Sura’sura – Warfare Metal [EP]

Artist: Sura’sura Country: Sri Lianka Label: විරූපි Propaganda Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Although ‘Warfare Metal’ is only the first offering of Sura’sura from Sri Lanka, the band was already formed back in 2022. Not really sure what kept them…

Messorem – Towards The Damnation [EP]

Artist: Messorem Country: Poland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Estimating ages is always tricky. But even taking into account the fact that Messorem were formed back in 2018, it’s likely, judging by the band photo too, that these…

Mortuary – Great Black Earth [EP]

Artist: Mortuary Country: Mexico Label: Horror Pain Gore Death Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 For many, the return of Mortuary, one of the best Death Metal bands Mexico has ever produced, was something eagerly anticipated. Maybe not entirely comparable, but Mexico…

Infernal Storm – Winter Of The Ancient Wrath [EP]

Artist: Infernal Storm Country: Greece Label: Askio Productions Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Although the Greek Black Metal band Infernal Storm was conceived back in 2020 and have a few shortplayers behind them, it seems the band is preparing for bigger things in…

Internal Decay – Fires Of The Forgotten [EP]

Artist: Internal Decay Country: Sweden Label: Hammerheart Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Internal Decay released a demo tape in 1991 and finally their debut album in 1993, right before they threw in the towel. Regardless of…

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…

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…

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″…

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…

Putridarium – Natvm Ad Mortem [EP]

Artist: Putridarium Country: Germany Label: Night Terrors Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 After a series of demos, a compilation of demos, two split releases and a full-length album, Germany’s Putridarium returns with a new EP called ‘Natvm Ad Mortem’. Honestly, the demos were…

Cadaverno – Eterno En Caos [EP]

Artist: Cadaverno Country: Chile Label: Cadaverismo Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2025 It’s probably not quite a good sign when you’re starting to have conversations about how good the times were when you were young. Most likely it means that you’re…

Abhorvm – First Exhvmations [EP]

Artist: Abhorvm Country: Scotland Label: Death Revelations Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Abhorvm is the newest addition to the ranks of Death Revelations, a label that has been churning out stellar underground releases lately by Triumphal Vengeance, Hæksenhamer and Sacris…

Vömitt – Motörized Kataphracts [EP]

Artist: Vömitt Country: Romania Label: Self-Releasaed Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 In the summer of 2024 I first heard from Vömitt, a bunch of motörized scallywags from Romania. Although these lads already released an EP a year prior, I only…

Nachtgnawer – Medieval Devourer [EP]

Artist: Nachtgnawer Country: Finland Label: Purity Through Fire Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Nachtgnawer managed to heavily impress me so far, both with their ‘Eternal Curse of the Blood’ Demo and ‘Unholy Vampyric Supremacy’ collaboration EP with Wulfseer. There are…

Bloody Vengeance – Stuka Deathstrike [EP]

Artist: Bloody Vengeance Country: USA Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions Format: 12″ EP Year: 2026 Although the band has been around for about fifteen years, it is only in the last few years that Bloody Vengeance has started to gain traction. Perhaps this is…

Venthiax – Rites Of Ra [EP]

Artist: Venthiax Country: Sweden Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 When Venthiax sprang from the shared vision of Wendy, Emil, and Leo, they were still in their mid-to-late teens. Yet nothing stopped them from…

Zweihander – Genocidal Siege Of Thorn Knights [EP]

Artist: Zweihander Country: Chile Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 After a demo and two digital singles (both actually more or less the same song in a different version), all released in 2025, Zweihander quickly strikes again with a…

Bestial Possession – Sepulchral Rites [EP]

Artist: Bestial Possession Country: Sweden Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Despite being around for over twenty-five years, a few months ago I covered the Peruvian band Bestial Possession for the first time. But what we have here though,…

Speedwagon – Legion Metal Speed [EP]

Artist: Speedwagon Country: Malaysia Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 It was, of course, inevitable that the first comments on the internet about this debut EP by Malaysian band Speedwagon would be about the absence of “REO,” but it…

Priester – Soldier Of Fortune [EP]

Artist: Priester Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2025 Although many Hard Rock enthusiasts will associate the title ‘Soldier Of Fortune’ with the Deep Purple ballad and closing track of their 1974 album ‘Stormbringer’, it is also the…

Tempest – Obscure Hallucinations [7″ EP]

Artist: Tempest Country: Mexico Label: Chaos Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2025 Tempest’s first outing, ‘Unending Torment’, was a very enjoyable debut album, but in all honesty, there was a clear lack of a determined vision. Like a lose canon…

Remina – Crypts Of Spectral Cries And Astral Dreams [EP]

Artist: Remina Country: Greece / Japan Label: Menschenfeind Propaganda Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Rather hot on the heels of the band’s debut EP, the duo returns with their second EP. With a duration of half an hour, ‘Νεκροταφείο Αγγέλων’…

Remina – Νεκροταφείο Αγγέλων [EP]

Artist: Remina Country: Greece / Japan Label: Metal Throne Productions / Rat Covenant Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 In spring 2025 Menschenfeind Propaganda released a split tape between Eternal Ice from Japan and Yūrei, that, even though…

Tünböri – Kurt Başlı Sancak [EP]

Artist: Tünböri Country: Türkiye Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2025 If we have to rely on the numbers provided by Metal Archives, Tünböri are one of just 799 Metal bands that hail from Türkiye, a number that drops…

Obseqk – Funereal Pillar [EP]

Artist: Obseqk Country: Canada Label: 7S7W7 Formats: Digial EP Year: 2026 It is highly unlikely that anybody would claim that Olivier B. Emond is a one-sided musician. With his current and past work in acts such as Gotthammer (now Seraphic Castration), Kiloton, Melth, Pénombre,…

Trance Of The Undead – Dawn Of Resurrection [EP]

Artist: Trance Of The Undead Country: Brazil Label: Unpure Records Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 Now that Cursed Excruciation seems to have entered a somewhat quieter period, the sole musician behind this band has turned his attention…

Malicious Torment – Realms Of The Occult [EP]

Artist: Malicious Torment Country: USA / Greece Label: Ancient Spirit Terror / Spreading The Pest Productions Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 Malicious Torment is a relatively new band that sprung out of the minds of KK and…

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…

Krvna Majka – Krvna Majka [EP]

Artist: Krvna Majka Country: USA Label: Prism of Deceit Recordings Formats: Digital Year: 2025 While the roots of the members are unknown, the Slavic band name Krvna Majka, or Blood Mother, may imply a European band is behind this eponymous…

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…