Dreams Always Die with the Sun
UPC: 692878378222Label: Artist Friendly Co.Release Date: 6.26.26Format: Vinyl
For nearly 30 years, SUNN O))) - Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson - have pushed the boundaries of heavy music, straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own. Now, SUNN O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019's acclaimed Pyroclasts. Their tenth album - their debut for Sub Pop - demonstrates the duo's mastery of time and space, light and dark, and their willingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.The eponymously titled SUNN O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood (HuM, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair). This location proved crucial to the recording process. "The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees," says O'Malley. "We could go hiking and be out in the woods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it." SUNN O))) have long welcomed collaborators into their self-contained world: past work has featured, Attila Csihar (Mayhem), composer Hildur Gudnadóttir, multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore, polymath Mark Deutrom, Silkworm's Tim Midyett and legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker. But on this album O'Malley and Anderson found fresh possibilities in the primal territory of the duo format, performing all the instrumentation themselves. "What's been happening with our performances over the last couple years with the two of us and no other collaborators has been really fresh and exciting," says Anderson. The compositions on SUNN O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting in which they were recorded. Amidst howling feedback and glacial crunch, one finds surprisingly delicate moments: a field recording of water trickles beneath, piano interludes lend a hushed, solemn feel. All while the duo attains fresh heights of telepathic intensity as they shape music that breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko. Liner notes are by award-winning British writer Robert Macfarlane, famed for his works concerning landscape and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through the work of the band, Macfarlane, and Rothko, sound, word and visual combine into a fully immersive experience that is undeniably, completely SUNN O))).
Tracklist:
XXANN
Does Anyone Hear Like Venom?
Butch's Guns
Mindrolling
Everett Moses
Glory Black
UPC: 098787168501Label: Sub PopRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Jupiterbarn
Pionjärer
Katten
Drömfeber
Atlanten
Tunga Ögon
Chimär
Ta Mig Tillbaka Till Världen Nu
Göken
En Blå Charad
UPC: 850074887607Label: Ripple MusicRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Worn In - Death Card CD
Tracklist:
XIII
Hypocrisy
Mindless
Dead Soul
Senseless
A Song for the Nameless
Snake Eyes
Deadpan
Mute
Three Cheers
Bitter Blood
Death
Return (Heartless)
UPC: 692878378260Label: Artist Friendly Co.Release Date: 5.1.26Format: Vinyl
War Machine, originally issued in 2010, was Tank's first album in eight years. Founding member, bassist, and singer Algy Ward, who sadly passed away far too early in 2023 at the age of just 63, had left the band in 2008. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White. Guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans formed the core of the reborn Tank, both having been members of the band since the mid-1980s. They were joined by Chris Dale on bass (known for his work with Bruce Dickinson's solo band) and Dave Cavill on drums. The ultimate reissue of War Machine on High Roller Records includes three bonus tracks: "Dead Man Walking," a new recording of "Honour and Blood," and a live version of "Phoenix Rising." The unmastered original mix froms the basis for this definitive reissue, which was remastered by Patrick W. Engel, ensuring the album sounds better than ever.
Tracklist:
Judgement Day
Feast of the Devil
Phoenix Rising
War Machine
Great Expectations
After All
The Last Laugh
World Without Pity
My Insanity
Dead Man Walking
Honour and Blood (Doogie White Vocals)
Phoenix Rising (Live)
UPC: 4251267724369Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: Vinyl
Tarja’s brand new metal album “Frisson Noir” is the heaviest record of her career and a powerful statement of identity, strength and belonging. After years of exploring different musical landscapes, Tarja stands firmly where she belongs: in metal.“Frisson Noir” reflects Tarja’s ongoing dialogue between cinematic orchestration, classical heritage, and the power and intensity of contemporary metal. The album moves between intimate piano passages, dramatic orchestral textures, and powerful guitar-driven moments.Across 10 tracks, Tarja delivers intensity, emotion, and strength, joined by special guest Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Apocalyptica, Marko Hietala (ex-Nightwish), and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Mixed by GRAMMY-winning producer Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Skillet, Disturbed), the album blends a modern, hard-hitting sound with the dramatic and emotional elements that define Tarja’s unmistakable metal identity.
