Chronic Hate - Defeating the Oblivion of Life [2026]

Artist: Chronic Hate

Album: Defeating the Oblivion of Life
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/TYvMuYk2w0A / https://chronichate.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Wrong  

2. Blastphemy  

3. Mass Distraction Program  

4. Regurgitated Brains  

5. Despair... in Sorrow  

6. Subjugated Minds  

7. Born to Appear  

8. Handcuffed  

9. Chronic Hate

Witness: -[*]-
Italy's Chronic Hate is back after a long absence from the scene. It has been 8 years since I even thought about them, but I missed out on their 2021 EP. I really enjoyed their 2012 debut and used to play it frequently, but for some reason, their 2018 effort didn't fully capture my attention. I listened to this entire disc today, and I like what I am hearing, but only time will tell if it leaves a lasting impression.

Brainblast - Colossus Suprema [2025]

Artist: Brainblast

Album: Colossus Suprema
Year: 2025
Genre: Symphonic Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GuxpbdAJeNo / https://brainblastofficial.bandcamp.com
Country: Colombia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Plvs Vltra

2. Legio Æterna

3. Colossus Suprema

4. Relentless Rise

5. Cælvs Elixir

6. Interludium

7. Unchain Your Soul

8. Superior Entity

9. The Solemn Ethereal Realm

10. Armageddon

Witness: -[*]-

Ophidious - Relic of the Eight Configurations [2026]

Artist: Ophidious

Album: Relic of the Eight Configurations
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ep_iGNIgwgM / https://ophidious.bandcamp.com
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Exordium  

2.  The Instruments of Pharaonic Ascendancy (A King in his Rising)  

3. Hagezussa  

4. As but Thralls In the Court of the Anunnaki  

5. Vyrakothka  

6. Necrosynoptic  

7. Tetragrammaton Undone  

8. Of Cernunnos and the Cauldron Born  

9. Zkhül  

10. The Great Apostate  

11. Master of Storms  

12. Gored by Horns In the Rising Sun

Witness: -[*]-
The 2-man project Ophidious is quickly back with a follow-up to their 2025 release, Forgotten Shrines of Heresy, and this is another competent collection of blackened death metal songs. 

Hope Deferred - Darkness Remains [2025]

Artist: Hope Deferred

Album: Darkness Remains
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
Web: https://youtu.be/FIX0eER9MHc / https://hopedeferred.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Void With No Voice

2. Commanded To Kill

3. Brethren Of Blood

4. Absent Souls

5. Whom Shall You Serve

6. Inhumane World

7. Darkness Remains

8. Avarice

9. Fail You

10. Wrath's Misery

Witness: -[*]-

Possession - The Mother of Darkness [2026]

Artist: Possession

Album: The Mother of Darkness
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/9TeQtKEIjAQ / https://www.facebook.com/hisbestdeceit
Country: Belgium
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. The Black Chapel  

3. Graveside Prayer  

4. The Wild Hunt (Let Them Run)  

5. Exhulted Hearts  

6. Outro  

7. Cry-Shrine-Die  

8. The Mother of Darkness  

9. Latrodectus Tela  

10. Young Blood Ritual  

11. Outro

Witness: -[*]-

Casket - In the Long Run We Are All Dead [2026]

Artist: Casket

Album: In the Long Run We Are All Dead
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/K_CBGKGLiRs / https://casketdeath.bandcamp.com 
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Will to Comply

2. Highest Thrones

3. Mirrors  

4. Seeds of Desolation

5. Hammer, Knife, Spade

6. Skull Bunker

7. Necrowaves  

8. Mainstream Mutilation

9. Fundamental Rot

10. Strangulation Culture

11. Graveyard Stomper

12. United Forses (S.O.D. cover) 

Witness: -[*]-
I admittedly have not listened to this album enough yet for it to really soak in, but I have liked their past work, and what I have listened to of this carries their lineage on quite effectively.

Caedem - Tales of the Bitter Ends [2026]

Artist: Caedem

Album: Tales of the Bitter Ends
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/35ZjmsnFLCQ / https://caedem.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Werewolf of Wysteria  

2. Killing Spree  

3. Polarized  

4. Tales of Bitter Ends  

5. Embrace the Dark  

6. Gone with the Cult  

7. The Purgatory Express  

8. In Flames  

9. Altar of Blood

Witness: -[*]-
I had been waiting for a few years now for these guys to release a full-length album, and I can honestly say that this has been worth the wait. Caedem has created 9 tracks of killer traditional death metal in the Swedish style. 

