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!

Messticator - Forthcoming Revelation [2022]

Artist: Messticator

Album: Forthcoming Revelation
Year: 2022
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vRYKXr3OgoU / https://www.instagram.com/messticator_metal
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Trembling Earth  

2. Vaderous Ferocity  

3. Cvltkiller  

4. Unmask the Hypocrisy  

5. Summon the Destroyer  

6. Obliteration by Messtication  

7. Iron Messiah  

8. Leathermilf  

9. My Twisted Mind  

10. Recapitulation

Witness: -[*]-

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!

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. 

Destructor - Decibel Casualties [2017]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Decibel Casualties
Year: 2017
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/VUW3Hh5Jhbw / https://www.facebook.com/DestructorMetal
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Restore Chaos

2. Keep the Faith

3. Metal Spike Deep

4. We Are Ready

5. The Last Days

6. Fiery Winds

7. Metal till Death

8. In Hell

Witness: -[*]-

Destructror - Maximum Destruction [1985]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Maximum Destruction
Year: 1985
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6X5_76U2snA / https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/destructor
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prelude in Sledge-Minor Opus 7 1st Movement

2. Maximum Destruction

3. Destructor

4. Overdose

5. Instrumetal

6. Pounding Evil

7. Take Command

8. Iron Curtain

9. Hot Wet Leather / Bondage

Witness: -[*]-
So, some of you may have heard me blabber on repeatedly about how I was a teenage metalhead of the early 80s. About how I spent hours in my local record stores searching through the imports, miscellaneous A-Z, metal sections, and used bins for albums and cassettes. Well, I never saw this album in my local stores back then, and so, when I did see this album 6 years ago at the late great site, DTS-Metal.com (RIP), I grabbed it immediately. The album cover immediately reminded me of Tyrant and their Legions of the Dead album from earlier that same year. In my opinion, this album isn't as good as LotD, but interestingly, it is rated much higher on Metal-Archives at 90% versus 68% for Tyrant. The lyrics and vocal delivery don't work nearly as well here, but it certainly delivers a raw, youthful exuberance that makes it appealing if you are a fan of the 80s style. 

Corrupted Saint - Purveyors of the Undead (EP) [2026]

Artist: Corrupted Saint

Album: Purveyors of the Undead
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/u5ES7Xtx5yQ / https://corruptedsaintthrash.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Purveyors of Devastation  

2. No More Room in the Morgue  

3. Impulsive  

4. Killberg  

5. Embalmed Alive (Live at Jacksonville Deathfest)

Witness: -[*]-
CarlG dropped this EP in here several months back, and I downloaded it on my phone and have been listening to it in the car, but kept forgetting to upload and post it. I am correcting that mistake now. I have been following these guys for a while and keep waiting for them to release an LP, but they haven't yet. The 4 new tracks on this EP are really good and worthy of your attention.

Ulvedharr - Inferno XXXIII [2023]

Artist: Ulvedharr

Album: Inferno XXXIII
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://scarletrecords.bandcamp.com/ulvedharr / https://ulvedharrofficialshop.bigcartel.com
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Full Reload of Fear  

2. Wasteland

3. Revenge Loop  

4. Dagon  

5. Master Liar  

6. The Edge  

7. Eternal Attack  

8. Their Game  

9. A New God  

10. Oblivion

Witness: -[*]-

Ulvedharr - Total War [2017]

Artist: Ulvedharr

Album: Total War
Year: 2017
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://scarletrecords.bandcamp.com/ulvedharr / https://www.facebook.com/Ulvedharr
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. This Is War...

2. Wolves  

3. Flagellum Dei  

4. Inquisition  

5. Total War  

6. Wrath of Brenn  

7. Krigaren  

8. Master of Slavery  

9. Legion  

10. The Dark Age  

11. ...Will Never End

Witness: -[*]-
I could have sworn that I had this album posted here several years ago, but I don't see it in the archive. I probably do have it posted, but didn't tag it correctly. Anyway, this is a killer album in my opinion, and I was reminded of it recently while listening to their 2023 release Inferno XXXIII.

Frolic - Legacies of Cybernetica [2026]

Artist: Frolic

Album: Legacies of Cybernetica
Year: 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/FcBS2AcFAcU / https://www.facebook.com/FrolicxThrash
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Legacies of Cybernetica  

2. Living in Virtuality  

3. A Shattered Soul

4. Disasters of Experiments  

5. Celestial Aventus

6. Where the Spiders Sleep  

7. Blades of Revenge

Witness: -[*]-
Frolic is a young band from Hayward, California, in the Bay Area, and they are using all of their influences to make some killer thrash metal and have some fun while they're doing it \m/\m/

Shrapnel - Raised on Decay [2017]

Artist: Shrapnel

Album: Raised on Decay
Year: 2017
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://shrapneluk.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/shrapnelbandofficial
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Hollow Earth

2. Complete Resection

3. The Boundaries Set

4. Jester  

5. Pariah  

6. Echoes of Emptiness  

7. Carved from Above  

8. 1.0.1  

9. Raised on Decay

10. Choir of Wolves  

11. Antichrist (Slayer cover)

Witness: -[*]-
These guys released 3 top-notch thrash albums between 2014 & 2020, with Palace for the Insane being my first exposure and favorite album, but this disc is a close second. 

