With "... by the word... ", Trelldom are pushing forward hard into their new musical era that was ushered in by the previous full-length "... by the shadows... " (2024), which ended a 17-year hiatus of the Norwegian band. Mastermind Kristian Eivind Espedal aka Gaahl and his diligently selected collaborators have gone even beyond the complex yet sinister sound that they established with "... by the shadows... ". The exponentially grown confidence and hard-gained experience of joining together seemingly quite different musicians is reflected clearly in each track of "... by the word... ". Trelldom have concluded the process of escaping the narrowest definition of black metal without compromising their artistic mission. Their music does not only stay loyal to the spirit of their black metal roots, but the Norwegians are making a solid point that their new sound is even more dark and fierce than ever before - just in more twisted and unhinged ways. "... by the word... " is the result of Espedal expanding the immense range of his vocals even further into unexplored territories. And it should be noted that this was partly achieved by his return to the famous Grieghallen Studios in Bergen to work again with legendary producer Eirik Hundvin aka Pytten, who was instrumental in the creation of the 'Norwegian black metal' sound. Trelldom continue in the tradition of all of Espedal's art, which asks to always expect the unexpected. With "... by the word... " the exploration of avant-garde dissonance, wicked rhythm patterns, and wild ideas again destroys preconceptions and demands intense listening. Better prepare to be challenged by every note!
Tracklist:
When This Was Young
I Speak Forgotten Voices
This Moment the Life of a Memory
By the Word
Folding the Mind
The Word - Choose to Vanish
In There Outside
UPC: 884388896284Label: ProphecyRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: Vinyl
'lact'eben' showcases Trhä at their most vivid and alive, blending sharp melodies, passionate screams, and constantly shifting rhythms into an emotional, unpredictable sound. Every track moves fluidly between chaos and atmosphere, creating a dense yet strangely bright experience that further reinforces the project's unique artistic vision. UPC: 301660564469Label: Flowing DownwardRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: Vinyl
Vinyl LP pressing. 2021 release, the third album from the Australian metal band. Vengeance is the band's follow-up to the 2016 album Outlier.
Tracklist:
Start the Fire
Long Way Home
Vengeance
Idk
Shock to the System
Gone
Culture War
Dead End
Over and Out (Feat. Tatiana Shmayluk)
Tangled
UPC: 9358616000176Label: VolkanikRelease Date: 6.3.22Format: Vinyl
"As Yggdrasil Trembles" is the tenth studio album of Mighty Unleashed, released in 2010. It includes 12 tracks which are raw, uncompromising classic death metal and another proof that Unleashed are still the most persistent pioneers of the genre. As usual, alongside Unleashed's characteristic heaviness, the album also features strong melodies and distinctive lyrics deeply rooted in Norse mythology. "As Yggdrasil Trembles" is an album where the band doesn't propose complex arrangements or other strange experiments - it's classic, simply riff-based, old-school death metal. This is 100%Unleashed - the kind that fans have loved since 1989.
Tracklist:
Courage Today, Victory Tomorrow!
So It Begins...
As Yggdrasil Trembles
Wir kapitulieren niemals
This Time We Fight
Master of the Ancient Art
Chief Einherjar
Return Fire
Far Beyond Hell
Dead to Me
Yahweh and the Chosen Ones
Cannibalistic Epidemic Continues
UPC: 5900741628226Label: Mystic ProductionRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: Vinyl
Double vinyl LP pressing. The long lost Valdrin album, now finally sees the light in a proper edition for the very first time. By now the name Valdrin is known to many ears. The melodic black metal band from Ohio has been constantly rising in the underground for over a decade now, gathering acclaim across the board thanks to it's unique narrative approach, singing the deeds of Valdrin Ausadjur. Still, it is not known to many that the first Valdrin studio album, the first chapter in the Valdrin Ausadjur saga, is somewhat of a lost record. Originally crafted between 2011 and 2012, Beyond The Forest only saw the light through two small runs of CDs in 2013 and 2014, and has been unavailable since. Until now. The renewed collaboration between Valdrin and Avantgarde Music brings forth the first proper edition of Beyond The Forest. UPC: 301660566661Label: Avantgarde MusicRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: Vinyl
Released in 1980 by Logo Records, Vardis' debut album, 100 M.P.H., is now considered one of the milestones of the immortal NWOBHM. However, Vardis' roots go back to 1977, when they formed in Wakefield under their original name, Quo Vadis. Now a collector's item, the trio released their first 7" EP, 100 M.P.H., on Redball Records in 1979. In addition to the raw, almost punk-like original versions of "100 M.P.H.," "Blue Rock," "Destiny," and "The World's Insane," 100 M.P.H. '79 Revisited compiles five other early recordings by Vardis. The audio was restored and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at his Temple Of Disharmony in September 2025.
