<![CDATA[Metal Connect]]>https://www.metal-connect.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cRGS!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24796528-8e86-4cde-b8ae-8970dc51f3c2_1200x1200.pngMetal Connecthttps://www.metal-connect.comSubstackTue, 06 Oct 2026 14:11:00 GMT<![CDATA[New Metal Releases October 9th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-october-9th-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-october-9th-2026Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:02:29 GMTLighter week than the last couple with 46 releases this week. Mostly black and death metal and quite a few I am looking forward to.

Stand outs this week:

  • Sonneillon - Third album from black metal band out of Portugal. This one is a concept album with a melancholic atmosphere with themes of isolation and destruction.

  • Marea - Sophomore album from Italian atmospheric blackened doom metal band. From their Bandcamp: “Though the central imagery has changed, the evoked emotions remain the same: profound loneliness, melancholy, and nostalgia.”

Also looking forward to: Détresse - Sectarium - Urzirkel - Leach - In This Hell - Lamenting Satanas - Ominous Covenant - Misotheos

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Nunca a Luz Foi o Meu Caminho by Sonneillon

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Evil Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Irae - Angst - Acceptus Noctifer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost by Marea

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Blackened Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Masked Dead Records / Hypnotic Dirge Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Atlantic Ridge - The Ruins of Beverast

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Misères by Détresse

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria / Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Vemod - Nachtheem - Djevel

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mud Teeth by Sectarium

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Immolation - Deicide - Hate Eternal

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Feed My Absurdity by Dawn of Demise

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

  • RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Severe Torture - Broken Hope - Cannibal Corpse

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Guillotine by HateSphere

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

  • RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records

  • FOR FANS OF: The Haunted - Carnal Forge - Darkane

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Sourceless Scourge by Odious Spirit

  • SUBGENRE: Experimental Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Ulcerate - Gorguts - Portal

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur by Esoctrilihum

  • SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Howls of Ebb - Convulsing

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Callous Master by Callous Master

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland

  • RECORD LABEL: Invictus Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Negative Plane - Funeral Presence - Spirit Possession

  • Buy on Bandcamp

In Silbernen Sprachen by Urzirkel

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Petrichor - Toadeater

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Oathkeeper by Fearthropod

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico

  • RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Horrifier - Necrophagia - The Chasm

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Beyond Spacetime by Signum Regis

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovakia

  • RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Theocracy - Harmony - Kamelot

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Back to Primal Sludge by Leper Colony

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Pestilence - Possessed - Thanatos

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Disobedience by Pegzilla

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Ripple Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Orange Goblin - Boss Keloid

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Smuggler’s Cave by Humulus

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Ripple Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Kyuss - Cathedral - Church of Misery

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Demons Left to Roam by Witchthroat Serpent

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Heavy Psych Sounds Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Windhand - Haunted

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tears Painted Sky by Cultus Sanguine

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Deinonychus - Let Me Dream - The Equinox ov the Gods

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Time of Danger by Goatburner

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Rotten Sound - Nasum - Wormrot

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Slay | Kill | Erase by Thronehammer

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

  • RECORD LABEL: Supreme Chaos Records

  • FOR FANS OF: The Wounded Kings - Khemmis - Pallbearer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Caustic Maelstrom by In Obscurity Revealed

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico

  • RECORD LABEL: Personal Records / Night Terrors Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Vorum - Fumes - Infesticide

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Against by Ram

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Judas Priest - Wolf - Portrait

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Esoteric Order of Debauchery

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Abhorration - Necrovore - Morbid

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Farewell to All We’ve Lost by Orbita

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Aural Music

  • FOR FANS OF: The Otolith - Yob - SubRosa

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Avrak by Avrak

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Peaceville

  • FOR FANS OF: Gift of Gods - Wytch Hazel

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Les Malfaisances de la Taufpatin by Taufpatin

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Antiq

  • FOR FANS OF: Nel Buio - Aureole

  • Buy on Bandcamp

La Fête de la Forêt Enchantée by Hyver

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Antiq

  • FOR FANS OF: Crépuscule d’Hiver - Unreqvited

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Lurking Deep Within by Acerbated

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain / Colombia

  • RECORD LABEL: Pathologically Explicit Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Monument of Misanthropy - Abysmal Torment

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Aperitif by Grzegorz Kupczyk

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Mystic Production

  • FOR FANS OF: CETI - Turbo - Crusader

I - The Forge by Crimson Coven

  • SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Cruz del Sur Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Below - Candlemass - Sorcerer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Perverse Craving for Rotting Corpses by Cordyceps Corpse

  • SUBGENRE: Slam

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Gore House Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Kraanium - Devourment - Abominable Putridity

Psychosomatic by Leach

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Begravement - Darkness Everywhere

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Witch Wife in an Alien World by Smoulder

  • SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Eternal Champion - Crypt Sermon - Solstice

  • Buy on Bandcamp

People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders by Desloat

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria

  • RECORD LABEL: Bloodshed666

  • FOR FANS OF: Deadsmoke - Baroness

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Penumbral by Hellucination

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Chaos Rising - Dead March

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Bliss by In This Hell

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mysticum - Blacklodge - Control Human Delete

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Stranded in Hell by Quemasantos

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash / Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Digmetalworld

  • FOR FANS OF: Pirosaint - All Angels Massacre - Stress Angel

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Born From Darkness Waters by Nymue

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dissona - Winds - Symphony X

Despite Everything… Beauty Exists by Escaping Aghartha

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Lurker of Chalice - Elysian Blaze

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Lotus by Lamenting Satanas

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown / Anonymous members

  • RECORD LABEL: Northern Silence Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Proscription - Forgotten Tomb - Tithe

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Abysses of Melancholia by Margarita

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Electric Valley Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Conan - Pist - Battalions

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Legacy of the Dead God by Ominous Covenant

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Wulfhere Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Black Pyre - Wynter Myst

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Shadows Cast by Gallóglaigh

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Jacc - Meaningless

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tirai Niskala by Kilat

  • SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Kommodus - Inferno Requiem - Pan-American Native Front

  • Buy on Bandcamp

In Times of War by Cerebral Desolation

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Maul - Exhumed - Impaled

  • Buy on Bandcamp

When The Lions Leave Their Den by Amaseffer

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Israel

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Orphaned Land - Myrath - Heretic

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Against the Modern World by Misotheos

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Turpitude - Annihilus

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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]]><![CDATA[Best Albums September 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/best-albums-september-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/best-albums-september-2026Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:04:19 GMTHuge month of releases this month and some that will most likely make my year end list. I spent a lot of time the last two weeks catching up on new releases so I am getting this one out a little earlier than usual.

Panta Rhei by Boötes Void

Black Metal from Germany

Third album from these guys and this one might be my favorite of the month. I’ve seen a lot of praise for this one on social media and for good reason, it’s a fantastic album.

Tähtien ikuinen suru by Beyond Seventh Dimension

Atmospheric Black Metal from Finland

Debut album from this duo. Initially started as a solo instrumental project, vocals were added after the first song and an album was planned. Could be a full band in the future but that remains to be seen.

Aura by Vanessa Funke

Melodic Death Metal with Gothic and Black Metal elements from Germany

Fifth album from this solo project. I discovered her last year with her release, Requiem, and have been a huge fan since. All of her releases have been fantastic and this one might actually be the best one.

Slime Dimension by Slime Dimension

Melodic Death Metal from Australia

Debut album from these guys and it’s amazing. Can’t wait to hear more from them. Melodic death metal with aggressive riffs, melodies and sci-fi horror themes. It’s a really great combination and works very well.

Unravelling by Exitium Sui

Atmospheric Blackened Funeral Doom Metal from Germany

Third album from this solo project. I’m a fan of funeral doom if I’m in the right mood and this one is amazing. If you are not a fan of funeral doom, this one is worth checking out with the atmospheric blackened elements. From their Bandcamp: “Confronting the dark chasms of the human psyche, “Unravelling” negotiates liminal space between utter chaos, complete seclusion, and fathomless depravity.”

Barmhjertighetens Fallitt by Vingulmork

Blackened Thrash Metal from Norway

Second album 7 years on from this blackened thrash band with melodic elements. Lyrics focusing on anguish and despair.

Revival by The Noctambulant

Melodic Black Metal from the US

This is an interesting one with several things going on. Their Bandcamp sums it up perfectly I think: “Being steeped in the traditions of Blues, Rockabilly, Goth rock and American Country, The Noctambulant has found their niche in the Southern Gothic motif that they were raised around, while keeping their signature Black Metal sound.”

Dream Death by Hanging Garden

Progressive Death Metal from the US

Not to be confused with the melodic death / doom metal band from Finland, this is some really great prog death with some tech and melodic elements mixed in.

Honorable Mention

Black Metal from Germany

Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal from Canada

Melodic Black Metal from Norway

Black Metal from Sweden / Italy

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases October 2nd 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-october-2nd-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-october-2nd-2026Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:02:04 GMTAnother good week of releases with 60. September was loaded with great stuff and October looks to be good too. Good variety this week with a lot of black and death metal with some doom, folk and plenty of heavy metal and power metal for fans of those genres.

Stand out this week:

  • Wraithstorm - Second album from this band that started as funeral doom but has now returned and released this melodic death metal album. Featuring Alicia Cordisco (Alicia Cordisco, Judicator, Transgressive), Lux Edwards (Soulmass) and Leona Hayward (Transgressive, Owlbear) this is a stacked lineup.

Also looking forward to: No Living Witness - Amon Amarth - Dissimulator - Morbid Stench - Firtan - Servant - Hardiesse - Dumal - Divine Bloodline - Eoront

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Revenant by Wraithstorm

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Fiadh Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Grey Skies Fallen - Barren Earth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Aeons of Disintegration by No Living Witness

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Aethereus - Inferi - Apogean

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Allfather Awakens by Amon Amarth

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: King of Asgard - Hypocrisy - Arch Enemy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

First Contact by Endspace

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Darkspace - Aborym - Midnight Odyssey

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Artifice Dissolves by Dissimulator

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: 20 Buck Spin

  • FOR FANS OF: Obliveon - Revocation - Sovereign

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Rotting Ashes of Winter by Immortal Dissolver

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

  • RECORD LABEL: Centipede Abyss

  • FOR FANS OF: Convulse - Demilich

  • Buy on Bandcamp

What We Leave Behind by Brymir

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Northgard - Euphoreon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Into the Void by Razorvoid

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Jawbreaker Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Speedrush - Destruction - Disarray

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Doom Metastasis by Morbid Stench

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: El Salvador / Costa Rica

  • RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Winter Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hooded Menace - Asphyx - Coffins

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Inexorable Transcendence of Death by Deconsekrated

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Winter Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - Immolation - Monstrosity

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Obsidian Majesty by Hekatoxen

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Winter Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Demigod - Incantation - Bolt Thrower

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Legend of the Six Kings by Frozen Crown

  • SUBGENRE: Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Rhapsody of Fire - DragonForce - Unleash the Archers

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Demolate by Methane

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Acid Reign - Phantom - Xentrix

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Helios by Firtan

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: AOP Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Antrisch - Ellende

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Lux Ex Inferis by Servant

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: AOP Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Pure Wrath - Vallendusk

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ceiba by Temic

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

  • RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist

  • FOR FANS OF: Leprous - Haken - Pain of Salvation

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Onwards To Embrace The Echo by Sgàile

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: These Hands Melt

  • FOR FANS OF: Alcest - Domhain - Saor

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cult of the Dog by Deathcult

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Soulseller Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Krypt - Gorgoroth - Urgehal

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Sǫgur frá Norðfirði by Mørkgrim

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway / Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Soulseller Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Høstsol - Manii

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Annihilist by Hippotraktor

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: Pelagic Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Intronaut - Mastodon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Immaculate Sin by Sorcery

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Xtreem Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Dismember - Autopsy - Carnage

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Aeturna by Aeturna

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Lycus - Konvent - Asphyx

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tristesse Vespérale by Hardiesse

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Antiq

  • FOR FANS OF: Aureole - Astral Silence - Sojourner

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Clairvoyance Through Pain by Nonservant

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: War Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Black Door - Encasement

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Black Flame in Cosmic Void by Hexer

