Savage - Septic Tomb (EP) [2026]

Artist: Savage

Album: Septic Tomb
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/2hcEGRac--U / https://savagedeathmetal.bandcamp.com
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Nightmares  

2. S.A.V.A.G.E.  

3. Spectral Torment  

4. Septic Tomb  

5. Mortal Decay  

6. Revulsion  

7. Malformation

Witness: -[*]-
I listened to this during my flight back from Texas yesterday, and I just kept thinking to myself: what putrid, rotting, pus-filled corpse pile did this band crawl out from under? The first 4 tracks are fukking old-school genius. As it turns out, this is a 1-man project, and the guy behind it was in Absorbed back in the old days and, more recently, is the main man in Entrapment. Here, he has conjured up some killer riffs and vibes for these tracks. There is also an LP coming in November. I am looking forward to it.

Oraculum - Hybris Divina [2026]

Artist: Oraculum

Album: Hybris Divina
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/v5VW2VY6gYs / https://oraculumchile.bandcamp.com
Country: Chile
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Monument to Fallen Virtues

2. The Great One

3. Mendacious Heroism

4. Carnage

5. Dolos

6. The Heritage of Our Brotherhood

7. Spiritual Virility

8. Posthumous Exultation

Witness: -[*]-

Diabolisher - Astral Presence of Evil [2026]

Artist: Diabolisher

Album: Astral Presence of Evil
Year: 2026
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Z2eOrKjum1k / https://www.facebook.com/diabolisher
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Resurrection by Carnage  

2. The Scimitar's Wrath  

3. Dreams Beneath the Lord of Nighted Chaos I  

4. Dreams Beneath the Lord of Nighted Chaos II  

5. Astral Presence of Evil  

6. Diabolic Rebirth  

7. Black Earth Ascendant

Witness: -[*]-
This album is a bit rough-sounding, but that gives it some personality. Killer blackened death metal from these Finns \m/\m/

Pathology Cult - Global Extinction Protocol [2026]

Artist: Pathology Cult

Album: Global Extinction Protocol
Year: 2026
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/yODnyPWIeXc
Country: Unknown
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Resurrection by Carnage  

2. The Scimitar's Wrath  

3. Dreams Beneath the Lord of Nighted Chaos I  

4. Dreams Beneath the Lord of Nighted Chaos II  

5. Astral Presence of Evil  

6. Diabolic Rebirth  

7. Black Earth Ascendant

Witness: -[*]-
There is a significant part of me, that which is human, that feels I should be making a statement or standing against the impending tyranny of AI, but I'm not gonna do it. Possibly, my judgment has been clouded by the Deceiver, or maybe this album is just good. More AI-generated death metal from Maleficium Syndicate Records. They have released some good shit this year. I feel we (humans) may be doomed!

Crimson Glory - Chasing the Hydra [2026]

Artist: Crimson Glory

Album: Chasing the Hydra
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/PIPPOXlGTIA / https://www.theofficialcrimsonglory.com / TDC Link
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Redden the Sun

2. Chasing the Hydra

3. Broken Together

4. Angel in My Nightmare

5. Indelible Ashes

6. Beyond the Unknown

7. Armor Against Fate

8. Pearls of Dust

9. Triskaideka 

Witness: -[*]-
New Crimson Glory after 27 years. What will it be like? I am not saying this is great, but for being their first album in more than 20 years and the fact that 3 of the original members are still active, I think it is worthy of a few spins. The first half of the album is the better material, and some of it sounds like it could have been left on the cutting room floor during the Transcendence sessions, but I still kinda dig it. Definitely better than Strange and Beautiful in my opinion.

Carbon Tomb - Passage to a Neutron Star [2026]

Artist: Carbon Tomb

Album: Passage to a Neutron Star
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/onKonA-DnRs / https://carbontomb-label.bandcamp.com
Country: Denmark
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Chanting Spells I  

2. A Hidden Creature  

3. From the Giant's Snout  

4. The Dog Hunter  

5. Of God's Neglect  

6. Gogoffmagog  

7. Tritons of Ichthyology  

8. Reversed Head Renewal  

9. Passage to a Neutron Star

Witness: -[*]-
This is solid. It seems 2026 is shaping up to be another good year in death metal from my perspective. 