Tracklist:
Frisson Noir
The Eternal Return
Leap of Faith feat. Marko Hietala
At Sea feat. Mervi Myllyoja & Niklas Pokki
Blaze Forever
The Trace Outlives feat. Sayo Komada
Tango feat. Apocalyptica
Anemoia feat. Julián Bedmar & Valter Freitas
I Dont Care feat. Dani Filth
Against the Odds feat. Chad Smith
UPC: 4029759207764Label: EarmusicRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: Vinyl
Tarja’s brand new metal album “Frisson Noir” is the heaviest record of her career and a powerful statement of identity, strength and belonging. After years of exploring different musical landscapes, Tarja stands firmly where she belongs: in metal.“Frisson Noir” reflects Tarja’s ongoing dialogue between cinematic orchestration, classical heritage, and the power and intensity of contemporary metal. The album moves between intimate piano passages, dramatic orchestral textures, and powerful guitar-driven moments.Across 10 tracks, Tarja delivers intensity, emotion, and strength, joined by special guest Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Apocalyptica, Marko Hietala (ex-Nightwish), and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Mixed by GRAMMY-winning producer Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Skillet, Disturbed), the album blends a modern, hard-hitting sound with the dramatic and emotional elements that define Tarja’s unmistakable metal identity.
Tracklist:
Frisson Noir
The Eternal Return
Leap of Faith feat. Marko Hietala
At Sea feat. Mervi Myllyoja & Niklas Pokki
Blaze Forever
The Trace Outlives feat. Sayo Komada
Tango feat. Apocalyptica
Anemoia feat. Julián Bedmar & Valter Freitas
I Dont Care feat. Dani Filth
Against the Odds feat. Chad Smith
UPC: 4029759216292Label: EarmusicRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: Vinyl
With every generation comes a great war. It may take years to fully reveal itself, but the seasoned warrior knows preparation is everything. Para Bellum, Testament's fourteenth album and first in five years, stands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity's uneasy alliance with it's own creations, reflecting the modern chaos through music that's urgent, sharp, and unflinchingly human.
Tracklist:
For the Love of Pain
Infanticide A.I
Shadow People
Meant to Be
High Noon
Witch Hunt
Nature of the Beast
Room 117
Havana Syndrome
Para Bellum
UPC: 4065629752620Label: Nuclear BlastRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: Vinyl
The Amity Affliction return with one of the most personal and devastating records of their career. Following a decade-plus run as one of Australia’s most influential heavy bands, marked by ARIA chart-topping albums, platinum certifications, and global touring off landmark releases like Let The Ocean Take Me and This Could Be Heartbreak, the new album turns inward with unflinching honesty. Largely written about frontman Joel Birch’s relationship with his late mother, the record explores grief, trauma, faith, and self-reckoning through a series of deeply connected songs. “I’ll Break These Chains” confronts the confusion surrounding her death, “Afterlife” questions belief beyond this life, while the closing track “Eternal War” captures the ongoing internal struggle and the hope for change that never came. Musically massive and emotionally raw, this album stands as The Amity Affliction at their most vulnerable, cathartic, and fully realized.
Tracklist:
Vida Nueva
Kickboxer
House of Cards
Heaven Sent
Bleed
Break These Chains
Beso De La Muerte
Swan Dive
Speaking in Tongues
Afterlife
Reap What You Sow
Eternal War
UPC: 810540038780Label: Pure NoiseRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: Vinyl
The Amity Affliction return with one of the most personal and devastating records of their career. Following a decade-plus run as one of Australia’s most influential heavy bands, marked by ARIA chart-topping albums, platinum certifications, and global touring off landmark releases like Let The Ocean Take Me and This Could Be Heartbreak, the new album turns inward with unflinching honesty. Largely written about frontman Joel Birch’s relationship with his late mother, the record explores grief, trauma, faith, and self-reckoning through a series of deeply connected songs. “I’ll Break These Chains” confronts the confusion surrounding her death, “Afterlife” questions belief beyond this life, while the closing track “Eternal War” captures the ongoing internal struggle and the hope for change that never came. Musically massive and emotionally raw, this album stands as The Amity Affliction at their most vulnerable, cathartic, and fully realized.
Tracklist:
Vida Nueva
Kickboxer
House of Cards
Heaven Sent
Bleed
Break These Chains
Beso De La Muerte
Swan Dive
Speaking in Tongues
Afterlife
Reap What You Sow
Eternal War
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 810540038803Label: Pure NoiseRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: Vinyl
Rather than follow a traditional album rollout, The Plot in You spent the past two years rewriting the playbook. Beginning with "Divide" in October 2022, the band released songs in three-track volumes that have already amassed over 260M Spotify streams. Now the story comes full circle with the self-titled album, featuring new singles "You Get One" and "Carved," arriving in 2026 alongside major U.S. shows with Bring Me The Horizon and a UK/European tour.