  • SUBGENRE: Doom / Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos

  • FOR FANS OF: Amarok - Chrch - Windhand

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Silence Between Stars by Ungraceful

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Reality Fade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Monument of Misanthropy - Kronos

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The Pendulum Swings Yet… by Glyph

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Snow Wolf Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Mnajdra - Ghost Bath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Arcade by Souls of Diotima

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Kamelot - Symphony X - Angra

Chantry of Sacrifice by Crystal Throne

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Crimson Glory - Heir Apparent - Lethal

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Laberinto by Dragonfly

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Art Gates Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Darksun - Avalanch - WarCry

Acquired Immunity by Catalyst Crime

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

  • RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Within Temptation - After Forever - ReVamp

Ocean of Black Thoughts by Clegane

  • SUBGENRE: Doom / Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: At the Graves - Adzes - Mantar

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No Place for Me by Miss May I

  • SUBGENRE: Metalcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Solid State Records

  • FOR FANS OF: As I Lay Dying - Killswitch Engage - Unearth

Rebelión animal by Lèpoka

  • SUBGENRE: Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Calaverita Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Sauron - Alkonost - Salduie

Latent by Einvigi

  • SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Domhain - Heretoir - Blackbraid

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The Worst in Me by Dystopica

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Pavement Entertainment

  • FOR FANS OF: Black Sites - Hammers of Misfortune

The Trials of Existence by Dumal

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Spectral Wound - Human Serpent

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Wintertide by Divine Bloodline

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Intestine Baalism - Allegaeon - Children of Bodom

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cathedral Speech by Spirit Possession

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Negative Plane - Cultes des Ghoules

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Setting Course by Haunt

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Cauldron - Sumerlands - Traveler

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Webs We Weave by Pterosaur

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Make - Laden

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In Darkness All Shadows Gone by Eshtadur

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia

  • RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Garden of Shadows - Septicflesh - Vehemence

Kurogoku by Enterré Vivant

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France / Japan

  • RECORD LABEL: Transcendance

  • FOR FANS OF: Caladan Brood - Emyn Muil

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Assault into Hell by Amok

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Anthrax - Exodus - Gross Reality

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Stoner Fucking Doom by Saturniidae

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Sunnata - WyndRider - Crystal Spiders

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Blotters of Saline Water by Spere

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Horn - Skogen - Nagelfar

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Call by Urisk

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Felled - Pillorian

The Last Realm of Magic by Dethonator

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Wytch Hazel - Angel Sword - Accept

Borealis by Nihilus

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: India

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: The Zenith Passage - A Loathing Requiem

Serosanguineous by Exsudation

  • SUBGENRE: Slam

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mutilation Barbecue - Emasculator - Kraanium

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Bounded by None, Intertwined by Thee by Vampiric Crypt

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Melodic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Black Metal

  • FOR FANS OF: Coffret de Bijoux - Ehtëk

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Reign of Infamy by Origin’Hell

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Grave New World

  • FOR FANS OF: Stress Angel - Possessed - Aura Noir

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Voyager by Ways to the Grave

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Pyrrhon - Sunless - Kalaveraztekah

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Abyss of Uncreation by Imperious Mortality

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

  • RECORD LABEL: New Standard Elite

  • FOR FANS OF: Condemned - Pyaemia - Disgorge

Percipio by Anima

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bulgaria

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Certain Demise - Dismember - Benediction

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Песни Междумирья by Eoront

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Drevo Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Elderwind - Lustre - Eldamar

  • Buy on Bandcamp

From Wreckage by Thrash Course

  • SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Municipal Waste - Power Trip - Cross Examination

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Legacy by Qethaladum

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Morast - The Fog

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Humanity Redacted by Hate Beast

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ripper - Merciless - Venus Torment

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Upon Stygian Wings by Stryga

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal / Crust

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mordhau - Skvm

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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]]><![CDATA[US Death Metallers ARTIFICIAL BRAIN Announce New Album "Antillia"]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/us-death-metallers-artificial-brainhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/us-death-metallers-artificial-brainTue, 22 Sep 2026 03:49:48 GMT

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US Death Metal outfit ARTIFICIAL BRAIN has officially announced its fourth studio album, entitled “Antillia”, which is set for worldwide release on November 13 via Profound Lore Records. To mark the announcement, the band has unleashed the fierce first track, “Quantum Malignancies”, as the debut single. Listen here:

Stream the single HERE

Founding member and bassist Samuel Smith comments: “I’m excited to be releasing ‘Quantum Malignancies’ first because I think this song is a good reflection of both the change and continuity in our sound on ‘Antillia’. The track opens with a mess of guttural vocal noise courtesy of Paulo Paguntalan, who has featured on all of our albums, and it contains a characteristically wistful arpeggiated section at its midpoint. Ian’s mix and the contributions of our new members, Mike and Alex, have imbued this material with a new sense of immediacy, though. The frantic energy of this song culminates in dueling guitar solos, which are another key part of this record’s distinct identity.“

Tracklist:
1. The Wandering Star Prion
2. Quantum Malignancies
3. Obsidian Agents
4. Deciphering the Anachronistic Tongues of the Relic Satellites
5. Planet Carrion
6. Against the Furthest Reaches of the Light
7. Cosmic Death Church
8. Solar Ark
9. Antillia (in Chromatic Aberration)

Space and time transform their passengers; all boundaries are permeable. ARTIFICIAL BRAIN wrestles at length with this reality on “Antillia”. It’s nine tales of cosmic woe repeatedly invoking images of invasion and penetration: strange diseases filter down from the sky; pollutants corrupt the water and soil; medical nanobots trigger cancerous plagues; alien subversives undermine terrestrial governments. Again and again, humans are defiled and transformed as they struggle to navigate the sea of stars.

ARTIFICIAL BRAIN itself has been similarly transmuted by their local environment. After a period of operation as a six-person international collective, the band has established a new base of operations in Richmond, Virginia. In doing so, they have absorbed some local contaminants of their own in the form of vocalist Mike Paparo (Inter Arma) and drummer Alex Tomlin (Battlemaster). Rounding out the lineup for the new era of the band are the founding-member core of guitarist Dan Gargiulo and bassist Samuel Smith along with most-recent guitarist Oleg Zalman. Other satellites in the band’s orbit remain familiar, like recurring guest vocalist Paulo Pangutalan (Miasmatic Necrosis) and longtime ally Ian Jacyszyn (Aeviterne), who delivered Antillia’s mix – a marvel of gritty, lived-in detail, as impeccably designed as the bridge of the space freighter Nostromo in Ridley Scott’s Alien.

The core premise of ARTIFICIAL BRAIN’s music remains consistent, too: a grafting of sinuous, futuristic black metal melody onto a dense and imposing death metal skeleton. Antillia brings a new degree of urgency to this distinctive formula. It is their shortest and most aggressive album to date; its blastbeat-laden cacophony is by turns punctuated by riotous solos and shrouded by a nimbus of hazy textures.

Despite its ferocious clamor, Antillia’s primary emotional affect is melancholic, even wistful. A sense of loss and surrender permeates the record, most strikingly articulated by its title track’s ode to a homeworld irretrievably abandoned to the void: “Was it ever real? Was it ever real?” For Artificial Brain, the future has ceased to serve as a repository for optimistic dreams. It is here, now, in all its horror, visiting itself upon our bodies and minds, whether we like it or not.

“Antillia” was recorded/mixed by Ian Jacyszyn (Miasmatic Necrosis, Aeviterne) and mastered by Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts. Defeated Sanity etc.). Artwork by Fleshflies.

The album will be out November 13 on Profound Lore Records and is available for pre-order HERE.

ARTIFICIAL BRAIN are:

Mike Paparo - Vocals
Dan Gargiulo - Guitars
Oleg Zalman - Guitars
Samuel Smith - Bass
Alex Tomlin - Drums

For more info visit:
https://www.facebook.com/ArtificialBrainMusic/
https://www.instagram.com/artificial_brain_band/
https://artificialbrain.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/profoundlorerecords/

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]]><![CDATA[Sigurður Opens Pre-Orders for "Niu lif Einars Hrafns" and Premieres New Song “Kólga”]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/sigurur-opens-pre-orders-for-niuhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/sigurur-opens-pre-orders-for-niuTue, 22 Sep 2026 03:41:28 GMT

Pre-orders are now open for Sigurður’s debut album, “Niu lif Einars Hrafns” (Nine Lives of Einarr the Raven), due for release on November 6.

“Niu lif Einars Hrafns” will be released as a gatefold 180g LP in two limited variants: “Volcanic Ash”, limited to 100 copies, and Classic Black, also limited to 100 copies.

A CD edition is also available in a four-panel digipack with a 24-page booklet. Both the LP and CD editions include the album’s lyrics in Czech, Icelandic and English.

Pre-orders are available now:
Hypnotic Dirge Store:
[CD] https://tinyurl.com/sigurdur-cd
[LP] https://tinyurl.com/sigurdur-lp
Hypnotic Dirge Bandcamp:

The track “Kólga” is also now streaming. It features Veronika Rovná of the Prague National Theatre on soprano vocals, alongside legendary guitarist Marek “Ashok” Šmerda (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Root, ex-Equirhodont, ex-Titanic), who contributes the opening guitar solo.

“Kólga” is available to stream on Bandcamp, Ampwall and YouTube.

The conceptual and epic black metal album “Nine Lives of Einarr the Raven” is the work of Czech-Icelandic solo project Sigurður, created by musician and musicologist Martin Sigurður Kajzar.

At its core, the album seeks to preserve and honour medieval melodic traditions while incorporating tonal structures characteristic of Northern European and Norse musical cultures.

The album has a distinctive harmonic design, with motivic development drawing on minimalism, at times approaching trance, alongside a wide range of modal modulations. Its compositional approach uses recurring motifs associated with particular characters and events, recalling the broader Wagnerian concept of the leitmotif. Tritones are used to signify elements of evil, while the Dorian mode evokes the spiritual realm, creating a close connection between the musical and lyrical dimensions of the album.

Drawing on tradition and cultural identity, the record also features a variation on an old Icelandic lullaby and a chorale using lyrics by Icelandic poet Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1674).

Thematically, “Nine Lives of Einarr the Raven” follows the life and posthumous journey of an Icelandic boy caught between the human world and a realm of supernatural entities. Along the way, he faces epic challenges and changing perspectives on mortality and the inevitability of death.

Sigurður draws from traditional mythological sources, particularly the Edda, while creating an entirely new and deeply personal narrative. The saga begins with the story of Einarr’s birth, “on the night when the raven awakens”, foreshadowing an unusual destiny. His longing for adventure leads him to the mythical Erda, but his curiosity ultimately brings tragedy, culminating in the imprisonment of his soul within the body of a raven.

This posthuman existence becomes a cosmological metaphor as the raven moves through a sequence of stories, episodes and encounters connected by a search for knowledge and understanding. Dialogues built around sacred numbers, including three gods, nine lives and nine compositions, unfold between Einarr and major figures from Norse mythology such as the goddess Kólga, the wolf Fenrir and the serpent Miðgarðsormr.

“Nine Lives of Einarr the Raven” features special guest appearances from:

Marek “Ashok” Šmerda (ex-Root, ex-Cradle of Filth) – guest guitar
Veronika Rovná (Prague National Theatre) – soprano as Kólga

More guests will be revealed soon.

Links:
Official Site: https://www.sigurdurofficial.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sigurdur.official
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sigurdurofficial
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sigurdurofficial

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases September 25th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-25thhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-25thMon, 21 Sep 2026 15:03:49 GMTBiggest release week of the year so far with 77. This is the first list this year where Substack told me it might be too long for email. If the email client you use truncates the email, you can go to the website (metal-connect.com) to see everything. It will be right at the top of the page. There are quite a few releases this week that I am looking forward to and should keep everyone busy.

Stand outs this week:

  • Stellar Rot - Debut album from atmospheric black metal duo out of the US. From their Bandcamp: “Stellar Rot began as a concept to explore the deep lore around the Grimdark universe, pulling imagery from a world tormented by countless horrors from beyond the void and humankind being pushed to the brink after unfathomable atrocities they committed to conquer the stars over the course of several millennia.”

