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…

Faerie Magic – Upon The Black Soil [Demo]

Artist: Faerie Magic Country: USA/Australia Label: Black Omen Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 What we have here is a new band making its debut with ‘Upon The Black Soil’. But while Faerie Magic is a new band, the three musicians…

Spellblade – Citadel [Demo]

Artist: Spellblade Country: Unknown Label: Crucifixion Wounds Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2026 Without any information to go on, we’ll have to rely primarily on the music itself when discussing ‘Citadel’, Spellblade’s debut demo. Just as there is no information available…

Nahtrunar – Sphären

Artist: Nahtrunar Country: Austria Label: Altare Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 With focus and determination, Nahtrunar has been building an impressive discography. One that started with arguably their best work, the cold and atmospheric ‘Symbolismus’ in 2015, the…

Tol-In-Gaurhoth – Domine Satanas [Demo / Re-Release]

Artist: Tol-In-Gaurhoth Country: Bulgaria Label: Blasphemous Rumours Promotion Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 For those thoroughly versed in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, the name Tol-In-Gaurhoth might ring a bell. That wasn’t the case for me, and I had to…

Goat Orgy – Recordings ’18 – ’20 [Compilation]

Artist: Goat Orgy Country: Bulgaria Label: Blasphemous Rumours Promotion Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 If you’ve never heard of Goat Orgy, you’re forgiven. Although this obscure Bulgarian Black Metal band has recorded and released a few demos and splits since…

Morbosatan – Morbo, Coca, Satán

Artist: Morbosatan Country: Peru Label: Ablaze Productions / Fallen Temple / Goat Eyaculation Records / Iconoclasm Conquest / Southern Soundclash Records Formats: Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 ‘Morbo, Coca, Satán’, Morbosatan’s third full-length album, was originally released about a…

Necroblasphemer – Shadow Of Nowhere

Artist: Necroblasphemer Country: Italy Label: Post Mortem Nihil Est Prod. Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 Back in 2023 the Black/Death Metal band Necroblasphemer, hailing from the Emilio-Romagna region in Italy, debuted with a demo called ‘Smell Of Death’. Although the…

Entrancement – Demo I & II [Compilation]

Artist: Entrancement Country: USA Label: Perverse Homage Formats: Digital Year: 2026 Sometimes a title says more than you can explain in a few words, but as you might have guessed, this is indeed a compilation of Entrancement’s first two demos.…

Desaster – Towards Oblivion [7″ EP]

Artist: Desaster Country: Germany Label: Self-Released Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 It has now become a non-time-bound tradition for Desaster to join forces with their own ‘Stormbringers’ fan club and the local metal collective Hellbangers Moselfranken to release a 7″…

Necrogore – Ectoplasmic Rape Phenomena

Artist: Necrogore Country: Italy Label: Awakening Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 With two EPs (or demos) and an appearance on a compilation CD under their belt, the Italian band Necrogore made their debut album with Chinese label Awakening Records. A…

Fulminate – Postoperative Decline

Artist: Fulminate Country: USA Label: Acid Redux Productions / Septic Aroma Of Reeking Stench Formats: Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 Even without the earlier digital release of the ‘3 Traxxx’ promo, we actually already had a pretty good idea of what to expect…

Orlok’s Plague – Grisly Hallucinations [7″ EP]

Artist: Orlok’s Plague Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 Maybe it’s because I’m an old fart, but even without having listened to a single track, I’ve got a fair bit of respect for a band like this that does things…

Cadaveric Incubator / Cardiac Arrest – Torso [Split 7″ EP]

Artist: Cadaveric Incubator / Cardiac Arrest Country: Finland / USA Label: Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2026 To mark their joint European tour, Extremely Rotten Productions is releasing this split 7″ EP on which both bands perform two songs each, which, to…

Blood Spirit – Zeal For Death [Demo]

Artist: Blood Spirit Country: Australia Label: Into The Pentagram Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 It’s a bit hard to imagine, but despite Drowning The Light’s ever-intense release schedule, mastermind Azgorh has also found time to join a new band called…

Desert Fox – Desert Fox [Demo]

Artist: Desert Fox Country: Poland Label: Gates Of Hell Records Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 From ever fertile Silesian grounds comes yet another old school Speed Metal band, and like most of their contemporaries, they too have a good few…

Bloodsoaked Necrovoid – Bloodsoaked Necrovoid [EP]

Artist: Bloodsoaked Necrovoid Country: Costa Rica Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 With a considerable discography under their belts, with which they collaborated with labels such as Caligari Records, Blood Harvest and Iron Bonehead Productions, Bloodsoaked Necrovoid…

Baphomancia – Agonized In Los Angeles

Artist: Baphomancia Country: USA Label: Nihilistic Mortality Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 Although the ancient and occult Black Metal movement is primarily a European and South American phenomenon, there are a few American bands that have made their mark. One…

Goatspear – Satanic Revenge

Artist: Goatspear Country: Canada Label: Pain Chain Productions Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 Goatspear is a relatively new one-man project by the multi-instrumentalist who is also a member of Nefarious Scorn and Pillagery, and performs here under the name The…

Triumph – Opposing Equality

Artist: Triumph Country: USA Label: Black Plague Records / Pagan Fury Records Format: CD Year: 2026 Slowly but surely Evan “Immolator” Richardson is building quite a name for himself in the realm of Bestial Black/Death Metal. While not being specifically…

Vomit Mass – No God, Just Rot! [Demo]

Artist: Vomit Mass Country: Greece Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2026 Anyone who has read some of my reviews before may have noticed that I can be quite critical when it comes to Death Metal. I’m tired of mid-tempo, boring Death Metal, and passion…