New Metal Releases July 17th 2026
Ethereal Rot - Niveous - Psycroptic - Carbon Tomb - Wehmut - Emptiness - Doomcult - Left to Die - Ambrotos - And More
33 releases this week with a lot of death metal and a good amount of black metal. Both of my stand outs below are concept albums and should be worth listening to for just about anyone.
Stand outs this week:
Ethereal Rot - Debut album after two EP’s from blackened tech death band out of the US.
Niveous - Debut full length album from black metal band out of the US.
Also looking forward to: Psycroptic - Wehmut - Doomcult - Ambrotos - Skjult - Lost Vital Spark - Ecliptic - Eaten by Sharks
Ethereal Rot by Ethereal Rot
SUBGENRE: Blackened Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Catalyst - Hideous Divinity - Hour of Penance
Cult of the Void Star by Niveous
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records
FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Tulus - Khold
The Pulse of Annihilation by Psycroptic
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: Decapitated - Necrophagist - Spawn of Possession
Passage to a Neutron Star by Carbon Tomb
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Devenial Verdict - Artificial Brain - Dysgnostic
IV: Sommer by Wehmut
SUBGENRE: Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: Ghost Bath - Austere - Silencer
Nowhere Speaks by Emptiness
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Howls of Ebb - Dolorian
Sacrifice All Life by Doomcult
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records
FOR FANS OF: Lying Figures - Necros Christos
Infinitum Mortis by Left to Die
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records
FOR FANS OF: Gruesome - Inhuman Condition - Death
Atrocious Chants by Ambrotos
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Rotting Christ - Varathron - Necromantia
Shifting the Axis of the World by Novareign
SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: M-Theory Audio
FOR FANS OF: Dragonforce - Cellador - Dragonheart
Retaliate by Repentance
SUBGENRE: Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Noble Demon
FOR FANS OF: Dimhav - Circus Maximus
Satanic Rites for the Undead by Agonia Black Vomit
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Symbol of Domination Productions
FOR FANS OF: Brain Dead - Falce
A Perfect Devouring Light by Skjult
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Cuba
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Dark Funeral - Enthroned - Saidan
Between Blood and Silence by Mangled Carpenter
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Broken Curfew Records
FOR FANS OF: Meltification - Limbsplitter - Dying Fetus
For Eternity by Black Sites
SUBGENRE: Progressive Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mastodon - Voivod - Hammers of Misfortune
The Motion Paradox by Lost Vital Spark
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Dungeon Serpent - Intestine Baalism - Arghoslent
Curse of the Beast by Ruthless
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records
FOR FANS OF: Tyrant - Cities - Medieval Steel
The Violence of Time (Heresies Against the Flow of Time) by Eternal Drak
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Firstwave Studio
FOR FANS OF: Eternal Evil - Odium - Atonement
Bortom by Hämnd
SUBGENRE: Post Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Siberian - Kollapsed - Hidden Mothers
To Sima Semu’ul o Kuakul by Ecliptic
SUBGENRE: Experimental Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Aeviterne - Portal - Pyrrhon
Cosmic Dawn by Coffin Hunters
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Angel Witch - Cauldron - Haunt
The Ringing Bell by Fuming Mouth
SUBGENRE: Death Metal / Crust
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Creeping Death - Black Breath - Gatecreeper
Tracks From the Slither by Umbersound
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Grey Skies Fallen - Mother of Graves - Daylight Dies
Tomb Slab by Tomb Slab
SUBGENRE: Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Spread the Disease - Verdun
Summoning the King of Death by Lord Gryphus
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Dungeon Serpent - Draghkar - The Chasm
Heroes of Egypt by Symphony of Destiny
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Bloody Valyria - Moonlight Sorcery - Stormkeep
The Undertow of Hate by Eaten by Sharks
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: CDN Records
FOR FANS OF: Cognitive - Devil’s Reef - Nocturnus
Emergo by Tyrant
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Evile - Warbringer - Slayer
The Devil’s Whisper by The Spectre Beneath
SUBGENRE: Progressive Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Frozen Crown - Helion Prime - Elettra Storm
A History In Three Acts by ExpiatoriA
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Diamonds Prod.
FOR FANS OF: Mercyful Fate - King Diamond - Crypt Sermon
Almas Poseídas by Bothrash
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Costa Rica
RECORD LABEL: GrimmDistribution
FOR FANS OF: Survival - Cranium
Evanescent Horizons by Darkwave
SUBGENRE: Instrumental Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Hungary
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Dying to Live by Mothertomb
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Death Box Records
FOR FANS OF: Slowrepeat - Devil Electric - Benthic Realm