New Metal Releases January 3rd 2025

Lord Agheros - Patriarkh - Esophagus - Faidra - Mutagenic Host - Poisonous Wind - Bloodbark - Agony by Default - And More...

Stand outs this week:

• Lord Agheros - Atmospheric Black Metal with plenty of sorrow and melancholy. Amazing blend of several elements.

• Bloodbark - Atmospheric Black Metal with some melancholy. Second album from this band that chooses not to disclose who the members are or where they are from.

Also looking forward to: Faidra - Agony by Default

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Anhedonia by Lord Agheros

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music

• FOR FANS OF: Fear of Eternity - Summoning - Lustre

• Buy on Bandcamp

Prophet Ilja by Patriarkh

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

• RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

• FOR FANS OF: Hermh - Vladyka - Gaerea

• Buy on Bandcamp

Zero One by Esophagus

• SUBGENRE: Slam

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

• RECORD LABEL: Reality Fade Records

• FOR FANS OF: Abominable Putridity - Facelift Deformation - Analepsy

• Buy on Bandcamp

Dies Irae by Faidra

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

• RECORD LABEL: Northern Silence Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Hermóðr - Harkener - Eldamar

• Buy on Bandcamp

The Diseased Machine by Mutagenic Host

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Live Burial - Autopsy - Obituary

• Buy on Bandcamp

All Flesh Rots and is Then Forgotten by Poisonous Wind

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Aberration - Diabolic Oath

• Buy on Bandcamp

Sacred Sound of Solitude by Bloodbark

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown

• RECORD LABEL: Northern Silence Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Skyforest - Sorrow Plagues - Ueldes

• Buy on Bandcamp

Of Darkness and Solitude by Agony by Default

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Everdying - Wormwitch - Unanimated

• Buy on Bandcamp

Under Dark by Acid Cross

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Toxic Holocaust - Sodom - Hellripper

Na Santa Paz da Aurora by Lumnos

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Labyrinthus Stellarum - Lustre - Alrakis

• Buy on Bandcamp

Might and Magic by Enchanted Steel

• SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Sacred Outcry - Rhapsody of Fire - Luca - Turilli

Coven by Nocturnal Avernus

• SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Carach Angren - Covenant - Vesania

• Buy on Bandcamp

Corporeal Furnace by Estuarine

• SUBGENRE: Grindcore

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Pyrrhon - Mithras - Lykathea Aflame

• Buy on Bandcamp

The War Without by Delusions of Reality

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Darkness Everywhere - At the Gates - In Flames

• Buy on Bandcamp

Keeper of the Forgotten Canons by Shadows Ground

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Altar in Darkness - ForestGrave - Mayhem

• Buy on Bandcamp

Concupiscent Deviancy and Death Scented Incense by Arbellic

• SUBGENRE: Raw Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Bloody Keep - Old Nick - Curta’n Wall

• Buy on Bandcamp

Unburied Remnants of the Ancients by Geistlicht

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Melodic Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: The Mosaic Window - Burial Oath

• Buy on Bandcamp

Balades Catarthiques Aux Sentiers Perdus by Heresie

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Wrack - Ghost Bath - Dusk in Silence

• Buy on Bandcamp