Warmoon Lord – Deófol-Cræft [EP]

Artist: Warmoon Lord Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: 12” mLP Year: 2026 That Lord Vrăjitor likes to keep himself busy is evident from his involvement in Old Sorcery, Warmoon Lord, Kerkerengel, Argenthorns and so on, but still, this new…

Genocide Hammer – Bioterroristic Panspermia [EP]

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…

Obsequial Sceptre – Profanation Gnosis [EP]

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…

Hemorrhoid / Sequestrum – Split 7″ EP

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…

Orgy Of Carrion – Eradication Of Worlds [EP]

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…

Blasphegenocidic Sadowar – Icon Of Carnage [EP]

Artist: Blasphegenocidic Sadowar Country: Russia Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Not much is known yet about this Russian band, which recently made its debut with ‘Icon Of Carnage’. I am unaware of exactly who is in the band…

Gvozdena Nychta – Tuxedo Bay [EP]

Artist: Gvozdena Nychta Country: Serbia Label: Into Endless Chaos Records Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 About a year and a half after the debut EP from this enigmatic duo known as Gvozdena Nychta, they’ve given a new sign of life.…

Matavitatau – Taeda Inversa [EP]

Artist: Matavitatau Country: Belgium Label: Altare Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Quite a bit has happened since we last covered the band Matavitatau. At that time, the band’s first demo ‘Numen Nescio’ had just been released, a release that…

Vināyakas – Cleansed by the Ancient Fire [EP]

Artist: Vināyakas Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 A couple of key musicians that become the face of a genre: that certainly can be said for a country like Finland, with iconic musicians like Shatraug, Werwolf…

Onheilsprofeet – Slotakkoord Van De Dood

Artist: Onheilsprofeet Country: The Netherlands Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 At face value there’s plenty of similarities between the Black Metal bands Onheilsprofeet and Bløtskål. Not only were both bands founded in 2025, they also simultaneously released…

Bleak House – Tyrant [EP]

Artist: Bleak House Country: United Kingdom Label: High Roller Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 The story of Bleak House is actually much like that of so many bands from the NWOBHM movement: after a few name…

Nuclearhammer – XAOS 333 [EP]

Artist: Nuclearhammer Country: Canada Label: Iron Bonehead Productions Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Three years after the release of Nuclearhammer’s last sign of life, the ‘Xaos Tenawas’ demo, released on Nuclear War Now! Productions, the illustrious duo…

Diabolic Oath – Unholy Barbaric Hymns [EP]

Artist: Diabolic Oath Country: USA Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories Formats: 12″ EP /Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 I must admit that, despite being very familiar with Diabolic Oath’s previous work, I found this new EP, released by Sentient…

Old Curse – Decayed Doctrine [EP]

Arist: Old Curse Country: Paraguay Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Old Curse from Paraguay have been around since 2018, and quite quickly after their conception released their debut EP ‘Solve et Coagula’. Whether it was due to…

Fosse Septique – Septicity [EP]

Artist: Fosse Septique Country: Denmark Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Me Saco Un Ojo Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2026 Although these pages focus primarily on Black and Death Metal, that is certainly not the intention per se.…

Blótskål – Afloat the Nocturnal Current [EP]

Artist: Blótskål Country: The Netherlands Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 The Blótskål originates from the old Norse words blót and skál, and joined together translates to something like sacrificial bowl. It was central to the blót, a…

Abhorrent Execration – Malicious Eternal [EP]

Artist: Abhorrent Execration Country: France Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 In just a few years, Abhorrent Execration was founded in 2022, this French duo has built up quite a discography. Starting with two demos, the band is now…

Devourment – Pious Impiety [EP]

Artist: Devourment Country: USA Label: Relapse Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 Brutal Death Metal doesn’t feature on these pages all that often, but that doesn’t mean we’re not up for it. Certainly not when it comes to Devourment. Like…

Drudkh – Thaw [EP]

Artist: Drudkh Country: Ukraine Label: Season of Mist Underground Activists Formats: 12” EP / CD EP Year: 2026 With thirteen full-lengths albums under their belts and an immensely recognizable sound, Drudkh has no doubt become of the most iconic Black…

Twilight Stronghold – The Heights Of Dreams [EP]

Artist: Twilight Stronghold Country: France Label: The Weeping Kingdom Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Although Twilight Stronghold released their first demo back in 2021, followed by three split releases and a compilation featuring those tracks, I can imagine that for…