  • Draugr - Second album from Austrian black metal band with norse mythology lyrical themes.

Also looking forward to: Krolok - Bloodmother - Wharflurch - Ludgar - Ice Thunder - Theosophy - Mindvile - Iskald - Autumnfall - Nordicwinter - Uburen - Victims of Contagion - The Last Oblation - Stellar Silence

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Where The Formless Ones Dwell by Stellar Rot

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Blackbraid - Wolves in the Throne Room - Mare Cognitum

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ahnenfeuer - Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. 1 by Draugr

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria

  • RECORD LABEL: Immortal Frost Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Empeiria - Shagor - Urfaust

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Solaris by The Ocean

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Atmospheric Sludge / Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Pelagic Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Cult of Luna - Mastodon - Neurosis

  • Buy on Bandcamp

No One Is Coming to Save Us by Burner

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Church Road Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Gates to Hell - Year of the Knife - No Cure

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Never On Your Side by Carcharodon

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Torso - Froglord

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Dance of the Datura by Amanite

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Great Dane Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Conjureth - Incantation - Tomb Mold

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Hričov - Súľov - Lietava by Krolok

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovakia

  • RECORD LABEL: Osmose Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Stangarigel - Evilfeast - Ringarë

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Militant Black Magic by Bloodmother

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Black Door - Wiegedood - Void Omnia

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Rivers of Blood and Critical Defiance

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Sodom - Annihilation Process

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Metachaos by Aborym

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Mysticum - Blacklodge - Control Human Delete

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters by Wharflurch

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Personal Records / Gurgling Gore / Dawnbreed

  • FOR FANS OF: Slimelord - Hooded Menace - Cavurn

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Visions in Death by Desolate Pathway

  • SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Candlemass - Evangelist - Solitude Aeternus

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Lay Me Down O Silent Fear by Lacrimas Produndere

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Steamhammer

  • FOR FANS OF: Tiamat - Paradise Lost - The Foreshadowing

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Psalms of Filth by Zealot Cult

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland

  • RECORD LABEL: Awakening Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Obituary - Pestilence - Deicide

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Violent Visions by Ludgar

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: GraveRipper - Wraith - Toxic Holocaust

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Flawless Intrigue from Hell by Skumstrike

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Hellripper - Midnight - Bewitcher

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Messe de Fer by Meurtrier

  • SUBGENRE: Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Jawbreaker Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Traveler - Riot City - Enforcer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Abgrund by Consvmer

  • SUBGENRE: Metalcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Out of Line Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Symphony in Peril - Bringing Down Broadway

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Jenseitsritt by Midnight Prey

  • SUBGENRE: Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Spell - Cauldron - Stryker

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Mistress of our Time by Watcher

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Amethyst - Century - Tyrann

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Rats in the Cradle by Night Laser

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Steamhammer

  • FOR FANS OF: Grave Digger - Midnight Dice - Satan’s Hallow

  • Buy on Bandcamp

GoaTesT by GoaTesT

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil

  • RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Meltification - Bent Sea - Pig Destroyer

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Manslayer by Brat

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Prosthetic Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Escuela Grind - Nails - Noisem

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Hollowing of Godflesh by Crown Magnetar

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Humanity’s Last Breath - Carnifex - Signs of the Swarm

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cor Ex Putredine by Equisetum

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Saint Vitus - The Obsessed

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Internal Inferno by Nail by Nail

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: War Anthem Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Verheerer - Antrisch - Houle

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Angrboda by Ice Thunder

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Grima - Imperium Dekadenz - Nagelfar

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Line Before the Event Horizon by Theosophy

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Ragnarok - Enthroned

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Way by Thrakian

  • SUBGENRE: Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Aonair Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Laden - Adzes

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Old Continent by Mindvile

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain / United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Drouth - Svart Crown - Bliss of Flesh

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Echoes From the Past by Myhrding

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Downfall Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Forsmán - Ill Tidings

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Curse Of The Mind by Iskald

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Dusktone

  • FOR FANS OF: Istapp - Naglfar - Vinterland

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Decay by Godflesh

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Pitchshifter - Ministry - Fear Factory

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Archaic Sins by Autumnfall

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Aruda Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Thy Serpent - Majesties - Obsequiae

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Chapter V: Renewal by Volucrine

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Disillusion - Persefone - An Abstract Illusion

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Chaos Monolith by Tombstalker

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Adirondack Black Mass / Awakening Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Laceration - Sentient Horror - Glorious Depravity

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Hopeless Dawn by Nordicwinter

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: None - Grey Sun - Kalmankantaja

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ранова by Излучина

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Reflection Media

  • FOR FANS OF: Domhain - Asunojokei

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Amalgamated States by Mucosal

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - Terrorizer - Immolation

  • Buy on Bandcamp

To the Great Monolith III: Rifts by Death. Void. Terror.

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland

  • RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories

  • FOR FANS OF: Arkhaaik - Abstracter - Dragged into Sunlight

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Never a Prophet in Your Own Land by Cloven Hoof

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Angel Witch - Heavy Load - Omen

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Funeral by Funeral

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru

  • RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Heathen Beast - Kapala - Napalm Death

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Intercorpse by Intercorpse

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Horrifier - Autopsy - Croaked

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Dødsdans I Aske by Uburen

  • SUBGENRE: Black / Viking Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Dusktone

  • FOR FANS OF: Enslaved - Månegarm - Helheim

  • Buy on Bandcamp

You Hate I Hate by Contract Killer

  • SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Maggot Stomp

  • FOR FANS OF: High Command - Enforced - Iron Age

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Abyss & Ekstasis by Hail Conjurer

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Into Endless Chaos Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Ride for Revenge - Hollow Woods

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ignis Draconis Daemonicus by Flame

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Primitive Reaction

  • FOR FANS OF: Urn - Evil Angel - Inciter

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Dissolved in Time by Kongh

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Trust No One Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Cough - Ocean Chief - Yob

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Throne of Thorns by Stryper

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Dokken - Skid Row - Judas Priest

13ème choc by ADX

  • SUBGENRE: Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Verycords

  • FOR FANS OF: Savage Grace - Chevalier - Killers

Last Man Standing by Apocalypse

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Omega - Legend

Extinguish Thy Flame by Noctule

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Hekseblad - Hulder - Stormkeep

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Bloodstain by Bloodstain

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Threeman Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Megadeth - Annihilator - Exodus

Revenge by Sons of Cult

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Black Night Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Thy Legacy - Battleroar - Idmon’s Aegis

Ruins by Grave Dance Company

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany / Austria

  • RECORD LABEL: Reaper Entertainment

  • FOR FANS OF: Jack Frost - Stillborn

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Egregore by Victims of Contagion

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Obscura - Necrophagist - Spawn of Possession

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Eminent Womb by Mama Doom

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Argonauta Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Coma Hole - Windhand - Castle Rat

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Living to Dream Again by Ethereal Tomb

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Bat Skull Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Faetooth - SubRosa - Pallbearer

Ultra-Noise Warfare by Profanation

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Iron Bonehead Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Repulsion - Terrorizer - Impetigo

A Trigger in Time: Part I by Dreamseeker

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Avantasia - Angra - Ayreon

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Axe by The Last Oblation

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: The Mosaic Window - Hath - Sulphur Aeon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Brutality Incarnated by Sacreligious

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mortual - Monstrosity - Morbid Angel

  • Buy on Bandcamp

(A)live by Oskaal

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: WormHoleDeath

  • FOR FANS OF: Sallow Moth - Nile - Scarab

For Now, A Slow and Painful Death by Vengeance Within

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Elsinore - Ignobleth

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Echoes from the Past by Invincia

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Escape Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Cain’s Offering - Angra - Stratovarius

Expeditio by Stellar Silence

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna

  • FOR FANS OF: Swallow the Sun - Daylight Dies - October Tide

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Daudi Fenris by Dainsleif

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - King of Asgard - Amon Amarth

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Splintered, Crushed & Shattered by Chemical Storm

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Korrosive - Blood Tsunami - Kreator

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Infiltrate Their Sanctuary by Evil Excess

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Phantom - Wraith - Death Racer

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Verderf by Barren

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: Selfmadegod Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Barren Path - Gridlink - Mortalized

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Noblesse by Mélancolie du Dhampir

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Oakheart Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Visonfethacsis - Endless Dismal Moan

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Prototype: Zero Hour by Apöcalypse A.D.

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Validor - Manowar - Manilla Road

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The Sorrow and The Stillness (Ad Infinitum In Solitudine) by Aetherfrost

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Children of Bodom - Kalmah

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Nach Mir die Fliegen by Dicephal Mortus

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mysticum - Thorns - Blacklodge

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Medea by Ordeathral

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Nocturnal Keep - Starer - Silent Millenia

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Le trépas de mon âme by Apocryphes

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Veytik - Morke - Obsequiae

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Devoured by Perversion by Slaughtercult

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Vicious Instinct Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Mortician - Cartilage - Devourment

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]]><![CDATA[Canadian black metal band ARCTOS to release "A Path Apart" ]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/canadian-black-metal-band-arctoshttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/canadian-black-metal-band-arctosTue, 15 Sep 2026 02:03:37 GMT

Canadian atmospheric and melodic black metal band ARCTOS will release their new album “A Path Apart” on November 6th, 2026 through Northern Silence Productions. The album will be available digitally, on CD and LP.

“A Path Apart” explores disillusionment, loss, perseverance and the strength of individuality. Much of the album follows a connected journey, beginning from the perspective of zealous worship, moving through the realisation that this existence is hollow, and eventually arriving at the decision to break away and seek another path.

The album was designed to be heard as a whole, with the dynamics of the songs and interludes carrying that story forward while leaving space for reflection. Compared with Beyond the Grasp of Mortal Hands, the material was written over a much shorter period, something the band feel helped give the new record a more cohesive sound.

Its creation also coincided with a period of considerable change for the members of ARCTOS. Covid isolation, new fatherhood, career changes and their drummer moving to Iceland all affected the writing process. According to the band, becoming more self-reliant both personally and musically helped them better understand the voice of ARCTOS, resulting in a record they describe as diverse and dynamic while remaining focused.

“A Path Apart” was recorded over two years and across several countries. Drums were recorded in Iceland by Helgi Durhuus at Stúdíó Helvíti in spring 2024. Bass and vocals were recorded between 2024 and 2025 at Oracle Studios with Diego Fernandez in Canada, while guitars and additional vocals were recorded at the Frostbitten Basement Cave in Canada. Mixing and mastering were handled by Juho Räihä at Soundspiral Audio in Finland in 2026.

Tracklist:

  1. From Formless Depths...

  2. Altar of Storms

  3. Cold Stone and Broken Earth

  4. Greybound

  5. Crossing the Funeral Plain...

  6. A Path Apart

  7. The Cloak

  8. The Way of the Forgotten (The Passage III)

Line-up:
Dan Wilberg - Vocals, guitar
Nick Wilberg - Piano
Josh Needham - Drums
Jeremy Puffer - Guitar
Jacob Maisonneuve - Bass

Recording info:
Drums recorded by Helgi Durhuus at Stúdíó Helvíti, Iceland
Bass and vocals recorded with Diego Fernandez at Oracle Studios, Canada
Guitars and additional vocals recorded at Frostbitten Basement Cave, Canada
Mixed and mastered by Juho Räihä at Soundspiral Audio, Finland

Links:
Bandcamp: https://arctosofficial.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arctosofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arctos_official/

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases September 18th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-18thhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-18thMon, 14 Sep 2026 15:01:24 GMTStand outs this week:

  • Unified - Debut album from brutal tech death band out of Colombia. Sounds great so far.

