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July 2024 Releases
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| Date | Artist | Release | Label | Genre | Notes |
| 7-2 | Akhlys | Houseof Black Geminus | Debemur Morti | Black | |
| 7-2 | Aposento | No Safe Haven | Xtreem | Death | |
| 7-3 | Triddana | Breaking from the Fold | Celtic Folk Power | ||
| 7-5 | Aeons | The Ghost of What we Knew | Sliptrick | Progcore | |
| 7-5 | Aspaarn | When Iron Meant Survival | Black | ||
| 7-5 | The Awful Truth | S/T | Brutal Planet | Melodic Heavy | 1990 |
| 7-5 | Birdflesh | Faster Than A Priest Vomit | TPL | Grindcore | E.P. |
| 7-5 | Black Hole Deity | Profane Geometry | Everlasting Spew | Death | |
| 7-5 | Bloodcross | Gravebound | Personal | Black | |
| 7-5 | Bloody Run | Decapitate the Tyrant | JL | Thrash Grind | |
| 7-5 | Cryptic Hatred | Internal Torment | Time to Kill | Death | |
| 7-5 | Dawn After Dark | First Take : Live in Studio | Chapter 22 | Melodic Death Groove | |
| 7-5 | The Dreaded Laramie | Princess Fedback | Smart Punk | ||
| 7-5 | Duel | Breakfast With Death | Heavy Psych Sounds | Psych Stoner Doom | |
| 7-5 | Equinox | Return to Mystery | Vic | Extreme | 1996 |
| 7-5 | Equinox | Journey Into Oblvion | Vic | Extreme | 2003 |
| 7-5 | Fallujah | The Flesh Prevails | Unique Leader | Tech Death | 2014 |
| 7-5 | Gingivectomy | Screams of Nestleros | CDN | Slam Death | |
| 7-5 | Haadeen | Marraskuu | Black | ||
| 7-5 | Horned Almighty | Contagion Zone | Soulseller | Black | |
| 7-5 | Isle of the Cross | Faustus The Musical* | Rockshots | Melodic | |
| 7-5 | Kissin' Dynamite | Back with a Bang* | Napalm | Heavy Hard | |
| 7-5 | Krallice | Inorganic Rites | Avant-Garde Black | ||
| 7-5 | Kryptos | Decimator | AFM | Heavy Thrash | |
| 7-5 | Liminal Shroud | Visions of Collapse | Willowtip | Black | |
| 7-5 | Nifelheim | Unholy | DSRP | Black Thrash | Comp |
| 7-5 | Nyktophobia | To The Stars | Apostasy | Melodic Death | |
| 7-5 | Octoploid | Beyond the Aeons | RPM | Melodic | |
| 7-5 | Orden Ogan | The Order of Fear* | RPM | Power | |
| 7-5 | Piah Mater | Under the Shadow of the Foreign Sun | Code 666 | Prog Death | |
| 7-5 | Satan's Satyrs | After Dark | Tee Pee | Heavy Doom Punk | |
| 7-5 | Selias | Headshot | Sleazy Rider | ||
| 7-5 | Sijjeel | Affiliation of Horrid Containment | Comatose | Death | |
| 7-5 | Sumac | The Keeper's Tongue | Thrill Jockey | Atmo Sludge | E.P. |
| 7-5 | Surra | Falha Critica | Crossover | ||
| 7-5 | Thunder Horse | Dead Alive in Texas | Doom | Live | |
| 7-5 | Traumatomy | Triumph of Enslavement | Gore House | Slam Death | E.P. |
| 7-5 | Vimur | The Timeless Everpresent | Avantgarde | Black | |
| 7-5 | Visions of Atlantis | Pirates II- Armada | Napalm | Sym | |
| 7-5 | Vulvodynia | Entabeni | Unique Leader | Deathcore | |
| 7-5 | Wormed | Omegon | Season of Mist | Tech Death | |
| 7-5 | Xasthur | Disharmonic Variations | Lupus Lounge | Neofolk Black | |
| 7-6 | Artach | Sgrios* | Ind Black | E.P. | |
| 7-7 | Abstinency | Fertilization of Divinities | Rotten | Death | |
| 7-11 | Eremit | Rise of Ruan-angh | Doom Sludge | E.P. | |
| 7-11 | Wallop | Hell on Wheels | MDD | Heavy | |
| 7-12 | Against Evil | Give 'Em Hell | Doc Gator | Heavy | |
| 7-12 | Amorphis | Tales of a Thousand Lakes | Reigning Pheonix | Melodic Folk | Live |
