Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
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…