Also looking forward to: Memories of a Lost Soul - Krallice - Anthrax - Ars Moriendi - The Bleeding - Garota

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Devouring Plague Of Mediocrity by Unified

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia

  • RECORD LABEL: Pathologically Explicit

  • FOR FANS OF: Carnophage - Odious Mortem - Defeated Sanity

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Lost Memories by Memories of a Lost Soul

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Dark Tranquillity - At The Gates - Opeth

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Scour Order by Krallice

  • SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Yellow Eyes - Liturgy - Thantifaxath

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Cursum Perficio by Anthrax

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast Records / Megaforce Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Overkill - Megadeth - Metallica

Ces solitudes qui nous consument by Ars Moriendi

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Progressive Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Archaic Sound

  • FOR FANS OF: Lunar Aurora - Tattva - Limbes

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After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil by Runemagick

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Hammerheart Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hooded Menace - Asphyx - Solothus

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Flesh for the Kult of Death by Revel in Flesh

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: War Anthem Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Dismember - Entrails - Bloodbath

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Hjarta by Maunah

  • SUBGENRE: Post Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

  • RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Dymna Lotva - Hangover in Minsk

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Cryptic Temple of Otherworldly Abhorrations by Sépulcre

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Invictus Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Bones - Sedimentum - Tomb Mold

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Godless Communion by The Bleeding

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Redefining Darkness Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Acid Death - Sarcator - Plague

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Monark by Blodtår

  • SUBGENRE: Black / Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Nordvis

  • FOR FANS OF: Windir - Finnr’s Cane - Skogen

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Violence, Blasphème et Pourriture by Miasmes

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Houle - Aorlhac - Pâlefroid

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In Between Strides by Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree

  • SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Magnetic Eye Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Rezn - Pyre of the Earth - The Sinister Bloom

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When Darkness Falls by Game Over

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Nuclear Assault - Xentrix - Violator

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Scumocracy by Necrocene

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Personal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Malignant Altar - Cianide - Vastum

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Bite ‘Til They Bleed by Nasty Insects

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Grindhead Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Aeons Abyss - Rot

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Hanging Doll by GodFrost

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

  • RECORD LABEL: Brutal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Bong-Ra - Unto Others

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Anthropic Rites of Sublimation by Ch’ahom

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: 20 Buck Spin

  • FOR FANS OF: Wode - Necrophobic - Grotesque

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Troska by Profeci

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Medico Peste - Absque Cor - Odraza

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Laniena Animarum by Hav Norn

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Contrarian - Obscura - Dark Tranquillity

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Strąceni w Ciemność by Garota

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Hellripper - Ragehammer - Nifelheim

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Overlords Of Cold by Trenchwar

  • SUBGENRE: Metalcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Fuming Mouth - Homewrecker - Terminal Nation

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Pandemonium Portrait by Blackment

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Glyph - Fellowship - Stratovarius

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Spirit Animal by Submasq

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Israel

  • RECORD LABEL: Willowtip

  • FOR FANS OF: Orphaned Land - Maudlin of the Well - Ihsahn

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Out of Darkness by Valkyrie’s Fire

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Eclipse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Nightwish - Sirenia - Xandria

Urgewalt by Asenblut

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Amon Amarth - Wulfgar - Alphayn

Born with a Hammer by Hansen

  • SUBGENRE: Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: earMUSIC

  • FOR FANS OF: Gamma Ray - Edguy - Iron Savior

Obscured Horizons by The Eternal

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Reigning Phoenix Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Paradise Lost - Tiamat - Moonspell

Kissin’ Dynamite by Kissin’ Dynamite

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Sister Sin - Alpha Tiger - Eclipse

We Don’t Owe You Anything by Komutator

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna

  • FOR FANS OF: Fabulous Desaster - Exodus - Destruction

Revival by The Noctambulant

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Terminus Hate City

  • FOR FANS OF: Kvaen - Wormwitch

Countdown to Death by Taskforce Toxicator

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ravager - Death Angel - Nervosa

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Mirage by Terra Black

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Stormriders - Dopethrone - Weedeater

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La cuna del mal by Jero Ramiro

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dream Evil - Bloodbound

Omega Origin by We Are to Blame

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Sacred Outcry - Virgin Steele - Warlord

Shapes of Midnight by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

  • SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Killer Candy Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Witchcraft - Blood Ceremony

Hin Håle Blues by Laser Dracul

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Majestic Mountain Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Sunnata - Monolord - Dopelord

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Apocryphon of the Unborn Light by Novae Militae

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Serpent Sun Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Nyseius - Drastus - Haemoth

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Creeper Bud by Creeper Bud

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: River to River Community Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Blue Heron - WyndRider - Crystal Spiders

Burden of Antler by Sea Sleeper

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Deep Signal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Pyrrhon - Sunless - Replicant

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Ready For The Grave by Early Moods

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Untied States

  • RECORD LABEL: RidingEasy Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Pentagram - Saint Vitus - Beastmaker

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Godweight by The Forest Forgets

  • SUBGENRE: Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Magnatar - The Otolith

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State Violence by Remote Viewing

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Human Worth

  • FOR FANS OF: Palehorse - Sumac

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The Weight Of Being Nothing by Pandaemonic Descent

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Blood Red Throne - Kronos - Aeon

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The Gathering of Dreams by Fallen Sanctuary

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Serenity - Kamelot - Visions of Atlantis

Break Down Your Fears by Abstracted Mind

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Gloryhammer - Rhapsody of Fire - Twilight Force

Cité mouroir by Plèvre

  • SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Frozen Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Heretoir - Alcest - Harakiri for the Sky

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Cassandra, Prophet of Doom by Strinking Lizaveta

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: High on Fire - Sleep - Red Fang

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Letters From Eternity by Dead Tears

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iraq

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Intestine Baalism - Vehmence - Arghoslent

  • Buy on Bandcamp

From the Grave by Wodos

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Slayer - Venom - Destruction

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Nothing Left To Kill by Manifest

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Violent Media

  • FOR FANS OF: Cavalera Conspiracy - Banished Truth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mittags-Abgrund by Mittags-Abgrund

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Darkness Shall Rise Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Encasement - Black Door

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases September 11th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-11thhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-11thMon, 07 Sep 2026 15:02:11 GMTLooks to be another great week of releases. Plenty of death, thrash and black with a few progressive albums. There should be something for just about anyone.

Stand outs this week:

  • Hanging Garden - Not to be confused with the melodic death / doom metal band out of Norway, this is the second album from solo progressive death metal band out of the US with some melodic sections and a little bit of a blackened feel over the top.

  • Vingulmork - Second album from Norwegian blackened thrash metal band. From their Bandcamp: “Barmhjertighetens Fallitt channels raw despair, sharp melodic hooks and relentless rhythmic force, delivering a sound that is both unmistakably Vingulmork and unmistakably evolved.”

  • Discouraged - Debut album from Death / Doom band out of Germany. They take inspiration from early Anathema, Paradise Lost and Katatonia while at the same time, modernizing the genre.

Also looking forward to: Distention - Epitaphe - From The Vastland - Bocc - Slime Dimension - Whispered - Offernat

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Dream Death by Hanging Garden

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Death - Goreworm - Xenosis

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Barmhjertighetens Fallitt by Vingulmork

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Crime Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Sarcator - Hellripper - Nifelheim

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A Farewell in Stages by Discouraged

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: FDA Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Marianas Rest - Nailed to Obscurity - Cold Insight

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Til The End by Til The End

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Lifeforce Records

  • FOR FANS OF: At the Gates - Nightrage - In Flames

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Death Exhibition by Filth

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Me Saco un Ojo Records / Rotted Life

  • FOR FANS OF: Undergang - Cerebral Rot - Demigod

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Exsequiis by Harlott

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Slayer - Exodus - Testament

  • Buy on Bandcamp

What Remains by Distention

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: The Artisan Era

  • FOR FANS OF: Diskreet - Decapitated - The Kennedy Veil

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Jacht der Mysteriën by Fluisteraars

  • SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Eisenwald

  • FOR FANS OF: Turia - Urfaust - Solar Temple

  • Buy on Bandcamp

III by Epitaphe

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Aesthetic Death / Gurgling Gore

  • FOR FANS OF: Assumption - Swallowed - Krypts

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Stillbloom by Stillbloom

  • SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Silent Pendulum Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Laden - Mnajdra

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Omnicide - Chapter I by Terrestrial Hospice

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Edged Circle Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Gorgoroth - 1349 - Deus Mortem

  • Buy on Bandcamp

T by Mother of Millions

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece

  • RECORD LABEL: ViciSolum Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Transit Method - The Ocean Collective

  • Buy on Bandcamp

V Bažinách Vědomí by Sněť

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia

  • RECORD LABEL: Dark Descent Records / Me Saco un Ojo Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Necrot - Autopsy - Tomb Mold

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No Refuge From Death by Beckoning

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Fifth Funeral Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Silent Millenia - Limbonic Art - Odium

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Necropolitan by Green Lung

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast Records

  • FOR FANS OF: The Sword - Elder - Acid Row

  • Buy on Bandcamp

When Stars Collide by Xion

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Annihilator - Overkill - Coroner

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Razorblade Bay by Space Chaser

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Gama Bomb - Exodus - Anthrax

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Strix by Drown in Sulphur

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Noble Demon

  • FOR FANS OF: Mental Cruelty - Enterprise Earth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Electrifyed by Tygers of Pan Tang

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Target Group

  • FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Tokyo Blade - Samson

  • Buy on Bandcamp

From Dust by Vulgar Mephitis

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Willowtip

  • FOR FANS OF: Putridity - Defeated Sanity - Disgorge

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Self-Antagonized by Dharmethic

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna

  • FOR FANS OF: Despised Icon - Whitechapel - All Shall Perish

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Operating Altar by Cartilage

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Impaled - Exhumed - Ghoul

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Servant of Ahriman by From The Vastland

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iran

  • RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos

  • FOR FANS OF: Halla - God Seed

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Demolarium by Bocc

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Night Terrors Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Coffins - Cianide - Winter

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Call by Thy Legacy

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece

  • RECORD LABEL: Nameless Grave Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Omen - Eternal Champion - Wrathblade

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Wars of Spirit // Wards of Light by Dreadnought

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Vesperian

  • FOR FANS OF: Wayfarer - Elder

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Magic Cross by Magic Cross

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Devil Master - Cape of Bats - Spiter

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Livets Høst by Horizon Ablaze

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Leviatan

  • FOR FANS OF: Vile Haint - StumpTail

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Impasse by Wintering Grounds

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Laster - Revocation

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Slime Dimension by Slime Dimension

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: At the Plates - Hath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Grand Finale by Killer

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Crossfire - Scavenger - Exciter

Penumbral by In Eclipse

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Andorra

  • RECORD LABEL: Art Gates Records

  • FOR FANS OF: The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightrage

Hymns of Despair by Shrineburner

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Windhand - Weedian - Monolord

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Toxic Mercenaries by Gammacide

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: No Life ‘til Metal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Devastation - Rigor Mortis - Evildead

Honorbound by Whispered

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Ranka - Kustannus

  • FOR FANS OF: Children of Bodom - Wintersun - Kalmah

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Scorn for the U.S.A. by Worldsucks

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Raw Dogs - Take Offense

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Loverbone by Crashdeath

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash / Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Valiant Sentinel - Against Evil

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Dreamless Water by Funus

  • SUBGENRE: Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Noon Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Forgotten Tomb - Lifelover

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Guðlaugar saga by Hrafnablót

  • SUBGENRE: Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iceland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Aquilus - Moonsorrow

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Ecstasy of Death by Offernat

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Orm - Dying Hydra

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Requiem II: We Will Slaughter the Lambs by Everything Decays

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore / Groove Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Cavalera Conspiracy - Go Ahead and Die

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Gnosis Absolute by Clamosum

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Pure Wrath - Vallendusk - Dusk in Silence

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Astral Presence of Evil by Diabolisher

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Necrophobic - God Dethroned

Godslave by Godslave

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Metalville

  • FOR FANS OF: Eradicator - Kreator - Contradiction

Inbir by Neolith

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Deformeathing Production

  • FOR FANS OF: Hate - Azarath - Behemoth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mausoleum Of Consumption by Sistematic Coprophagia

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia

  • RECORD LABEL: Parasite Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Sallow Moth - Stabbing - Defeated Sanity

Love’s Lament by Vûlom

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Croatia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Narrow Cold - Daylight Dies - Slumber

Lilla vackra människa by Knivad

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal / Crust

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Suicide Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Zorn - Devil Master - Cape of Bats

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Let the Posers Fall! by Cardinals Folly

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Cruz del Sur Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Reverend Bizarre - Minotauri - Serpent Warning

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Wilting Fountain

  • SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Romania

  • RECORD LABEL: Neuronoir

  • FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Heiden

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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]]><![CDATA[Swedish melodic death metal legends GATES OF ISHTAR to return with first new album in 29 years, “Murder the Light”]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/swedish-melodic-death-metal-legendshttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/swedish-melodic-death-metal-legendsSat, 05 Sep 2026 04:21:21 GMT

Pre-orders now open for limited leather box sets, gatefold vinyl editions, CDs, cassettes and merch

Luleå, Sweden & Athens, Greece; 4 September 2026: Swedish death metal legends Gates of Ishtar have unveiled further information about their long-awaited studio comeback. “Murder the Light” will be the band’s fourth studio album and their first in 29 years. It will be released on 21 January 2027 via The Circle Music, with pre-orders open now.

