Lord – Proclamation Of Balthar Enthroned

Artist: Lord Country: France Label: Northmoon Zephyr Productions Formats: CD Year: 2026 Anyone who thought, upon seeing this release, that Lord, a fairly obscure and by many now forgotten French Black Metal band that existed roughly between 1995 and 2005,…

Fleshless Rots – Promo 2026

Artist: Fleshless Rots Country: Indonesia Label: Self-Released Format: Digital Demo Year: 2026 What we have here is the very first offering from Fleshless Rots, a new band from Indonesia. Whether this is due to the increasingly strict regulations imposed by the Indonesian authorities or simply…

Sentencia – Demo 2026

Artist: Sentencia Country: Chile Label: Self-Released Format: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Formed in 2024, Sentencia is a relatively new band coming from the ever-fertile grounds of Chile. After a bit of changes in personnel, the band eventually felt ready to record their first…

Baphomet’s Blood – Second Strike [Re-Release]

Artist: Baphomet’s Blood Country: Italy Label: Dying Victims Productions Format: LP / CD Year: 2026 Usually I try to stay away from reviewing re-releases from more regular albums, I’d like to aim more for old demos or whatever obscure stuff that is given a second…

Curse Of Belial – Angel Of Poison And Disease

Artist: Curse Of Belial Country: Germany Label: Astral Nightmare Productions Format: CD Year: 2026 Curse Of Belial is, as I recently learned, the solo-project of Agris, a multi-instrumentalist who is also active in a bunch of other projects. As I flick through the pages linked…

Satan’s Vengeance – taog kcalb eht fo htaO ehT [Demo]

Artist: Satan’s Vengeance Country: Brazil Label: Self-Released Format: Digital Demo Year: 2026 There’s close to nothing to tell about Satan’s Vengeance, a band that seemingly came from nowhere and debuted with a digital demo entitled ‘taog kcalb eht fo htaO ehT’. But sometimes info…

Nathrath – Os Escuros Segredos Da Gallaecia (Demo II)

Artist: Nathrath Country: Spain Label: Crimson Reign Records Format: Demo Tape Year: 2026 In early March, the German label Narbentage Produktionen released the debut demo tape by Nathrath, a band that had only just emerged from the Spanish underground scene. When ‘Demo 1’ was released,…

Black Funeral – Occult Voices Of Hell [Compilation]

Artist: Black Funeral Country: Brazil Label: Northmoon Zephyr Productions Formats: CD Year: 2026 Everyone mildly interested in underground Black Metal, beyond your average Nuclear Blast Records catalogue “Black Metal”, must have at least heard about Black Funeral. It is one…

Vorgalen – Winds Of The Drowned Mire [Demo]

Artist: Vorgalen Country: Germany Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2026 ‘Winds Of The Downed Mire’ is the debut demo of a new German Black Metal band called Vorgalen. And that’s about it when it comes to the information that’s…

Sura’sura – Warfare Metal [EP]

Artist: Sura’sura Country: Sri Lianka Label: විරූපි Propaganda Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Although ‘Warfare Metal’ is only the first offering of Sura’sura from Sri Lanka, the band was already formed back in 2022. Not really sure what kept them…

Coldfall – Dregs Of The Scythe [Demo]

Artist: Coldfall Country: United Kingdom Label: Forbidden Keep Records Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Not so long ago, I reviewed two recent releases by Fields Of Agony and Pragha, two bands from the increasingly interesting British black metal scene. Although…

Messorem – Towards The Damnation [EP]

Artist: Messorem Country: Poland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Estimating ages is always tricky. But even taking into account the fact that Messorem were formed back in 2018, it’s likely, judging by the band photo too, that these…

Necromorbid – Ceremonial Demonslaught

Artist: Necromorbid Country: Italy Label: Godz Ov War Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 The Italian band Necromorbid has never been one to work hard and churn out releases at a rapid pace. You could say…

Evokthum – Seven Graves Of Messiah

Artist: Evokthum Country: Brazil Label: Self-Released Formats: Digitaal Year: 2026 When I reviewed Evokthum’s debut demo, ‘Majesty Blood Vomiter’, back on the first day of 2025 it was still a one-man operation. But now, several releases on, Evokthum has become a duo.…

Mortuary – Great Black Earth [EP]

Artist: Mortuary Country: Mexico Label: Horror Pain Gore Death Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 For many, the return of Mortuary, one of the best Death Metal bands Mexico has ever produced, was something eagerly anticipated. Maybe not entirely comparable, but Mexico…

Infernal Storm – Winter Of The Ancient Wrath [EP]

Artist: Infernal Storm Country: Greece Label: Askio Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Although the Greek Black Metal band Infernal Storm was conceived back in 2020 and have a few shortplayers behind them, it seems the band is preparing for bigger things in…

Hingriden Fortress – A Long Journey To A New Dawn [Demo]

Artist: Hingriden Fortress Country: France Label: Hérésie Nocturne Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Hingriden Fortress is another endeavor by the remarkably prolific multi-instrumentalist Wandering Shade, whose work with several of his other projects has already been featured here, including Ërhatiüurä, Hiemal Atavism, Par-delà le…

