New Metal Releases December 12th 2025
The Harbinger - Tenebro - Dawn of a Dark Age - Rotten Sound - Argus Megere - Void Paradigm - Fleshvessel - Rêvasseur - Neckbreaker - And More...
Starting to wind down the year and there are a few less releases this week with 41. Although there are still quite a few to look forward to.
Stand outs this week:
The Harbinger - Second EP from Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.
Fleshvessel - Sophomore album from avant-garde death metal band out of Chicago. With the combination of being on I, Voidhanger Records and avant-garde, this one will be interesting to listen to.
Also looking forward to: Dawn of a Dark Age - Rêvasseur - Death From Above - Martröð - Kaosophia
Gates to Hell by The Harbinger
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Grey Skies Fallen - Mother of Graves - Daylight Dies
Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded by Fleshvessel
SUBGENRE: Avante-garde Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Demilich - Ingurgitating Oblivion - Phlebotomized
Una Lama d’Argento by Tenebro
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Mortician - Fulci - Grave Ghoul
Ver Sacrum by Dawn of a Dark Age
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Avant-garde Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music
FOR FANS OF: Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - Vulning - Noltem
Mass Extinction by Rotten Sound
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Nasum - Wormrot - Pig Destroyer
Cerburea apusului by Argus Megere
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Romania
RECORD LABEL: Loud Rage Music
FOR FANS OF: Ordinul Negru - Ascension
Tout ira mieux sans nous by Void Paradigm
SUBGENRE: Experimental Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Ve Buens Ende - Whirling - Smile Carved Sour
Reaper’s Gale by Rêvasseur
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Vietnam
RECORD LABEL: House of Ygra
FOR FANS OF: Arch Enemy - Scoundrel - Nighfall
Mental Void by Neckbreaker
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Coroner - Vektor
Atlantic Reborn by King Heavy
SUBGENRE: Doom / Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew
FOR FANS OF: Magister Templi - Arkham Witch - The Wizar’d
Reckoning of the Damned by Death from Above
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Great Dane Records
FOR FANS OF: Sentient Horror - Fleshcrawl - Grave
Entombed in Sewage by Lust of Decay
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Comatose Music
FOR FANS OF: Cephalic Carnage - Brodequin - Sacrificial Slaughter
This World We Live In… by Cryoxyd
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Dolorem Records
FOR FANS OF: Necrogod - Avulsed - Conjureth
Time and Tide by Phantom Corporation
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Supreme Chaos Records
FOR FANS OF: Dew-Scented - Legion of the Damned - Impious
Entanglement by Sun of the Suns
SUBGENRE: Progressive Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Scarlet Records
FOR FANS OF: Thy Art is Murder - Make Them Suffer
The Devil’s Vertep by Windswept
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Precambrian - Old Wainds
Amid by Azketem
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Darkness Shall Rise Productions
FOR FANS OF: Trolldom - Moon - Darkspace
The Longest Night by Nattradio
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Darkness Shall Rise Productions
FOR FANS OF: Mortal Blood - Paradise Lost - Tiamat
Draumsýnir eldsins by Martröð
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iceland / United States
RECORD LABEL: Debemur Morti Productions
FOR FANS OF: Skáphe - Illkynja
Anatomy of Sin by Khepra
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Death / Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Türkiye
RECORD LABEL: Theogonia Records
FOR FANS OF: Melechesh - Aeternam - Orphaned Land
All That We Hate by Putrid
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Angelcorpse - Impiety - Devouror
Disturbing the Cenotaph by House by the Cemetery
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden / United States
RECORD LABEL: Pulverised Records
FOR FANS OF: Entrails - Bloodbath - Seven Doors
Profanation’s Vapor by Upon the Altar
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Antediluvian - Mitochondrion - Adversarial
Star Blood by Unfyros
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: Funeral Presence - Spirit Possession
Bygone by Bygone
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Svart Records
FOR FANS OF: Sumerlands - Stone Dagger - Eternal Champion
Graviant by Irreversible Mechanism
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belarus
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Fallujah - Black Crown Initiate
Beyond the Black Horizon by Kaosophia
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Serpent Sun Records
FOR FANS OF: Funeral Mist - Nahemoth
Summoned to the Grave by Setnakht
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Chronos Defied
FOR FANS OF: Venom - Immortal
Vampiric Visions Vol. II: Living Death by Lady Luna and the Devil
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wicca333 - Bloody Hammers
In Shadows Deep - Shadow of the Crow Pt. II by Forbidden Seed
SUBGENRE: Heavy / Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Steel Gallery Records
FOR FANS OF: Mystic Prophecy - Firewind - Dream Evil
No One Knows We’re Dying by Morbonoct
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ukraine
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Carach Angren - Dimmu Borgir - Limbonic Art
BIBLI-KILL by Corrupt
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Blood Tsunami - Sakrificer - Possessed
Requiem by Celestielle
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Myrkur - Frayle - Ides of Gemini
Uncoiling by Nílim
SUBGENRE: Drone / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Messa - Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
Despoblador II by Parásito
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Signal Rex
FOR FANS OF: Aanomm - Molbol
Liitto hengen ja veren by Dark Divination
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Signal Rex
FOR FANS OF: Aanomm - Krohm
Unscripted in Chaos by Fright
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal / Crossover
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Electrocutioner - Destruction - Toxic Holocaust
Zurück ins Waldland by Festung Nebelburg
SUBGENRE: Pagan Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Andras - Minas Morgul - Menhir
MetaForm by Dimholt
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bulgaria
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Azarath - A Hill to Die Upon
Lords of Mayhem by NetherDred
SUBGENRE: Epic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Kaine - Amulet - Osmium Guillotine
Lay Waste by Lay Waste
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Pupil Slicer - Pig Destroyer