Friday is arguably the best day of the week. Why? Well not only does it mean the weekend is nigh, but it’s also the day that most bands and artists unleash their new albums upon the world. These Weekly Release posts aim to compile the best new heavy releases into one convenient location, allowing for the discovery of countless new bands and the convenience of keeping track of old favourites. Here are the new heavy metal releases for January 20th, 2023.
Editor’s Note: If you feel any releases have been missed, or you would like to add your own band’s release to this or a future release post, please contact us here.
Afterdusk – Hollow Eyes
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Bad Omens, Greyhaven
Apokatastasis – The Consecratory Secretion
Genre: Blackened Brutal Death Metal
Label: Hessian Firm
Country: USA
FFO: Suffocation, Behemoth
Asakta – The Abyss of Existence
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Greece
FFO: Rotting Christ, Burzum
Atrocity – Okkult III
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Massacre Records
Country: Germany
FFO: Unleashed, Moonspell
Celestial Scourge – Dimensions Unfurled
Genre: Brutal Technical Death Metal
Label: Time To Kill Records
Country: Norway
FFO: Decapitated, Suffocation
Celestial Wizard – Winds of the Cosmos
Genre: Heavy / Power Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Hell Fire, Vulture
Cincinnati Bowtie – Incantation
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Independent
Country: England
FFO: Lorna Shore, Brand of Sacrifice
Cosmic Reaper / Endtime – Doom Sessions Vol. VII
Genre: Stoner / Sludge / Doom Metal
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Country: USA / Sweden
FFO: Domkraft, Monolord
Crawl Below – Around the Circle, Around the Snake
Genre: Post-Black Metal / Punk / Folk
Label: Lawnmowerjetpack Records
Country: USA
FFO: Ulver, Burzum, Gonemage
Cross Roarr – Transcending Chaosophia
Genre: Speed Metal / Punk
Label: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
Country: Colombia
FFO: Motorhead, Sabbat
Dark Æclipse – Sign ov the Evil Eye
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Romania
FFO: Dimmu Borgir, Cirith Ungol
Dequisitor – Apotheosis
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Extremely Rotten Productions
Country: Denmark
FFO: Phrenelith, Hyperdontia, Chaotian
Druids of Eld – A Day of Sorrow
Genre: Blackgaze / Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Australia
FFO: Alcest, Cult of Luna
Dryad – The Abyssal Plain
Genre: Black / Death Metal
Label: Prosthetic Records
Country: USA
FFO: Worm, Cloud Rat, Incantation
Faithxtractor – Contempt For A Failed Dimension
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Redefining Darkness Records
Country: USA
FFO: Imprecation, Incantation
For I Am King – Crown
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Prime Collective / Blood Blast Distribution
Country: Netherlands
FFO: Our Hollow Our Home, Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn
Hellevate – The Purpose is Cruelty
Genre: Thrash / Power Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Anthrax, Megadeth, Vulture
Imperium Dekadenz – Into Sorrow Evermore
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
FFO: Der Weg einer Freiheit, Winterfylleth, Ellende
Inherits The Void – The Impending Fall of The Stars
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Avantgarde Music
Country: France
FFO: Stormkeep, Vinterland, Eucharist
Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars
Genre: Gothic / Alternative / Progressive Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Sweden
FFO: Paradise Lost, Opeth, Anathema
Lord Mountain – The Oath
Genre: Stoner / Heavy / Doom Metal
Label: King Volume Records
Country: USA
FFO: Black Sabbath, Pentagram
Moonscape – The Continuum Synergy
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Moonscape Music
Country: Norway
FFO: Dark Tranquility, Belakor
Negative Vortex – Tomb Absolute
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Country: USA
FFO: Cathedral, Autopsy, Celtic Frost
New Found Glory – Make the Most of It
Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Revelation Records
Country: USA
FFO: Four Year Strong, Yellowcard
Noisy Neighbors – Derailing the Hyper Train
Genre: Grindcore / D-Beat
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: No/Mas, Discharge
Nothingness – Supraliminal
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Country: USA
FFO: Gorguts, Gojira, Morbid Angel
Oak Pantheon – The Absence
Genre: Atmospheric Black / Folk / Post-Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Agalloch, Falls of Rauros
Omsorg – Moments, Movements
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Label: 5 Feet Under Records
Country: Denmark
FFO: Stick To Your Guns, Touche Amore
Ornamentos del Miedo – Frío
Genre: Atmospheric Funeral Doom Metal
Label: Darkwoods
Country: Spain
FFO: Midnight Odyssey, Evoken, Esoteric
Polterguise – Eurydice
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Label: Theoria Records
Country: USA
FFO: Dance Gavin Dance, Coletta
Pyramid Mass – Monolith
Genre: Avant-Garde Black Metal / Hardcore
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Imperial Triumphant, Blut Aus Nord
Re-Buried – Repulsive Nature
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Translation Loss Records
Country: USA
FFO: Tomb Mold, Phobophilic
Shadows Ground / До Скону – Amanita Cross – The Land of Nameless and Forgotten Souls
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Schattenkult Produktionen
Country: Ukraine
FFO: Mgla, Mayhem
Silver Bullet – Shadowfall
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment
Country: Finland
FFO: Serious Black, Sabaton
Skullpture – A Horrifying Death
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Adirondack Black Mass
Country: Chile
FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel
Slegest – Avstand
Genre: Blackened Doom Metal
Label: Dark Essence Records
Country: Norway
FFO: Vreid, Khold
Thaumaturgy – Tenebrous Oblations
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Adirondack Black Mass
Country: USA
FFO: Tomb Mold, Blood Incantation
Tribunal – The Weight of Remembrance
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin
Country: Canada
FFO: My Dying Bride, Mournful Congregation
Turbid North – The Decline
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Morbid Angel, The Black Dahlia Murder
Twilight Force – At The Heart of Wintervale
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Country: Sweden
FFO: Rhapsody of Fire, Dragonforce
Uburen – Usurp The Throne
Genre: Black / Viking Metal
Label: Dusktone
Country: Norway
FFO: Enslaved, Bathory
Vitrail – Le mépris du monde
Genre: Post-Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Canada
FFO: Harakiri For The Sky, White Ward
The World Is Quiet Here – Zon
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Silent Pendulum Records
Country: USA
FFO: Artificial Language, Parius
Zustand Null – Beyond The Limit of Sanity
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Dusktone
Country: Norway
FFO: Mgla, Deathspell Omega
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