Seraphic Castration – Demon(stration) [Demo]

Artist: Seraphic Castration Country: Canada Label: Spiritual Warfare / War Vellum Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 From the ashes of Gotthammer and the extremely fertile Canadian underground, not only did the recently resurfaced Melth rise again, but now Seraphic Castration…

Execrated – Mortal Crucifixion [EP]

Artist: Execrated Country: Romania Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 When I stumbled upon Occultor a couple of days ago, I also found out that three of them were also in a Death Metal band called Execrated and were…

Occultor – The Eucharist

Artist: Occultor Country: Romania Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2025 With a cover art like this, strongly resembling Chris Moyen’s, with two goats watching the moon fall apart with a dissected person on their table, it is clear that we…

Mortual – Altar Of Brutality

Artist: Mortual Country: Costa Rica Label: Nuclear Winter Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 Although Mortual has its roots back in 2015, starting out as Sepulchrated, and the band had already released two short players and…

Behemoth – The Shit Ov God

Artist: Behemoth Country: Poland Label: Mystic Production / Nuclear Blast Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 This review is a bit late. Somewhat deliberately. Releases by the bigger bands in the Extreme Metal genres are usually…

Baneful Tongue – Baneful Tongue

Artist: Baneful Tongue Country: Norway Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2025 Baneful Tongue is the brainchild of S.B.E., the one and only member of the band. When exactly the band was formed is not entirely clear, but S.B.E. has quite…

Katakomba – The Second Death

Artist: Katakomba Country: Sweden Label: Majestic Mountain Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 ‘The Second Death’ is Katakomba’s return after the solid self-titled album from 2022. Albeit nothing really spectacular, that debut album was definitely a tasty slab of…

Death Invoker – Reh. Damnations 2025

Artist: Death Invoker Country: Peru Label: Primitive Devil Worship Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 Death Invoker was founded two decades ago and although the band has never released a full-length, it is highly unlikely you’ve never heard of the band…

Nachash – Eschaton Magicks

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…

Sathanas / Nunslaughter – Torn Apart [Split 7″ EP]

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…

Acheron – Alla Xul [7″EP / Re-Release]

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.…

Blisterous – Grotesque Prosection [EP]

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…

Purulent Remains – Abhorrent Putrefication [7″ EP]

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’…

Death Yell – Asmodeus’ Disciples [Demo / 7″ EP]

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…

Strychnos – Sig Nærmer Døden [7″ EP]

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…

Strychnos – Uendelig Begravelsesmarch [7″ EP]

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…

Mortify – Drowned In Muck [7″ EP]

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…

Cadaveric Incubator / Hemorrhoid – Split 7″ EP

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…

Lord Gore – Dark Lords Of The Cyst [Demo / Re-Release]

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…

Funeral Vomit – Upheaval Of Necromancy

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…

Kamra – Unending Confluence

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…

VoidCeremony – Abditum

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…

Chaos Insignia – Precode Rituals (Demo Rehearsal 2025)

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…

Flesher – Gore On Gore [EP]

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…

Summoning Hellgates – Spear Of Conquest [EP]

Artist: Summoning Hellgates Country: Spain Label: Osmose Productions Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 ‘Spear Of Conquest’ is the debut EP of a Spanish duo that presents itself as Summoning Hellgates. While one of the…

Dismorfia – Slow Disembowelment To Be Defecated Alive [EP]

Artist: Dismorfia Country: Peru Label: Gurgling Gore / Lycanthropic Chants Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2025 ‘Slow Disembowelment To Be Defecated Alive’ is yet another addition to the rapidly growing discography of Peru’s most active Death/Grind band. Although…

Carnal Savagery – Crypt Of Decay

Artist: Carnal Savagery Country: Sweden Label: Moribund Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Over the past few weeks, I have had a number of discussions about the current state of affairs in the world of Death Metal. I have…

Goathammered – Warghost Worship [Demo]

Artist: Goathammered Country: Denmark Label: Blasphemic Siege Records Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 During my daily rounds through the deeper regions of the internet, searching for new demos to sink my teeth into, I found not one, but two new…

Schizophrenic Warfare – Sperma [Demo]

Artist: Schizophrenic Warfare Country: Denmark Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 Just about everything about this first achievement by Schizophrenic Warfare exudes fresh finesse and thoughtful sophistication. Or not. Maybe not… True connoisseurs of the depraved art of the…

Depredation Netra – Third Eye Predation [Demo]

Artist: Depredation Netra Country: India Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 Depredation Netra is a new band out of India. Given the insane size of the country’s population, there is hardly any metal scene to speak of, and for that reason…

Deranged – Cut Carve Rip Serve [Re-Release]

Artist: Deranged Country: Sweden Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: LP Year: 2025 This isn’t exactly the first time I’ve shared my surprise and delight at the current Brutal Death Metal re-release frenzy from Hells Headbangers Records. Although I don’t follow…

Death Yell – Demons Of Lust

Artist: Death Yell Country: Chile Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape CD Year: 2025 If you’re talking about old Latin American Extreme Metal, it is categorically impossible to skip Death Yell. For the majority of the people…

Perdition Temple – Malign Apotheosis

Artist: Perdition Temple Country: USA Label: Hells Headbangers Records Format: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 Without being sure what the reason was behind Perdition Temple’s previous album, ‘Merciless Upheaval’, that only had the A-side filled with new…

Sexófago – Sexo, Drogas, Muertes

Artist: Sexófago Country: Australia Label: Sounds From The Gallows Formats: Cassette tape Year: 2025 Although the band got off to a flying start with no fewer than three demo tapes in their debut year, 2012, things then went completely quiet from there on. Into…

Demigoat – Bestial Empire

Artist: Demigoat Country: Sri Lanka Label: Black Kvlt Records Formats: CD Year: 2025 Ever since the birth of our beloved genre, Sri Lanka might not have been the ultimate hotbed of our metal. But despite the lack of a rich…

Destruktor – Brutal Desecration [EP / Re-Release]

Artist: Destruktor Country: Australia Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: LP Year: 2025 Like probably everyone else who has been around for a while, my introduction to Destruktor was through their “Brutal Desecration” 7″ EP, released by the sadly defunct Decius…

Qrixkuor – The Womb of the World

Artist: Qrixkuor Country: United Kingdom Label: Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2025 ‘The Womb of the World’ may only be the second album of Qrixkuor, but the band has taken immense…

Deathfuckingwound – Void MMXXV [Demo]

Artist: Deathfuckingwound Country: Finland Label: Iron Corpse Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2025 ‘Void MMXXV’ is the debut demo from a Finnish duo that got together somewhere earlier this year, but seemingly they didn’t need much time to wrap their first…

Ritualhammer – Grand Pestilential Flame

Artist: Ritualhammer Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Ritualhammer is the result of a musical collision coming from a couple of Finnish musicians with past and present experience in such bands as Wömit Angel, Nachtgnawer,…