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| List of years in heavy metal music |
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| (table) |
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2026.
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paleface Swiss | The Wilted EP (EP) [9] |
| 7 | Nanowar of Steel | The Genghis Khan EP to End All Genghis Khan EPs (EP) [10] |
| 9 | Alter Bridge | Alter Bridge [11] |
| Beyond the Black | Break the Silence [12] | |
| Bullet | Kickstarter [13] | |
| For My Pain... | Buried Blue [14] | |
| The Ruins of Beverast | Tempelschlaf [15] | |
| 16 | Edenbridge | Set the Dark on Fire [16] |
| Holy Dragons | Guardians of Time – Part I [17] | |
| Kreator | Krushers of the World [18] | |
| Ov Sulfur | Endless [19] | |
| Soen | Reliance [20] | |
| 23 | Crystal Lake | The Weight of Sound [21] |
| Megadeth | Megadeth [22] | |
| Melissa Bonny | Cherry Red Apocalypse [23] | |
| Poppy | Empty Hands [24] | |
| Textures | Genotype [25] | |
| 30 | Therion | Con Orquesta (live album) [26] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Karnivool | In Verses [27] |
| Mayhem | Liturgy of Death [28] | |
| Tailgunner | Midnight Blitz [29] | |
| Wolverine | Anomalies [30] | |
| 13 | Converge | Love Is Not Enough [31] |
| 20 | Clawfinger | Before We All Die [32] |
| Michael Monroe | Outerstellar [33] | |
| Sylosis | The New Flesh [34] | |
| 27 | Rob Zombie | The Great Satan [35] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Powerwolf | Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) (live album) [36] |
| 13 | Angus McSix | Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral Eye [37] |
| 20 | Tyketto | Closer to the Sun [38] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Attila | Concrete Throne [39] |
| 17 | Skindred | You Got This [40] |
| Victorius | World War Dinosaur [41] |