Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Mooncitadel Country: Finland Label: Out Of The Dungeon Formats: CD Year: 2026 Mooncitadel hit us with quite a surprise when they released ‘Stardawn Usurper’, an album that took the band’s mix of elements and reshuffled it from Symphonic Black…
Artist: Törnen Country: Sweden Label: Sonorous Night Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 To be perfectly clear, ‘Under Korpens Visdom’, Törnen’s debut album, wasn’t great. As far as I’m concerned, it was a low point in Medieval Prophecy Records’ catalogue and…
Artist: Infernaculum Country: Spain Label: Rex Diaboli Formats: CD Year: 2026 The Spanish band Infernaculum has already featured twice before on these pages. On both occasions, these were cassette releases on the Spanish label Profaner Records: a reissue of their…
Artist: Selenite Scrolls Country: Belgium Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 Black Metal fans now know that Belgium is finally and unequivocally a force to be reckoned with when it comes to delivering quality. It’s no longer just…
Artist: Warmoon Lord Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: 12” mLP Year: 2026 That Lord Vrăjitor likes to keep himself busy is evident from his involvement in Old Sorcery, Warmoon Lord, Kerkerengel, Argenthorns and so on, but still, this new…
Artist: The Nameless Shrine Country: The Netherlands Label: New Era Productions Format: Promo tape Year: 2026 Having previously released a digital single and a track contribution to a split with Necromantic Worship, The Nameless Shrine is keeping up the pace…
Artist: Temple Nightside Country: Australia Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 It’s still an astonishing thought that Australia is not only a country but also a continent with a population just 50% larger than that of…
Artist: Hatenoir Country: Unknown Label: Altare Productions Formats: LP Year: 2026 Earlier this year, Hatenoir released their debut album ‘Blasphemy Of The Souls’, and now, less than a year later, we already have the follow-up in our hands. Admittedly, the…
Artist: Deconsekrated Country: Chile Label: Nuclear Winter Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 Without wishing to take anything away from the Mexican label Iron, Blood and Death Corporation, after listening to ‘Ascension In The Altar Of Condemned’,…
Artist: Casket Dweller Country: Greece Label: Nuclear Winter Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 Honestly, I missed the band’s digital 1-track single from 2023, but even without knowing much about Casket Dweller, you know you are in for a treat if…
Artist: Mischievous Wraith Country: Belgium Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 Anyone who has followed the Belgian black metal scene in recent years has been treated to some truly fantastic releases from bands such as Moenen Of Xezbeth,…
Artist: Genocide Hammer Country: Mexico Label: Panzercavsst Records Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Although this Mexican trio formed back in 2024, they have only been operating under the name Genocide Hammer since 2025; nevertheless, the band has already released three…
Artist: Mortify Country: Japan Label: Obliteration Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 With nearly ten years and just as many releases under their belt, Mortify is, of course, no longer a new name to the seasoned Death/Grind fan. The Japanese band…
Artist: Azatoth Country: Finland Label: Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 The Finnish Death Metal band Azatoth has come a long way. The band was formed by musicians who were around 14 and 15…
Artist: Rapid Country: Finland Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 After a handful of short players, Finnish band Rapid have finally released their debut album after being around for over ten years. Anyone who has followed…
Artist: Master Country: USA Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 Some bands are difficult to describe, either in terms of themselves or their music. What, for example, do you make of a band like…
Artist: Hulder Country: USA Label: 20 Buck Spin / Season Of Mist Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 Anyone who’s been around the Extreme Metal scene long enough will probably remember how the audience reacted to the…
Artist: Sépulcre Country: France Label: Invictus Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 With a demo entitled ‘Ascent Through Morbid Transcendence’, the French band Sépulcre made their debut on the scene in 2020, backed by the Irish quality label Invictus…
Artist: Miscreance Country: Italy Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 In a Death Metal scene that was almost completely stagnant, ‘Convergence’ by the Italian band Miscreance was a real breath of fresh air. It’s not as…
Artist: Invoketh Country: France Label: Obscurity Of Error Records Format: Demo Tape Year: 2026 ‘Hell’s Black Vomit’ is the second demo tape of the French Blackened Death Metal band Invoketh. Back in the summer of 2025, this trio really made an impression on…
Artist: Krolok Country: Slovakia Label: Osmose Productions Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2026 Five years after the band released ‘Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky’ on Osmose Productions, Krolok returns with yet another album. On this third full-length…
Artist: De Vermis Mysteriis Country: Belgium Label: Altare Productions Formats: CD Year: 2026 By the time that you read this review, the main actor in this story, De Vermis Mysteriis, is no more. Now I know I’m a bit of…
Artist: Empty Chalice Country: Canada Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette tape Year: 2026 Empty Chalice is not exactly a new band, as they have been around for six years already and ‘Majesty of Sin’ is their sixth release so far.…
Artist: Obsequial Sceptre Country: Cyprus Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Cyprus isn’t exactly a country that’s flooding us with any particular style of metal; in fact, I didn’t get much further than Necrosadist and Temple Of Evil, two Black Metal bands…
