Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Repúdio Country: Portugal Label: Rasga Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 Although the previously released demo tape and full-length album were both released through the revered Altare Productions label. This freshly released demo tape is was published under the supervision…
Artist: Nachash Country: Norway Label: Signal Rex Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Somehow Nachash escaped me entirely. Despite it featuring a member of two of my favorite Terratur Possessions bands, Knokkelklang and Askeregn. And the connections of the three…
Artist: Nidernes / Candelabrum Country: Portugal Label: Altare Productions / Black Gangrene Productions Formats: Split 12”LP Year: 2025 On paper it doesn’t get a whole lots better for those that adore the Black Metal coming from Portugal. Sure, certainly some…
Artist: Sathanas / Nunslaughter Country: USA Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2025 Considering they both have existed since the 80’s, they have expansive discographies and the sheer number of splits released by both bands, it’s nothing short…
Artist: Moonlight’s Empathy Country: USA Label: Dark Adversary Productions Formats: Demo CD Year: 2025 ‘Stalwart Servants Of Satan’ is the title of the debut demo of Moonlight’s Empathy, a new one-man project helmed by Eldrinacht, a musician that’s mostly known…
Artist: Eternal Ice Country: Japan Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 With six splits and short players in 2025, it is safe to say that this Japanese duo is not lacking enthusiasm and inspiration. Founded in 2024 the band released one demo tape in…
Artist: Clavis Inferni Country: Brazil Label: Unpure Records Formats: Demo Tape / 7″ EP Year: 2025 Clavis Inferni, a one-man project sprung from the mind of Trance Of The Undead, mostly known for his two other projects Cursed Excruciation and…
Artist: Nächtlich Country: Canada Label: Signal Rex Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 What we have here is a new 7” EP by the revered and prolific Nächtlich, one of the best Canadian Black Metal bands from recent years. ‘Triumph Of…
Artist: Acheron Country: USA Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: 7” EP Year: 2025 Acheron and its main member Vincent Crowley really shouldn’t require any introduction, and therefore I will blatantly assume you went straight for the juicy info on this release.…
Artist: Blisterous Country: Finland Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 ‘Grotesque Prosection’ is the debut EP from a new Finnish band that was released on cassette tape, CD and as a nice…
Artist: Purulent Remains Country: Spain Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Although the band had already released two demo tapes (or cassette EP’s) in 2022 and 2023 and both were featured on the Bringer Of Gore-released ‘Worm-Eaten Corpse’…
Artist: Death Yell Country: Chile Label: Seven Metal Inches Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Those who thought they were in for a treat, having been presented with a new full-length album (freshly released by Hells Headbangers Records) as well…
Artist: Human Corpse Abuse / Mortify Country: USA / Japan Label: Dark Descent Records / Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2025 An old school split 7” EP, this is something that always cheers me up! This particular…
Artist: Strychnos Country: Denmark Label: Dark Descent Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Strychnos has always been a band that intrigued me. Admittedly, I wasn’t an instant fan. But over the years I have for sure started to really appreciate…
Artist: Strychnos Country: Denmark Label: Dark Descent Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 This 7” EP is the twin of ‘Sig Nærmer Døden’, the other EP that was simultaneously released by Dark Descent Records. Both EP’s are a natural continuation…
Artist: Mortify Country: Japan Label: Sewer Stench Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 With titles like ‘Grotesque Buzzsaw Defilement’ and ‘Buzzsaw Sickness’ in their back catalogue, you might already have a clue where this is heading. And you are quite…
Artist: Cadaveric Incubator / Hemorrhoid Country: Finland / USA Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2025 Split 7” EP’s are basically seen in every style of extreme music, but with their roots in Punk and Hardcore it…
Artist: Lord Gore Country: USA Label: Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2025 It’s not exactly the first time I’ve said that I’m not really interested in contemporary Grindcore, Death/Grind or related genres, but I do have a soft spot…
Artist: Ebony Pendant Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2025 One of the American Black Metal bands that has caused the most stir in recent years is undoubtedly the one-man project Ebony Pendant. If we disregard the minor controversy surrounding his involvement with Degraved…
Artist: Funeral Vomit Country: Colombia Label: Xtreem Music Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 With an album and the re-release of an earlier EP, Funeral Vomit has already proven itself to be by far the most interesting…
