August 22, 2025, brings a lot of heavy music with Burning Witches’ power metal Inquisition and Deftones’ brooding Private Music. From Feuerschwanz’s medieval folk metal to Signs of the Swarm’s crushing deathcore and Bask’s psychedelic sludge, this lineup spans thrash, black metal, and progressive rock, for metal and rock fans.
Burning Witches – Inquisition
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Switzerland
burningwitches.bandcamp.com/album/inquisition
Reinforcer – Ice and Death
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Label: Scarlet Records
Country: Germany
reinforcer.bandcamp.com/album/ice-and-death
Deftones – Private Music
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Reprise Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/album/1gmWnG5TeRj91Tdm2lpEvJ
Crowne – Wonderland
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal, Hard Rock
Label: Frontiers Records
Country: Sweden
open.spotify.com/prerelease/2xZoJLzIVsYhoJ7Nc30SQt
Feuerschwanz – Knightclub
Genre: Medieval Folk Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
feuerschwanz.bandcamp.com/album/knightclub
Mob Rules – Rise of the Ruler
Genre: Melodic Power Metal
Label: ROAR!
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/prerelease/5xhS8pjo0WdWNi8yqg8JZm?si=5d22e4683a5a433d
Blackbriar – A Thousand Little Deaths
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Netherlands
open.spotify.com/album/3elW9joazZ1HAu5EfbatIN
Dragonsclaw – Moving Target
Genre: Power Metal
Label: High Roller Records
Country: Australia
open.spotify.com/artist/51IZpUnMHcDbbPGwkHpyvz?si=H1oafNNHST6DBE_QYDOxLQ
Signs of the Swarm – To Rid Myself of Truth
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Century Media Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/prerelease/3LPtZb5DP3PFMxp6en70TY?si=119b4f8da5c2489d
Arcadea – The Exodus Of Gravity
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Relapse Records
Country: United States
arcadea.bandcamp.com/album/the-exodus-of-gravity
Bask – The Turning
Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Folk/Sludge
Label: Season Of Mist
Country: United States
bask.bandcamp.com/album/the-turning
Hebephrenique – Decathexis
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Brilliant Emperor
Country: Australia
brilliantemperor.bandcamp.com/album/decathexis
Cerveteri – F
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Blue Butterfly
Country: Japan
open.spotify.com/album/7txkK3T2VbxmTUin1pbWxW?si=ExbgWWfbS_KZTWVd07T5Bg
Maki Oyama – I Am
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Village Again Association
Country: Japan
open.spotify.com/album/1q9vcaUcPNFgEyWd8FSUot?si=EQNiSOZzSmOyrMbVY6OKUg
Galdra – In the Depths of the Cold Wind
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Brazil
galdraband.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-depths-of-the-cold-wind-2
Chaosphere – Ruínas d’um Reino Esquecido
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Oddworld Records
Country: Portugal
oddworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ru-nas-dum-reino-esquecido
Oenos – Mavro V
Genre: Black/Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United Kingdom
oenos.bandcamp.com/album/mavro-v
Benefactor Decease – Abnormal Attachments
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Xtreem Music
Country: Greece
xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/abnormal-attachments
Farseer – Portals to Cosmic Womb
Genre: Sludge/Post-Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
farseerofchicago.bandcamp.com/album/portals-to-cosmic-womb
Old Machines – The Cycles of Extinction
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
oldmachines.bandcamp.com/album/the-cycles-of-extinction
Panzerchrist – Maleficium – Part 2
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Emanzipation Productions
Country: Denmark
panzerchrist.bandcamp.com/album/maleficium-part-2
Burning Sun – Retribution
Genre: Heavy/Power/Speed Metal
Label: Metalizer Records
Country: Hungary
burningsun.bandcamp.com/album/retribution
Vindicator – Whispers of Death
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
vindicator.bandcamp.com/album/whispers-of-death
Monoliyth – He Who Kills
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Austria
monoliyth.bandcamp.com/album/he-who-kills-2
Malevich – Under a Gilded Sun
Genre: Black/Death/Sludge Metal/Grindcore
Label: Church Road Records
Country: United States
malevichatlanta.bandcamp.com/album/under-a-gilded-sun
Ashen – Leave the Flesh Behind
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Redefining Darkness Records
Country: Australia
ashendeath.bandcamp.com/album/leave-the-flesh-behind
Crop – S.S.R.I.