Caedem - Ad Transitum (EP) [2020]

Artist: Caedem

Album: Ad Transitum
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://caedem.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/caedem.official
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Altar of Blood

2. Behold the Beautiful Dead

3. Gone with the Cult

4. Shinigami

5. Altar of Blood (live)  

6. Suppressing Shadow (live)

Witness: -[*]-

Corpse Water - ...Something in the Water [2026]

Artist: Corpse Water

Album: ...Something in the Water
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/flgVkrE3vXc / https://www.corpsewater.com / https://corpsewater.bandcamp.com
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Blood High  

2. Spontaneous Human Combustion  

3. Those of the Obscene  

4. You Can Scream, It Won't Matter  

5. The Hauntings of May  

6. I Demon, I Monster  

7. There's a Body in the Tank  

8. The Body and Blade  

9. Traumatised

Witness: -[*]-
It seems that Corpse Water is a 1-man project from Belfast, and for my tastes, this dude has created some damn good death metal!

Sovernal - For the Flames of Blasphemy [2025]

Artist: Sovernal 

Album: For the Flames of Blasphemy
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
Web: https://youtu.be/Q0FPUr0zw9c / https://sovernal.bandcamp.com
Country: Indonesia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Genesis 76:2

2. Euphemism of Contempt

3. Born of Scorn

4. Oblivion

5. Tyrant's Crown Cadaver

6. Carnage of Depravity

7. Bloodstained Authority

8. Decaying in the Hand of Deathbringer

9. For the Flames of Blasphemy

10. Beyond the Dark Sphere 4:78

Witness: -[*]-
This is different from what you typically get from Indonesia, and while I have long been a fan of Indo-death metal, I'm liking the change-up sound that these guys captured on this disc.

Stormcrown - Echoes of the Impending Storm [2026]

Artist: Stormcrown

Album: Echoes of the Impending Storm
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/86T20Ol1-Go / https://stormcrownmetal.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Oghma Infinium  

2. Edge of the Unknown  

3. Hot Lead High Speed  

4. Hymn of the Road Warrior  

5. X3r0  

6. Black as Night  

7. Stormcrown

Witness: -[*]-
Here is an excellent example of modern power metal from the Blacksburg area of Virginia. I would say this is predominantly on the melodic power metal side, but there are times when these guys inject some grit and venom, and the leads can be both soaring and blistering. Another fun listen if you are into the style.  

Steel Arctus - Dreamruler [2025]

Artist: Steel Arctus

Album: Dreamruler
Year: 2025
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/steelarctus / https://steelarctus.bandcamp.com
Country: Greece
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Cry for Revenge

2. Defender of Steel

3. Fate of the Beast

4. Dreamruler

5. Wicked Lies

6. Fires of Death

7. Riding Through the Night

8. Glory of the Hero

9. Will to Power

10. Legend of the Warrior

11. Onar (όναρ)

Witness: -[*]-
Wow, this album is so good! I know the death metal only crowd won't like it, or will ask where it was at 40 years ago, but the people who have more diverse tastes similar to mine will certainly be totally into this band. I want to thank our resident Goa Trance officinato Unbound for the heads up on these guys. Just looking at the album art, I expected something much less intriguing and would have probably never given this album a chance if he hadn't promoted it so strongly. Awesome \m/\m/

Steel Arctus - Fire and Blood [2020]

Artist: Steel Arctus

Album: Fire and Blood
Year: 2020
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DfHmYEtLFpg / https://steelarctus.bandcamp.com
Country: Greece
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fire and Blood

2. teel Arctus

3. Hellhammer

4. Doombringer

5. Moira (Μοίρα)

6. Savage Heart

7. Arcadian Lady

8. Fire and Blood

Witness: -[*]-
The Greeks seem to be cultivating an awesome power metal scene with these guys, Sacred Outcry, & Battleroar being just the bands that I am aware of. To me, this style harkens back to my youth and is a nice change of pace from the brutal barrage of death metal. 

