The list of releases for the 2026 Record Store Day event is out and there’s plenty of metal and hard rock outings to potentially get out there and hunt down. This year’s Record Store Day will fall on April 18th, taking place at independent record stores across numerous countries. Among the most unexpected highlight for metalheads is the long-awaited release of the 2008 album from Slipknot offshoot Look Outside Your Window.
Beyond that, British alternative metallers Sleep Token will be releasing a 12″ for their track “Caramel“, backed with an instrumental version of “Emergence“. The latter was previously exclusive to Japan.
Blackgazers Deafheaven‘s 2025 trip to KEXP studios will be making it to vinyl for the first time, while Swedish metal extremists Meshuggah have a pair of remastered albums and more on deck. An exclusive vinyl figure of the late heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, himself a previous Record Store Day ambassador, will also be released as part of this year’s Record Store Day festivities.
Other offerings of note include grunge legends Pearl Jam‘s new photo book/live EP featuring shots from their “Dark Matter” touring cycle, along with live renditions of “React Respond” and “Won’t Tell“. A rarity from Texan stoner/doom outfit The Sword is also set for its vinyl debut.
Titled “Three Songs“, that set is comprised of a collection of tracks (“Celestial Crown“/”Barael’s Blade“, “Winter’s Wolves” & “Iron Swan“) that the band originally sold on on CD-R at their shows back in 2005.
The full list of releases can be found over at recordstoreday.com. As for the offerings of potential interest to fans of this site, I’ve done the heavy lifting for your below:
- Against Me! – “New Wave B-Sides” (Rhino) (12″) (limited to 2000)
- BABYMETAL – “Live At The O2 Arena – Highlights” (Capitol Records) (12″) (limited to 1500)
- Bad Brains – “Live” (Org Music) (LP) (limited to 2500)
- Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi – “Seventh Star” (Rhino) (LP) (limited to 5400)
- Bring Me The Horizon – “Lo-files” (Columbia Records) (2xLP) (limited to 1500)
- Collective Soul – “Touch And Go” (Fuzze-Flex Records) (LP)
- Alice Cooper – “The Revenge Of Alice Cooper” (earMUSIC) (2x Picture Disc) (limited to 1000)
- King Crimson – “Live – Penn State University 29 June 1974” (Dgm) (2xLP) (limited to 2000)
- The Cult – “Weapon Of Choice” (Cooking Vinyl) (LP) (limited to 1500)
- The Darkness – “One Way Ticket For Birmingham (Live At The NEC)” (Rhino) (2xLP) (limited to 2000)
- Deafheaven – “KEXP Sessions” (Roadrunner) (12″) (limited to 6500)
- Def Leppard – “Slang” (UMR/Mercury) (2xLP) (limited to 5000)
- The Doors – “Strange Days 1967: A Work In Progress, Part 2” (Rhino) (LP) (limited to 7830)
- Fear Factory – “Digimortal (Remastered, Expanded, 25th Anniversary)” (Real Gone Music) (2xLP) (limited to 1000)
- Foreigner – “Foreigner 4 Live Tour 1981-82” (Rhino) (2xLP) (limited to 2500)
- Goblin – “The Singles Collection 1975 – 1979” (Cinevox) (LP) (limited to 1000)
- John Frusciante – “To Only Record Water For Ten Days” (Partisan) (LP) (limited to 3000)
- Goatsnake – “Dog Days” (Southern Lord) (LP) (limited to 1300)
- The Jesus And Mary Chain – “Some Candy Talking” (Third Man Records) (12″) (limited to 2000)
- Joan Jett And The Blackhearts – “Live At The Ritz NYC 1981” (Blackheart Records) (LP) (limited to 4500)
- Judas Priest – “Live In Los Angeles ’90” (Legacy Recordings) (LP) (limited to 4900)
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Big Fig Wasp” (Having Fun) (LP) (limited to 2500)
- KISS – “A Special KISS Tour Album” (Mercury Records) (12″) (limited to 10,000)