“After nearly three decades, Gates of Ishtar return,” the band stated regarding the upcoming release. “This January we will release our first album since 1998. Not a look back, but a continuation built on the same foundation and spirit that defined us then and still drives us now. The new material stays true to the sound and identity that shaped our earlier work. While reflecting the years that have passed and the experiences gained along the way, now nearly thirty years later, the fire still burns even brighter and more intensely than ever. More details soon…”

The Circle Music added: “Long before melodic death metal became a global phenomenon, Gates of Ishtar helped define the Swedish sound with their masterful balance of razor-edged riffs, melancholic melodies, and timeless songwriting. Their influence can still be heard throughout the genre, even if history has never granted them the recognition they so richly deserve. "Murder the Light" does not seek to recreate the past. It expands upon it with confidence, maturity, and the same creative fire that made the band's early recordings so enduring. Every composition reflects musicians who have remained true to their identity while allowing nearly three decades of life and experience to shape their art. This is the return of a band with something meaningful to say.”

Founded in Luleå, Sweden, Gates of Ishtar created a strong cult fan base through iconic albums such as “A Bloodred Path” and “At Dusk and Forever”. The band came back into action towards the end of 2023 for a special live gig. They returned to their old creative groove, performing at festivals, which in turn resulted in the album “Murder the Light”. The recording process started at the Humbucker Studios in Hagsätra, Sweden, in May 2026, where the band recorded the drum and bass parts. Guitars and vocal parts were recorded in the next two months, June and July, at Fallen Studios. The producer, Robert Pehrson, mixed and mastered the album at Humbucker Studios in August 2026.

The album will be available in the following physical formats:

  • Digi CD

  • Limited Luxurious Leather Box embossed in Ice Grey, including Digi CD (500 copies)

  • Limited Black Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket with printed Inner Sleeve (500 copies)

  • Limited Splatter Red & Black Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket with printed Inner Sleeve (500 copies)

  • Limited Transparent Marbled Orange & Black Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket with printed Inner Sleeve (500 copies)

  • Limited Splatter White & Black Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket with printed Inner Sleeve (500 copies)

  • Limited Black Tape (100 copies)

Merch is also available: T-shirt, Black Zip Hoodie, White Zip Hoodie

PRE-ORDER: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/the-circle-releases/?filter_artist-name=gates-of-ishtar

Merch pre-order: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/the-circle-releases/the-circle-releases-merchantise/

"Murder the Light" Tracklisting:
1. In Fires Forged
2. Ghosts
3. Murder the Light
4. Mother North
5. Let Go of My Burden
6. Dawn of Time
7. Nevermore
8. Still Life

Line up:
Andreas Johansson: Rhythm Guitars
Tomas Jutenfäldt: Rythm and lead guitars
Mikael Sandorf: Vocals
Markus Parkkilla: Bassguitar
Fredrik Andersson: Drums

Gates of Ishtar online
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gatesofishtarofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatesofishtar/
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The Circle Music online
Website: https://thecirclemusic.gr/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thecirclemusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Circle-Music-109161897443413/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_circle_music/
Bandcamp: https://thecirclemusicfamily.bandcamp.com/

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]]><![CDATA[Best Albums August 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/best-albums-august-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/best-albums-august-2026Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:32 GMTI finally finished listening to everything I wanted to this month. It started off a little slow for me but ended up being an amazing month with several really great releases. Because of that, this list is a little bigger than most of my monthly lists with 7 and some honorable mentions. I’m approaching 700 releases that I have listened to this year. I think the year end list is going to be hard to narrow down.

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Dread Cycle by The Absolution Sequence

Technical Death / Groove Metal from Australia

Debut album from these guys after 3 EP’s and it’s an absolute banger. 3 guitarists, 2 rhythm and 1 lead, along with bass, 2 drummers (alternating tracks) and vocals. It’s quite a lineup and does not disappoint. Plenty of techy goodness in here.

To Withhold the Need to Conquer by Aspen Sanctum

Atmospheric Black Metal from the US

Debut album from this band out of Michigan. Atmospheric black metal or as they call it, midwest black metal. Drawing inspiration from Americana, post hardcore and atmospheric black metal, there is a lot going on in here and keeps things interesting.

Exil by Gleichmacher

Black Metal from Germany

One of my favorite black metal albums this year so far and the best one from this month. If you like harsh German black metal, this one is for you.

Elegi by Jotungrav

Progressive Black / Folk Metal from Finland

Debut album from this originally solo, now a duo project. Founded in 2015 by Matias Stenman of progressive post metal band Sargassus, he incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal within a progressive metal framework. Fellow Sargassus member Matias Rokio joined in 2022 and is taking on drum duties. Jotungrav draws inspiration from early 2000s–2010s viking/pagan metal scene and mythology.

Obsidian Shores by Suffocate the Skies

Melodic Death Metal from the US

Second album from these guys. There are some symphonic elements in here but they are not super forward in the mix so even if you’re not a fan of symphonic metal, you may still like this one. Certainly worth a listen for fans of melodic death metal.

Peril Of Freedom by Djevelsort

Black Metal from Norway

This is a definite listen for black metal fans. Some fantastic bass work in here with Rich Gray (Aeon Zen, Annihilator, Belnejoum, Entity of Chaos and others) filling in on fretless bass.

Malevolent by Martyrium

Blackened Thrash Metal from the Netherlands

From their Bandcamp, “For nearly three decades, MARTYRIUM have carried the banner of blackened thrash metal through the Dutch underground. Unconcerned with trends and passing fashions, the band have remained committed to a sound built on aggression, speed and atmosphere.” Fantastic album.

Honorable Mention

Melodic Death Metal from Finland

Death Metal from Venezuela

Depressive Black Metal from the US

Black Metal from Germany

Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from the UK

Progressive Technical Death Metal from France

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]]><![CDATA[OAKENTHRONE unveil debut album "Ad Silvam" and stream new track "Monolith"]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/oakenthrone-unveil-debut-album-adhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/oakenthrone-unveil-debut-album-adWed, 02 Sep 2026 04:25:43 GMT

Debut full-length from the atmospheric black metal band to be released via Vendetta Records

First single “Monolith” out now on all major streaming services

Oakenthrone also announce UK headline tour for December; following Fortress Presents: Tynebound performance in September

Manchester, UK; 1 September 2026: British atmospheric black metal band Oakenthrone will release their debut album “Ad Silvam” on 27 November via Vendetta Records. In anticipation of the release, the band has unleashed the first track “Monolith”, which was premiered via the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel.

Listen to “Monolith”:

  • BMP YouTube:

  • Spotify:

  • Bandcamp:

According to the band’s mastermind Simon Nagington, “‘Monolith’ deals with the magnitude of death, the eternity of the post-mortem abyss, and the terror that it imparts on us. Yet we are forever caught in its magnetic pull, the call to the void. For true immortality lies in the memories of our loved ones, and its gateway is found in an early grave.”

“Monolith” is a glimpse of what “Ad Silvam” offers. Thematically, the album explores both the entropy of life and the atrophy of death. The temptations of the immortality that only death can offer, the terror of the concept of eternity, and the divinity of nature; the great equaliser, where men, beasts and gods are all destined to return, as one, to the soil. Musically, each track tells a story. A saga that weaves between moments of unbridled rage, the peaks of epic grandeur and the depths of melancholic introspection. Soaring melodies, monolithic riffs and blistering aggression with moments of brief, quiet reflection.

Written over the span of 12 months by Simon Nagington, now with the aid of the rest of Oakenthrone, "Ad Silvam" was recorded by the band themselves and mixed and mastered by Sam Turbitt at Ritual Studios in the spring of 2026. The album artwork is an original oil painting created for the album by Simon Chognot.



Formed in 2022 as a solo project, Oakenthrone built early momentum through two sold-out cassette releases, "Embers of Reverie" (2024) and "Astral Binding & The Oathsworn" (2025), which pushed Oakenthrone to the top of the Bandcamp UK Black Metal page. The project expanded into a full four-piece live unit in 2025 with the addition of Nathan Caven(ex-Sathamel), Andrew Hunt (ex-Pist) and Ant Hurlock (ex-Mairu), and performed their debut performance at the Call of The Crow festival to huge praise. What followed was a festival-exclusive split cassette with fellow festival performers and dungeon synth stalwarts, Gate Master, and the release of "Paths Once Trodden (2024-2025)" for Darkwoods Records. In March 2026, a pivotal moment came for the band when Oakenthroned joined Saor on the UK leg of their Amidst the Ruins tour.

In December 2026, Oakenthrone will head out on a headlining UK tour alongside special guests. Ahead of that, the atmospheric black metal band will perform at Fortress Presents: Tynebound at Anarchy Brew Co. on 5-6 September in Newcastle.

OAKENTHRONE LIVE DATES
5-6 September - Newcastle - Fortress Presents: Tynebound [Tickets]

Reaper Agency UK presents:
Oakenthrone UK Tour
w/ special guests
10 December - Norwich - Deadwax [Tickets]
11 December - Liverpool - Outpost [Tickets]
12 December - Newcastle - Zerox
13 December - Leeds - The Lending Room [Tickets]


Oakenthrone online
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/oakenthrone
Bandcamp: https://oaken-throne.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oaken_throne/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/61579989876787
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Vendetta Records online
Website: https://vendetta-records.com/
Shop: https://vendettarecords.bigcartel.com/
Bandcamp: https://vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vendettacult
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vendettarecs/

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases September 4th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-4thhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-september-4thMon, 31 Aug 2026 15:01:11 GMTPicking up again this week with 61 releases. Lots of black metal with quite a bit of death metal and several others to round things out. My best of August list is coming along but not quite ready yet. Day job has been taking a lot of time lately but the list should be out in the next few days.

Stand outs this week:

  • Beyond Seventh Dimension - Debut album from Finnish atmospheric black metal concept. Started as an instrumental project in 2025, vocals were added after the first track was complete. There have been considerations of making this a full band but we’ll have to see how that pans out.

  • Vanessa Funke - 5th album from melodic death metal band with gothic and black metal elements. Her previous album, Requiem, from last year made my year end list and all of her releases have been fantastic.