Sacred Outcry - Damned for All Time... [2020]

Artist: Sacred Outcry

Album: Damned for All Time...
Year: 2020
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/8irOThfRhaY / https://sacredoutcry.bandcamp.com
Country: Greece
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Timeless

2. Legion of the Fallen

3. Sacred Outcry

4. Where Ancient Gods Are Still Hailed

5. Scared to Cry

6. Lonely Man

7. Crystal Tears

8. Damned for All Time

9. Farewell

Witness: -[*]-

Another band that Unbound turned me onto a few weeks back. Thanks, dude!

Subjugated - Inherent Belligerence [2026]

Artist: Subjugated

Album: Inherent Belligerence
Year: 2026
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://subjugatedbcdm.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/Subjugated_DM
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Unnatural Condition  

2. Transcending Boundaries of Cognizance  

3. Impenitence Discipline  

4. Shroud of Thorns  

5. Beyond Noumenon  

6. Homo Homini Lupus  

7. Equity & Retaliation  

8. Inexorably Psychotic Disorder  

9. Oppressive Indoctrination

Witness: -[*]-
This is one of my favorite technical brutal albums that I have heard in a while. I really like the sound and vibe that these guys create with these songs. Well done for a debut offering \m/\m/

Vile Desolation - Annihilating the Consciousness [2026]

Artist: Vile Desolation

Album: Annihilating the Consciousness
Year: 2026
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Dro7fcrb0LQ / https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/vile desolation
Country: Indonesia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Veiled in Obscurity  

2. Whispers Through the Shadowed Gates  

3. Labyrinth of Torment  

4. Shattered Reverie  

5. The Sinister Symphony  

6. Dementia's Embrace  

7. Eyes of Madness  

8. Eternal Lunacy  

9. Chaos Unleashed  

10. Sanctified in Ashes

Witness: -[*]-
When I first saw this album a few weeks back, I wasn't overly anxious to listen to it, because I feel that the Indonesian brutal death scene has been producing the same sound over and over again. Then I read a couple of comments at STB and maybe even someone here in the chat (maybe Bongripper??) stating good things about this album, so I decided to give it a chance, and damn, it's good. Maybe not breaking any new ground, but at least they are covering it well.

Voidspore - Prophetic Ocular Syntax (EP) [2025]

Artist: Voidspore

Album: Prophetic Ocular Syntax
Year: 2025
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/XBO-6CRByP0 / https://voidspore.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Crimson Affusion  

2. Inexorable Decay  

3. Decomposing Celestial Bodies  

4. Violaceous Bog  

5. Eaten by God and Assimilating to Mycelial Divinity

Witness: -[*]-
Psilocybin obsessed brutality from Wallingford, Connecticut. I don't think these guys are microdosing; I think they are eating full-on grams. They say you don't trip unless you throw up. Well, I never threw up, but I sure as hell went on some trips back in the day.

Untimely Demise - Killing Authority (EP) [2025]

Artist: Untimely Demise

Album: Killing Authority
Year: 2025
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/iBvG9T32lpk / https://untimelydemise.bandcamp.com
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. World War Again  

2. MK Ultra  

3. Killing Authority  

4. Demon Grief  

5. Face Reality

Witness: -[*]-
I was completely unaware of this band until I came across this EP a couple of weeks back, and upon listening, I was immediately hooked by their brand of aggressive thrash metal. The vocals may be a bit of an acquired taste, but they suit the music, and the guitars are spot on. This disc got me to go search out their earlier releases, of which they have 5 full-length albums and 2 EPs over a 16-year span.

Untimely Demise - Black Widow [2016]

Artist: Untimely Demise

Album: Black Widow
Year: 2016
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://untimelydemise.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/UntimelyDemiseMetal
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Forgotten in Time

2. Enslaver

3. Black Widow

4. Cancer of the Heart

5. Anticolonizer

6. Calling Me Back from the Light

7. Sickening Repression

8. Holy Man

9. Anticolonizer (Shawn Drover Drums)

Witness: -[*]-

Stench Of Sorcery - The Palegold Menace [2026]

Artist: Stench Of Sorcery

Album: The Palegold Menace
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Cz2CwsTrwms / https://www.stenchofsorcery.com / https://stenchofsorcery.com
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fear Facer (The Palegold Menace)

2. Stain of Suspicion

3. Here in the Dark

4. Warden of the Last Dawn Light

5. The Stench of Sorcery

6. Alric's Deadly Omen

7. Superstition 33: Eternal Demand

8. Grudgeborn (Accursed be He, the Doomwalker)

Witness: -[*]-
I came across this album a few weeks back, and from the band name, album artwork, and song titles, I was expecting more of a traditional epic heavy metal style, but these guys are creating death metal, and it is quite good at that. It is mid-paced and melodic leaning, but overall, this is a very good listen.