Tracklist:
100 M.P.H.
Blue Rock
Destiny
The World's Insane
If I Were King
Out Of The Way
Dirty Money
Situation Negative
Rock'n'Roll Lullaby
UPC: 4251267722921Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: Vinyl
Limited gold colored vinyl LP pressing.
Tracklist:
At War with Satan [Remastered 2019]
Rip Ride [Remastered 2019]
Genocide [Remastered 2019]
Cry Wolf [Remastered 2019]
Stand Up (And Be Counted)
Women Leather and Hell
Aaaaaarrghh
UPC: 4099964255171Label: Noise RecordsRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: Vinyl
‘Into Oblivion’ is Venom’s sixteenth studio album and features the long-standing line up of Cronos (bass/vocals and founding member), Rage (guitars) and Dante (drums) and marks their first new recordings since 2018’s ‘Storm The Gates’ record. Their new album consists of 13 songs that are signature Venom: heavy, evil and catchy. There’s a combination of their classic ‘80s sound adjacent to a more modern progressive approach but without losing any of their fire and brimstone of old.
Tracklist:
Into Oblivion
Lay Down Your Soul
Nevermore
Man & Beast
Death the Leveller
As Above So Below
Kicked Outta Hell
Legend
Live Loud
Metal Bloody Metal
Dogs of War
Deathwitch
Unholy Mother
UPC: 4099964187748Label: Noise RecordsRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: Vinyl
‘Into Oblivion’ is Venom’s sixteenth studio album and features the long-standing line up of Cronos (bass/vocals and founding member), Rage (guitars) and Dante (drums) and marks their first new recordings since 2018’s ‘Storm The Gates’ record. Their new album consists of 13 songs that are signature Venom: heavy, evil and catchy. There’s a combination of their classic ‘80s sound adjacent to a more modern progressive approach but without losing any of their fire and brimstone of old.
Tracklist:
Into Oblivion
Lay Down Your Soul
Nevermore
Man & Beast
Death the Leveller
As Above So Below
Kicked Outta Hell
Legend
Live Loud
Metal Bloody Metal
Dogs of War
Deathwitch
Unholy Mother
UPC: 4099964224115Label: Noise RecordsRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: Vinyl
Dan Lorenzo (Hades, Non-Fiction, The Cursed) teamed up with Nathan Opposition (Ancient VVisdom) to form a musical project called Vessel Of Light. The duo entered Brainchild Studios in Cleveland to record their debut during Summer 2017. Lorenzo has issued the following update, "I decided to write about the band in NU's Steppin' Out magazine and I mailed Nathan Opposition (Ancient Wisdom's singer) a magazine and I think an old Hades CD. We started communicating by email and then on the phone. I had no intentions of asking him to write with me because my musical career was long over. I'm considerably older than him and honestly I wasn't playing guitar much, but when Nathan asked me if I wanted to write together I couldn't say no."Nathan Opposition says, "Lorenzo and I became friends due to my inability to not be susceptible to flattery. Turns out he's a really cool guy who writes awesome riffs too. Randomly one day I ask him about the band we are starting in joking fashion. I guess it was the right timing and the right person because we immediately agreed we should actually start a project. Before I knew it he was sending me CDs of riffs and I had lyrics flowing like a faucet."Vessel of Light went on to record four more albums that would be released world-wide, Woodshed, Thy Serpent Rise and Last Ride. However, the debut EP, which is now a full-length album, was only ever released in Europe on a small Italian label. Now in 2026 NoLifeTilMetal Records brings new life to the debut album with fresh remastering by Rob Colwell (Nevermore, Flotsam & Jestam, King's X, Hades) and new packaging with lyrics, liner notes and photos.