Also looking forward to: Sworn - Boötes Void - Skuggor - Wyrdstæf - Severoth - Rahvn - Deviated Instinct - Vredesverk

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Tähtien ikuinen suru by Beyond Seventh Dimension

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Celestial Annihilator - Mare Cognitum - Spectral Lore

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Aura by Vanessa Funke

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Liminal Dread Productions / Okända Öden Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Dark the Suns - Before the Dawn

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Null Crowned the Infinite by Sworn

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: The Circle Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Dissection - Naglfar - Cor Scorpii

Panta Rhei by Boötes Void

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Vendetta Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Groza - Human Serpent - Uada

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Construction of Conflict by Februus

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Edge of Sanity - Demilich - Defect Designer

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The Expanse by Skuggor

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Nordvis

  • FOR FANS OF: Wrack - Ghost Bath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex by Green Carnation

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist

  • FOR FANS OF: Pain of Salvation - In the Silence - In the Woods…

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Darkest Side of Humanity by A Night in Texas

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Aversions Crown - Rings of Saturn - Osiah

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Unravelling by Exitium Sui

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Funeral Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

  • RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Carma - Funeral Mourning - Abyssmal Sorrow

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Grimshrine by Demonic Manifestation

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico

  • RECORD LABEL: Personal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Dismember - Grave - Wombbath

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Bloody Dreams by Devil Master

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Cape of Bats - Spiter - Zorn

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Stormvingar by Grimner

  • SUBGENRE: Folk / Viking Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Despotz Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Månegarm - Falkenbach - Thyrfing

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Travelling Around the World by Pirate Queen

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain / United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Despotz Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Visions of Atlantis - Nightwish - Edenbridge

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Curse of Nephtar by Pelegrin

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Ripple Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Sergeant Thunderhoof - Howling Giant - Dopelord

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Verdwazing Der Dwazen by Bacht’n de Vulle Maone

  • SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OR ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: Into Endless Chaos Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Calvary - Brånd

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Neural Lamentation of the Broken Lilith by Mental Disorder

  • SUBGENRE: Slam

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

  • RECORD LABEL: Coyote Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Gutrectomy - Ingested - Frog Mallet

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Encasement by Encasement

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Hypaethral Records, I, Voidhanger Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Yellow Eyes - Krallice - Ash Borer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ŋvęŧş: Violator Of Mater by Venomous Echoes

  • SUBGENRE: Experimental Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Dodecahedron - Thantifaxath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Vomit Meditations by Acausal Intrusion

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Ad Nauseam - Howls of Ebb - Gorguts

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Stalagmite Angels by Judiciary

  • SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

  • FOR FANS OF: Enforced - Power Trip - Red Death

  • Buy on Bandcamp

As All Is Undone by Nott

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Silent Pendulum Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Worm - Devenial Verdict

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Primordial Bloodlines by Wyrdstæf

  • SUBGENRE: Tribal Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Spectral Wound - Hellruin

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Goh-Ka by Sigh

  • SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

  • RECORD LABEL: Peaceville Records

  • FOR FANS OF: The Meads of Asphodel - Solefald - Ihsahn

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Carrie Chains by Castle

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Hammerheart Records / Black Wren Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Witch Mountain - Venomous Maximus - The Oath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cremation Grounds Abyss by Wrath Division

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Old Temple

  • FOR FANS OF: Lunar Blood - Prophetic Suffering - Fire Magic

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Medieval Violence by Toxic Goat

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Argentina

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Command Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hellripper - Municion

Roede voor de Borst by Vanaheim

  • SUBGENRE: Epic Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Ensiferum - Equilibrium - Finsterforst

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Moonfall by KingCrown

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy / Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Firewind - New Horizon - Dream Evil

Fractured State by Pyroclast

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dream Tröll - Haunt - Striker

  • Buy on Bandcamp

I, Scvlptor by Behemoth

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Massacre Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hate - Belphegor - Azarath

Achilles by Audrey Horne

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Magick Touch - Thin Lizzy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Omni by Moon Destroys

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Blues Funeral Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Gojira - Anciients

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Offense by Sauros

  • SUBGENRE: Doom / Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Verdun - Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Inner Demons by Nolove

  • SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ghost Bath - Woods of Desolation - Austere

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Waves by Severoth

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine

  • RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Midnight Odyssey - Eskapism - Lustre

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Force Majeure & The Acts Of God by The Black Wizards

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Hassle Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Earth Drive - Elephant Tree - Monolord

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Purity of Vengeance by Rahvn

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Phasma - Dark Sermon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Gloomweaver by Fog Wall

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - The Acacia Strain - Deicide

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Elector by Judicator

  • SUBGENRE: Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Blind Guardian - Helion Prime - Savage Circus

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Scavenger Gospel by Deviated Instinct

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Amebix - Axegrinder - Instinct of Survival

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Sanguine Heir by Vredesverk

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - King of Asgard - Wulfgar

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Finitude by Peste Negra

  • SUBGENRE: Deathgrind

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Mutagenic Host - Gutslit - Limbsplitter

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Fobiden Kaleidoscopic Abomination by Monochromatic Residua

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Red Rot - Static Abyss

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tumult by Wince and Frisson

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Defacement - Abyssal - Ceremony of Silence

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Thousand Suns by Titanosaur

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: High on Fire - Sleep - Red Fang

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mgła by Hellmetall

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Rockshots Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Tyrannus - Necrodeath - Possessed

Worm Tongue by Ancient Malice

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Abaddon Incarnate - Rotten Sound -Inhume

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Valley of a Sun by A Thousand Sufferings

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ultha - The Ruins of Beverast

Holocene Blues by Kavernist

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Civilization Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Unearthly Rites - Gatecreeper - Grave

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Stora Allvaret by Gravvård

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden / Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: SneeuwStorm Produkties

  • FOR FANS OF: Pure Wrath - Nocturnal Keep

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Devoured Ferociously by Dead Meat

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Vomit Your Shirt

  • FOR FANS OF: Analepsy - Annihilation - Bleeding Display

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Death Bonanza by Worship the Pestilence

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bolivia

  • RECORD LABEL: Rotten Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Emasculator - Castrator - Deeds of Flesh

Guardians of Time Part II by Holy Dragons

  • SUBGENRE: Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Kazakhstan

  • RECORD LABEL: HDR Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hibria - Stormwarrior - Lost Horizon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Hemispheres by Sleep

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Third Man Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Kyuss - High on Fire

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Six Rites by Zvindiyar

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bahrain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Pyrrhon - Gruesome - Pestifer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ghost/Echo by Rūdus

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Bog Wizard - Dust Lord

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Unique and Eternal by Avern

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Wode - Craft

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Mata Pedang Penghabisan by Sandekala

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Indonesia

  • RECORD LABEL: Logam Production

  • FOR FANS OF: Astral Alchemy - Gonemage - Astral Alchemy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Hell’s Thorns Attack by Sardonic Witchery

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Decayed - Irae - Infernal Kingdom

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Nachtwaerts by Legatus

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Schattenkult Produktionen

  • FOR FANS OF: Verheerer - Grimah

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Archer XIII by Nigredo

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Schattenkult Produktionen

  • FOR FANS OF: Master’s Hammer - Negative Plane

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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]]><![CDATA[STORMRULER Sign Worldwide Deal With Distortion Music Group (DMG) - Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/stormruler-sign-worldwide-deal-withhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/stormruler-sign-worldwide-deal-withSat, 29 Aug 2026 05:27:37 GMTListen To "Dark Age Of Deception"

[Photo Credit: Juan Ibanez]

US black metal duo STORMRULER have signed a worldwide deal with Distortion Music Group (DMG) - Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music. Alongside the announcement, STORMRULER present the new track, “Dark Age Of Deception.”

STORMRULER comment on the single release “Dark Age Of Deception”,
“We chose this song to be at the forefront of the Imperial resurgence for a few reasons. First and foremost it’s a sonic battery draped in frozen and melancholic themes, the sort of soaring leads and blackened assault one has come to expect from a refined and matured STORMRULER. It also provides a peak into one of many legends told within the Realm of Aurelia, a world soon to be explored by many…”

“Dark Age Of Deception” is a standalone single marking STORMRULER’s introduction to DMG. Separate from the narrative of the upcoming album, the track delivers the band’s signature blend of melodic black metal, relentless aggression and sweeping atmosphere. Built on blistering riffs, rapid fire drumming and commanding melodies, it serves as a direct and uncompromising first statement from the band’s new chapter.

About STORMRULER:

Born out of St. Louis, MO, the ferocious black metal duo STORMRULER is comprised of guitarist and vocalist Jason Asberry and drummer Jesse Schobel. Captivated by fantasy realms, the band’s imagery and sonic design draw from this theme entwined with historical elements.

The debut album Under The Burning Eclipse emerged in 2021, released via Napalm Records. This full-length was followed in quick succession by the sophomore offering, Sacred Rites & Black Magick, also via Napalm Records in 2022.

With “Dark Age Of Deception,” STORMRULER rise through the all encompassing gloom with obliterating force. Plunging into a dark and immersive shroud of atmospheric layers and commanding intensity, “Dark Age Of Deception” signifies the band’s new chapter has commenced.

STORMRULER Is:
Jesse Schobel
Jason Asberry

STORMRULER Online:
Facebook
Instagram
Spotify
Apple Music

About Distortion Music Group

Based in Orlando, Florida, Distortion Music Group was formed in 2022 by KATAKLYSM frontman and Hard Impact Management (WIND ROSE, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, SEPTICFLESH, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, and more) owner Maurizio Iacono.

DMG has released music from Scotland’s death/grind extremists MAN MUST DIE, as well as back catalogue material from world-renowned dwarf metal titans WIND ROSE.

Following the launch of its strategic partnership with Reigning Phoenix Music, the two companies have collaborated on releases from artists including SEVEN KINGDOMS, EX DEO, and STILLBIRTH.

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https://www.distortionmusicgroup.com I Facebook
Instagram I Youtube

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]]><![CDATA[Cuban-born, Switzerland-based death/doom band SECTARIUM will release their new album, “Mud Teeth”]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/cuban-born-switzerland-based-deathdoomhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/cuban-born-switzerland-based-deathdoomThu, 27 Aug 2026 03:30:29 GMT

Cuban-born, Switzerland-based death/doom band SECTARIUM will release their new album, “Mud Teeth”, on October 9, 2026. The album’s first single and title track is already available online, while the band is currently looking for a label or distribution partner for a physical release on CD and vinyl.

The nine-track record follows “Ad Infernum” (2023) and marks the band’s first album featuring Doomslayer on guitar and vocals alongside founding member Oliva.

Musically, “Mud Teeth” pushes SECTARIUM further into death/doom territory, combining heavy death metal riffing, slow and oppressive doom passages, and a darker, more atmospheric approach. The album draws on themes of winter, mythology, the underworld and ritual, while keeping the raw character that has defined the band since its beginnings in the Cuban underground.

The title track, “Mud Teeth”, is already available as a video single on YouTube:

Tracklist:

  1. Killing Thorry

  2. Phlegm Icicles

  3. Mud Teeth

  4. Doors of Dite

  5. Frozen Titans Circle

  6. Ignavos

  7. Cold Bloody Whispers

  8. The One Who Crawls

  9. Bodyless Queen

“Mud Teeth” was composed, arranged and produced by Oliva at OLI-Studios in Switzerland, with mixing and mastering handled by Doomslayer at DeepBlast Studios in Uruguay.

Oliva is responsible for the guitar, bass and drum arrangements and lyrics, while Doomslayer contributed additional guitar, bass and drum parts as well as vocal arrangements.

The album artwork was created by Artemasdesign.

The material has already been submitted to digital platforms, while SECTARIUM are currently seeking a label or distribution partner for a physical release on CD and vinyl.

About the band:

Formed in Cuba in 1993, SECTARIUM are among the early bands of the Cuban death/doom metal underground.

Their first demo, “God’s Wrath” (1993), later gained cult status among underground metal listeners, followed by “Larvae” in 1999, recorded during a period marked by the death of bassist and vocalist Franto Paul.

“God’s Wrath” has since received several reissues, including releases through Black Noise Records in 2017, American Line Productions in 2023 and La Caverna Records in 2025.

Based in Switzerland since 2012, SECTARIUM returned from a long recording hiatus with “Ad Infernum” in 2023.

In 2026, the addition of Doomslayer on guitar and vocals introduced a new line-up for the band. “Mud Teeth” continues that evolution with a heavier and more focused death/doom sound while retaining the identity SECTARIUM have developed over more than three decades.

SECTARIUM – “Mud Teeth”
Release date: October 9, 2026
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Physical release: CD and vinyl partner currently sought
Genre: Death/Doom Metal

Credits
Composed, arranged and produced by Oliva
Recorded at OLI-Studios, Switzerland
Mixed and mastered by Doomslayer at DeepBlast Studios, Uruguay
Graphic art by Artemasdesign
Copyright: SUISA, Switzerland

Links:
https://sectarium.bandcamp.com
https://facebook.com/Sectarium
https://youtube.com/@SECTARIUM
https://instagram.com/sectarium_official

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]]><![CDATA[Southern Melodeath Masters AETHER REALM Announce Incendiary New Album Season of Bloodshed]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/southern-melodeath-masters-aetherhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/southern-melodeath-masters-aetherThu, 27 Aug 2026 03:15:17 GMT

[Photo Credit: Bryce Chapman and Tyler Gresham]

Soaked in blood and craving more, North Carolina’s melodic death metal masters AETHER REALM have undergone a violent transformation, emerging with their ferocious new album Season of Bloodshed, to be unleashed December 11th, 2026 via Napalm Records.