Riena – Miekka Ja Varjo [EP]

Artist: Riena Country: Finland Label: Signal Rex Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 ‘Miekka Ja Varjo’ is the first sign of battle of Finland’s Riena. The band harbors the talents of Draghn and Woewerb, the latter who you…

Arckanum – Motestandarin [7″ EP]

Artist: Arckanum Country: Sweden Label: Darkness Shall Rise Productions Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 Johan S. Lahger began his career in metal in 1988, taking his place behind the drum kit in a band formed with three childhood friends, which they called Grotesque. Although…

Bestial Catacombs – Bestial Endsieg [EP]

Artist: Bestial Catacombs Country: Thailand Label: Self-Released Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 If the word ‘bestial’ features in both your band name and the title of your debut EP, it’s not particularly difficult to guess what musical direction this Thai…

Gouge – Pure Deathfuck [EP]

Artist: Gouge Country: Norway Label: Hells Headbangers Records Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Although Gouge did play at the renowned Danish Death Metal festival Killtown Deathfest in 2014, I’ve always felt that they entered…

Sol Sistere – Adrift From Reason [EP]

Artist: Sol Sistere Country: Chile Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Personally I ran into Sol Sistere when I randomly picked up the first two albums from one of the many Hammerheart Records sales, together I didn’t pay more…

Mesnada – Forgotten Pathway Of Dark Ages [EP]

Artist: Mesnada Country: Spain Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Admittedly, I had missed Mesnada’s untitled debut demo that was released earlier this year, as well as the two short releases that were put out in 2025 under the…

Goatkraft – Barbed Wire Doctrine [EP]

Artist: Goatkraft Country: Norway Label: Deathrune Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 I said it before, not everything from Norway sounds like Borknagar, Arcturus or Ulver. Not quite. With ‘Barbed Wire Doctrine’, Goatkraft’s latest offering and follow-up to 2023’s ‘Prophet…

Whitemoon – Trucizna Dla Świata [EP]

Artist: Whitemoon Country: Poland Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 With Whitemoon, we have yet another impressively good band from the equally impressive Polish Black Metal scene. Although it is not entirely clear to…

Beast Majesty – Ungodly Revenge [EP]

Artist: Beast Majesty Country: Peru Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 Beast Majesty might be a new band in the Extreme Metal scene, but the only person behind it is far from a newcomer. The wild child helming this…

Division 52 – Total War [EP]

Artist: Division 52 Country: Germany Label: Rat Covenant / Southern Soundclash Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 This is an EP I’ve been looking forward to for a while. ‘Total War’ is the debut release from the German duo who perform…

Devil’s Emissary – Auribus Teneo Lupum [EP]

Artist: Devil’s Emissary Country: Poland Label: Putrid Cult Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 With two albums in 2013 and 2014, ‘Malignant Invocation’ (Under The Sign Of Garazel Productions) and ‘Evangelic Decimations’ (through the same label) respectively, and the ‘Demiurge Asceticism’-…

Mordberg – Winter Solitude [EP]

Artist: Mordberg Country: Germany Label: Sturmglanz Black Metal Manufaktur Formats: Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2026 As I write this, the temperature is almost at 30 degrees, and I’m trying to do as little as possible and keep the…

Savage – Septic Tomb [EP]

Artist: Savage Country: The Netherlands Label: Milkcow Records Formats: 12″ EP Year: 2026 Savage is a new Death Metal band from the north of The Netherlands and while there’s still not so much known about the band, at least it…

Black Vomit 666 – Satanic Speed Metal [EP]

Artist: Black Vomit 666 Country: Colombia Label: Black Legion Records Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Only about two months after Black Vomit 666’s latest full-length album, the band already presents something new to sink your teeth in: a new EP released on CD…

Hæksenhamer – Kaoskampf [EP]

Artist: Hæksenhamer Country: Germany Label: Death Revelations Formats: 12” EP / Cassette EP Year: 2026 With the dust left behind by the first full-length ‘Poisonous Heathenism +rabid:antikosmik:madness+’ barely settled, Hæksenhamer already returns with their latest EP. ‘Kaoskampf +raging:void:ultras+’ features three…

Svrm – Мертвий край [EP]

Artist: Svrm Country: Ukraine Label: Vendetta Records Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2026 Although I acknowledge the fact that Vendetta Records usually offers quality in music, I am not really much into the label’s catalogue. Simply because of the fact their…

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…