A quick collection of release announcements that landed in my inbox this week—a mix of new singles, new videos, tour announcements, reissues, and album news worth keeping an eye on. No hype, no rankings—just the core details and where to start.
Stoned Jesus release “See You On The Road” video ahead of European tour
Ukrainian heavy progressive rock band Stoned Jesus released a new video for “See You On The Road,” a track from Songs to Sun that turns touring fatigue, movement, and the need to keep playing into something loud and open-hearted. Built around a jumpy hard-rock riff and a chant-ready finish, it arrives just before the band’s co-headlining European run with Wheel.
Watch: https://youtu.be/-iSjse2FTD0
Order / stream Songs to Sun: https://orcd.co/stonedjesussongtosun
ONLY HUMAN announce debut album Planned Obsolescence
Copenhagen progressive metal band ONLY HUMAN announced their debut full-length, Planned Obsolescence, due March 27, 2026, via Season of Mist. Built around themes of technocracy, surveillance, digital dependency, and the reduction of people into disposable products, the album frames its djent and electronic textures around a tightly controlled dystopian concept.
Pre-order / pre-save: https://orcd.co/onlyhumanplannedobsolescence
MELECHESH unveil “In Shadows, In Light” from Sentinels Of Shamash
Mesopotamian metal pioneers MELECHESH released “In Shadows, In Light,” the latest track from their upcoming digital EP Sentinels Of Shamash, due April 10 via Reigning Phoenix Music. The song continues the band’s long-running fusion of blackened thrash, Middle Eastern melodic language, occult symbolism, and mythic atmosphere, this time moving through ideas of hidden knowledge, perception, and revelation.
Pre-save: https://melechesh.rpm.link/sos
IATT share “Somnophobia” from Etheric Realms of the Night
Philadelphia extreme metal band IATT released a new single and video for “Somnophobia,” another piece of the band’s upcoming full-length Etheric Realms of the Night, due May 8 via Black Lion Records. Framed as part of a larger album-and-film narrative, the track pushes deeper into the record’s unstable dream logic, focusing on fear of sleep, fractured reality, and the slow collapse of the line between consciousness and nightmare.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com
Cryptopsy announce “Malicious & Vile Summer 2026” European tour
Montreal death metal veterans Cryptopsy announced a major European summer run in support of An Insatiable Violence. The tour mixes festivals and headline club dates and keeps the band in motion behind one of their strongest recent records, a release shaped partly on the road and written with live intensity in mind.
Order / stream An Insatiable Violence: https://orcd.co/cryptopsyaninsatiableviolence
Tickets: http://lnk.to/CRYPTOPSY-EUROPESUMMER26
WANDAR announce new album Tiefe Erde
German atmospheric black metal band WANDAR announced their next album, Tiefe Erde, set for release on May 1 via Vendetta Records. The record is described as the closing point in a longer cycle begun with earlier releases, and the language around it points toward a dense, grief-soaked, ritual-heavy form of black metal built from fury, melancholy, and immersion rather than flash.
VIA DOLORIS stream debut album Guerre et Paix
VIA DOLORIS, the solo project of Oslo-based musician Gildas Le Pape, is now streaming its debut album Guerre et Paix ahead of its March 20 release through Season of Mist. Across seven long-form tracks, the record moves through depression, fracture, despair, and the possibility of something beyond collapse, leaning on melody, atmosphere, and emotional restraint rather than pure extremity.
Stream: https://youtu.be/n7OWNRg2BKg
Pre-save / pre-order: https://orcd.co/viadolorisguerreetpaix
Infected Rain return with new single “Stranger”
Moldovan modern metal band Infected Rain released “Stranger,” the first look at their next musical chapter. Built around identity conflict, transformation, and the feeling of becoming unfamiliar to yourself, the track arrives just before the band heads out on its “Mutation Phase” tour and suggests a sharper, more direct turn without losing the emotional weight that has driven their recent work.
Stream: https://orcd.co/infectedrain-stranger
Brutal Planet reissues Chris Barnes-linked death metal titles through Metal Icon Series
Brutal Planet Records announced a group of reissues tied to Chris Barnes, including Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics, Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest, and Torture Killer – Swarm! in both vinyl and CD editions. The wave highlights Barnes’ place in groove-heavy death metal through cult-favorite covers, tribute material, and his infamous collaboration with Torture Killer.
Graveyard Classics purchase: https://boonesoverstock.com/products/six-feet-under-graveyard-classics-bloody-gold-vinyl-2026-brutal-planet
Swarm! vinyl: https://boonesoverstock.com/products/torture-killer-swarm-rotting-amber-vinyl-2026-brutal-planet?variant=45370431078537
Swarm! CD: https://boonesoverstock.com/products/torture-killer-swarm-new-cd-2026-brutal-planet-chris-barnes-band?variant=45370588627081
Graveyard Classics IV purchase: https://boonesoverstock.com/products/six-feet-under-graveyard-classics-iv-the-number-of-the-priest-vinyl-2026-brutal-planet
TUNGSTEN release “The North Will Rise” featuring Tony Kakko
Swedish heavy metal band TUNGSTEN released a new single and video for “The North Will Rise,” featuring Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica. The track leans into anthem-first writing, bright melody, and a kind of festival-ready scale that fits the band’s modern power-metal direction while giving the collaboration enough room to feel like an event rather than a cameo.
Stream: https://tungsten.rpm.link/thenorthPR
If something here sticks, chances are it’ll resurface later—either as a longer feature or when the release cycle really kicks in.
Written by Rob Joncas for DeadNoteMedia.
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