Ascended Master - Crepuscular Gloom [2026]

Artist: Ascended Master

Album: Crepuscular Gloom
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/rJuJEOqZ7mU / https://ascendedmaster666.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Void Horror

2. Blood Spilled upon the Stars  

3. Midnight Mother  

4. Crepuscular Gloom  

5. Ghoul Queen  

6. A Separation of Earth and Magic  

7. Xenopaleontology

Witness: -[*]-

Nukem - The Grave Remains [2026]

Artist: Nukem

Album: The Grave Remains
Year: 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://nukemthrash.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/NukemOfficial
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Dead Draw

2. Policies of Hate

3. Random Acts of Violence

4. Tactics of Terror

5. Into the Kill Zone

6. Unconditional Surrender

7. Sentenced to Die

8. Curse of the Devil’s Bible

9. Empress of Evil

10. Torture, Murder, Mutilate!

11. Pro Mortuis

12. Don’t Believe a Word (Thin Lizzy cover)

Witness: -[*]-
Fukk yes, let's thrash!!!

Void - Forbidden Morals [2025]

Artist: Void

Album: Forbidden Morals
Year: 2025
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://voidthrash.bandcamp.com / https://officialvoid.com / TDC Link
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Curse

2. Forbidden Morals

3. Gateways of Stone

4. Judas Cradle

5. Nine Blood Moons

6. Valeria

7. Apparition

8. By Silver Light

9. Return of the Phantom

10. Beneath... Lives the Impaler

Witness: -[*]-

Infected Cells - Betrayed by Obedience [2026]

Artist: Infected Cells

Album: Betrayed by Obedience
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://infectedcellsmetal.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/InfectedCellsMetal
Country: Brazil
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Betrayed by Obedience

2. Blackened Horizons

3. Everything is Shattered

4. And the Reek Shall Inherit the Earth

5. We are the Outcast

6. Inside this Machine

7. Futile Existence

8. Tragic Human Condition

9. Chamber of Torture

Witness: -[*]-

Dyoxen - First Among Equals [1989]

Artist: Dyoxen

Album: First Among Equals
Year: 1989
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/8a3VEeZf_hU / https://www.facebook.com/Dyoxen
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. First Among Equals

2. The Essence of Ignorance

3. Citizen Soldier

4. Holocaust (Fall in Grace)

5. Abuse

6. Overcome

7. Foot from the Edge

8. Sooner than You Think

9. Contaminated

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a slice of obscure Canadian thrash with a technical edge and some nice performances. It would have worked better for me back in '89 than it does now but I still like it a lot. Unfortunately this would be their only full-length album as they disbanded shortly after this release.

Xzanthus - World of Misery: The Demo Anthology (1988-1991) [2026]

Artist: Xzanthus

Album: World of Misery: The Demo Anthology (1988-1991)
Year: 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ZvP_oWl_5lc / https://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/xzanthus
Country: United States
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Mindwarp  

2. Wastelands  

3. World of Misery  

4. Without the Darkness  

5. Prelude to War  

6. N.I.L.  

7. Images of Hatred  

8. World of Misery  

9. Promised Fate  

10. World of Misery  

11. Images of Hatred  

12. The Unknown  

13. Distant  

14. Wastelands  

15. Face the Fear

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a band that I would have really loved back in the day, but they never made it past the demo stage, and since they were from San Jose, CA, and I lived in the Midwest at that time, I never even heard of them until this compilation. Based on the quality of a few of these songs, I am really surprised they weren't more successful, but I guess they appeared too late.

Metal Church - Dead to Rights [2026]

Artist: Metal Church

Album: Dead to Rights
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://ratpakrecords.com/metal-church / https://metalchurchofficial.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Brainwash Game

2. F.A.F.O.

3. Dead to Rights

4. Deep Cover Shakedown

5. Feet to the Fire

6. The Show

7. Heaven Knows (Slip Away)

8. No Memory

9. Wasted Time

10. My Wrath

Witness: -[*]-
I admittedly have not spent much time listening to the Metal Church releases from the past 3 decades, as I had mostly moved on to more aggressive styles, but I used to love this band back in my favored decade of the 1980s. However, I decided to give this album a listen a few weeks ago, and it kind of grabbed my attention mainly because the growl of the new singer is reminiscent of David Wayne, but I like a lot of the music they have created here as well. It also got me to go back and listen to their classic albums again and give them a deserved spot here in The Chamber.

Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise [1989]

Artist: Metal Church

Album: Blessing in Disguise
Year: 1989
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.instagram.com/MetalChurchOfficial
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fake Healer

2. Rest in Pieces (April 15, 1912)

3. Of Unsound Mind

4. Anthem to the Estranged

5. Badlands

6. The Spell Can't Be Broken

7. It's a Secret

8. Cannot Tell a Lie

9. The Powers That Be

Witness: Link removed
The follow-up to this release, The Human Factor, was the last Metal Church album that I listened to with any frequency, but this 3rd album from the band saw them at the pinnacle of their talents. Even though I preferred the first two, this is a very good album, that I used to listen to it a lot.