Endbringer marks the full‑length debut of Swedish melodic death metal outfit Abandon Agony, though attentive listeners will recognize four of its tracks from the earlier Dark Matter EP. True to their national lineage, the band leans heavily into the melodic death metal blueprint…

Someone Is Dying is an album I stumbled upon by chance, but it quickly proved itself to be a discovery worth celebrating. Information about Leprosarium is scarce; beyond their Colombian origins and the fact that this release is independent, the band remains something of a mystery.…

With Beyond The Will Of Mortals, Kentucky’s Volcandra deliver their third full-length album and a confident continuation of the artistic path they’ve been carving in recent years. Following the impressive The Way Of Ancients (2024), expectations were understandably high, and…

Released by Iron Fortress Records in late 2025, End of Eden, the debut album from American duo Primal Scourge arrived as a surprisingly refreshing force seemingly out of nowhere. The band, consisting of Austin Asmus (guitars, bass, vocals) and Rio Mariucci (drums, vocals),…

Rogga Johansson rides again, this time with Paganizer, arguably his flagship band, whose history stretches back to the late nineties. As Mankind Rots marks the group’s fourteenth full-length album, and as always, Paganizer delivers exactly what longtime fans expect. This is…

Spanish Caustic is, admittedly, a name that had slipped past me until now, despite a career reaching back to the early nineties. What they deliver on Inner Deflagration is unapologetically classic death metal: blasting drums, thick, heavy riffing, and some surprisingly tasteful…

Crimson Glory may have been formed as far back as 1983, but their career path has been anything but straightforward, marked by lengthy periods of silence followed by sporadic resurrections. The current incarnation of the band, active since 2023, brings together founding members…

Portland’s death metal seers AENIGMATUM have premiered their new album "Infinitude’s Passage" via 20 Buck Spin – it is out and available now digitally, followed by a CD/LP release on…

Formed in early 2024, Dutch purveyors of progressive, technical death metal, Mystical Death, independently released their debut EP, Carnation, in the September of that same year. Featuring…

Heavy Metallers IRONFLAME have premiered another song from their upcoming new album "Worlds To Conquer", out on August 14th 2026 via High Roller Records. A video clip for the track…

Warlords of ice, wolf kings of the Siberian wastes, Theosophy first lifted their voices in a howl of confrontation and defiance back in 2008, appearing on a split CD with countrymen…

It's been four years now since Portland, Oregon's Forsaken Eternity swept us up into the arms of their debut album, the freezing storm of metal that was A Kingdom Of Ice - an album that The…

Norwegian melodic black metal veterans ISKALD return with "Curse of the Mind", their sixth full-length album and the band's first-ever concept record, set for release on September 25th…

Australian brutal death metal trio Slaughtercult are back with Devoured By Perversion, their crushing sophomore album, due out September 24 via Vicious Instinct Records. The album features…