Tracklist:
Where My Garden Grows
Dead Flesh and Bone
Meant to Be
Descend Into Death
Living Dead to the World
Vessel of Light
Bonus Tracks: Torture King
Meet and Bone
Son of Man
Wasp
Behind the Wall of Sleep
UPC: 880649850637Label: Nltm RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Balls Out
Meet Me at Midnight
Going Down Fighting [Original Version]
Don't Leave Me
Ready to Roll
I Found You
Hot Fire
I Need You Back
Coming After You
Gonna Get to You [Original Version]
Following My Heart
Longest Night
UPC: 850074887577Label: Ripple MusicRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
LifeAmongtheRuins""isthefifthfulllengthstudioalbumbyUSHeavyMetalbandVirginSteele. Itwas releasedin1993, afteralmostfiveyearsofinactivity. Themusicofthisalbumisbluesyhardrockandmelodicmetal, moresimilartoearlyWhitesnake'srecordingsthantheepicpowermetalofalbumslikeNobleSavageandthefollowingTheMarriageofHeavenandHellPart. 2CDavailableagain, 2LPproperly releasedforthefirsttime!
Tracklist:
Sex Religion Machine
Love Is Pain
Jet Black
Invitation
I Dress in Black (Woman with No Shadow)
Crown of Thorns
Cage of Angels
Never Believed in Goodbye
Too Hot to Handle
Love's Gone
Snakeskin Voodoo Man
Wildfire Woman
Haunting the Last Hours
Last Rose of Summer
Wild Thing
The Moonrise in Your Skin
Wild Thing Reprise
The Magick of Your Sin
Flesh ; Blood
UPC: 886922084416Label: SteamhammerRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: Vinyl
TheMarriageofHeavenandHellPartOne & PartTwo""arethesixthandseventhstudioalbumsbyAmericanHeavyMetalbandVirginSteele, originally releasedin1995and1996. PartOneisabouttherelationshipbetweenhumanityanddivinity. PartTwowasawellreceivedalbumforitsromanticandlyricalapproachanditsbeingamajorinfluenceonsymphonicMetal. 2CDavailableagain, 2LP""PartOne""properly releasedforthefirsttime!!!
Tracklist:
I Will Come for You
Weeping of the Spirits
Blood and Gasoline
Self Crucifixion
Last Supper
Warrior's Lament
Trail of Tears
The Raven Song
Forever Will I Roam
I Wake Up Screaming
House of Dust
Blood of the Saints
Life Among the Ruins
The Marriage of Heaven ; Hell
UPC: 886922581816Label: SteamhammerRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: Vinyl
TheMarriageofHeavenandHellPartOne & PartTwo""arethesixthandseventhstudioalbumsbyAmericanHeavyMetalbandVirginSteele, originally releasedin1995and1996. PartOneisabouttherelationshipbetweenhumanityanddivinity. PartTwowasawellreceivedalbumforitsromanticandlyricalapproachanditsbeingamajorinfluenceonsymphonicMetal.
Tracklist:
A Symphony of Steele
Crown of Glory (Unscarred)
From Chaos to Creation
Twilight of the Gods
Rising Unchained
Transfiguration
Prometheus the Fallen One
Emalaith
Strawgirl
Devil/Angel
Unholy Water
Victory Is Mine
The Marriage of Heaven ; Hell Revisited
UPC: 886922581915Label: SteamhammerRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: Vinyl
Italian power metal at it's finest. After the comeback of acclaimed front-man Michele Luppi and keyboard wizard Oleg Smirnoff, this new Vision Divine release marks a return to the iconic sound that made the band a reference point in the progressive and power metal scene, while embracing the modern edge and production of their most recent works. A powerful blend of melody, technique, and emotion, "A Clockwork Reverie" captures the essence of Vision Divine's classic identity - re-imagined with renewed energy and contemporary attitude. It's not just a tribute to their legacy - it's a bold reaffirmation of who they are today!