Messticator - Total Mastery [2026]

Artist: Messticator

Album: Total Mastery
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://messticator.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/messticator
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Pit Awaits...  

2. One-Shot-Kill  

3. The Pitslayer  

4. High Ground   

5. Ruins of Reason  

6. Bloodsport

7. Mass Human Extinction  

8. Skeletal Thorns  

9. Deathtouch  

10. The Tyrant's Scepter

11. Cougar Claws (Return of the Leathermilf)

Witness: -[*]-

I wasn't familiar with this band until discovering this album a few months back, and I am glad that I did because I like their brand of thrashing death metal. Pretty good stuff!

Eye Of Purgatory - Darkborne [2026]

Artist: Eye Of Purgatory

Album: Darkborne
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/u1S5konnMEM / https://eyeofpurgatorydeath.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Darkborn  

2. When the Beacon Turns Black  

3. The Rotting Temple  

4. Bodyjumper  

5. The Slithering  

6. Unbound Flesh  

7. Formless Figures Dance  

8. The Best of Them Bleed  

9. The Dark Departure

Witness: -[*]-

Crypted Hate - Moral Onslaught [2026]

Artist: Crypted Hate

Album: Moral Onslaught
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/0eP3uDXOUmc / https://www.facebook.com/crypted hate
Country: India
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. In Hate  

3. Blood in Dept  

4. Abomination  

5. Idol Inside  

6. Moral Vision  

7. Death Revelation  

8. Slaughtered to Survive  

9. No Mercy for Master

Witness: -[*]-
In my opinion, India has produced some highly effective death metal bands over the past 2 decades or so, and Crypted Hate appears to be another band with a lot of potential. They have been active for 6 years, but this is their debut, and I really like what they have created.

Ripper - Towards Rebirth [2026]

Artist: Ripper 

Album: Towards Rebirth
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/e1vkX_mEktw / https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/ripper
Country: Chile
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Secular Awakening

2. World of Darkness

3. Towards Rebirth

4. Final Hologram

5. Into the Coldness of Land of Dead

6. The Source Exterminator

7. Messages from the Other Side

8. The Secret Dawn

9. The End of Universe

10. Procession to the Eternal Rest

Witness: -[*]-
I like this band quite a bit; their 2 previous albums have been very good for my tastes. But, for some reason, even though CarlG promoted this back in July, it took me until this past week to listen to it. I am glad that I finally got to it because damn, it is really good too!

Ditheist - Cosmic Liar [2026]

Artist: Ditheist

Album: Cosmic Liar
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://ditheist.yolasite.com / https://www.facebook.com/ditheist666/#
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Cosmic Liar  

2. Evil to Live  

3. Kill the Priest  

4. Nyarlathotep  

5. Apoplectic Delirium  

6. Covenant ov Torture  

7. Mouth of Hell  

8. Singularity

Witness: -[*]-
This new album from Chicago's Diteist is their first release, other than a split and a single in more than a decade, and it is quite good. A nice step in the progression from their Eternity of Nothingness album in 2015.

Vorax - Volcano Shock [2026]

Artist: Vorax

Album: Volcano Shock
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://vorax.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/voraxdeathmetal
Country: Switzerland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Magma Ocean  

2. Devouring Raw Flesh  

3. Volcano Shock  

4. Burning Lava  

5. Hunter Killer  

6. Flight of the Pteranodon  

7. Reign Supreme  

8. The Great Dying

Witness: -[*]-

Goreworm - Miasmic Solitude [2026]

Artist: Goreworm

Album: Miasmic Solitude
Year: 2026
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/tScFMdwo_VQ / https://www.facebook.com/Goreworm / TDC Link
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Conjuring

2. Monuments to Murdering

3. The Enthralling Grave

4. Orbweaver

5. Amor Vincit Omnia

6. No Reprieve

7. Eve of Flagellation

8. Jarrell

9. Strelly  

10. Miasmic Solitude

Witness: -[*]-
More killer tech from our northern neighbors in Ontario. This band continues to create good metal for my tastes, and they have done well signing on with Transcending Obscurity, which I consider to be one of the best labels around over the past several years. 

