August 29, 2025, hits with a heavy music surge, led by Helloween’s power metal epic Giants And Monsters and Void’s relentless thrash Forbidden Morals.
Void – Forbidden Morals
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Shadow Kingdom Records
Country: United States
skrlabelvoid.bandcamp.com/album/forbidden-morals
Helloween – Giants And Monsters
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/prerelease/0XB7N2ooDEIdHApfbSEQW5
Sowulo – Niht
Genre: Folk
Label: Season Of Mist
Country: Netherlands
sowulo.bandcamp.com/album/niht
Visitant – Rubidium
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: Exitus Strategem Records
Country: United States
visitant1.bandcamp.com/album/rubidium
Wucan – Axioms
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Long Branch Records
Country: Germany
wucan.bandcamp.com/album/axioms
Pyrexia – Unholy
Genre: Death/Groove Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
pyrexia.bandcamp.com/album/unholy
Confession by Silence – Repentance in Time
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Germany
Country: Germany
cbys.bandcamp.com/album/repentance-in-time
Black Flame Altar – Ritual I
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: International
blackflamealtar.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-i
Ardere – The Eternal Wolf
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Australian Heathen Artefacts
Country: Australia
ardereaustralis.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-wolf
Seroth – Nebula
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: France
seroth-tech-death.bandcamp.com/track/martian-weaponry-2
Vicious Rumors – The Devil’s Asylum
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal, Groove Metal
Label: Steamhammer
Country: United States
viciousrumors.bandcamp.com/album/the-devils-asylum
Dragonsfire – Rebirth of the Beast
Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/artist/12bNtjZrtj9NpEGv0DD6Ep?si=s_US_OatQEi1_S3HRKWk8A
Hexrot – Formless Ruin of Oblivion
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Country: United States
hexrot-label.bandcamp.com/album/formless-ruin-of-oblivion
Mélancolia – Random.Access.Misery
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Australia
melancoliaexe.bandcamp.com/album/random-access-misery
In Mourning – The Immortal
Genre: Progressive Melodic Death Metal
Label: Supreme Chaos Records
Country: Sweden
inmourning.bandcamp.com/album/the-immortal
Månegarm – Edsvuren
Genre: Viking/Black/Folk Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Sweden
manegarm.bandcamp.com/album/edsvuren
Ursawrath – Emergence
Genre: Progressive Sludge Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
ursawrath.bandcamp.com/album/emergence
Zatokrev – …Bring Mirrors to the Surface
Genre: Doom/Death/Sludge Metal
Label: Pelagic Records
Country: Switzerland
zatokrev.bandcamp.com/album/bring-mirrors-to-the-surface
Suotana – Ounas II
Genre: Melodic Death/Power Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment
Country: Finland
suotana.bandcamp.com/album/ounas-ii
KHNVM – Cosmocrator
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Testimony Records
Country: International
khnvm.bandcamp.com/album/cosmocrator
Torso – Annihilation Day
Genre: Stoner Metal/Rock
Label: APF Records
Country: United Kingdom
hereliestorso.bandcamp.com/album/annihilation-day
Finnr’s Cane – Finnr’s Cane
Genre: Doom/Atmospheric Black Metal/Ambient
Label: Nordvis Produktion
Country: Canada
finnrs-cane.bandcamp.com/album/finnrs-cane
Headless – Transitional Objects
Genre: Progressive Metal/Hard Rock
Label: M-Theory Audio
Country: Italy
headless-official.bandcamp.com/album/transitional-objects
Rising Steel – Legion of the Grave
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Frontiers Records
Country: France
open.spotify.com/artist/0R7Gm5z32NOYcpwScO1JSh?si=FYJMMUrrS2CTFK3-1KoEZw
Imperishable – Revelation in Purity
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Country: United States
everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/album/revelation-in-purity
Pilgrimage – From Amber to Sun
Genre: Doom/Death Metal
Label: Meuse Music Records
Country: International
pilgrimageofdoom.bandcamp.com/album/from-amber-to-sun-mmr059
Trudger – Void Quest
Genre: Sludge Metal
Label: Floodlit Recordings
