The Infernal Records: Week 04, 05, & 06
The Infernal Records: Week 04, 05 & 06 is out! Dive into our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the last few weeks. See the full list!
It's been a while, but we are back with a new newsletter. Fractal dove into the releases of the last few weeks and listened to the ones that are worth listening to. Without further ado, here is the entire list.
Band: Aftoktonia/αυτοκτονία
Album: Through Nebulae of the Empyrean Aether
Country: Norway
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 21, 2026
Aftoktonia/αυτοκτονία
Band: Aghar
Album: Cellar of the Castle
Country: Italy
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 13, 2026
Band: Almach
Album: The Raven
Country: Unknown
Genre: Epic/Folk/Atmospheric Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
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Band: Archvile King
Album: Aux heures désespérées
Country: France
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
diamondjoe
Band: Asaru
Album: V.O.I.D.
Country: Germany
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 21, 2017
Band: Cult Of The Moon
Album: Lunar Eclipse
Country: USA / India
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
Ricardo Cristof
Band: Diatrekhon Aster
Album: Metroglodyte
Country: Greece
Genre: Black Metal/DSBM
Date: February 6, 2026
Bandcamp New & Notable May 9, 2025
Band: Дом Смирения (Dom Smireniya)
Album: Лимб
Country: Russia
Genre: Black Metal
Date: February 4, 2026
JDMP
Band: Dusk Lurker
Album: Celestial Fantasies In The Mind Of A Lunatic
Country: UK
Genre: Black Metal
Date: February 7, 2026
sashavonkarl74
Band: Ensanguinate
Album: Death Saturnalia (with temples below)
Country: Slovenia
Genre: Black/Death
Date: February 6, 2026
Ricardo Cristof
Band: Final Dose
Album: Endless Woe (EP)
Country: UK
Genre:Black Metal/Punk
Date: January 28, 2026
Bürli
Band: Handful of Hate
Album: Soulless Abominations
Country: Italy
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
Lorenzo
Band: Hautaveri
Album: Hänen kylmän myrskynsä airut (Demo)
Country: Finland
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 16, 2024
Band: Hieron
Album: From the Temple to the Grave
Country: Germany
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
hellawaits123433
Band: Infaust
Album: Entseelt
Country: Germany
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
hellawaits123433
Band: Истребление (Istreblenie)
Album: Нетленность
Country: Russia
Genre: Black Metal
Date: February 2, 2026
Bertrand Marchal
Band: Mascharat
Album: Ars Aurea Mortis
Country: Italy
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 31, 2026
Ricardo Cristof
Band: Mossgiver
Album: Renewer
Country: Slovenia
Genre: Atmospheric/Epic Black Metal
Date: February 4, 2026
Obsidian One
Band: Nea Selini
Album: Crime et châtiment
Country: France
Genre: Post-Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
Bürli
Band: Old Sorcery
Album: The Outsider
Country: Finland
Genre: Black Metal/Dungeon Synth
Date: January 30, 2026
desertgoby
Band: Oppressive Descent
Album: Timeless Passage (EP)
Country: USA
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
Brutalist_Receptacle
Band: Orgg
Album: Indomita
Country: Italy
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 27, 2026
Band: Profane Elegy
Album: Herezjarcha
Country: USA
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30th, 2026
Profane Elegy
Band: Sarmat
Album: The Ornaments of Disturbing Perspectives
Country: Poland
Genre: Black/Death
Date: January 21, 2026
Carsten Doig
Band: Sanctvs
Album: De l'Abîme au Plérôme
Country: Canada
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
Obsidian One
Band: Severoth
Album: Live in Finland (Live Album)
Country: Ukraine/Poland
Genre: Ambient/Atmospheric Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
sashavonkarl74
Band: Shine
Album: Wrathcult
Country: Poland
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
Poesy Rider
Band: Sidious
Album: Malefic Necropolis
Country: UK
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
rvss.eel
Band: Skadin
Album: Wallachian Emperor
Country: Romania
Genre: Black Metal with punk influences
Date: February 7, 2026
Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2022
Band: Skardus
Album: Ut de Deep (EP)
Country: Germany
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
hellawaits123433
Band: Staghelm
Album: Natura Semper Praevalet
Country: UK
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Date: January 23, 2026
Staghelm
Band: Strunkiin
Album: A Past That Never Was & Kingdom of Frost
Country: Finland
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal (Instrumental)
Date: January 28, 2026
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Band: Thursbane
Album: Ancestral Memories (Reinterment)
Country: USA
Genre: Folk/Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
Thursbane
Band: Tjaktjadálvve
Album: Encompassing Nothingness
Country: Sweden
Genre: Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal
Date: January 26, 2026
mrfredgar
Band: Vampiric Oath
Album: Doctrines of Withering Nature
Country: Romania / Finland
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 30, 2026
David Fischer
Band: Varnarmur
Album: Gravesoil And Birchblood
Country: USA
Genre: Black Metal
Date: January 25, 2026
bartzabel
Band: Velothian
Album: Mythic Dawn
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Black Metal
Date: February 1, 2026
Ricardo Cristof
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