| 7-12 | Ananda Mida | Live at Duna Jam | Heavy Psych Sounds | Live | |
| 7-12 | Axxis | Coming Home | Melodic Heavy Power | ||
| 7-12 | Aydra | Hyperlogical Sin Live | RA | Live | |
| 7-12 | Backbone Slide | S/T | Pride & Joy | Re-issue | |
| 7-12 | Black Capicorn | Sacrifice Darkness and Fire | MMR | Psych Doom | |
| 7-12 | Black Lava | The Savage Winds of Wisdom | Season of Mist | Extreme | |
| 7-12 | Blood Feast | Infinate Evolution | Hells Headbangers | Thrash | |
| 7-12 | Castrated | Surgical Vicissitude | cOMATOSE | Death | E.P. |
| 7-12 | Cranial Disorder | Congenital Depravity | Death | ||
| 7-12 | Ceremony of Silence | Halios | Willowtip | Extreme | |
| 7-12 | Disloyal | Divine Miasmata | Black Lion | Death | |
| 7-12 | Endless Flood | Rites Futurs | Sludge Drone Doom | ||
| 7-12 | Februus | Surveillance Orgy | Transcending Obscurity | Death | |
| 7-12 | In Hearts Wake | Incarnation | UNFD | ||
| 7-12 | Inferia | Ass Appeal Madness | Great Dane | Death Grind | |
| 7-12 | Kommandant | Exhibition of Conquest | ATMF | Extreme | E.P. |
| 7-12 | The Last King | Culling from Gods | Melodic Deathcore | ||
| 7-12 | Legions of the Night | Darkness | Pride & Joy | Heavy Power | |
| 7-12 | Lord Buffalo | Holus Bolus | Blues Funeral | ||
| 7-12 | Mages Terror | Damnation's Sight | Invictus | Thrash Black | |
| 7-12 | Mothman and the Thunderbirds | Portal Hopper | Stoner Doom | ||
| 7-12 | Mortifer Rage | Plagues Requiem | Death | ||
| 7-12 | Mr. Big | Ten | Rock | ||
| 7-12 | Norhbound | Juniper | Smart Punk | ||
| 7-12 | Obscene | Agony & Wounds | Nameless Grave | Death | |
| 7-12 | Phyllomedusa | Harlequin's Night | Various | ||
| 7-12 | Plutocracy Planet | S/T | |||
| 7-12 | Project Silence | The Void | Ind Melodic Electronic | ||
| 7-12 | Psychotic Waltz | Into the Everflow | Inside Out | Prog Metal | 1992 |
| 7-12 | Psychotic Waltz | Mosquito | Inside Out | Prog Metal | 1994 |
| 7-12 | Psychotic Waltz | Split | Inside Out | Prog Metal | |
| 7-12 | Seth | La France des maudits* | Season of Mist | Black | |
| 7-12 | Sick/Tired | Whio Hand Paranoia | Grind | ||
| 7-12 | Skelethal | With Corrosive Continuums | Hells Headbangers | Death | |
| 7-12 | SKVM | Booze Ritual Occultism | Black | ||
| 7-12 | Speed | Only One Mode* | Flatspot | ||
| 7-12 | Spiral Grave | Ill Respute* | Argonauta | Doom | |
| 7-12 | Testament | The Legacy | NB | Thrash | 1987 |
| 7-12 | Testament | The New Order | NB | Thrash | 1988 |
| 7-12 | Through Mists | Branches | Exp | ||
| 7-12 | Tim Montana | Savage | Music Knot | ||
| 7-12 | Totengott | Beyond the Veil | Hammerheart | Doom Black Thrash | |
| 7-12 | Turbo | Broke and Ugly* | Thrash | ||
| 7-12 | Turin | The Unforgiving Reality of Nothing | MNRK | ||
| 7-12 | Vanessa Funke | Void | Melodic Death Goth | ||
| 7-12 | Vanhelgd | Atropos Doctrina | Dark Descent | Death | |
| 7-12 | Voice | Holy or Damned | Massacre | Melodic Power | |
| 7-12 | Vurr & Zijde | Boezem | Prophecy | Atmo Black | |
| 7-12 | Werewolves | Die for Us | Prosthetic | Tech Extreme | |
| 7-12 | Windwalker | Hyperviolence | Fearless | ||
| 7-15 | Dioclectian | Inexorable Nexus | Nuclear War Now | Extreme | |
| 7-16 | Declared Dead | Necrodeist | Sliptrick | Extreme Trash | |
| 7-18 | Raat | Enchantment | Ra | Post Shoegaze Black | |