Since the band’s 2020 album Redneck Vikings From Hell, AETHER REALM have held on by the skin of their teeth through a global pandemic, the historic Hurricane Helene, and a mid-record lineup change, with former guitarist Donny Burbage departing and new guitarist Chris Jones entering the fray. Season of Bloodshed clutches you in its blood-soaked claws and guides you on an intense exploration of an existential transformation fueled by rage.

About the album the band states:
“This is an album born from an anger that was allowed to fester for too long. At the confluence of the great injustices of our time and the insignificant wrongs that get under our skin every day, we can find ourselves transformed into our worst selves. It is in the expression of this feeling—through these cruel riffs, shredding solos, and crushing breakdowns—that we may find peace.”

Pre-Order Your Copy of Season Of Bloodshed HERE

From its first heartbeats, the album bares its teeth. The vampiric opening track “The Blood Is Calling” is layered with thunderous kick drums and cataclysmic string arrangements setting the stage for something truly ghastly. Propelled by blast beats from drummer Tyler Gresham, ornate guitar harmonies, and Martin Gonzalez’ enveloping orchestrations, the first track is a herald of a new era as the band transforms into something darker. “Control” opens with a triumphant harmonized guitar duel before taking off at one hundred miles per hour with virtuoso guitar duo Heinrich Arnold and Chris Jones weaving riff tapestries, embracing listeners in a dystopian dream of the future. Always looking to experiment with the form, “Broken Fist”enlists guest vocalist Taj Jewett to lend their rage to a track that fuses nu metal and prog into a showcase of infectiously bouncy grooves and unstoppable riffage.

The aptly titled “Get Fukt” is as vitriolic as the title suggests. Bassist and frontman Jake Jones delivers a venomous verbal onslaught alongside driving harmonized riffs clearly developed at the school of Bodom. “The Weight” offers the album’s first brief respite with serene synths paving the way for another hellish breakdown, tectonic drums crack the ground as flaming guitars emerge from the rubble and lash at the sky. Featuring the impeccable orchestration composer Wayne Ingram (known for his work in Wilderun and on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok), the track expands into mesmerizing grandeur.Opening with a serene folksy respite provided by departing guitarist Donny Burbage and violinist Sarah Stepanik, “Path of The Wind” emerges as an explosive blackened folk song with singalongs and blasts beats that tells the tale of how the band emerged physically unscathed from Hurricane Helene. Further honoring their southern roots, “Achilles’ Heel” opens with intimate banjo strums dancing around vocalist Jake Jones’ heartfelt croon, sung from the perspective of Patroclus, the companion of the titular mythological Greek hero Achilles. This bitter song honors the epic with guitar and string orchestrations of equally grand composition, coupled with a chorus that you can’t resist stomping your foot to.

Album closer “Terminus Omnium,” a Latin phrase translating roughly to “The End of All Things”, opens with cinematic, Game Of Thrones level pounding drums—courtesy of orchestrator and mix engineer Rob Carson—beating a cataclysmic opening for the record’s most expensive track. Enlisting the Western North Carolina Pagan Choir there is a level of finality in the arrangement akin to a Elden Ring boss battle.

Despite the obstacles put in their path, AETHER REALM emerges revitalized, determined, and simmering with anger while maintaining their trademark complex melodies and ferocious guitar attack.

Season of Bloodshed Tracklist:
1. The Blood Is Calling
2. Control
3. Broken Fist (Feat. Taj Jewett)
4. Get Fukt
5. The Weight
6. Path of the Wind
7. Achilles’ Heel
8. Terminus Omnium

Season of Bloodshed Will Be Available in The Following Configurations:
1-CD Digipak
1-LP Gatefold (Black)
1-LP Gatefold (Splattered Red/Black)
Digital Album

[1-LP Gatefold Splattered Red/Black]

AETHER REALM Are:
Jake Jones - Bass, Vocals
Heinrich Arnold - Guitar
Tyler Gresham - Drums
Chris Jones - Guitar

AETHER REALM Online:
INSTAGRAM
FACEBOOK
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TIK TOK
NAPALM RECORDS

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases August 28th 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-august-28th-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-august-28th-2026Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:01:59 GMTSolid week of releases. Starting to pick up a little more. Hopefully that means some cooler weather is coming. Plenty of stuff to look forward to.

Stand outs this week:

  • Immiserator - Debut album from experimental blackened death metal band out of New Zealand. Founded by Harrison McKenzie from Olde Throne, this project focuses on industrial ruin, environmental collapse, technological domination, and terminal capitalism.

  • Djevelsort - Debut album from solo Norwegian atmospheric black metal band with dark symphonic and progressive elements. He draws inspiration from 1990’s Scandinavian black metal and adds a modern twist. Rich Gray (Annihilator) filling in on fretless bass duties and it sounds amazing, some really great bass work. If you like black metal, don’t miss this one

Also looking forward to: Xenith - Miscreance - Gorod - Hesperia - Azgaal - Azaghast - Svorght - Mindwork

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Blight of Subsistence by Immiserator

  • SUBGENRE: Experimental Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New Zealand

  • RECORD LABEL: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Bekor Qilish - Thantifaxath

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Peril Of Freedom by Djevelsort

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Dusktone

  • FOR FANS OF: Severoth - Midnight Odyssey - Dimmu Borgir

  • Buy on Bandcamp

To No Avail by Xenith

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: At the Gates - The Black Dahlia Murder

The Runes That Bind by Void Moon

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Obelisk Polaris Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: The Temple - Isole - DoomSword

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Marrow Deep by Mastodon

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Loma Vista Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Baroness - Gojira - Anciients

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Reminiscence by Miscreance

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist

  • FOR FANS OF: Athiest - Hellwitch - Cryptic Shift

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Ember Gone by Gorod

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Base Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Obscura - Necrophagist - Spawn of Possession

Dark Asylum by Kamelot

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Melodic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Stratovarius - Symphony X - Angra

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Picenum (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance) by Hesperia

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Hammerheart Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Summoning - Caladan Brood - Moongates Guardian

  • Buy on Bandcamp

In the Shadows of a Funerary Gleam by Black Door

  • SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Chronos Defiled

  • FOR FANS OF: Spectral Wound - Wolves’ Winter

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Divine Hitman by Azgaal

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Fetzner Death Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Moonkult - Angmar - Norman Shores

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Death Mask Messiah by Exumer

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Destruction - Kreator - Slayer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Dying Hunt by Static Abyss

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Peaceville Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Hooded Menace - Asphyx - Spectral Voice

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Occult Forces by Atomic Aggressor

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

  • RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Sadistic Intent - Morbid Angel - Mortem

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Rats in the Temple by Flotsam and Jetsam

  • SUBGENRE: Power / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Metal Church - Paradox - Annihilator

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Damnation’s Veil by Ninth Realm

  • SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Malevolent Creation - Deceased

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Deeds of Horror by Gorge

  • SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Mutilation Barbecue - Emasculator - Abnormality

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Afraid of Sunlight by Asmodexia

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore / Noisegrind

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Centipede Abyss

  • FOR FANS OF: Reeking Cross - Degloved

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Historiae Romanae Fragmenta by Ambulacrum

  • SUBGENRE: BlackMetal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

  • RECORD LABEL: Centipede Abyss

  • FOR FANS OF: Celtic Frost - Bathory - Enslaved

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Till Glömskan Ad Oblivionem by Besvärjelsen

  • SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Magnetic Eye Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Howling Giant - Elder - Sergeant Thunderhoof

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Future. Present. Past. by Beseech

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Despotz Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Moonspell - Mortal Love - Lacuna Coil

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ghost Touch by Azaghast

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Wehmut - Astral Alchemy - Helgafell

  • Buy on Bandcamp

I Am Not a Fighter, I Will Fail by Coward Kill Coward

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Primitive Man - Thou - Lord Manits

Bestial Lustmord by Rahaty

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belarus

  • RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories

  • FOR FANS OF: Samiarus - Conqueror

  • Buy on Bandcamp

A Reminder by Walkways

  • SUBGENRE: Alternative Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Israel

  • RECORD LABEL: Wild Things Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Blind Equation - Heriot

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Choosing to Die by Kulk

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Church Road Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Matador - Dopethrone

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Oceans Above, Stars Below by Trioshpere

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Helion Prime - Evergrey - Circus Maximus

When the Skies Fall by Talia Hoit

  • SUBGENRE: Epic Symphonic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Beyond Forgiveness - Akoma - Epica

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Larmes Des Héros by Sortilège

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

  • RECORD LABEL: Verycords

  • FOR FANS OF: Stormwitch - Judas Priest - Angel Witch

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Dismal Landscapes of Voluptuous Pustular Cadaverosis by Epicardiectomy

  • SUBGENRE: Slam

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia

  • RECORD LABEL: New Standard Elite

  • FOR FANS OF: Kraanium - Devourment - Vulvectomy

Armageddon Scars by Fane

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death / Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Octopus Rising

  • FOR FANS OF: Glacial Tomb - Primitive Man

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Spirit of Gravity by Agonanist

  • SUBGENRE: Experimental Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Transylvanian Recordings

  • FOR FANS OF: Wormlust - Skáphe

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Nine by Russian Circles

  • SUBGENRE: Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Sargent House

  • FOR FANS OF: Pelican - Cult of Luna - Year of No Light

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Life’s Worth by Torturous Inception

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Brutal Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dehumanized - Suffocation - Ingested

May Misery Befall you by Perpetual Paradox

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Metalcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Bleeding Art Collective

  • FOR FANS OF: Into the Silo - Turian

Ordnance Obscenum by Morgued

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Iron Fortress Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Exhumed - Impaled - Aborted

Svart lerret by Svorght

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

  • RECORD LABEL: Attractor Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Mork - Satyricon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Vergessenes by Noekk

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: House of Inkantation

  • FOR FANS OF: Barren Earth - Ihsahn - Leprous

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Sangue Innocente by Ibridoma

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Punishment 18 Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Wanted - Tyran - Screamer

Within the Earth by Earthlore

  • SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Tales of a Liquid Dawn - Weedian - Sunnata

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Journey Beyond Death by Unholy Redeemer

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

  • RECORD LABEL: Extremely Rotten Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Malignant Altar - Disma - Autopsy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Veni regina mea by Veneficus Sarcina

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Torpor - Armagh - Lord Goblin

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Human I Never Became by Thomas Roese

  • SUBGENRE: Instrumental Post Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Only Echoes - Glacier

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Vida i Mort by Angoixa

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Paganizer - Grave - Vomitory

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Roadburn Chronicles by Petrosa

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Octopus Rising

  • FOR FANS OF: Aeon Temple - Wolftooth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Alliance of Medieval Darkness by Lunia

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Black Shaman - Oskoreien

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Adrift by Mindwork

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Pestilence - Cynic - Sadus

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Bound in Flesh by Evisarize

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ripper - Possessed - Schizophrenia

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]]><![CDATA[Black Metal Outfit BOÖTES VOID Unleash New Track "Panta Rhei" Featuring ELLENDE!]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/black-metal-outfit-bootes-void-unleashhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/black-metal-outfit-bootes-void-unleashSun, 23 Aug 2026 03:51:30 GMT

German black metallers BOÖTES VOID have delivered another intense glimpse into their upcoming new full-length, entitled "Panta Rhei", which will be out on September 4 via Vendetta Records. Following the release of the first single & video "Nihil", the band now follows up with the album's title track. The song features guest contributions by Austria's ELLENDE and you can listen here:

"We deliberately wrote this song to be full of contrasts, reflecting the natural cycle of change that shapes everything", the band comments. "The last glimmer of hope in the face of all these crises and all this suffering: even if all this shit has to end along with humanity for things to get better, at least it’ll be better afterwards".

