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 June 23rd, 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.
Our Top Offerings…
Adversvm – Vama Marga
Genre: funeral doom metal
Label: moribund records
Country: Germany
FFO: Mournful Congregation, Ahab
Crepitation – Monstrous Eruption of Impetuous Preposterosity
Genre: death Metal
Label: viscious instinct records
Country: england
FFO: amputated, kraanium, stillbirth
Snorlax – The Necrotrophic Abyss
Genre: blackened death Metal
Label: avantgarde music
Country: australia
FFO: dragged into sunlight, grave miasma
Wooden Veins – Imploding Waves
Genre: melodic doom metal
Label: ardua music
Country: chile
FFO: dodheimsgard, celestial season
…And The Rest of the New Heavy Metal Releases For June 23rd
Abused Majesty – Proxima Inferi
Genre: black metal
Label: independent
Country: Poland
FFO: emperor, behemoth
The Anchoret – It All Began With Loneliness
Genre: progressive metal
Label: willowtip records
Country: Canada
FFO: an abstract illusion, wilderun
Barbelith – Deathless Master
Genre: post-black Metal
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: deafheaven, ghost bath
Black Eucharist – Inn of the Vaticide
Genre: black metal
Label: stygian black hand
Country: USA
FFO: profanatica, VON, Masochist
Blasfema Estigia – Blasphemous Sickness of Lust
Genre: black / death Metal
Label: masters of kaos Records
Country: colombia
FFO: Hellhammer, Blasphemy
Burner – It All Returns To Nothing
Genre: death Metal / hardcore
Label: church road records
Country: England
FFO: 200 Stab Wounds, Heriot
Cable Ties – All Her Plans
Genre: post-punk
Label: poison city records
Country: Australia
FFO: Pist Idiots, Private Function, pinch Points
DeathCollector – Death’s Toll
Genre: death metal
Label: prosthetic records
Country: england
FFO: bolt thrower, vader, obituary
Degrees of Truth – Alchemists
Genre: progressive symphonic Metal
Label: scarlet Records
Country: italy
FFO: Within Temptation, Dream Theater
Despair Eternal – Despair Eternal
Genre: black metal
Label: syrup moose Records
Country: germany
FFO: Watain, Dark Funeral
Destiny Bond – Be My Vengeance
Genre: hardcore
Label: convulse records
Country: USA
FFO: fucked up, dag nasty, slapshot
Dorminn – II
Genre: black metal
Label: antiq records
Country: belgium
FFO: Ungfell, Urfaust, Obsequiae
Dreadhammer – Sovereign
Genre: thrash metal
Label: independent
Country: India
FFO: Kreator, Destruction
Entering Polaris – Atlantean Shores / And Silently the Age Did Pass
Genre: progressive Power Metal
Label: freya records
Country: Belgium
FFO: Hammerfall, Magnus Karlsson’s Free fall
Fear Factory – Re-Industrialized
Genre: industrial / groove Metal
Label: nuclear blast
Country: USA
FFO: machine head, strapping young lad
Re-mixed, re-mastered and re-imagined version of their 2012 album, Industrialized
Forged In Black – Lightning in the Ashes
Genre: heavy / thrash metal
Label: fighter records
Country: england
FFO: iron maiden, metal church
Graf Orlock – End Credits
Genre: grindcore
Label: vitriol records
Country: USA
FFO: pig destroyer, trap them, full of hell
Grip – Solstici
Genre: doom / stoner Metal
Label: independent
Country: Spain
FFO: Windhand, Elder, Monolord
Haradrim – Death of Idols
Genre: black metal / crust
Label: trust no one recordings
Country: sweden
FFO: darkthrone, martyrdod
High Priest – Invocation
Genre: doom / stoner metal
Label: magnetic eye records
Country: USA
FFO: alice in chains, black sabbath, electric wizard
Infernal Curse – Revelations Beyond Insanity
Genre: black / death metal
Label: iron bonehead productions
Country: argentina
FFO: abysmal lord, blasphemy, teitanblood
Infinity – The Untamed Hunger
Genre: black Metal
Label: immortal frost productions
Country: netherlands
FFO: dissection, necrophobic, watain
Jag Panzer – The Hallowed
Genre: heavy / power metal
Label: atmoic fire records
Country: USA
FFO: metal church, iron maiden, iced earth
Khnvm – Visions of a Plague Ridden Sky
Genre: death metal
Label: neckbreaker records
Country: germany / bangladesh
FFO: Nervochaos, tomb mold
Krashkarma – Falling To Pieces
Genre: alternative metal
Label: rockshots records
Country: USA
FFO: butcher babies, raven black