Deathstorm - The Highest Predator (EP) [2026]

Artist: Deathstorm

Album: The Highest Predator
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DOSaRydCxDI / https://deathstormmetal.bandcamp.com
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. You Won't See It Coming  

2. The Golden Calf  

3. Total Eclipse  

4. The Highest Predator

Witness: -[*]-
I have long been a fan of this band, as I thoroughly enjoyed their 2013 album Nechesh, but then I never really listened to their 2018 album as much. It just didn't have the same appeal. This new EP isn't bad; it is cool to see that they have maintained 3/4 of their original lineup after all of these years, but have only managed 4 releases, with one being a demo. 

Ninth Realm - Damnation's Veil [2026]

Artist: Ninth Realm

Album: Damnation's Veil
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://ninthrealm-label.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/ninthrealmmd
Country: United States
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Valigeth  

2. Damnation's Veil  

3. Cohorts of the Abyss  

4. Imbued in Hellfire  

5. Rituals in Thar'amath  

6. Orphaned Throne  

7. Wyrd of Strideborne  

8. Beyond the Void  

9. Vengeance Unto Rot  

10. All Hail Treachery  

11. Twilight's Blade

Witness: -[*]-

Destructor - Tales of Glory [2026]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Tales of Glory
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vRAvF6G_KP8 / https://destructor1.bandcamp.com / https://www.deezer.com/destructor
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Tales of Glory  

2. Shadow Magic  

3. Harbinger of Death  

4. Wolves at Your Door  

5. Death Screams  

6. Fall to Your Knees  

7. Never Take Me Alive  

8. Answers in Blood  

9. Rise to the Call  

10. Victorious Warrior

Witness: -[*]-  
When I saw this release back in June, I immediately wanted to pick it up because I knew it was, at least in some ratio, the same band from 1985 that released Maximum Destruction, an album which I hadn't ever heard until about 6 years ago. I guess I wasn't sure what to expect because while I do like Maximum Destruction- not love, but like- the only other album I've heard was Decibel Causalties, and it's so so in my opinion. Well, I am here to say that I do like this album; at least the old 80s metalhead in me does for sure. I admittedly haven't taken the time to explore many of their other releases, but I may after listening to this one a few times. 

Street Tombs - Existence Is Corruption [2026]

Artist: Street Tombs

Album: Existence Is Corruption
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/0S8Wexryq_8 / https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/street tombs
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Pestilent Storm  

2. Deceptor  

3. Septic Values  

4. Upset the Grave  

5. Systematic Suffering  

6. Mental Mutilation  

7. Braindead  

8. Parasitic Feast

Witness: -[*]-
These boys from Santa Fe are back with the next progression and a very strong follow-up to their Reclusive Decay album from 2023. These guys have a very dark sound with a tight, heavy groove that makes for an entertaining listen. 

Cadaver Putrefacto - Eterno sepulcro [2026]

Artist: Cadaver Putrefacto

Álbum: Eterno sepulcro
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GpVNPu-1yNg / https://cadaverputrefacto2017.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Argentina
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Errando hasta la tumba eterna  

2. Los ojos del decapitado  

3. Desmembrando al miserable  

4. Grotesca abducción  

5. Frenética evisceración  

6. Derramando la sangre del padre  

7. El tormento de Fálaris  

8. Voorhees  

9. Eterno sepulcro

Witness: -[*]-
Newest release from this South American crew. They continue to refine their sound yet maintain the brutality to inflict blunt force trauma upon the listener.

Machiavellianism - Tormenting Guilt of Murderous Madness [2026]

Artist: Machiavellianism

Album: Tormenting Guilt of Murderous Madness
Year: 2026
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/tnPuV4tLa34 / https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/machiavellianism
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Tormented  

2. Descent into Despair  

3. Empty  

4. Consumed by Darkness  

5. Origin of Deception  

6. Embracing the Anger  

7. The Stages of Human Decomposition

Witness: -[*]-

Wormlord - Choices [2026]

Artist: Wormlord

Album: Choices
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Olhh2AZJpo8 / https://wormlord.bandcamp.com
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Skin Stripped Flesh  

2. Plague Park  

3. Ivory Tower  

4. Denial  

5. Choices  

6. Undying  

7. Watch Them Feed  

8. Mania  

9. Slurs

Witness: -[*]-
I have been aware of this band for some time now, as I had their Open Wounds album in my July 2023 folder, but I don't think I had ever listened to it. That is a shame. After giving this album some attention and finally going back to their previous album, I can confidently say that I like their style.