Tracklist:
01. Crown Of Vermin
02. Shapers Of The End
03. Nihil
04. Onwards To Our Death
05. Lost In Oblivion
06. Nebula
07. Panta Rhei
08. Requiem

Taking its name from the ancient Greek philosophical principle of Heraclitus - “everything flows” - BOÖTES VOID‘s upcoming album “Panta Rhei” revolves around the doctrine of perpetual change, exploring the idea that nothing in existence remains fixed. Every moment transforms us, every experience reshapes the world around us, and permanence itself proves to be an illusion.

This timeless concept forms the philosophical backbone of BOÖTES VOID‘s new record, weaving together a series of seemingly distinct lyrical themes into one cohesive narrative. Across the album, each composition examines a different aspect of human existence while contributing another piece to its overarching vision.

Opening tracks such as “Crown of Vermin” and “Shapers of the End” confront oppressive power structures built upon suffering and expose the collective helplessness of societies consuming themselves in pursuit of progress, even as they accelerate the very collapse they fear.

As the album unfolds, these themes gradually converge in the title track “Panta Rhei”, where Heraclitus’ philosophy provides the record’s ultimate resolution. Instead of resisting change, the album embraces impermanence as an essential condition of life - suggesting that transformation, loss and renewal are inseparable parts of existence itself.

Formed in 2019, BOÖTES VOID have since released the demo ‘The Alder’s Sleep’, the EP ‘Alder’s Heresy’ (2019), and two full-length albums, ‘C.O.L.D.’ (2022) and ‘Singularity’ (2023). With “Panta Rhei”, the band now embarks on its next chapter, pushing both its philosophical vision and sonic identity further than ever before.

Line-up:
Boötes - Vocals
Corvus - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Draktar - Rhythm Guitar
Cygnus - Bass, Backing Vocals
Otis - Drums

For more info visit:
https://www.facebook.com/booetesvoid
https://www.instagram.com/booetes_void/
https://botesvoid.bandcamp.com
https://vendetta-records.com

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]]><![CDATA[MOTHER OF GRAVES Announce New Album "The Light that Keeps Us"]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/mother-of-graves-announce-new-albumhttps://www.metal-connect.com/p/mother-of-graves-announce-new-albumSun, 23 Aug 2026 03:40:58 GMT

Photo by Jessica Branstetter

Indianapolis melodic death-doom outfit MOTHER OF GRAVES has announced the release of their upcoming full-length, entitled “The Light that Keeps Us”, which has been slated for release on October 16th via Profound Lore Records. The first single, “Through the Pale Shade”, has been unveiled today. Listen to the track here:

Stream the single HERE

Vocalist Brandon Howe comments on “Through the Pale Shade”: “‘Through the Pale Shade’ is a lyrical tale of resilience in a faltering world and letting the hands of beauty be your uplifting guide through the darkest and most desperate pits of the self and soul. Instrumentally, the song bleeds a similar hope and despair within each note. We chose this song as the first single because we feel it thoroughly encapsulates the true and honest nature of our sound. I think from start to finish, it speaks well in terms of our identity that we’ve steadily grown into as a band; coalescing with our personal touches the heavy approach to things and melodies that feel dreamlike without sacrificing the wholeness of the song itself. Thanks for listening, and we hope that it serves you well. The countdown begins as autumn approaches.“

Tracklist:
01. Wingless Soul (feat. Dan Swanö)
02. Through the Pale Shade
03. The Light That Keeps Us
04. Eventide Angel
05. The Silent Weight of the Stars
06. A Moonlit Tryst
07. The Beggar’s Allegory
08. The Endless Climb

Following two years of meticulous crafting and the lasting impact left behind by their sophomore offering “The Periapt of Absence” - which claimed the #11 spot on Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 AOTY and tore through countless year-end lists - the death-doom titans return with their most fully realized offering yet. Here, it is evident that MOTHER OF GRAVES have no intention of slowing their evolution into fully realized territory as a quintet. The album is driven by the sharpened songwriting of guitarists Chris Morrison and Ben Sandman, the unrelenting foundation of bassist Corey Clark and drummer Don Curtis, and the expressive, poetic cadence of vocalist/keyboardist Brandon Howe.

Seamlessly forging the aggression and power of death metal with the melancholic and romantic edge of melodic doom, “The Light that Keeps Us” is crushing, hauntingly human, and a true showcase of the band’s authenticity in their expression and care for the genre. Each track serving as a hand to guide the listener through the introspective journey of mortality, sorrow, love and resilience. The band’s dynamic continues to grow under the production of guitarist Ben Sandman, whose work behind the console keeps personal touch prevalent within their music, stripping away the excess and amplifying the things that matter.

At the helm of visual depictions, fine artist Larisa Brechun perfectly captures the weight and depth of the music in her cover painting, providing evocative imagery to accompany the band’s bleak yet uplifting nature. It has become a standard throughout their years to recruit legend Dan Swano for his mastering expertise, but this time a greater gift presented itself as Dan proudly delivered guest vocals on the track “Wingless Soul”. A full circle moment in the band’s existence, as it gives the album that much more of a special and significant engraving within the world of death doom.

With “The Light that Keeps Us”, MOTHER OF GRAVES brings to you 8 tracks of despairing beauty laced in emotion and fierce purpose, marking yet another milestone in their promising career.

The album drops October 16th on Profound Lore Records and is available for pre-order HERE

MOTHER OF GRAVES are:
Brandon Howe - Vocals/Keyboard
Chris Morrison - Guitar
Ben Sandman - Guitar
Corey Clark - Bass
Don Curtis - Drums

For more info visit:
https://www.instagram.com/motherofgraves
https://www.facebook.com/motherofgravesband/

https://motherofgraves.com
https://linktr.ee/motherofgraves
https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecords

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]]><![CDATA[New Metal Releases August 21st 2026]]>https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-august-21st-2026https://www.metal-connect.com/p/new-metal-releases-august-21st-2026Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:01:51 GMTStarting to pick up a little with 49 releases this week. Even with more coming out, there’s not quite as much that I am looking forward to and I’ve only got one in the stand outs section. But the ones I am looking forward to should all be great.

Stand out this week:

  • Jotungrav - Debut album from progressive blackened folk metal band out of Finland. The songs on this album take the listener through war torn landscapes of the ancient world.

Also looking forward to: Fen - Noumena - Nekrodawn - Martyrium - Nethergate - Barbarossa

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Elegi by Jotungrav

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Noltem - Wayfarer - Falls of Rauros

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth by Fen

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Agalloch - Wolves in the Throne Room - Vallendusk

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Maanääri by Noumena

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Haunted Zoo Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Insomnium - Omnium Gatherum - Be’lakor

The Pain Made Me Who I Am by AXTY

  • SUBGENRE: Deathcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil

  • RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Into the Silo - Brand of Sacrifice - The Last of Lucy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Sisyphean Life by Suffering Quota

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Tartarus Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Cloud Rat - Insect Warfare - Bloat

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Age of Collapse - As Above, So Below by Escapeinout

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Brutal Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Imperishable - Entombed - Carnage

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Enter the Realm of Fire by Rapid

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Venom - Bulldozer - Sabbat

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Reign of Terror by Deceptor

  • SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Possessed - Venom - Merciless

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Rites ov Flesh by Cvinger

  • SUBGENRE: Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovenia

  • RECORD LABEL: Void Wanderer Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: 1349 - Ragnarok - Dark Funeral

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Covenant of Carnage by Nekrodawn

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: War Anthem Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Bloodbath - Vomitory - Hypocrisy

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Malevolent by Martyrium

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

  • RECORD LABEL: Apostasy Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Tyrannus - Eternal Evil - Atonement

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Soledad & Orgullo by Argul

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru

  • RECORD LABEL: Personal Records / Mixuo Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Weedian - WyndRider - bunsenburner

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Metalmorphosis by Triskelyon

  • SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Moribund Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Iron Kobra - Iron Slaught

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cold Velvet by The Night Eternal

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records

  • FOR FANS OF: In Solitude - Portrait - Morgul Blade

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Becoming After by Noveria

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Symphony X - Manticora - Pagan’s Mind

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Nefelheim by Fejd

  • SUBGENRE: Folk Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Black Lodge Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Týr - Heidevolk - Primordial

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Omen II by Malamorte

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Moribund Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Mercyful Fate - King Diamond - In Solitude

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No Future, No Light by Mind Affliction

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

  • RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna

  • FOR FANS OF: Altarage - Adversarial - Mitochondrion

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The Morning Darkness by Dysthymia

  • SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Thy Light - Austere - Farewell

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Hell Is Evil by Deathgrave

  • SUBGENRE: Grindcore

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Tankcrimes

  • FOR FANS OF: Repulsion - Blood - Macabre

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Existence Is Corruption by Street Tombs

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Carbonized Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Undeath - Cemetery Reign - Tomb Mold

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Into Sunless Gravescapes by Vrykolakas

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Singapore

  • RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation

  • FOR FANS OF: Eskhaton - Impetuous Ritual - Cruciamentum

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A Kingdom Reborn by Funerarya

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Philippines

  • RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation

  • FOR FANS OF: Malthusian - Antediluvian

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Power to Survive by Burning Sun

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary

  • RECORD LABEL: Pride & Joy Music

  • FOR FANS OF: Helloween - Iron Savior - Grave Digger

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Ride the Storm by Ristridi

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - Dark the Suns - Amon Amarth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Civitas Lacrimarum by Cemetery Echo

  • SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Unto Others - Idle Hands - Sentenced

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Iridescence by Colliding Worlds

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Intestine Baalism - Dungeon Serpent - Garden of Shadows

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Hoist the Colours High by Tokyo Blade

  • SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

  • RECORD LABEL: Cherry Red Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Grim Reaper - Saxon

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Unilluminate to Illuminate by Oddland

  • SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Leprous - Pain of Salvation - Riverside

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Faerie Ring by Faerie Ring

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: King Volume Records

  • FOR FANS OF: Electric Wizard - Kyuss - Sleep

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ordnance of Spiritual Warfare by Teratum

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

  • RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: GraveRipper - Wraith - Hellripper

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Shattered Reflection by Dogtak

  • SUBGENRE: Groove / Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Confess - Acrassicauda

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Droga Total by Cobrafuma

  • SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Municipal Waste - Gama Bomb - Nuclear Assault

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Ihme by Ristiinnaulitseminen

  • SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland / Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ghost Bath - Austere - Silencer

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Haze, Cacophony, and White Light by Shabti

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Contemn Light

  • FOR FANS OF: Cryptic Shift - Artificial Brain - Siderean

Neanderthal by Celophys

  • SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine

  • RECORD LABEL: Robustfellow

  • FOR FANS OF: Conan - Deadsmoke

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Sanguivoria by Nethergate

  • SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Abyssal Rift - Incantation - Phrenelith

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Tetric One by Tetric One

  • SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Fer de Lance - Scald

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Carnal Lust of Blasphemy by Azatoth

  • SUBGENRE: Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Extremely Rotten Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Cannibal Corpse - Malformed - Undergang

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Olověné sny by War for War

  • SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Master’s Hammer - Stíny Plamenů

  • Buy on Bandcamp

The Rabid Dead by Thanatomass

  • SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

  • RECORD LABEL: Nomad Snakepit Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: Pseudogod - Grave Misma

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Meaningless Existence by Utilize the Remains

  • SUBGENRE: Slam

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New Zealand

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dysmorfectomy - Analepsy - Kraanium

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tales of Cruelty by Barbarossa

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Ripper - Ignobleth

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Cloven by Cloven

  • SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

  • RECORD LABEL: Pest Productions

  • FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Ashenspire

  • Buy on Bandcamp

La dryade by Sylve

  • SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Vemod - Fuath - Klage

  • Buy on Bandcamp

When Language Fails by Carniwar

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Dungeon Serpent - Intestine Baalism - Vehemence

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Two Ton Grudge by Bluto

  • SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Katla - Ghostsmoker

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Tales From The Past by AshenPlains

  • SUBGENRE: Symphonic Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Sacred Outcry - Rhapsody of Fire

  • Buy on Bandcamp

Prevail by Mishipeshu

  • SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

  • RECORD LABEL: Independent

  • FOR FANS OF: Warrior Path - Bloody Valkyria

  • Buy on Bandcamp

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