| 7-19 | Act Of Creation | Moments to Remain | Massacre | Death Thrash | |
| 7-19 | Arka'n Asrafokor | Dzikkuh | Raising Phoenix | ||
| 7-19 | Assemble the Chariots | Ephemeral Trilogy Part:1 | Sym Deathcore | ||
| 7-19 | Besto Blanco | Kinetica | COP | ||
| 7-19 | Ceremony of Silence | Halios | Willowtip | Extreme | |
| 7-19 | Choke Chain | Choke on This | DC&H | ||
| 7-19 | Chris Slade Timeline | Timescapes | |||
| 7-19 | Dead Man's Path | E.P. and Singles | Melodic Deathcore | Comp | |
| 7-19 | Death's Cold Hand | Apoteosis | Death | ||
| 7-19 | Deep Purple | "=1" | earMUSIC | Rock | |
| 7-19 | Eternal Drak | Imprisoned Souls | WormHoleDeath | Groove Thrash | |
| 7-19 | Excel | Seeking Refuge | Southern Lord | Thrash Crossover | 1995 |
| 7-19 | Falcon Trails | Coming Home | Metalville | ||
| 7-19 | Februus | Surveilance Orgy | Transcending Obscurity | Death | |
| 7-19 | Flat Black | Dark Side of the Brain | Fearless | ||
| 7-19 | Her Whole Head's Fire | Strange Desire | Iodine | ||
| 7-19 | Inner Strength | Daydreaming in Moonlight | Divebomb | Prog | |
| 7-19 | Jupiter Cyclops | UFOnaut* | Stoner | ||
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| 7-19 | Orange Goblin | Science, Not Fiction | Peaceville | Stoner | |
| 7-19 | Patriarchs in Black | Visioning | Metalville | Southern Doom | |
| 7-19 | Sable Hills | Odyessey | Arising Empire | ||
| 7-19 | Saint Diablo | The Reckoning | Eclipse | ||
| 7-19 | Sarajah | S/T | Argonauta | Doom | |
| 7-19 | Servants to the Tide | Where Time Will Come to Die | No Remorse | Epic Doom | |
| 7-19 | SSD | Get it Away | Trust | Re issue | |
| 7-19 | Todesstoss | Gas Liebweh | I Voidhanger | Black | |
| 7-19 | Trail of Lies | Only the Strong | Triple B | ||
| 7-19 | Unholy | Demonology | Svart | Death Doom | Comp |
| 7-19 | Uprising | III | AOP | Black | |
| 7-19 | Upon the Altar | Descendant's of Evil | Godz of War | Extreme | |
| 7-19 | Warhourse | Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse | Bravewords | Heavy | |
| 7-19 | Worshipper | One Way Trip | Magetic Eye | Heavy | |
| 7-21 | Dark Heart | Out of the Shadows | BP | NWOBHN | |
| 7-26 | Orpheus Omega | Emberglow | WormHoleDeath | Melodic Death | |
| 7-26 | Category 7 | S/T | Metal Blade | Prog | |
| 7-26 | ColdCell | Age of Unreason | AOP | Black | |
| 7-26 | Coughin Visars | Curses and Prayers | Venn | ||
| 7-26 | Crave | Oblivion | Battle God | ||
| 7-26 | Culled | Psyscles | HPGD | Sludge Doom Core | E.P. |
| 7-26 | Curse upon a Prayer | The Worship | Black | ||
| 7-26 | Death Racer | From Gravel to Grave | Dying Victims | Black Speed | |
| 7-26 | Demon Spell | Evil Nights | Dying Victims | E.P. | |
| 7-26 | Dream Evil | Metal Gods | CM | Heavy Power | |
| 7-26 | Duskwalker | Underfround Forever | Black Lion | Thrash Death | |
| 7-26 | Goat Semen | Fuck Christ | Hells Headbangers | Extreme | E.P. |
| 7-26 | Ghost | Rite Here Rite Now | Loma Vista | Hard Heavy | Soundtrack |
| 7-26 | Harvestman | Triptych | Neurot | ||
| 7-26 | Ill Nino | III: Mortals Vol.2 | Godsize | E.P. | |
| 7-26 | Imperia | Dark Parade | Massacre | Sym | |
| 7-26 | Ironflame | Kingdom Torn Asunder | High Roller | Heavy Power | |
| 7-26 | Laceration | I Erode | 20 Buck Spin | Death Thrash | |
| 7-26 | Mean Mistreater | Razor Wire | Dying Victims | Heavy | |
