Keeping up with all the latest rock and metal album releases isn't always easy. That's why Wikimetal brings together the biggest news in heavy music in one place!
Our calendar is updated with all 2023 releases, also indicating the subgenre of each band and artist to make it easier for listeners to choose which rock and metal albums to listen to.
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LAST UPDATED: December 15th at 1:48 PM
Rock and metal albums released in 2023
January 6th:
Anti-Flag – LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN
For fans of: Punk
Iggy Pop – EVERY LOSER
For fans of: Punk, punk rock
January 13th:
Ahab – The Coral Tombs.
For fans of: Doom metal.
Beyond The Black – Beyond the Black
For fans of: Symphonic Metal
Eisregen – Grenzgänger
For fans of: Black metal/Death metal
Jared James Nichols – Jared James Nichols
For fans of: Rock, blues
Obituary – Dying of Everything
For fans of: Death metal
Turmion Kätilöt – Omen X
For those who like: Industrial metal
VV (Ville Valo) – Neon Noir
For fans of: Gothic Rock
January 20th:
Atrocity – Okkult III
For fans of: Heavy metal
For I Am King – Crown
For fans of: Death metal, metalcore
HARDY – the mockingbird & THE CROW
For fans of: Country rock
Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars
For fans of: Heavy metal
Måneskin – Rush!
For fans of: Rock
New Found Glory – Make the Most of It
For fans of: Rock
Riverside – ID.Entity
For fans of: Progressive Rock
Sabaton – Heroes Of The Great War
For fans of: Power metal
Twilight Force – At the Heart of Wintervale
For fans of: Symphonic power metal
January 27th:
Ablaze My Sorrow – The Loss of All Hope (EP)
For fans of: Melodic death metal
Electric Mob – 2 Make U Cry & Dance
For fans of: Rock
Fucked Up – One Day
For fans of: Hardcore
Green Day – Nimrod (25th Anniversary Edition)
For fans of: Punk rock
Steve Vai – Vai/Gash
For fans of: Heavy metal, hard rock
The Arcs – Electrophonic Chronic
For fans of: Rock, Dan Auerbach, Black Keys
Uriah Heep – Chaos & Colour
For fans of: Rock
White Reaper – Asking For a Ride
For fans of: Punk, garage rock
February 3rd:
All Out War – Celestial Rot.
For fans of: Metalcore.
Korn – Requiem Mass (Deluxe Edition)
For fans of: Nu metal
Memoriam – Rise to Power
For fans of: Death metal
Victor Smolski – Guitar Force
For fans of: Heavy metal
The Winery Dogs – III
For fans of: Rock
Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance – Revisited.
For fans of: Posthardcore
Xandria – The Wonders Still Awaiting
For fans of: Symphonic Metal
February 10th:
Aphyxion – Ad Astra
For fans of: Heavy metal
Delain – Dark Waters
For fans of: Symphonic Metal
In Flames – Foregone
For fans of: Heavy metal
Paramore – This Is Why
For fans of: Pop punk, alternative rock
Pierce The Veil – The Jaws of Life
For fans of: Rock
Wig Wam – Out of the Dark
For fans of: Glam metal
February 17th:
AVATAR – Dance Devil Dance
For fans of: Heavy metal
Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
For those who like: Black metal, speed metal
Oceanhoarse – Heads Will Roll
For fans of: Heavy metal
See You Next Tuesday – Distractions
For fans of: Deathcore
The Seer – The Answer
For fans of: Brazilian metal
February 24th:
Venomous Concept – The Good Ship Lollipop
For fans of: Hardcore, punk
March 3rd:
Enslaved – Heimdal
For fans of: Extreme metal
Haken – Fauna
For fans of: Progressive metal
Stargazer – Life Will Never Be The Same
For fans of: Rock, heavy metal, hard rock
March 10th:
Demons Down – I Stand
For fans of: Hard rock
Frozen Crown – Call of the North
For fans of: Power metal
Isolate – Anesidora
For fans of: Doom metal
Otherwise – Gawdzillionaire
For fans of: Hard rock
Periphery – Djent Is Not A Genre
For fans of: Progressive Metal
Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die
For fans of: Deathcore
March 17th:
Chelsea Grin – Suffer in Heaven.
For fans of: Deathcore.