- Mark Lanegan – “Bubblegum (Original Draft)” (Beggars Banquet) (2xLP) (limited to 1500)
- Look Outside Your Window – “Look Outside Your Window” (LOYW) (LP) (limited to 2300)
- Bruce Kullick From KISS – “Transformer” (Culture Factory) (LP/CD) (limited to 1500)
- Megadeth – “Hidden Treasures” (Capitol/UMe) (LP) (limited to 6500)
- Meshuggah – “Destroy Erase Improve: Remastered Anniversary Edition” (Reigning Phoenix Music) (2xLP) (limited to 1600)
- Meshuggah – “Catch Thirtythree: Remastered Anniversary Edition” (Reigning Phoenix Music) (2xLP) (limited to 1600)
- Misfits – “Famous Monsters” (Rhino) (LP) (limited to 4000)
- Mötley Crüe – “Live Wire” (45th Anniversary) (BMG) (12″) (limited to 2500)
- Motörhead – “On Parole” (Steve Wilson Remix) (Rhino) (LP) (limited to 5000)
- Motörhead – “The Lost Tapes, Vol. 7 (Lemmy’s 50th Birthday, Live In West Hollywood, 1995)” (BMG) (2xLP) (limited to 3000)
- Muse – “Muscle Museum” (Warner Records) (12″) (limited to 2500)
- Muse – “Muse” (Warner Records) (12″) (limited to 2500)
- New York Dolls – “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This” (Rhino) (2xLP) (limited to 3000)
- Ozzy Osbourne – Handmade By Robots collectible vinyl figure (limited to 2000)
- Pearl Jam – “Pearl Jam React/Respond – Dark Matter Tour Photographed by Geoff Whitman (with exclusive live 7″)” (book/7″) (Monkeywrench) (limited to 1500)
- Pink Floyd – “Live From The Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975” (LP/CD) (Legacy Recordings) (limited to 15,400 vinyl / 7100 CD)
- Porcupine Tree – “We Lost The Skyline” (Transmission) (LP) (limited to 3500)
- Puscifer – “Normal Isn’t (Live)” (BMG) (2xLP) (limited to 2500)
- Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – “Live From Koln 1976” (Demon Records) (3xLP) (limited to 1200)
- Ramones – “Live In San Francisco” (Rhino) (2xLP) (limited to 6000)
- The Rolling Stones – “Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) – Japanese Edition” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (LP) (limited to 3500)
- The Rolling Stones – RSD3 Mini-Turntable (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (turntable) (limited to 2500)
- The Rolling Stones – “Get Off My Cloud” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to 1500)
- The Rolling Stones – “Honky Tonk Women” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to 1500)
- The Rolling Stones – “Play With Fire” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to )
- The Rolling Stones – “Heart Of Stone” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to 1500)
- The Rolling Stones – “Mother’s Little Helper” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to 1500)
- The Rolling Stones – “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?” (ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.) (3″) (limited to 1500)
- Sex Pistols – “Jubilee (25th Anniversary Edition)” (UMR) (LP) (limited to 3000)
- Skid Row – “Live At The Moscow Music Peace Festival” (BMG) (12″ Picture Disc) (limited to 2800)
- Sleep Token – “Caramel” (RCA) (12″) (limited to 3000)
- Stone Temple Pilots – “Live At Rolling Rock 2001” (Rhino) (12″) (limited to 4000)
- The Sword – “Three Songs” (Kemado) (12″) (limited to 5500)
- Thin Lizzy – “Live In Cleveland 1976” (UMR/Vertigo) (2xLP) (limited to 4000)
- Third Eye Blind – “Rarities & First Drafts” (Rhino) (LP) (limited to 3090)
- Van Halen – “Live In New Haven, CT 1986” (Rhino) (2xLP) (limited to 5000)
- Scott Weiland – “Live” (Scott Weiland) (LP) (limited to 2000)
- The Who – “A Quick One” (UMR/Polydor) (LP) (limited to 3000)