Artist: Hemorrhoid / Sequestrum Country: USA / Denmark Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2026 Some labels have never lost their love for (split) 7″ EPs. Thank goodness for that. Whether in collaboration with other labels or…
Artist: Raped God 666 Country: Mexico Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2026 Despite the fact that Raped God 666 released two splits (in 2012 and 2021 respectively), this Mexican old-school Thrash Metal band had completely slipped off my radar. In…
Artist: Orgy Of Carrion Country: USA Label: Perverse Homage Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 There’s no denying that the hype surrounding Lo-Fi Black Metal has completely faded. The few years during which one could speak of a peak are now…
Artist: Hail Conjurer Country: Finland Label: Bestial Burst / Crypt Of The Wizard / Into Endless Chaos Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 This Finnish one-man band is certainly not one where you have to wait long for new…
Artist: Sakrifixion Country: Germany Label: Self-Released Format: Digital Demo Year: 2026 Sakrifixion may well be a new band, but the musicians involved have been active in the German underground scene for decades. Their track records boast names such as Abythic, Lunar Chalice, Mysteria Mystica…
Artist: Severe Torture Country: The Netherlands Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: 12” LP Year: 2026 When we think about Dutch Death Metal, inevitably the names of Asphyx, Pestilence and Sinister will enter the conversation And understandably so, as they were part…
Artist: Nathrath Country: Spain Label: Diabolical Blood Productions Format: Demo Tape Year: 2026 ‘Rexurdimento’ is the fourth release under the name Nathrath, whose first demo came out in March this year. That means that in less than half a year, we’ve already been treated…
Artist: Blasphegenocidic Sadowar Country: Russia Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Not much is known yet about this Russian band, which recently made its debut with ‘Icon Of Carnage’. I am unaware of exactly who is in the band…
Artist: Gvozdena Nychta Country: Serbia Label: Into Endless Chaos Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 About a year and a half after the debut EP from this enigmatic duo known as Gvozdena Nychta, they’ve given a new sign of life.…
Artist: Adverso Country: Portugal Label: Altare Productions Format: Demo Tape Year: 2026 The Portuguese band Adverso released three demos in the late 2010s (the last of which came out in 2020), the first two being released via the now-defunct Purodium…
Artist: Efermus Country: Portugal Label: Altare Productions Format: CDR EP Year: 2026 Although the spotlight usually falls on bands such as Black Cilice and Candelabrum when we talk about Portuguese Raw Black Metal, this enigmatic one-man band is also making…
Artist: Thornhammer Country: Bulgaria Label: Hellvetic Carnage Productions Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Although I wasn’t entirely sure, of course, I was fairly certain that Thornhammer was yet another offshoot of Todorac. Bulgarian Raw Black Metal isn’t something I run…
Artist: Baphomet’s Blood Country: Italy Label: Dying Victims Productions Format: LP / CD Year: 2026 Despite being ten years old now, ‘In Satan We Trust’ remains the latest release from the Italian band Baphomet’s Blood. A few years after its initial release via Iron Bonehead…
Artist: Matavitatau Country: Belgium Label: Altare Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Quite a bit has happened since we last covered the band Matavitatau. At that time, the band’s first demo ‘Numen Nescio’ had just been released, a release that…
Artist: Archgoat Country: Finland Label: Debemur Morti Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 I’ll have to admit that I was somewhat surprised to find out that it’s already five years ago since Archgoat released their previous full-length album ‘Worship…
Artist: Wampyric Rites / Oath of Malignancy Country: Ecuador Label: Wolfkult Religion / Massacre Productions Formats: Split 7” EP Year: 2026 ‘The Oath’ is a double feature of Ecuadorian Black Metal bands, with Wampyric Rites on one side and Oath…
Artist: Nunslaughter Country: USA Label: Wolfkult Religion / Massacre Productions Formats: 7” EP Year: 2026 I think we can cut right to the chase when it comes to a Nunslaughter release. For about four decades the band has been playing…
Artist: Vināyakas Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 A couple of key musicians that become the face of a genre: that certainly can be said for a country like Finland, with iconic musicians like Shatraug, Werwolf…
Artist: Onheilsprofeet Country: The Netherlands Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 At face value there’s plenty of similarities between the Black Metal bands Onheilsprofeet and Bløtskål. Not only were both bands founded in 2025, they also simultaneously released…
Artist: Flame Country: Finland Label: Primitive Reaction Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Flame fans are always called upon to be patient. This Finnish band isn’t exactly known for its brisk pace of work; there are usually many years between the few releases…
Artist: Bleak House Country: United Kingdom Label: High Roller Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 The story of Bleak House is actually much like that of so many bands from the NWOBHM movement: after a few name…
Artist: In Obscurity Revealed Country: Mexico Label: Personal Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 The Mexican band In Obscurity Revealed have been making a name for themselves for over ten years now and, following a number of EPs and their debut album…
When I first encountered Mausoleum Gate, it was with the release of their ‘Obsessed By Metal’ 7“ EP. I saw it in the Iron Bonehead Records shop and picked it up out of curiosity – back then, 7” singles were…
Artist: Doodswens Country: The Netherlands Label: Svart Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 I’d go so far as to say that, given all the touring and the mild hype surrounding Doodswens, I was, if anything, surprised that the band took five years to…