New Metal Releases January 31st 2025
Admire the Grim - Voidhra - Shrieking Demons - Maceration - Praetorian - Unreal Overflows - Pyre - Consumption - Zero Absolu - And More...
Stand outs this week:
Admire the Grim - Debut album from female fronted Finnish Melodic Death Metal band. Plenty of Finland melo death vibes here and it sounds promising.
Voidhra - Second album from German Black Metal band. From the band: “Despair, insanity and aggression being the overall feeling of this album.”
Also looking forward to: Shrieking Demons - Consumption - Void of Hope - Skaldr - Selcouth - Burn Down Eden - Usquam - Kardroz
Resist by Admire the Grim
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Arch Enemy - Children of Bodom
Only Cold Winds Will Carry My Name by Voidhra
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos
FOR FANS OF: Afsky - Ultha - Weakling
The Festering Dwellers by Shrieking Demons
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Typhonian - Ritual Fog - Replicant
Serpent Devourment by Maceration
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Emanzipation Productions
FOR FANS OF: Grave - Bloodbath - Wombbath
Pylong Cult by Praetorian
SUBGENRE: Blackened Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: APF Records
FOR FANS OF: Swamp Coffin - Possessor
Slaves of the Inhuman Future World by Unreal Overflows
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Great Dane Records
FOR FANS OF: Essence of Datum - Existential Animals - Ophidian I
Where Obscurity Sways by Pyre
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Osmose Productions
FOR FANS OF: Dismember - Obituary - Tormented
Catharsis by Consumption
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Dusktone
FOR FANS OF: Autopsy - Incantation - Bolt Thrower
La Saignée by Zero Absolu
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: AOP Records
FOR FANS OF: Grima - Elderwind - Ultar
Absolute Dismal Domain by Relics of Humanity
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belarus
RECORD LABEL: Willowtip Records
FOR FANS OF: Disentomb - Condemned - Disgorge
Infectious Vermin by Rats of Gomorrah
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records
FOR FANS OF: Cutterred Flesh - Typhonian
Saturnalia by Selvans
SUBGENRE: Progressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: Downfall of Nur - Kampfar - Nokturnal Mortum
Proof of Existence by Void of Hope
SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: None - Thy Light - Austere
Saṃsṛ by Skaldr
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: Dissection - Vinterland - Sacramentum
Fury Among Ruins by Scrüda
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Alghol - Tarfania
Foul Transfixation by Repugnator
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Necrophobic - Grotesque - Necrowretch
Z mieczem na gwiazdy… by Garota
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Godz ov War Productions
FOR FANS OF: Diabolic Oath - Swampbeast
Selcouth by Selcouth
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Horrendous - Dismember - Obliteration
The Omen Ov Forbidden Prophets by AngeronA
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Dark Funeral - 1349 - Belphegor
Siniestras Voces Del Inframundo by Desalmatvs
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Enthroned - Scour
Ascension to the Chaos by Rebirth in Flames
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Satyricon - Lamp of Murmur
Lords of Impermanence by Ursula
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Singapore
RECORD LABEL: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
FOR FANS OF: Monstrosity - Malevolent Creation
Subnivium by Queen of Dreams
SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Empress - Visions of Atlantis - Frozen Crown
Destination Addiction by Confess
SUBGENRE: Groove / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iran / Norway
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Acrassicauda - Lamb of God
Lightning in a Bottle by Pentagram
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Heavy Psych Sounds
FOR FANS OF: Saint Vitus - Cathedral - The Obsessed
Journey to the Sun by Kilmara
SUBGENRE: Melodic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Brainstorm - Jag Panzer - Bloodhound
Tempora Mutantur by Lunar
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Saibot Reigns
FOR FANS OF: Obsidian Tide - Persefone - Avneya
Scenes of Agony by Black Talon
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Disposable - Tempered - Thrashist Regime
Dismal Epiphany by Burn Down Eden
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Seek & Strike
FOR FANS OF: The Black Dahlia Murder - Heaven Shall Burn - At the Gates
Eschaton Magicks by Nachash
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Signal Rex
FOR FANS OF: Varathron - Negative Plane - Jordablod
Antifragile by All That Remains
SUBGENRE: Metalcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Killswitch Engage - Shadows Fall - Unearth
The Final Battle by WarWolf
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Metalapolis Records
FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Saxon - Dio
Rhapsody of Life by Worlds Beyond
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: In Victory - Twilight Force - Fellowship
Ex Nihilo by Usquam
SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Source Atone Records
FOR FANS OF: Naglfar - Necrophobic - Nervosa
Quadrivium: Resonances by The Third Grade
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Art Gates Records
FOR FANS OF: Symphony X - Fates Warning
The Doom Scroll by Weed Demon
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Electric Valley Records
FOR FANS OF: Mother Iron Horse - Atomic Mold - Temple of the Fuzz Witch
Severe Dysfunction by Kardroz
SUBGENRE: Deathgrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Bedsore - Trauma Bond - Gutslit
Hallucinations of Saturnalia by Brechfa
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Nocturnal Curse Records
FOR FANS OF: Bloody Keep - Old Nick - Hexcastle
Nemesis by Hållbar
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Diabolic Oath - Wormwitch - Unanimated
Oblation Husk by Dejecter
SUBGENRE: Death / Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Red Rot - Devenial Verdict
The Fortress of Solitude by Forsaken Hill
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Hath - Edge of Sanity
De Schemering van Werelden by Ande
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: Morke - Dawn of Ouroboros - Vuur & Zijde
Moth Priest by Moth Priest
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Electric Talon Records
FOR FANS OF: Red Fang - Orange Goblin - Karma to Burn
Extinction by Plague of Stars
SUBGENRE: Gothic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Wormholedeath
FOR FANS OF: Flowing Tears - Mortal Blood - Madder Mortem
Agitators of Hysteria by ArsGoatia
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Ván Records
FOR FANS OF: Burial Hordes - Enshadowed - Devathorn
Vanishing Spires by Sacred Noose
SUBGENRE: Dissonant Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Defacement - Suffering Hour - Alterage
Of Chaos and Eternal Night by Dysmorphic Demiurge
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Miasma Records
FOR FANS OF: Analepsy - Putrid Pile - Disemtomb
Nightmare Fuel by Guts
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Bolt Thrower - Frozen Soul - Jungle Rot
Lost by Shadow of Veles
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Alghol - Tarfania - Panzerwar
Caught Tresspassin’ by Dredge
SUBGENRE: Slam
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Kraanium - Epicardiectomy
Into the Depths of the Black Creek by Where the Light Fades
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Northern Shadow
FOR FANS OF: Other World - Ante-Inferno - Wolves in the Throne Room
Gore Furnace by Wormface
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Gateway - Fossilization
Chains by Taliesin
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: DVNE - Mastodon - Baroness
Fragments of the Great Dehumanization by Hladomrak
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Necromantia - Varathron - Necromass
Lindisfarne by From North
SUBGENRE: Folk / Viking Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: At Dawn Records
FOR FANS OF: Hand of Kalliach - Noltem
The Black Circle by Uhrilahja
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Morbid Chapel Records
FOR FANS OF: Barshasketh - Ondskapt - Ascension
Not even caught up from the 24 lol
Guts - Nightmare Fuel is for sure worth a look. Their 2023 album is an absolute banger. DM from Finland. Nice list per usual!