COUNT VLAD'S TOP LIST OF OCTOBER 2026



There are 358 new releases in total on 30 and 31 October, and this is crazy. It alone makes October hectic; now multiply by 4 to get the full picture for the four weeks of the month! In fact, October had five Fridays! Even worse!...

I shortlisted 44 picks from this October endless list, but half of them are just reminders of what made an impression. The first 26 are good, especially the top row of 7. (The list is in somewhat in particular order, as usual). All of them are the finest ones for me released in October 2026, the ones who I enjoyed, the ones that might stay longer. Also, it is worth mentioning that there were some nice splits released too; however, they are mentioned in the list here. Worth checking indeed. 

Album of the month - SERVENT! Cathartic! Dungeon Serpent's new one is second, very close to being album of the month as well. WITTR with superb new bleak misty album in third place. 


So here's my list. No other words needed, but I am super exhausted of this constant new releases schedule. It is no longer quality. It is just a flood. Fast food that lacks enjoyment. 

Done for this month, leaving another trace for the history.



SERVANT - Lux Ex Inferis (Bandcamp)
Dungeon Serpent - Lamentations of the Shadowkingdoms (Bandcamp)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Estuary (Bandcamp)
Sépulcre - Cryptic Temple of Otherworldly Abhorrations (Bandcamp)
Insomnium - Netherworlds (Bandcamp)
Firtan - Helios (Bandcamp)
Enslaved - Mið (Bandcamp)

DuMAL - The Trials of Existence (Bandcamp)
Black Royal - Abyssian (Bandcamp)
Fugitive Wizard - Terminus Magus Chapter I (Bandcamp)
Arckanum - Beswærilsin (Bandcamp)
Mother of Graves - The Light That Keeps Us (Bandcamp)
Veilburner - All That Glimmers is Gloam (Bandcamp)
Temple Nightside - Cenotaph Severance (Bandcamp)

Mørkgrim - Sǫgur frá Norðfirði (Bandcamp)
Hermóðr - The Cold Heart Of The Forest (Bandcamp)
Mental Cruelty - Echoes of a Forlorn Land (Bandcamp)
Deconsekrated - The Inexorable Transcendence of Death (Bandcamp)
प्रलय (PRALAYA) - Inferno (Bandcamp)
Urarv - Nychta Psychis (Bandcamp)
Anagnorisis - Caregriever (Bandcamp)

Hekatoxen - Obsidian Majesty (Bandcamp)
Bloedmaan - Circle of the Moon (Bandcamp)
Casket Dweller - River of Slumber (Bandcamp)
Worm Altar - Pillars of Eternal Dusk (Bandcamp)
Acherontas - For the Blood of Tiamat - Praxis I (XXX Years Anniversary of Magick and Metamorphosis) (Bandcamp)

Some more to leave here for the record:

svrm - без імені
Radbraker - When The Mist Falls
Enterré Vivant - Kurogoku
otras - Na Krídlach Morovida
Invultation - Inferno Descends
Morbid Stench - Doom Metastasis
Trolldom - Tronen
Esoctrilihum - Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur
Dissimulator - Artifice Dissolves
Spirit Possession - Cathedral Speech
Master - Among the Seeds of Death
Carnation - Symphony in Flesh
Night Hag - Great Dismal Darkness
Kilat - Tirai Niskala
Graveyard - Fever
Dream Unending - Certain Uncertainties
Eternal - Conspiravy of Warheads
Fvneral Fvkk - Indecent Idols

Splits:

Embrace of Thorns / Invocation - Invoking the Noumenon / Crushing the Feeble Messianic Embrace
Sainte Vehme by Morte France, Arkaist, Prieuré, La Chambre Ardente, Zmyrna, Wyrms
Bloodsurge by DET / Critical Defiance
Exhumed / Nunslaughter / Molder / Traffic Death - 4 Way Split LP

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