Genre: Sludge Metal
Label: Third House Records
Country: United States
legalizecrop.bandcamp.com/album/s-s-r-i
Supernaughty – Apocalypso
Genre: Stoner Metal/Rock
Label: Ripple Music
Country: Italy
supernaughty.bandcamp.com/album/apocalypso
Defacement – Doomed
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Unorthodox Emanations
Country: International
defacementofficial.bandcamp.com/album/doomed
Innumerable Forms – Pain Effulgence
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: Profound Lore Records
Country: United States
innumerableforms.bandcamp.com/album/pain-effulgence
Lazy Bonez – Late
Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Label: E·X·R Metal Records
Country: Finland
open.spotify.com/artist/51MDjwRO6dNOM9VDikXn7e
Iron Savior – Reforged – Machine World
Genre: Speed/Power Metal
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/artist/6COmyouHXwCeIGS1IFd1PA
Jack the Joker – The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Genre: Progressive/Heavy Metal
Label: Frontiers Music Srl.
Country: Brazil
open.spotify.com/prerelease/3X3fn9XZMyNjA1zrmo2EDt
Corridoré – Abandon
Genre: Black/Post-Metal/Rock
Label: Hypaethral Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/6pdbDfpKEm0VyqTpc6N0RE?si=FciV_bB6TraTQSL8Az9irQ
White Mantis – Arrows at the Sun
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: High Roller Records
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/artist/7gpvqBW1kF70X2baYthORy?si=mbf7DwHLT–ZxuNFVnkkAA
Medieval Demon – All Powers of Darkness
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Hells Headbangers Records
Country: Greece
medievaldemon.bandcamp.com/album/all-powers-of-darkness
Steegmoord – Mandatory
Genre: Melodic Progressive Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Belgium
steegmoord.bandcamp.com/album/mandatory
Grave Hex – Vermian Death
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Night Terrors Records
Country: Finland
night-terrors-records.bandcamp.com/album/grave-hex-vermian-death
Thought Chamber – Myst of Lyriad
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Lion Music
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/3QbDyngscnaBGFo4Qxx9ue?si=T7mFBnqLQVmkA58yNgh5Mg
In Your Blood – In Your Blood
Genre: Thrash Metal/Crossover
Label: Witches Brew
Country: Canada
witchesbrewthrashes.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-blood
Megahera – Back to the ’80s
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Witches Brew
Country: Italy
witchesbrewthrashes.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-the-80s
Maldisdeun – Into the Flame of Fear
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
maldisdeun666.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-flame-of-fear
Decrescent – Lost in the Zephyr
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
decrescent.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-the-zephyr
Automatism – Sormland
Genre: Experimental/Progressive Rock
Label: Tonzonen Records
Country: Sweden
automatismband.bandcamp.com/album/s-rmland
Barnabas Sky – Over the Horizon
Genre: Hard & Heavy
Label: Pride & Joy Records
Country: United States
music.apple.com/np/album/over-the-horizon/1818616024
Dinosaur Pile-Up – I’ve Felt Better
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Mascot Label Group
Country: United Kingdom
dinosaurpile-up.bandcamp.com/album/ive-felt-better
Donella Drive – Axon
Genre: Alternative Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
donelladrive.bandcamp.com/album/axon
Sadistic Force – Morbid Odyssey EP
Genre: Blackened Thrash Metal
Label: Self-Released
Country: United States
sadisticforce.bandcamp.com/album/morbid-odyssey
Which releases are you most looking forward to?