New Metal Releases August 8th 2025

Thorn - Malthusian - Mehrwertsteuer - Cytolysis - Crypt Sermon - Phantom Fire - Theurgion - Till Lindemann - Ashes of Ares - And More...

Stand outs this week:

• Thorn - Fourth album from death metal band from the US. Should be another great release from Transcending Obscurity

• Melpomene - Debut album from progressive post death metal band from Minnesota.

Also looking forward to: Phantom Fire - Cemetery

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Nebulous Womb of Eternity by Thorn

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

• FOR FANS OF: Mortician - Fumes - Fluids

• Buy on Bandcamp

The Summoning Bell by Malthusian

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland

• RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records

• FOR FANS OF: Mitochondrion - Antediluvian - Temple Nightside

• Buy on Bandcamp

Krone der Schöpfung by Mehrwertsteuer

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Kanonenfieber - Unanimated

Surge of Cruelty by Cytolysis

• SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Comatose Music

• FOR FANS OF: Deeds of Flesh - Defeated Sanity - Disgorge

• Buy on Bandcamp

Saturnian Appendices by Crypt Sermon

• SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Dark Descent Records

• FOR FANS OF: Candlemass - Solitude Aeternus - Concilium

• Buy on Bandcamp

Phantom Fire by Phantom Fire

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

• RECORD LABEL: Edged Circle Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Kvaen - Hoth - Necrophobic

• Buy on Bandcamp

All Under Heaven by Theurgion

• SUBGENRE: Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records

• FOR FANS OF: Solitude Aeturnus - Isole - Scale

• Buy on Bandcamp

Und Die Engel Singen by Till Lindemann

• SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Out of Line Music

• FOR FANS OF: Black Magnet - Rammstein

• Buy on Bandcamp

New Messiahs by Ashes of Ares

• SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: ROAR

• FOR FANS OF: Warrior Path - Eternal Champion

Queen of Crows by Temtris

• SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia

• RECORD LABEL: WormHoleDeath

• FOR FANS OF: Kamelot - Angra

Lucky by Firstborne

• SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: M-Theory Audio

• FOR FANS OF: Intranced - Night Demon - Armored Saint

• Buy on Bandcamp

Blackbraid III by Blackbraid

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Agalloch - Wayfarer - Panopticon

• Buy on Bandcamp

Ouroboros by Borracho

• SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Ripple Music

• FOR FANS OF: Wooly Mammoth - Sasquatch - Kyuss

• Buy on Bandcamp

In Devastation by Sinsaenum

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: International

• RECORD LABEL: earMUSIC

• FOR FANS OF: Order of Ennead - Belphegor - Devian

Stysta Leiðin Til Endurfæðingar by Dhikkaar

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Fifth Funeral Records

• FOR FANS OF: Wilt - Wodensthrone - Wolves in the Throne Room

• Buy on Bandcamp

Spiral of Suffering by Paralysis

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Xenophile - Municipal Waste

A Body Is A Suggestion by Melpomene

• SUBGENRE: Progressive Post Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Cosmitorium - Clairvoyance

• Buy on Bandcamp

Thoughts on Life…and Death by Cemetery

• SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Death - Pestilence - Opeth

• Buy on Bandcamp

Journey to the Helheim by Bärkdum

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil

• RECORD LABEL: Forgotten Dungeon Records

• FOR FANS OF: Mayhem - Morgoth

• Buy on Bandcamp

Gurgling Pustulence by Pustulant Flesh

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark

• RECORD LABEL: Extremely Rotten Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Undergang - Frozen Soul - Gatecreeper

• Buy on Bandcamp

Cradle to Grave by Varkan

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Black Monarch Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Sanctuary - Charred Walls of the Damned

• Buy on Bandcamp

In This Silence by Meteora

• SUBGENRE: Symphonic Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary

• RECORD LABEL: H-Music

• FOR FANS OF: Epica - Tarja - Xandria

Cradled in Coldest Stone by Spirit of Iron

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Fifth Funeral Records

• FOR FANS OF: Occult - Ashgabat - Carpathian Forest

• Buy on Bandcamp

A Life of Melancholy by Køldbrynger

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Esoctrilihum - Abigor

• Buy on Bandcamp

To Kind Silence by Al-Kamar

• SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Alcest - Mr,M

• Buy on Bandcamp

Celestial Dominion by Carlos Osnaya

• SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Time Rift - Spirit Adrift

• Buy on Bandcamp

DSC0 by Ovacord

• SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Cynic - Control Denied

• Buy on Bandcamp