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New Metal Albums, Floor Jansen Splits With Nightwish – This Week In Metal – October 16th

Heavy Metal Philosophy | October 18, 2026



Jon Barbas of Heavy Metal Philosophy breaks down the week’s top news stories and the best new metal albums from the weekend of October 16th, 2026! From Melodic Death Metal, Modern Metal, Power Metal, Stoner Metal, Groove Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Hardcore Punk, Death Doom, Progressive Metal, and everything in between! If you want some new metal to listen to, check out this week’s lineup! Also, every 66666666666666666weekend, I always show off my favorite album cover art of the week! Check it out!!

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Bands;
Insomnium – https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/netherworlds-24-bit-hd-audio
Gloryhammer – https://gloryhammer.bandcamp.com/album/space-1993-wrath-of-kor-virliath
Save Us – https://www.solidstaterecords.com/saveus
Eivør – https://www.eivor.com/
Stoned Jesus – https://stonedjesus.bandcamp.com/album/songs-to-moon
Temperance – https://temperance.bandcamp.com/album/arcani
Hexicon – https://hexiconmetal.bandcamp.com/album/this-might-be-hell
Misery Spell – https://miseryspell.bandcamp.com/album/wormhole
Throes – https://throestodust.bandcamp.com/album/the-colorless-light-of-emptiness
Iapetus – https://iapetus1.bandcamp.com/album/the-mother-void
Mother of Graves – https://motherofgraves.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-that-keeps-us
Ola Englund – https://olaenglundshop.com/pages/the-neverending-story
Shores of Null – https://shoresofnull.bandcamp.com/album/homesick

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  2. @michelewroblewski1372

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    As a long time fan of Floor and Nightwish respectfully, this news wasn't surprising and I'm actually glad she is free to do what she wants now. All of the former Nightwish vocalists have awesome solo careers. She already has a ton of music from her previous bands too. Been listening to her since After Forever days. Really enjoying her solo music too. Nightwish drama is nothing new so I just sit back and let it blow over.

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  4. @TheHeavyMetalOccultist

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    "If it's Nordic Folk, metalheads don't seem to mind"….lol so true. I adore Wardruna and Heilung (German, not Nordic, but close enough) and somehow they are perfectly, acceptably at least metal adjacent. What is it about Nordic Folk? How is it still somehow so metal, without technically being metal???

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  5. @FuriousMetal1968

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Not a Nightwiah fan BUT…. I just want to say thanks for not being like every other pathetic channel jumping on the JH Metallica garbage just to get views! I know you do Metal news now and I respect that but Floor leaving a prominent band like Nightwish is actually real news!

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  7. @GregsWhiskyGuide

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Great selection, Jon ! will investigate on those I never heard of, on top of some OG's…PS : really digging Mother of Graves which seems to integrate some beloved melodies of early Katatonia & October Tide, though at the same time other early Draconian vibes, amazing…am I dreaming ?

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  9. @user-Rockmagix

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    The new singer of Nightwish will be Loren Lion, better known as Little Tresure, a singer I havent't heard about yet. This information comes from 'Power Metal, so I think it is true although there is no official announcement yet.

    To me I guess Nightwish is mostly done, but I am very much looking forward to Floor's solo stuff, which I already got tickets of her new tour.

    Greetings from Germany

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  12. @Noetic-Hat-Trick

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Did you roast Gloryhammer? 😂 I confess to listening to the album all the way through this morning on Spotify, out of curiosity. It felt like anime music or a Broadway show. Nothing wrong with either of those things, but it wasn’t m/ m/. I doubt that I will be revisiting, but I never make musical promises because I don’t know what my mood will be tomorrow.

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  16. @thomasjames6680

    October 18, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Temperance hitting a win, again. There is good reason a lot of power metal fans love Temperance and will tell people to listen to them a lot. Damned good band, and this new album is 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘
    Yeah. Gloryhammer, even putting aside their behaviour, it's a joke that has gone on for far too long, and should have been laid to rest a while ago, even before the revelations of their past behaviour was revealed. Just a tired joke being milked for far longer than it stopped being funny.

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  29. @nuclear.musicaddict

    October 18, 2026 at 12:51 pm

    I've been listening to Nightwish since 2004, this is their third lead vocalist change I'm experiencing in real life, so I'm just sitting here with popcorn. And blasting the new Insomnium, those guys are experts on authentic sounding, beautiful melodeath. Can't wait to see them again in January.

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  33. @Apocrypha303

    October 18, 2026 at 12:51 pm

    Just started getting into metal this last year. Almost have the full deftones discography on cd just 4 left to buy. So far they are my favorite heavy band. Saw an underground death metal band called buffalo farm open for a dark lotus show I went to last week. They were some really young kids so maybe they will blow up one day. At the moment I’m trying to focus on the 90s since that’s a decade I was deep into underground rap. Found some good songs so far.

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  35. @loonyman83

    October 18, 2026 at 12:51 pm

    Iapetus's new album was fucking amazing. It may be slighly bloated, but man it hits ya hard. It'll probably make some noise in my end of the year rankings. Thanks for the other suggestions my friend.

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