John Diva and the Rockets of Love – The Big Easy.
For fans of: Glam metal.
Pop Evil – Skeletons
For fans of: Rock
Redemption – I Am the Storm
For fans of: Progressive Metal
Theory of a Deadman – Dinosaur
For fans of: Rock
U2 – Songs Of Surrender
For fans of: Rock
March 24th:
August Burns Red – Death Below.
For fans of: Metalcore.
Babymetal – The Other One
For fans of: Heavy metal
Floor Jansen – Paragon
For fans of: Heavy metal, symphonic metal
Liturgy – 93696
For fans of: Black metal
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul
For those who like: Progressive metal
Subway to Sally – Himmelfahrt
For fans of: Folk metal
March 31st:
Ad Infinitum – Chapter III – Downfall
For fans of: Symphonic Metal
Bury Tomorrow – The Seventh Sun
For fans of: Metalcore
Nervochaos – Cthonic Wrath
For fans of: Thrash and death metal
Rotten Sound – Apocalypse
For fans of: Grindcore
April 7th:
Cultura Tres – Caminos De Brujos
For those who like: Doom metal
Paul Gilbert – The Dio Album
For fans of: Heavy metal
Powerwolf – Interludium
For fans of: Power metal
April 14th:
Atreyu – The Hope of a Spark (EP)
For fans of: Metalcore
Holy Moses – Invisible Queen
For fans of: Thrash metal
LA Guns – Black Diamonds
For fans of: Glam metal
Metallica – 72 Seasons
For fans of: Heavy metal, Thrash metal
Overkill – Scorched
For fans of: Thrash metal
April 21st:
The 69 Eyes – Death of Darkness.
For fans of: Gothic rock.
Enter Shikari – A Kiss for the Whole World
For fans of: Rock
Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three Acts (Act Two + Act Three)
For those who like: Alternative rock
April 28th:
Angra – Sonastério Ilumina (EP)
For fans of: Power metal, acoustic
Cradle of Filth – Trouble and Their Double Lives (live album)
For those who like: Extreme metal
Iced Earth – Hellrider/I Walk Among You (EP)
For fans of: Heavy metal
April 5th:
Burning Witches – The Dark Tower.
For fans of: Power metal.
Dave Lombardo – Rites of Percussion
For fans of: Thrash metal
Enforcer – Nostalgia
For fans of: Heavy metal
Savage Grace – Sign of the Cross
For fans of: Power metal
April 12th:
Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite.
For fans of: Death metal.
DevilDriver – Dealing with Demons Vol. II
For fans of: Heavy metal
Duff McKagan – This Is The Song
For fans of: Rock
April 19th:
Alcatrazz – Take No Prisoners.
For fans of: Heavy metal.
Def Leppard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Drastic Symphonies
For fans of: Rock
Sleep Token – Take Me Back to Eden
For fans of: rock
Sweet & Lynch – Heart & Scrific
For fans of: heavy metal
May 26th:
Elegant Weapons – Horns for a Halo
For fans of: Heavy metal
Metal Church – Congregation of Annihilation
For fans of: Heavy metal
June 2nd:
Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But a Dream…
For fans of: Heavy metal
Buckcherry – Vol. 10
For fans of: Rock
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
For those who like: Rock
Joan Jett & the Blackhears – Mindsets (EP)
For fans of: rock
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies
For fans of: Rock, post-punk
Rival Sons – DARKFIGHTER
For fans of: Rock
June 9th:
Extreme – Six
For fans of: Hard rock
Glass Casket – Glass Casket (EP)
For fans of: Deathcore
Slipknot – Adderall (EP)
For fans of: metal
June 16th:
Joel Hoekstra's 13 – Clash of Life.
For fans of: Hard rock.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – PetroDragonic Apocalypse.
For fans of: psychedelic rock.
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
For fans of: Rock
June 23rd:
Fear Factory – Re-Industrialized.
For fans of: Metal, Progressive Metal.
Tarja – Outlanders
For fans of: Metal, Symphonic Metal
VIPER – Timeless
For fans of: Power metal
June 30th:
Hugo Mariutti – The Last Dance.
For fans of: post-punk, alternative rock.
Hurricanes – Hurricanes
For fans of: rock
July 7th:
Bloodbound – Tales from the North.
For fans of: Power metal.
