Inbox
The promo pile, curated. Each week a handful of Bandcamp releases that earned a second listen. Underground first, mainstream when it deserves the space. Got a release I should hear? info@metalheadrock.com.
Past editions
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Inbox — Week 41, 2026
Six through the feed this week, and the headline writes itself: Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone has a new band called Avrak, and their debut is out now on Peaceville. Around it: Manes announce their first album in eight years, Belgium's Hippotraktor drop Annihilist, and Vendetta Records delivers a double shot of black metal.
6 releases
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Inbox — Week 33, 2026
Three this week, and one of them is a milestone: for the first time ever, a band found our Inbox invitation and used it. Maidenhead's death/thrash with two ex-Megadeth guitarists arrived through the front door, next to Raunchy's first album in twelve years and an Iapetus announcement with Eluveitie's Fabienne Erni.
3 releases
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Inbox — Week 29, 2026
Five through the feed this week, and two of them are returns we flagged months ago: Neurosis living once more, and Warning's Rituals of Shame now out in full. Plus Amon Amarth announce for October, Czech avant-black from Inferno, and a Vendetta compilation with a Dutch-titled surprise.
5 releases
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Inbox — Week 26, 2026
Two through the feed this week, both in the patient-and-immersive corner of heavy music. Polish post-black metal band ZØRZA dropped a 44-minute Twilight of the Golden Star with Harakiri for the Sky and Karg guesting. Russian Circles announced their next album Nine with Empath as the first single, August release.
2 releases
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Inbox — Week 25, 2026
Three releases through the Bandcamp Following feed this week, and one of them buries the others on emotional weight. Warning are back. UK doom royalty, twenty years after Watching From a Distance, with the first single off Rituals of Shame. Plus Fires in the Distance's Circadian Promise, and Saidan finally releasing Fangdriller after the Avantgarde pre-order cycle.
3 releases
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Inbox — Week 19, 2026
Five releases through the Bandcamp Following feed this week. A Swedish discovery (Karmanjakah). UK avant-garde from A Forest Of Stars. Panopticon back with another Norwegian-titled record. Frozen Soul for the death metal department. And buried at the bottom: Neurosis quietly returned in March with their first studio album in years.
5 releases
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Inbox — Week 18, 2026
Four albums dropped into the Bandcamp feed this week. Three on the same Italian label, in the same window. The fourth is HEALTH covering Deftones.
4 releases