Tracklist:
Clockwork Reverie
18
Andromeda
Identities
God Is Dead
25th Hour
UPC: 8025044047219Label: Scarlet RecordsRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: Vinyl
Limited gold and black colored vinyl LP pressing. Norwegian black metal veterans Vreid return with The Skies Turn Black, their first studio album in five years and one of the most defining releases of their more than three-decade career. Forged through challenge, reflection and renewed creative energy, the album finds the band reconnecting with the core of their signature Sognametal sound while pushing their songwriting into bold new territory. The creation of The Skies Turn Black was far from straightforward. What began with optimism soon evolved into a period of uncertainty, as the band found themselves questioning their direction and momentum after decades together. From that struggle emerged eleven songs shaped by perseverance, rediscovery and a renewed creative fire. The album's breakthrough moment arrived during a late-night writing session in a remote mountain cabin, where the song "From These Woods" came to life and helped steer the project back toward the emotional core of Vreid's identity. The title track, written by bassist and songwriter Jarle Kvåle, carries a deeply personal resonance, inspired by his experience attending Black Sabbath's farewell concert in Birmingham and the lifelong influence of Ozzy Osbourne and the music that shaped him. Across the album, Vreid merge elements of their past with fresh ideas. Thrash influences rooted in their early 1990s origins return with renewed intensity, while songs such as "Loving the Dead" push the band beyond familiar ground, featuring guest vocals from Agnete Kjolsrud of Djerv. The band's cinematic side also emerges with "Kraken," written for an upcoming film project and marking a full-circle collaboration with one of the band's earliest musical mentors. With powerful production from Anders Nordengen and striking hand-drawn artwork by Kim Holm, The Skies Turn Black stands as one of Vreid's most focused and expressive works to date-an album that honors the band's legacy while driving their sound forward with unrelenting creative force. UPC: 760137212744Label: Redefining DarknessRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: Vinyl
Norwegian black metal veterans Vreid return with The Skies Turn Black, their first studio album in five years and one of the most defining releases of their more than three-decade career. Forged through challenge, reflection and renewed creative energy, the album finds the band reconnecting with the core of their signature Sognametal sound while pushing their songwriting into bold new territory. The creation of The Skies Turn Black was far from straightforward. What began with optimism soon evolved into a period of uncertainty, as the band found themselves questioning their direction and momentum after decades together. From that struggle emerged eleven songs shaped by perseverance, rediscovery and a renewed creative fire. The album's breakthrough moment arrived during a late-night writing session in a remote mountain cabin, where the song "From These Woods" came to life and helped steer the project back toward the emotional core of Vreid's identity. The title track, written by bassist and songwriter Jarle Kvåle, carries a deeply personal resonance, inspired by his experience attending Black Sabbath's farewell concert in Birmingham and the lifelong influence of Ozzy Osbourne and the music that shaped him. Across the album, Vreid merge elements of their past with fresh ideas. Thrash influences rooted in their early 1990s origins return with renewed intensity, while songs such as "Loving the Dead" push the band beyond familiar ground, featuring guest vocals from Agnete Kjolsrud of Djerv. The band's cinematic side also emerges with "Kraken," written for an upcoming film project and marking a full-circle collaboration with one of the band's earliest musical mentors. With powerful production from Anders Nordengen and striking hand-drawn artwork by Kim Holm, The Skies Turn Black stands as one of Vreid's most focused and expressive works to date-an album that honors the band's legacy while driving their sound forward with unrelenting creative force. UPC: 760137212188Label: Redefining DarknessRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: Vinyl
On From Dust, Vulgar Mephitis follows their 3-track, 2022 self-titled debut EP with a compositionally varied approach that disorients with violent tempo disruption and dissonant riff angularity. The impression left is a lasting, albeit jarring, one. UPC: 736832003376Label: WillowtipRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: Vinyl
As WARNING prepares to release Rituals of Shame - their first new music in twenty years,vocalist/guitarist Patrick Walker is self-effacing about what led to this moment. Over the last two decades he continued to write and release music, satisfied that he had achieved what he set out to do with WARNING. In those intervening years, interest in WARNING swelled, organically gathering an ardent fanbase. In particular, the 2006 album, Watching from a Distance, has gained a cult following.
In response to a transformative period in his life, Walker turned towards writing new songs, and it soon became apparent that these belonged to WARNING. In early January 2025, he started with a completely blank canvas, and piece by piece, he started to fill it with ideas that evolved to become the songs that make up Rituals of Shame. His immersion in the project became a full-time pursuit.
After successfully demoing the five songs, Walker retreated to a remote house on a hill outside Florence, Italy, to refine the lyrics. Recording took place at The Arch Studio, a 140-year-old former church in Southport, UK. Chris Fullard (Idles, Sunn O))), Ulver) handled the recording and mixing.
Walker's lifelong musical inspirations can be traced through Rituals of Shame. The ambitious structural arrangements harken to Marillion’s complex but soaring episodic songs. They retain a sparsity that is reminiscent of June Tabor’s economic arrangements; thick with melody but with a diaphanous air to them. Citing John Brenner of Revelation as an enduring inspiration, Patrick credits him with introducing the idea of how to infuse heavy music with significant emotional depth.