Artist: Gorewinter Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: CD Year: 2025 Gorewinter is one of those bands that have been mentioned only once in a while in discussions about the early sparks that ignited the Finnish Black Metal revolution. As long…
Artist: Godkiller Country: Monaco Label: Debemur Morti Productions Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Probably prompted because the band’s 1998-released debut album was amongst the first Black Metal albums I’ve heard, Godkiller always remained a special band to me. Surrounded by…
Artist: Zkywbrezdreb Country: USA Label: Elf Eggs Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 Let’s start off with saying that nothing the musician behind Zkywbrezdreb ever did was even slightly middle of the road, but this particular project is definitely a great example of something that is…
Artist: Drowning The Light Country: Australia Label: Dark Adversary Productions Formats: CD Year: 2025 In Azgorh’s own words, ‘Current 1366’ is one of the rawest Drowning The Light full-length albums in recent years, but at the same time a spiritual extension of the ‘Conquer…
Artist: Wargoat Country: Greece Label: Angel Of Cemetery Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Originally released on cassette tape in 2023 by the same label, Angel Of Cemetery Records now presents Wargoat’s ‘Mysteries Of Primitive Damnation’ on a 7” EP.…
Artist: White Rune Country: Finland Label: Hammer Of Hate Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 With another gorgeous cover, it is hard to miss there’s a new White Rune album out. And in the current musical constellation that seems…
Artist: Ofermod Country: Sweden Label: Shadow Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Never a dull moment with Ofermod, that’s for sure. ‘Drakosophia’ was released about two months ago, but it didn’t take many moons for the band to implode…
Artist: Kamra Country: Slovenia Label: Avantgarde Music Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Kamra’s previous effort, ‘Cerebral Alchemy’ from 2022, was quite a stunning debut album. While all of the involved musicians have other or previous experience, none of these…
Artist: Mystic Circle Country: Germany Label: Reigning Phoenix Music Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 ‘Hexenbrand 1486’ is already the fourth Mystic Circle album since their unexpected return in 2021 and the tenth album overall. The previous three albums and…
Artist: Master’s Hammer Country: Czechia Label: Darkness Shall Rise Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 Anyone who has delved a little into the roots of Black Metal cannot fail to notice Master’s Hammer, one of the…
Artist: VoidCeremony Country: USA Label: 20 Buck Spin Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2025 Although there is plenty of good Death Metal out there, it is difficult to argue that the genre is not suffering from a…
Artist: Torment Imagery Country: Indonesia Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 Torment Imagery’s Bandcamp page shows me a photo of one person and states that the band is Indonesian. Beyond that, there is nothing else to be found about…
Artist: Chaos Insignia Country: Romania Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 Earlier this year I stumbled upon Chaos Insignia’s debut EP (or demo, if you prefer). I was enamoured with this band’s take on the Bestial Black/Death genre, even…
Artist: Chalice Of Eden Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 Fallen Warrior is a musician that seems to have difficulties with using a compass. A musical one, that is. Or simply a person who is very indecisive…
Artist: Flesher Country: USA Label: Maggot Stomp Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 ‘Tales Of The Grotesque Demise’, Flesher’s debut album from 2023, was a surprisingly good Death Metal album and one of the genre’s…
Artist: Sodality Country: Poland Label: Norma Evangelium Diaboli Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Sodality: a Roman Catholic religious guild or brotherhood. Also a Polish band consisting of T. Kaos and Mark of the Devil, two members that only share…
Artist: Mausoleum Gate Country: Finland Label: Cruz Del Sur Music Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Ever since Mausoleum Gate introduced themselves into the scene, they have made an impact. At first, it wasn’t even so much their music, but…
Artist: Ültra Raptör Country: Canada Label: Fighter Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 Admittedly, for a good while I have avoided listening to this band for rather obvious reasons. Although I do not consider myself a…
Artist: Nekkrolüst Country: USA Label: Metal Power Fighting Force / Putrid Cult Formats: CD / Cassette Tape Year: 2025 After two demos, the last of which was released in 2024 by Destruktion Records in a limited edition of only 20…
Artist: Morbikon Country: USA Label: Tankcrimes Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 The downside of reviewing music is that you “have” to do that in a rather short amount of time and since we are being flooded with new…
Artist: Hagzissa Country: Austria Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: 12” EP / CD EP Year: 2025 Formed in 2016, Hagzissa combines members of the likes of Kringa, Serpere, Sněť and Weathered Crest. Despite having released an album on Iron Bonehead…