Krigsgrav – Fires In The Fall
Genre: atmospheric blackened doom Metal
Label: wise blood records
Country: USA
FFO: wolves in the throne room, agalloch
Leathürbitch – Shattered Vanity
Genre: heavy / speed metal
Label: shadow kingdom records
Country: USA
FFO: Solicitor, Jag Panzer, Judas Priest
Lithik – Geomorphology
Genre: atmospheric black metal
Label: independent
Country: Australia
FFO: Bathory, Nite, Celtic Frost
Loather – Eis
Genre: black metal
Label: Independent
Country: Austria
FFO: Ultha, Predatory Void, unru
Luminous Veil – Morbid Rubicon
Genre: black metal
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: Hekseblad, primordial serpent, till
Membrance – Undead Island
Genre: death metal
Label: extreme metal music
Country: Italy
FFO: Hideous Divinity, Skeletal Remains
Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht
Genre: symphonic deathcore
Label: century media
Country: germany
FFO: lorna shore, worm shepherd
Militarie Gun – Life Under The Gun
Genre: hardcore
Label: lorna vista recordings
Country: USA
FFO: fiddlehead, one step closer, drug church
Night Mother – In Beautiful Sorrow
Genre: atmospheric sludge / doom metal
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: neurosis, mizmor, dirge
Nocturnal Breed – Carry The Beast
Genre: thrash / black metal
Label: dark essence records
Country: norway
FFO: aura noir, toxic holocaust, deathhamer
Onheil – In Black Ashes
Genre: blackened heavy / thrash Metal
Label: black lion records
Country: netherlands
FFO: Hellripper, nite, kvaen
Perracide – Underdog
Genre: death / thrash metal
Label: emanzipation records
Country: sweden
FFO: destroyer 666, kvaen
Persekutor – Snow Business
Genre: blackened heavy metal
Label: blues funeral recordings
Country: romania
FFO: celtic frost, bathory, venom
Phantom Corporation – Fallout
Genre: death metal / crust
Label: independent
Country: germany
FFO: Bodyfarm, Scalpture, Hellripper
Pylar – Límyte
Genre: drone / doom Metal
Label: cylic law
Country: spain
FFO: Bell witch, Mournful Congregation, Evoken
Pyramaze – Bloodlines
Genre: power metal
Label: AFM records
Country: denmark
FFO: iced earth, kamelot
Seek – Kokyou De Shinu Otoko
Genre: black metal
Label: silent pendulum records
Country: japan
FFO: Primitive Man, gaerea
Soul Grinder – Filth Encrusted
Genre: heavy / thrash metal
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: solicitor, destruction, toxic holocaust
Stray Gods – Olympus
Genre: heavy / power metal
Label: rock of angels
Country: greece
FFO: iron maiden
Structural – Decrowned
Genre: technical death metal
Label: viciSolum Records
Country: Israel
FFO: Obscura, Nile, Necrophagist
Swans – The Beggar
Genre: experimental rock
Label: young god records
Country: USA
FFO: This Heat, slint, godflesh
Sworn – A Journey Told Through Fire
Genre: melodic black metal
Label: independent
Country: Norway
FFO: dissection, windir
Thornafire – Leprosario lazareto
Genre: death metal
Label: great dane records
Country: Chile
FFO: eucharist, bathory, funebrarum
Tomb – The Dark Subconscious
Genre: death / black metal
Label: iron bonehead productions
Country: malaysia
FFO: Beherit, Mystifier
Trophy Eyes – Suicide and Sunshine
Genre: pop punk / alternative rock
Label: hopeless records
Country: australia
FFO: boston manor, the wonder years
Tsjuder – Helvgr
Genre: black metal
Label: season of mist
Country: norway
FFO: marduk, 1349, immortal
Uzlaga – The Sunken Seer
Genre: black metal
Label: blackmetalgram
Country: england
FFO: vital spirit, aara
Vexed – Negative Energy
Genre: deathcore
Label: napalm records
Country: england
FFO: venom prison, VCTMS
Wizard Tattoo – Fables of the Damned
Genre: doom metal
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: conan, bongripper, led zeppelin
Wretched Tongues – Torment
Genre: deathcore
Label: independent
Country: USA
FFO: to obey a tyrant, dead/awake
Weekly Tastebreaker
Break free from the heavy metal chains and explore a different sound. A new, non-heavy, left-of-field recommendation every week to broaden your musical horizons.
Arthur Russel – Picture of a Bunny Rabbit
Genre: art pop, avant-folk
Label: audika records
Country: USA
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