Often reluctant to discuss the minutiae of his lyrics, Walker does acknowledge that making this album was a direct response to the immediate concerns of his current life period. Rituals of Shame also echoes the enduring themes and fixations that have marked most of his work: guilt, shame, personal failure, obsession, longing, and separation, but, most of all, he says, love. *** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 781676567416Label: RelapseRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: Vinyl
As WARNING prepares to release Rituals of Shame - their first new music in twenty years,vocalist/guitarist Patrick Walker is self-effacing about what led to this moment. Over the last two decades he continued to write and release music, satisfied that he had achieved what he set out to do with WARNING. In those intervening years, interest in WARNING swelled, organically gathering an ardent fanbase. In particular, the 2006 album, Watching from a Distance, has gained a cult following.
In response to a transformative period in his life, Walker turned towards writing new songs, and it soon became apparent that these belonged to WARNING. In early January 2025, he started with a completely blank canvas, and piece by piece, he started to fill it with ideas that evolved to become the songs that make up Rituals of Shame. His immersion in the project became a full-time pursuit.
After successfully demoing the five songs, Walker retreated to a remote house on a hill outside Florence, Italy, to refine the lyrics. Recording took place at The Arch Studio, a 140-year-old former church in Southport, UK. Chris Fullard (Idles, Sunn O))), Ulver) handled the recording and mixing.
Walker's lifelong musical inspirations can be traced through Rituals of Shame. The ambitious structural arrangements harken to Marillion’s complex but soaring episodic songs. They retain a sparsity that is reminiscent of June Tabor’s economic arrangements; thick with melody but with a diaphanous air to them. Citing John Brenner of Revelation as an enduring inspiration, Patrick credits him with introducing the idea of how to infuse heavy music with significant emotional depth.
Often reluctant to discuss the minutiae of his lyrics, Walker does acknowledge that making this album was a direct response to the immediate concerns of his current life period. Rituals of Shame also echoes the enduring themes and fixations that have marked most of his work: guilt, shame, personal failure, obsession, longing, and separation, but, most of all, he says, love. UPC: 781676764914Label: RelapseRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: Vinyl
Limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on red coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. The Best of Warrant is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American rock band Warrant, released in 1996 on CD. This is the first time the album is available on vinyl. It features the band's greatest hits from their first three studio albums, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, Cherry Pie and Dog Eat Dog. It also includes the track "We Will Rock You", which is a cover of the Queen song that was released on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Gladiator starring Cuba Gooding Jr. The Warrant version of "We Will Rock You" charted at number 83 on The Billboard Hot 100 and the version of "I Saw Red" is the acoustic version previously released as a B-side from the single of the same song.
Tracklist:
Down Boys
32 Pennies In A Ragu Jar
Heaven
D.R.F.S.R.
Big Talk
Sometimes She Cries
Cherry Pie
Thin Disguise
Uncle Tom's Cabin
I Saw Red (acoustic version)
Bed Of Roses
Mr. Rainmaker
Sure Feels Good To Me
Hole In My Wall
Machine Gun
We Will Rock You
UPC: 8719262032880Label: Music On VinylRelease Date: 1.17.25Format: Vinyl
Blurring the edges of genre and pushing the boundaries of modern metal, thrash, hardcore, punk and rock and roll, the five-piece hard rock band Waxed has spent years melting faces in the American South and ripping its native Nashville’s scene to shreds with a heavy pour of immaculate riffage, raucous live energy and in-your-face attitude. Formed in the mid-2010’s by guitarist Davis Haley and frontman Luc Richards when they were teenagers, Waxed’s lineup ebbed and flowed before being cemented as a quintet, with Will Alley joining on bass, Ian Sundstrom on drums and Luc’s older brother Noel Richards on guitar. Making good on the promise laid out by the 2022 debut album Give Up, Waxed is set to release The Continental Way, a set of songs that represents not only what this band is and the thoughtful havoc it is capable of wreaking, but also the kaleidoscopic, melting pot current state of today’s rock and roll culture. Featuring nine tracks packed to the gills with every move on every page in the Waxed playbook, it is a dense, smoldering collection that assaults our ears in the best way, challenging what we think about conventional genres and blurring the lines between them. Call it what you will — metal, sludge, thrash, hardcore, whatever — at the end of the day Waxed retains a singular focus. With the achievements of The Continental Way and the buzz surrounding its uncompromising live show, Waxed is sure to be on the brain of every serious listener of hard rock and roll in 2026 and beyond.
Tracklist:
Mother's Day
Big Blind
She's Had Enough
Christ for One Day
Slow Lane
Whole Milk, Red Meat
Secrets of the Trade
The Clash of Big Men
It's Not Just You, Murray
UPC: 199538347197Label: Missing PieceRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: Vinyl