Hails and Ales

Weekly Release Roundup (13/02/2026)

Friday the 13th is upon us and hopefully we can find some appropriate metal to go with it. I’m sure there’s treasure somewhere, let’s get digging.

Hails!

Muertissima - death - France

Ossification - death - USA

Eye of Purgatory - death - Sweden

Slaughterday - death - Germany

Embittered - death - USA

Apathosis - death - Poland

Thy Gnosis - tech death - Switzerland

Fossilization - death/doom - Brazil

Overtoun - death/prog - Chile

Malefic - death/black - USA

Empire de Mu - black/death - Canada

Temple of Decay - black/death - Poland

Moonchapel - black/death - USA

Frostmorner - black/death - Italy

Bloodred - black/death - Germany

Worm - black/death/doom - USA

Ashbringer - black - USA

Ernte - black - Switzerland

Winter Eternal - black - Greece

Mordake - black - USA

Archæic - black - Türkiye

Wampyric Rites - black - Ecuador

Kings of Dark Desires - black - Germany

Saille - black/symphonic - Belgium

Extispex - black/dungeon synth - USA

Frozen Ocean - black/drone - Russia

The Day of the Beast - black/thrash - USA

Thy Worshiper - black/folk - Poland/Ireland

Ponte De Diavolo - black/doom - Italy

Sundecay - doom - Canada

Earth Tongue - doom - New Zealand

Kröwnn - doom - Italy

Patriarchs in Black - doom - USA

Oreyeon - stoner - Italy

Borrower - thrash - Italy

Death Assault - thrash/hardcore - UK

Unchosen Ones - heavy metal - Spain

Temple Balls - heavy metal - Finland

Leatherhead - heavy/speed - Greece

Electric Hydra - hard rock - Sweden

Wolfchant - power - Germany

Wazzara - post metal - Switzerland

Divided by Design - prog - UK

Skin Stripper - deathcore - USA

Converge - metalcore - USA

Space of Variations - metalcore - Ukraine

EPs:

Fleshcrave - death - India

Gorbag - black - Italy

Supremo Occulto - black - Brazil

Glassbone - death/hardcore - France