Country: United Kingdom
trudger.bandcamp.com/album/void-quest
Ash Magick – Rituals of Anathematic East
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings
Country: Turkey
ashmagick.bandcamp.com/album/rituals-of-anathematic-east
Minotaurus – Memories in the Haze
Genre: Celtic Folk Metal
Label: NRT-Records
Country: Germany
minotaurusmetal.bandcamp.com/album/memories-in-the-haze
Monarch – XMGT
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
monarchmetal.bandcamp.com/album/xmgt
UBOA & Whitehorse – The Dissolution of Eternity
Genre: Sludge/Drone/Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: International
open.spotify.com/artist/3iZBrZd3EkPUKE4xaTGJn1?si=OHQvCUDSRV2KVIIOPFcyZw
Deathhammer – Crimson Dawn
Genre: Blackened Thrash/Speed Metal
Label: Hells Headbangers Records
Country: Norway
deathhammer.bandcamp.com/album/crimson-dawn
Illvilje – La meg sjå alt omkring meg falle
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Downfall Records
Country: Norway
downfallrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-meg-sj-alt-omkring-meg-falle
Evocatus – Inevitable Death
Genre: Heavy/Thrash Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Australia
evocatus.bandcamp.com/album/inevitable-death
Necrokinesis – Death Is the Hammer
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Ireland
necrokinesis.bandcamp.com/album/death-is-the-hammer
Proscription – Desolate Divine
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: Dark Descent Records
Country: Finland
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/desolate-divine
Divine Desolation – The Pale Mask
Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/2sj8ivyisxUnht7Tw2JLhY?si=DX2gOuAORq2igE1UGTi4Dg
Crimson Butchery – Stalker
Genre: Brutal/Technical Death Metal
Label: Iron Fortress Records
Country: Ireland
ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/violence-by-design
Indren – Duskborn
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Naturmacht Productions
Country: Italy
indrennp.bandcamp.com/album/duskborn
Spire of Lazarus – Those Who Live in Death
Genre: Technical Deathcore
Label: Independent
Country: Austria
open.spotify.com/artist/2siG2lB8W9OCBXyd4ebEM6?si=rt04dAfwQSmgsQrm8Ztc_A
Shadows – Miseria
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Germany
shadows-official-cult.bandcamp.com/album/miseria
VVarp – Power Held in Stone
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Australia
vvarp.bandcamp.com/album/power-held-in-stone
Torvus – .44 Caliber Angel
Genre: Gothic Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
torvus.bandcamp.com/album/44-caliber-angel
Porenut – Výstup k svätej Kunde
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Slovakia
porenut.bandcamp.com/album/v-stup-k-sv-tej-kunde
Blutsauger – Nocturnal Blood Tyrants
Genre: Black Metal
Label: De Tenebrarum Principio
Country: Italy
blutsauger.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-blood-tyrants
Burial Extraction – Rotting Flesh
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/0EGwxxpHOM07poK7OVblNU
Wolves of War – Wasteland Warfare
Genre: Industrial Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Germany
wolvesofwar-de.bandcamp.com/album/wasteland-warfare
Årabrot – Rite Of Dionysus
Genre: Rock ‘N’ Roll
Label: Pelagic Records
Country: Norway
arabrot.bandcamp.com/album/rite-of-dionysus
Asymmetric Universe – A Memory And What Came After
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOut Music
Country: Italy
asymmetricuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/a-memory-and-what-came-after-24-bit-hd-audio
Dusk – Repoka EP
Genre: Industrial Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Costa Rica
duskvt.bandcamp.com/album/repoka
End It – Wrong Side Of Heaven
Genre: Hardcore
Label: Flatspot Records
Country: United States
flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr85-wrong-side-of-heaven
Exoneration – Monuments To Nothing
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Rottweiler Records
Country: United States
exoneration.bandcamp.com/album/monuments-to-nothing
lowheaven – Ritual Decay
Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: MRNK Heavy
Country: Canada
lowheavenband.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-decay
Which releases are you most looking forward to?