New Metal Releases October 3rd 2025
Horror Within - Orbit Culture - Enragement - Sothoris - Ribspreader - Hooded Menace - Achathras - Cranial - Wode - Frosted Undergrowth - And More...
Stand outs this week:
Horror Within - Debut album from tech death band out of France.
Achathras - Debut album from melodic black metal band. Formed by anonymous musicians from long-running and acclaimed black metal bands, Achathras are a new project celebrating the early to late-90s European black metal sound.
Umulamahri - Debut album from brutal death metal band. Featuring members of Baring Teeth, Pyrrhon, Septus, Glorious Depravity, Weeping Sores and Kevin Paradis from Benighted filling in on drums.
Also looking forward to: Sothoris - Wode - Antihælix - Bloodred Hourglass - Suffering Hour - Orbstruct - Lycantrophilia - Sutratma - Void Dancer
Soul Awakening by Horror Within
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Dolorem Records
FOR FANS OF: Sentient Horror - Jungle Rot - Malevolent Creation
Death Above Life by Orbit Culture
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Century Media Records
FOR FANS OF: Gojira - Scar Symmetry - Soilwork
Extinguish All Existence by Engragement
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Demiurgon - Retching - Unbirth
Domus Omnium Mortuorum by Sothoris
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Fetzner Death Records
FOR FANS OF: Hate - Belphegor - Sulphur Aeon
As Gods Devour by Ribspreader
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Xtreem Music
FOR FANS OF: Revolting - Bloodbath - Bone Gnawer
Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration by Hooded Menace
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Season of Mist
FOR FANS OF: Asphyx - Coffins - Druid Lord
A Darkness of the Ancient Past by Achathras
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown
RECORD LABEL: Cult Never Dies
FOR FANS OF: Hulder - Satyricon
Structures by Cranial
SUBGENRE: Post / Sludge Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Monument of Collapse Records
FOR FANS OF: Latitudes - Intronaut - Morne
Uncrossing the Keys by Wode
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: 20 Buck Spin
FOR FANS OF: Craft - Rotting Christ - Sacramentum
Unchained by Frosted Undergrowth
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Folter Records
FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Abbath - Mayhem
Dêmocide by Dispossessed
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Carbonized Records
FOR FANS OF: Body Void - Vile Creature - Burning Witch
Requiem by Vanessa Funke
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Liminal Dread Productions
FOR FANS OF: Alicia Cordisco - Cobalt - Putrascension
Perversions Committed on Flesh by Necrotic Woods
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos
FOR FANS OF: Raptvre - Withering Eternity
Outward Streams of Devotional Woe by Unsouling
SUBGENRE: Experimental Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Non Est Deus - Groza - Thulcandra
Spectral by Sum of R
SUBNGENRE: Psychedelic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Dusktone
FOR FANS OF: Messa - Windhand - Brume
From Dust to Darkness by Sparzanza
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Despotz Records
FOR FANS OF: Mustasch - Spiritual Beggars - The Quill
A Serpentine Staircase into Oblivion by Antihælix
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Lamp of Murmuur - Ebony Pendant - Immortal
Tequila Songs & Desert Winds by Corruption
SUBGENRE: Stoner Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Ossuary Records
FOR FANS OF: God Forsaken - Black River - Torso
…Towards Doom… by Deathwinds
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
FOR FANS OF: Black Witchery - Revenge - Blasphemy
We Should Be Buried Like This by Bloodred Hourglass
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Out of Line Music
FOR FANS OF: Children of Bodom - Omnium Gatherum - Sylosis
Enfe by Terres Froides
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: L’Ordalie Noire
FOR FANS OF: Dödsrit - Endrøm - One of Nine
Learning the Secrets of Acid by Umulamahri
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Ordovician Records
FOR FANS OF: Replicant - Gorguts - Ulcerate
Impelling Rebirth by Suffering Hour
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Profound Lore Records
FOR FANS OF: Convulsing - Defacement - Bølzer
Ex Nihilo ad Nihilum by Inritvm
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: NoEvDia
FOR FANS OF: Serpentes - Misþyrming - Angrenost
Babylon by Dirkschneider & The Old Gang
SUBGENRE: Melodic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Reigning Phoenix Music
FOR FANS OF: Accept - White Tower - Rage
The Spiritual Sound by Agriculture
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: The Flesner
FOR FANS OF: Deafheaven - Ghost Bath - Alcest
We Are The Infernal by Baalberith
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: UKEM Records
FOR FANS OF: Belphegor - Azarath - Arkhon Infaustus
Daily Grind of the Medieval Age by Gorotica
SUBGENRE: Deathgrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Impaled - Exhumed - Wombbath
Zasypia by Gorycz
SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Piranha Music
FOR FANS OF: Deathspell Omega - Furia - Totenmesse
Lore by Cultic
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Eleventh Key
FOR FANS OF: Winter - Runemagick - Asphyx
Ostracism by Orbstruct
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Paragon Records
FOR FANS OF: Necrom - Heruvim - Hail of Bullets
Guilded Abyss by Valdur
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Bloody Mountain Records
FOR FANS OF: Vastum - Ulthar - Black Curse
Kadavergehorsam by Constrict
SUBGENRE: Deathgrind
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: 7 Degrees Records
FOR FANS OF: Ritual Fog - Hierarchies - Gorguts
Birds Sing as the World Crumbles by Beneath the Kudzu
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Gawthrop - Leper Temple
Echoes of Ancient Tales by Dolmen Gate
SUBGENRE: Epic Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: No Remorse Records
FOR FANS OF: Smoulder - Eternal Champion - Tales of Medusa
The Tyranny of Decay by Lycantrophilia
SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Helioss - Dark the Suns - Rapture
Dødelig by Galge
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wake - Dungavenhooter
Ruina Draconis by Smohalla
SUBGENRE: Avant-garde Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: I, Voidhanger Records
FOR FANS OF: Arcturus - Ved Buens Ende - Whirling
End Without End by Cruentus
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Kvlt und Kaos Productions
FOR FANS OF: Species - GraveRipper - Toxic Holocaust
Adrift by Sutratma
SUBGENRE: Funeral Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Victims of Creation - Shades of Deep Water - Deos
Story 2 by Syrek
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Moon Tooth - Wild Throne - Oceans of Slumber
Del III: Dödsångestens fågelsång by Mørket
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: KHY Suomen Musikki Oy
FOR FANS OF: Proscription - Earthly Form
Beyond the Threshold of Reason by The Crimson Mask
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Veilburner - Piah Mater
Cruel & Unusual Punishment by Tempered
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Black Talon - Crossfire - Disposable
Mùthadh I by Liminalanimal
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Emanation Archive
FOR FANS OF: Yith - Wilt - Altars of Grief
Abismo de Almas Enfermas by Galväo
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Portugal
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Eave - Altar of Plagues
Skickelse by Ereminium
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Vokkr - Volahn - Arizmenda
Veins by Sapara
SUBGENRE: Heavy / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Faetooth - Torso
Mortalis by Midnightmares
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Gio Smet Records
FOR FANS OF: Graveshadow - Green Carnation - Novembre
Sorrow From Self-Undoing by Void Dancer
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Grey Skies Fallen - Contrarian
Inner Call of Spirit by Akaamelda
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Argentina
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: In Flames - Divine Souls - Nightrage
Enkbera by Nishaiar
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ethiopia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nelecc - Kaatayra - Darkspace
To Rule the Night by Gravewurm
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Sathanas - Profanatica - Crucifier