New Metal Releases February 28th 2025

Afflicta - Empty Throne - Grima - Sepulchral Curse - Ritual Ascension - Dimman - Crown of Madness - Arkaist - Vacuous - And More...

Stand outs this week:

• Both of these releases come out on February 28th for the physical releases. They were releases on streaming January 31st so you can listen to them now and they are both really good.

  • Afflicta - Debut album from tech death band out of Italy.

  • Empty Throne - Debut album from US based blackened death metal band. Featuring Jason Ellsworth (bass) and C.R. Petit (vocals) from Angerot and Suffer, Mike Pardi from Ardent Nova on guitars and Gabe Seeber from Abigail Williams, The Kennedy Veil, Veil of Pnath and others on drums.

• Crown of Madness - Debut album from Death Metal band out of Canada

Also looking forward to: Grima - Sepulchral Curse - Ritual Ascension - Dimman - Arkaist - Muskeg Charnel

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Origin of Sorrow by Afflicta

• SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Downfall Records

• FOR FANS OF: Alterbeast - Arkaik - The Kennedy Veil

• Buy on Bandcamp

Unholy by Empty Throne

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Downfall Records

• FOR FANS OF: Vale of Pnath - Sulphur Aeon - Angerot

• Buy on Bandcamp

Nightside by Grima

• SUBENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

• RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

• FOR FANS OF: Elderwind - Wodensthrone - Wolved in the Throne Room

• Buy on Bandcamp

Crimson Moon Evocations by Sepulchral Curse

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Dark Descent Records

• FOR FANS OF: Desolate Shrine - Dismember - Vorum

• Buy on Bandcamp

Proganation of the Adamic Covenant by Ritual Ascension

• SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories

• FOR FANS OF: Grave Upheaval - Temple Nightside - Suffering Hour

• Buy on Bandcamp

Consciousness by Dimman

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

• FOR FANS OF: Noumena - Dark the Suns - Insomnium

• Buy on Bandcamp

Memories Fragmented by Crown of Madness

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

• RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records

• FOR FANS OF: Replicant - Misanthropy - Fleshbore

• Buy on Bandcamp

Aube Noire by Arkaist

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

• RECORD LABEL: Antiq

• FOR FANS OF: Winter’s Breath - Cor Scorpii - Vreid

• Buy on Bandcamp

In His Blood by Vacuous

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records

• FOR FANS OF: Incantation - Bolt Thrower - Vaticinal Rites

• Buy on Bandcamp

Disgust by Cannibal Accident

• SUBGENRE: Grindcore

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records

• FOR FANS OF: Gutslit - Rotten Sound - Blood Freak

• Buy on Bandcamp

Black Respite of Oblivion by Toughness

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

• RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - Diskord - Timeghoul

• Buy on Bandcamp

Violence Prevails by Chemicide

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Costa Rica

• RECORD LABEL: Listenable Records

• FOR FANS OF: Havok - Violator - Kreator

• Buy on Bandcamp

Dracanthropy by Seidhr

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew

• FOR FANS OF: Craven Idol - Desaster - Razor of Occam

• Buy on Bandcamp

Deranged Excruciations by Metaphobic

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew

• FOR FANS OF: Incantation - Immolation - Disma

• Buy on Bandcamp

Puro Carbon by Cryfemal

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

• RECORD LABEL: Immortal Frost Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Muert - Mutilation - Leviathan

• Buy on Bandcamp

Collapse by Spoiled

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Gruesome Records

• FOR FANS OF: Vicious Blade - Sodom - Pulling Teeth

• Buy on Bandcamp

What Lies Ahead by Frightful

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

• RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Burial Hordes - Embrace of Thorns - Aeternus

• Buy on Bandcamp

Nuclear Booze Patrol by Atomizator

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland

• RECORD LABEL: Witches Brew

• FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Sodom - Morbid Saint

• Buy on Bandcamp

The Chronicles of Cardinal Pablo Mendoza by Rise of Tyrants

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Brutal Records

• FOR FANS OF: Paganizer - Cavalera Conspiracy - Ursinne

• Buy on Bandcamp

A Scarlet Sunset Over The Horrid Abyss by Sivyj Yar

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Post Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia

• RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music

• FOR FANS OF: Woods of Desolation - Fen - Ancient Wisdom

• Buy on Bandcamp

The Subjugate by Light Dweller

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music

• FOR FANS OF: Ævangelist - Noctambulist - Convulsing

• Buy on Bandcamp

Tavastland by Havukruunu

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Svart Records

• FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Kampfar - Panphage

• Buy on Bandcamp

Decomposition Part 4: Livor Mortis by Muskeg Charnel

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Morast - Akatechism - Malthusian

• Buy on Bandcamp

Death of the Almighty by Exileth

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Armenia

• RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records

• FOR FANS OF: Mortual - Monstrosity - Immolation

• Buy on Bandcamp

Carnage Gathers by Grave Infestation

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

• RECORD LABEL: Dark Descent Records

• FOR FANS OF: Autopsy - Nihilist - Obituary

• Buy on Bandcamp

Barbwire Halo by Necrogilistic Anomaly

• SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Comatose Music

• FOR FANS OF: Defeated Sanity - Disgorge - Disentomb

• Buy on Bandcamp

Faster Than Death by Hirax

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Armageddon Label

• FOR FANS OF: Clusterfux - Master - Cancer

• Buy on Bandcamp

Here Be Dragons by Avantasia

• SUBGENRE: Power Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Napalm Records

• FOR FANS OF: Edguy - Sonata Arctica - Freedom Call

• Buy on Bandcamp

Timeless Reverie by Serenity in Murder

• SUBGENRE: Symphonic Melodic Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan

• RECORD LABEL: Apostasy Records

• FOR FANS OF: Ancient Cosmos - Meadows End - Eternal Tears of Sorrow

• Buy on Bandcamp

Plague of Rats by Brainstorm

• SUBGENRE: Power Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Reigning Phoenix Music

• FOR FANS OF: Jag Panzer - Nocturnal Rites - Symphorce

• Buy on Amazon

Year of the Cobra by Year of the Cobra

• SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Prophecy Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Acid King - Windhand - Sleep

• Buy on Bandcamp

Feather & Claw by Owlbear

• SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Alone Records

• FOR FANS OF: Visigoth - Ironflame - Dio

• Buy on Bandcamp

Shreds of Life by Devil’s Gateway

• SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Crypt of the Wizard

• FOR FANS OF: Ilsa - Coffins - Asphyx

• Buy on Bandcamp

Observers of the Inevitable by Celestial Scourge

• SUBGENRE: Brutal Technical Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway

• RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records

• FOR FANS OF: Deformatory - Monument of Misanthropy - Fleshbore

• Buy on Bandcamp

Beneath It All by Ironrat

• SUBGENRE: Doom / Sludge Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Argonauta Records

• FOR FANS OF: Blue Heron - Sunnata

• Buy on Bandcamp

Buena Muerte by Ocultum

• SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom / Sludge Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile

• RECORD LABEL: Heavy Psych Sounds

• FOR FANS OF: Black Capricorn - Electric Wizard

• Buy on Bandcamp

III by Red Eye

• SUBGENRE: Psychedelic Stoner Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

• RECORD LABEL: Discos Macarras

• FOR FANS OF: Dozer - Weedian - WyndRider

• Buy on Bandcamp

Profane Altar by Act of Impalement

• SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Calligari Records

• FOR FANS OF: Cianide - Coffins - Disma

• Buy on Bandcamp

Stress Test by Stress Test

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Transylvanian Recordings

• FOR FANS OF: Power Trip - Enforced - Nuclear Assault

• Buy on Bandcamp

Κάθοδος by Insanity Cult

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece

• RECORD LABEL: Tragedy Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Heaven Serpent - Drowning the Light - Sad

• Buy on Bandcamp

Dysmor by Venemous Echoes

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

• FOR FANS OF: Veilburner - Burial Hordes - Embrace of Thorns

• Buy on Bandcamp

Extreme Danger: Prototype Weaponry

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

• RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records

• FOR FANS OF: Oxygen Destroyer - Angelcorpse - Phobocosm

• Buy on Bandcamp

Purulent Apocalypse by Caustic Phlegm

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal / Goregrind

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Hells Headbangers Records

• FOR FANS OF: Blemish - Bestial Tongue - Sanguisugabogg

• Buy on Bandcamp

Emanating Sparks by Voodus

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

• RECORD LABEL: Regain Records

• FOR FANS OF: Nazghor - Valkyrja - Marduk

• Buy on Bandcamp

Maailmankiertueella by Hevisaurus

• SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Sony Music Finland

• FOR FANS OF: SauruXet - Lordi - Woodland Prattlers

Carnivorous Metamorphosis by Cannibal Abortion

• SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Rotten Music

• FOR FANS OF: Dehumanized - Dying Fetus

Live Fast Die Slow by Blunt Knife Castration

• SUBGENRE: Sludge / Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Maharaja - Conjurer