| 7-26 | Mercic | XI | UNP | ||
| 7-26 | Monument of Misanthropy | Vile Postmortem Irrurnatio | Transcending Obscurity | Death | |
| 7-26 | Mountaineer | Dawn and all that Follows | Lifeforce | Doom Sludge Post | |
| 7-26 | Nether | The Blood of Rats | Art Gates | Melodic Black | |
| 7-26 | Powerwolf | Wake Up the Wicked | Napalm | Power | |
| 7-26 | Scald | Ancient Doom Metal | High Roller | Epic Doom | |
| 7-26 | Soulbound | ObsYdian | Metalville | ||
| 7-26 | Spred Thin | World of Snakes* | Harcore Powerviolence Sludge | ||
| 7-26 | Uncle Slam | Will Work for Food | Dissonance | Crossover | 1993 |
| 7-26 | Uncle Slam | When God Dies | Dissonance | Crossover | 1995 |
| 7-26 | Void Witch | Horripilating Presence | Everlasting Spew | Death Doom | |
| 7-26 | Wormwitch | S/T | Profound Lore | Melodic Black | |
| 7-26 | Wurm Flesh | Teratogenic Malformation | Comatose | Death | E.P. |
August Releases
| Date | Artist | Release | Label | Genre | Notes |
| 8-2 | Blind Guardian | Somewhere Far Beyond Revisited | NB | Power Speed | 1992 |
| 8-2 | Manic Abraxas | Skinformation | Doom Stoner | ||
| 8-2 | Mister Misery | S/T | AFM | ||
| 8-2 | Mourning Wood | Fill Your Grave | WormHoleDeath | Heavy | E.P. |
| 8-9 | Hammerfall | Avenge the Fallen | NB | Heavy Power | |
| 8-9 | Heilung | Lifa Lotungard | Season of Mist | ||
| 8-9 | In Aphelion | Reaperdawn | CM | Black | |
| 6-9 | Mausoleum | Defiling the Decay | Moribund | Death | |
| 8-9 | Mushrommhead | Call the Devil | Naplalm | ||
| 8-16 | Avernus | Grievances | M-Theory | Doom Death Goth | |
| 8-16 | Dark Tranquility | End Time Signals | CM | Melodic | |
| 8-16 | Gel | Persona | B;ue Grape | ||
| 8-16 | Stoned Jesus | Seven Thunders Roar | Season of Mist | Stoner Doom | |
| 8-16 | Thotcrime | Connection Anxiety | Prosthetic | ||
| 8-23 | All For Metal | Gods of Metal | RP | Heavy | |
| 8-23 | Damph | No Angels Alive | Melodic Power Sym Alt | ||
| 8-23 | Kingcrow | Hopium | Season of Mist | Prog | |
| 8-23 | Mike Tramp | Songs of White Lion Vol.2 | Frontiers | Rock | |
| 8-23 | Nile | The Underworld Awaits Us All | Napalm | Death | |
| 8-23 | Siege of Perilous | Creation's Call* | Power Epic | E.P. | |
| 8-23 | Zeal & Ardor | Greif | Exp | ||
| 8-30 | Anciients | Beyond The Reach of the Sun | Season of Mist | Melodic | |
| 8-30 | Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake | Epic | Thrash | 20th Anniversary |
| 8-30 | Leprous | Melodies of Attonment | Inside Out | Melodic Prog | |
| 8-30 | Nails | Every Bridge Burning | NB | Grindcore Powerviolence | |
| 8-30 | Norna | S/T | Pelagic | ||
| 8-30 | Oceano | Living Chaos | Sumerian | Deathcore | |
| 8-30 | Teeth | The Will of Hate | Translation Loss | ||
| 8-30 | Thrown | Excessive Guilt | Arising Empire |
September Releases
| Date | Artist | Release | Label | Genre | Notes |
| 9-6 | Jordan Rudess | Permission To Fly | Inside Out | Prog | |
| 9-20 | Kanonenfieber | Die Urkatastrope | CM | Extreme | |
| 9-20 | Nightwish | Yesterwynde | NB | Sym | |
October Release
| Date | Artist | Release | Label | Genre | Notes |
| 10-4 | Wind Rose | Trollslayer | Napalm | Folk Power | |
| 10-9 | Oceans of Slumber | Where Gods Fear to Speak | Season of Mist | Melodic | |
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