Butcher Babies – …'Til the World's Blind and Eye For An Eye…
For fans of: metal
Coastwise – Hard Rock Is Back
For fans of: hard rock
Nita Strauss – The Call Of The Void
For fans of: Metal, instrumental
The Raven Age – Blood Omen
For fans of: Rock
July 14th:
Cavalera Conspiracy – Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions.
For fans of: thrash, death metal.
Kim Dracula – A Gradual Decline in Morale.
For fans of: metal, hardcore, trap metal.
Voice of Baceprot – Straight Lines
For fans of: Metal
July 21st:
Better Lovers – God Made Me An Animal.
For fans of: Metal.
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
For fans of: Rock
Impavid – Prologue B-Sides
For fans of: Metal
July 28th:
Madre Sun – Over The Seasons (EP)
For fans of:
From Ashes to New – Blackout
For fans of: Rock
August 4th:
Crypta – Shades of Sorrow.
For fans of: death metal.
Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II
For fans of: Hard rock
August 11th:
Tarja – Rocking Heels (Live at Metal Church)
For fans of: acoustic, melodic
The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons
For fans of: Rock
Kataklysm – Goliath
For fans of: Death metal
August 18th:
Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP
For fans of: Metalcore
The Dead Daisies – Best Of
For fans of: Rock
August 21st:
Persevere – Genesis
For fans of: metal
August 23rd:
Edu Falaschi – Eldorado.
For fans of: power metal.
August 25th:
Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go From Here?
For fans of: Rock, metalcore
Alice Cooper – Road
For fans of: Rock, heavy metal
Candlebox – The Long Goodbye
For fans of: Post-grunge
The Casanovas – Backseater Rhythms
For fans of: Hard rock
Destroyer 666 – To The Devil His Due
For fans of: Extreme Metal
Heimdall – Hephaestus
For fans of: Power metal
Igor Bollos – Pandemonium
For fans of: rock, heavy metal
UDO – Touchdown
For fans of: Heavy metal
September 1st:
Eclipse – Megalomanium
For fans of: hard rock
Empire State Bastard – Rivers Of Heresy
For fans of: metal
Escape The Fate – Out Of The Shadows
For fans of: Rock
Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons – Kings Of The Asylum.
For fans of: Heavy metal.
Primal Fear – Code Red
For fans of: Power metal
September 8th:
Art Of Shock – Shine Black Light Out.
For fans of: thrash metal.
Blackbird Angels – Solsorte
For fans of: hard rock
Conquer Divide – Slow Burn
For fans of: rock
Cryptopsy – As Gomorrah Burns
For fans of: death metal
Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg For Death
For those who like: death metal
Kvelertak – Endling
For fans of: heavy metal
Puddle Of Mudd – Ubiquitous
For fans of: alternative metal/post-grunge
Sylosis – A Sign Of Things To Come
For fans of: metal
September 15th:
Baroness – Stone.
For fans of: Heavy metal, progressive metal.
Brujeria – Esto Es Brujeria
For those who like: Heavy metal, deathgrind
Corey Taylor – CMF2
For fans of: Rock, heavy metal
Danko Jones – Electric Sounds
For fans of: Rock
Demi Lovato – Revamped
For fans of: Rock, alternative pop
Mayhem – Daemonic Rites (Live)
For fans of: Black metal
TesseracT – War Of Being
For fans of: Progressive Metal
September 22nd:
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
For fans of: Death metal
Freya – Fight As One
For fans of: Metalcore, hardcore
Rebaelliun – Under The Sign Of Rebellion
For fans of: Death metal
Thy Art Is Murder – Godlike
For fans of: Deathcore
Torture Squad – Devilish
For fans of: Thrash metal, death metal
Prospective – Haunt Me
For fans of: Metalcore
Staind – Confessions Of The Fallen
For fans of: Alternative Metal
Silent Planet – Anunnaki
For fans of: Metalcore
Wolves At The Gate – Lost in Translation
For fans of: Christian Metalcore
September 29th:
Black Stone Cherry – Screamin' At The Sky
. For fans of: Hard rock.