• Buy on Bandcamp

The Triumph of Metal by Hartlight

• SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France

• RECORD LABEL: Kvlt and Kaos Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Knights of Heliopolis - Graveshadow - Metalwings

• Buy on Bandcamp

Witchwood: A Dark Fantasy Role-Playing Adventure by Mordran

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Returning - Wolves in the Throne Room

• Buy on Bandcamp

Monsterpiece by German García

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Progressive Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Honduras

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Demonic Resurrection - Fellowship

• Buy on Bandcamp

Oculus Mortis by Unholy Impurity

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Masked Dead Records

• FOR FANS OF: Panopticon - Dawn Ray’d - Blackbraid

• Buy on Bandcamp

Videam Dolorem by Hand of the Wicked

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: House of Perdition Records

• FOR FANS OF: Morast - The Fog - Akatechism

• Buy on Bandcamp

Cultores de Perdas e Linna by Vultur

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Masked Dead Records

• FOR FANS OF: Varathron - Imago Mortis - Necromantia

• Buy on Bandcamp

Evolving Cortex by Impurist

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Coffin Mulch - Autopsy - Gatecreeper

• Buy on Bandcamp

Heralds of a Dying Age by Dodengod

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium

• RECORD LABEL: Pest Records

• FOR FANS OF: Burial Hordes - Embrace of Thorns - Grave Miasma

• Buy on Bandcamp

Valediction by Ofnus

• SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Krigsgrav - Silence Thereafter - Agalloch

• Buy on Bandcamp

Infernal Demise by Jaundice

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom

• RECORD LABEL: Crypt of the Wizard

• FOR FANS OF: BrainBath - Penny Coffin - Coffin Mulch

• Buy on Bandcamp

I, The Hell by Aasar

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Deathcore

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

• RECORD LABEL: Seek & Strike

• FOR FANS OF: Humanity’s Last Breath - Vildhjarta

Low Spirits by Awakeness

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Deathcore

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Worm Shepherd - Shrine of Malice

Order of Disgrace by Hail Conjurer

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland

• RECORD LABEL: Crypt of the Wizard

• FOR FANS OF: Ride for Revenge - Wind of the Black Mountains - Hollow Woods

• Buy on Bandcamp

Blackened Skies, Open Graves by Buried Faith

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Toxic Holocaust - Sarcator - Eternal Evil

• Buy on Bandcamp

Mother Tempest by Bisonte

• SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico

• RECORD LABEL: Loud, Slow and Distorted Riffs

• FOR FANS OF: Hypernaut - Black Sky Giant

• Buy on Bandcamp

Blasphemous by Avlak

• SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Nervosa - Destruction - Kreator

• Buy on Bandcamp

Slime Abyss by Tubal Cain

• SUBGENRE: Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Darkness Shall Rise Productions

• FOR FANS OF: Nuclear Tomb - Coroner - Vektor

• Buy on Bandcamp

Embodiment of Death by Ter Ziele

• SUBGENRE: Blackened Sludge Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands

• RECORD LABEL: Tartarus Records

• FOR FANS OF: Drune - Onhou

• Buy on Bandcamp

Profanation of the Adamic Covenant by Ritual Ascension

• SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

• RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories

• FOR FANS OF: Temple Nightside - Grave Upheaval

• Buy on Bandcamp

Human Depletion by Sanghrial

• SUBGENRE: Death Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: Mortual - The Glorious Dead

• Buy on Bandcamp

Herald of the Primal Forces by Hound of Zeus

• SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany

• RECORD LABEL: Independent

• FOR FANS OF: The Mosaic Window - Houle - Wormwitch

• Buy on Bandcamp

Boundless Night by Internal Chronicles

• SUBGENRE: Black / Doom Metal

• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Croatia

• RECORD LABEL: Indpenedent

• FOR FANS OF: Arð - Morke

• Buy on Bandcamp