Crévüre – L’exutoire Sur Mon Lit De Mort [Demo]

Artist: Crévüre Country: France Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Five weeks ago, on March 17th to be precise, the debut demo tape of Crévüre was released and it is clear that Sanglant, the sole member of the project, doesn’t intend to waste much…

Gonkulator – Satan’s Burial Ground [Re-Release]

Artist: Gonkulator Country: USA Label: Final Agony Records Formats: LP Year: 2026 Everyone who lived through the 90s and early 00s and had an insatiable love for underground, morbid music must at least have come across Gonkulator or the Fudgeworthy Records label that…

Internal Decay – Fires Of The Forgotten [EP]

Artist: Internal Decay Country: Sweden Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Internal Decay released a demo tape in 1991 and finally their debut album in 1993, right before they threw in the towel. Regardless of…

Fire Magic – Memories Of Fire

Artist: Fire Magic Country: USA Label: BlackSeed Productions / Stygian Black Hand Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 With the release of a demo tape in 2020 and their debut album, ‘Undying Revolt’ (2022), both through Stygian Black Hand, the…

Ignobleth – Manor Of Primitive Anticreation

Artist: Ignobleth Country: Italy Label: Caligari Records Formats: Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 If you make your debut with a digital single titled ‘Bestial Witchery’, you leave no doubt as to where your musical ambitions lie. These were realised…

In Aeternum – …Of Death And Fire

Artist: In Aeternum Country: Sweden Label: Soulseller Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 In the wake of the greats of the genre such as Sacramentum, Dawn, Naglfar, Necrophobic and, above all, Dissection, countless other bands set sail on the…

Abisma – Promo Demo 2026

Artist: Abisma Country: Chile Label: Ancient Spirit Terror Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Abisma already released a demo tape in 2022 and a full-length in 2023, but it was only available within the inner circle around the band or to…

Pragha – A Morte Do Hospedeiro [Demo]

Artist: Pragha Country: United Kingdom Label: Mystic Rites Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 It would be a bit too much to call it a trend, but in recent years there certainly has been a modest growth in the number of…

Nuctemeron – Demonic Sceptre

Artist: Nuctemeron Country: Germany Label: I Hate Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Nuctemeron was formed in 2014 but needed all that time to come up with a full-length album. Sometimes life just takes over, and then you also…

Bras d’Honneur – Hate Speech

Artist: Bras d’Honneur Country: Ukraine Label: Primitive Reaction Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 There’s no end in sight to Roman Saenko’s creative output; while over the past few years we’ve already been treated to a number of new releases…

Barbaric Oath – Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance [EP]

Artist: Barbaric Oath Country: Germany Label: Caligari Records Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Honestly, I had missed the ‘Attack Attack Attack!’-demo tape from 2024, even though it was released by the Dutch label Night Terrors Records. After…

Sokeus – Primordial Sadistic Nature

Artist: Sokeus Country: Finland Label: Breath Of Pestilence Formats: CD Year: 2026 With a number of new releases already in the bag, both with Veitsi and Krucifixion Woods, it’s now time for new material from M.K.’s Sokeus. ‘Ekpyrosis’, released in…

Bok – Mors Gregis

Artist: Bok Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2025 ‘Mors Gregis’ was already released in the summer of 2025 but has slipped, shamefully, between the cracks of time and a too-busy schedule. Even more embarrassing knowing that…

Syrion – Symphony Of Horror [EP]

Artist: Syrion Country: Belgium Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 As a huge fan of classic horror films, particularly those made roughly between 1935 and 1975, I was instantly hooked when I saw this cover art. I…

Savage Sword – Demo MMXXVI

Artist: Savage Sword Country: Sweden Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Formed in 2025, this Swedish Heavy Metal band made no time wasted, and we received their debut demo as early as January of this year. A…

Evil Warrior – Thrash Metal Hunter [Demo]

Artist: Evil Warrior Country: Chile Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 ‘Thrash Metal Hunter’, as a title, leaves little to the imagination as to what this debut demo from this new Chilean band has to offer. If you’re wondering…

Black Cum – X – Lussuria Profana Desiderio Diabolico

Artist: Black Cum Country: Finland Label: Unpure Records Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 With Black Cum, Niko “Behemoth” Thomasson (known for his work in and relation with such acts as Cursed Penetrator, Aske, Necro Ritus, Sadistic Evil and Azazel) explores the most foul regions…

Temple – Sacrificed Ego [Demo]

Artist: Temple Country: Germany Label: Ancient Spirit Terror Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 After a self-released and self-titled promo tape in 2025, Temple now returns with a proper demo tape, released under the banner of Ancient Spirit Terror. These Germans…

DET – Destructive Elite Terror

Artist: DET Country: Finland Label: Cruel Gates Records / Dying Victims Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 While DET is not quite a very appealing name for a band, it stands for “Destructive…

Martröð – Draumsýnir Eldsins

Artist: Martröð Country: International Label: Debemur Morti Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 When the debut release of Martröð hit in 2016, it certainly made a splash. Released on Terratur Possessions, it fit perfectly with the  enhanced focus on…