Tracklist:
Divide
Left Behind
Forgotten
Closure
Don’t Look Away
All That I Can Give
Been here before
Pretend
Spare me
Silence
You Get One
Carved
UPC: 888072777057Label: Fearless RecordsRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: Vinyl
Rather than follow a traditional album rollout, The Plot In You spent the past two years rewriting the playbook. Beginning with “Divide” in October 2022, the band released songs in three-track volumes that have already amassed over 260M Spotify streams. Now the story comes full circle with the self-titled album, featuring new singles “You Get One” and “Carved,” arriving in 2026 alongside major U.S. shows with Bring Me The Horizon and a UK/European tour. Pressed on Hardwood color vinyl. Indie Exclusive. UPC: 888072791398Label: Fearless RecordsRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: Vinyl
Debut album from The Pretty Wild, the Las Vegas duo of sisters Jules and Jyl whom weave elements of Metalcore, Pop, Electronic and more into an undefinable, unforgettable debut album project. Black in Purple Color in Color w/ White Splatter Colored Vinyl
Tracklist:
Paradox
Zero. Point. Genesis
Living Ded
Button Eyes
Priestess
Omens
The Trial
Half Alive
Afterlife (Feat. Magnolia Park)
Infrared
Persephone
Sleepwalker
UPC: 198704654343Label: Sumerian RecordsRelease Date: 11.21.25Format: Vinyl
Vessel marks the return of There Were Wires after more than two decades. Formed in Boston’s underground, the band delivers a heavier, more deliberate sound rooted in post-metal. The album explores themes of grief, fear, and endurance while balancing crushing intensity with moments of restraint.
Tracklist:
All Paths Become The Road
Massive House Fire
Puncture Wounds
No Dark Corners
I'd Lock You In A Dream
Unraveling Light
Resurrectionists
The Carousel of Sickening Bliss
1901
The Vessel You Hold Dear
UPC: 725305742416Label: Iodine RecordingsRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: Vinyl
First official reissue of this 1986 gem from Metal God Of Thunder, THOR! Initially released in conjunction with the Canadian comedy film Recruits, which starred the God Of Thunder himself and has since attained cult status - think Porky's meets Police Academy. Features newly remastered audio and revamped artwork!
Tracklist:
Recruits (Ride Hard, Live Free)
Heartbreak Choir
Who's To Blame
Warhammer
Ragnarok
Rebirth
Long Ride From Hell
We Live To Rock
Lady Of The Night
Energy
UPC: 889466728617Label: CleopatraRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: Vinyl
Vinyl LP pressing. Matthew Bell's talent, the mind behind the Swedish Depressive Black Metal project, shines through his vast discography and available tracks. TJAKTJADALVVE is the Atmospheric Black Metal project of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Matthew Bell (Autumn's Dawn, Austere live). At it's third full-length, Encompassing Nothingness blends depressive black metal with cold, melancholic atmospheres, slow tempos, synth-driven passages, solid production and harrowing vocals. For fans of Austere, Woods of Desolation, Panopticon and Mesarthim.
Tracklist:
Solitude of Abject Darkness
Norrsken
Longing
Encompassing Nothingness
UPC: 301660564384Label: Flowing DownwardRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Driver Through the Ruins
Profoundemonium
Sign of the Shameless
Released at Last
Image of Hope
In Frustration's Web
Fragile Emotional Disorder
Haunted
Disappointment's True Face
UPC: 634240384523Label: The Circle MusicRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: Vinyl
(PINK VINYL) The Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack - The Reformatted Edition is the 40th Anniversary tribute to the now iconic movie soundtrack, with this new version featuring Stan Bush, along with Vince DiCola, both legendary names in the Transformers lore, as well as Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel/Kerry King), Francesco Cavalieri (Wind Rose), Brittney Slays (Unleash The Archers), and Cold Slither's own Torch, who are more than just guest performers, they are lifelong fans who understand what these songs mean. This isn't about rewriting history. It's about turning the volume up on it. Celebrating the moment, the music, and the fans who've carried both ever since.
Tracklist:
The Touch - Knights of Unicron (feat. Stan Bush)
Instruments Of Destruction - Knights Of Unicron (feat. Francesco Cavalieri)
Death Of Optimus Prime - Vince DiCola
Dare - Knights Of Unicron (feat.Stan Bush and Vince DiCola)
Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way - Knights Of Unicron (feat. Sebastian Bach)
The Transformers (Theme), - Knights Of Unicron (feat. Brittney Slayes)
Escape - Knights Of Unicron
Hunger - Knights Of Unicron (feat. Mark Osegueda)
Autobot/Decepticon Battle - Knights Of Unicorn
Dare To Be Stupid - Knights Of Unicron (feat. Torch)
UPC: 4251981718002Label: Reigning Phoenix MusRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: Vinyl