Code Orange – The Above
For fans of: Metalcore, hardcore
Graveyard – 6
For fans of: Hard rock
Green Day – Dookie 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
For fans of: Punk rock
KK's Priest – The Sinner Rides Again
For fans of: Heavy metal
Luis Mariutti – Unholy
For fans of: Heavy metal
Nervosa – Jailbreak
For fans of: Thrash metal
October 6th:
Carnifex – Necromanteum
For fans of: Deathcore
Of Mice & Men – Tether
For fans of: Metalcore
Roger Waters – Dark Side of the Moon Redux
For fans of: Rock, progressive rock
October 13th:
Beartooth – The Surface.
For fans of: Rock, metalcore.
Creeper – Sanguivore
For fans of: Horror punk, glam rock
††† (Crosses) – Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete
For fans of: Dark wave, industrial rock
Edge Of Forever – Ritual
For fans of: Hard rock
October 20th:
blink-182 – ONE MORE TIME…
For fans of: punk rock, punk pop
Duff McKagan – Lighthouse
For fans of: rock, hard rock
Go Ahead And Die – Unhealthy Mechanisms
For fans of: rock
Ice Nine Kills – Welcome to Horrowood: Under Fire.
For fans of: heavy metal.
Rival Sons – Lightbringer
For fans of: hard rock
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
For fans of: rock
Within Temptation – Bleed Out
For fans of: symphonic metal
October 27th:
††† (Crosses) – Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.
For fans of: dark wave, industrial rock, post-punk.
Dokken – Heaven Comes Down
For fans of: heavy metal, hard rock
Doro – Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud
For fans of: heavy metal, hard rock,
The Gaslight Anthem – History Books
For fans of: punk rock
Ignited – Cradle Of The Wicked
For fans of: heavy metal
In This Moment – Godmode
For fans of: metalcore, heavy metal
Mark Tremonti – Christmas Classics New & Old
For fans of: hard rock, Christmas albums
Mötley Crüe – Shout At The Devil 40th Anniversary Edition
For fans of: hard rock
Nirvana – In Utero: 30th Anniversary
For fans of: grunge
Poppy – Zig
For fans of: nu metal, alternative metal
November 3rd:
Angra – Cycles of Pain.
For fans of: heavy metal.
Atreyu – A Torch in the Dark
For fans of: metalcore, post-hardcore
Bad Wolves – Die About It
For fans of: heavy metal, hard rock
Dying Wish – Symptoms of Survival
For fans of hardcore
Silent Planet – SUPERBLOOM
For fans of: metacore
Suffocation – Hymns From The Apocrypha
For fans of: death metal
Motörhead – Another Perfect Day (40th Anniversary)
For fans of: rock, heavy metal
Insomnium – Songs Of The Dusk EP
For fans of: death metal
Spiritbox – The Fear of Fear EP
For fans of: metalcore, heavy metal
November 10th:
Ego Kill Talent – Call Us By Her Name EP.
For fans of: rock.
Hinayana – Shatter And Fall
For fans of: death metal, doom metal
Locket – Superluminal
For fans of: alternative rock
Meshuggah – Chaosphere 25th Anniversary Edition
For fans of: extreme metal
Triumph Of Death – Resurrection Of The Flesh
For fans of: extreme metal
November 17th:
Bewitcher – Deep Cuts & Shallow Graves…
For fans of: black metal, speed metal
Cabrakaän – Aztlan
For fans of: Symphonic Metal
Deafheaven – Sunbather Re-Release
For fans of: backgaze
Evanescence – Fallen 20th Anniversary Edition
For fans of: alternative metal
Under Influence – It Is What It Is.
For fans of: grunge, rock, alternative rock.
Sodom – 1982 EP
For fans of: Thrash metal
November 24th:
Devin Townsend – Infinity 25th Anniversary Edition.
For fans of: rock, heavy metal.
Johnny Monster – The New Era of Rock
For fans of: rock, Brazilian rock
Future Static – Liminality
For fans of: alternative metal
December 1st:
Helfró – Tálgröf
For fans of: black metal
Paradise Lost – Icon 30
For fans of: doom metal
December 8th:
Dimmu Borgir – Inspiratio Profanus
For fans of: symphonic metal
Everdawn – Venera
For fans of: heavy metal
Fifth Note – Here We Are
For fans of: rock
December 15th:
Evergrey – From Dark Discoveries To Heartless Portraits.
For fans of: progressive metal.
Therion – Leviathan III
For fans of: symphonic metal