Infrahumano - Depths of Suffering [2025]

Artist: Infrahumano

Album: Depths of Suffering
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/355JR7Z1zqc / https://infrahumano.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Across the Void  

2. Thrown into the Fire  

3. Battalion of Darkness  

4. Baptized in Acid  

5. Reduced to Fermented Pulp  

6. Forced Self Cannibalism  

7. Global Degradation  

8. The Last Breath  

9. Shades of Cruelty

Witness: -[*]-

Empire Of Torment - Demonic Ritual [2026]

Artist: Empire Of Torment

Album: Demonic Ritual
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DST9KG83TDA / https://empireoftorment.bandcamp.com
Country: Australia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Sheep Among Wolves

2. Crestfallen

3. Baphomet

4. Corpse of the Damned

5. Lucifers Kingdom

6. The Faceless

7. Ravens of Death

8. Descent Into the Netherworld

9. Curse the Feeble

10. Silent Screams of the Scorned

11. The Sinner

12. Father of Lies

Witness: -[*]-
I couldn't find a lot of information about this band, but I first came across their 2025 EP towards the end of last year and thought it showed promise, and here they are back already with a full-length album. Empire Of Torment seems to be a 1-man project, and I like the instrumental aspects of the songs. I also like the way the dude's voice sounds; it's deep and intelligible, but there is something about the lyrics, which seem to have a strong Christian slant, and the delivery he uses that sounds a bit ham-fisted (contrived) at times.

Escam - Concrete Autopsy [2026]

Artist: Escam

Album: Concrete Autopsy
Year: 2026
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/qhpcPur02fw
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Cranial Cement Injection  

3. Concrete Autopsy  

4. Industrial Organ Relocation  

5. Guts in the Foundation  

6. Song for the Maggots2  

7. Concrete Coffin Burial  

8. Pipe Lobotomy  

9. Mortar Filled Cadaver  

10. Sledgehammer Embryotomy  

11. Steelrod Impalement  

12. Outro

Witness: -[*]-

Diseased Ways - Remains of Life [2026]

Artist: Diseased Ways

Album: Remains of Life
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/n5sCp9bo3QQ / https://dpswrmngbldmgk.bandcamp.com/diseased ways
Country: Ukraine
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Proudness of Silly Nation  

2. Psycho Vultures  

3. City - Cemetery  

4. Misanthrope  

5. Doom  

6. Prototype  

7. Sacred Self-Reflection  

8. Chaos in the Mask of Order  

9. Possessed  

10. Open Casket (Death cover)

Witness: -[*]-
It is so surprising to me that people living in a warzone are able to focus on recording and releasing an album, but it seems they did, and even though the production is pretty rough, the album has some good moments.

Disembodiment - Spiral Crypts [2025]

Artist: Disembodiment

Album: Spiral Crypts
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/0uSy1DPK7ko / https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/disembodiment
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Morbid Infestation

2. Stygian Overture

3. Spiral Crypts

4. Putrification

5. Larval

6. Infected to Rot

7. Unknown Origins

8. Sentient Inorganic Mess

Witness: -[*]-
I like this disc for a few reasons. First off, the band creates a grisly old-school chug that I really enjoy, and then the drummer is bringing cymbals back to death metal. I am not sure if it is his technique or the way he has them mic'ed, but they really stand out in the mix. The only thing missing is the Deivos cowbell. The other interesting thing is that this band has the exact same lineup as Oath Div. 666, which also plays old-school sounding death metal with a more Satanic slant.

Funeral Home - Your Funeral [2026]

Artist: Funeral Home

Album: Your Funeral
Year: 2026
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GDckwv1Li68 / https://funeralhomeofficial.bandcamp.com
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. You Failed My Trust  

2. Wall  

3. My Kingdom Is Hell  

4. Rotten to the Core  

5. Depths  

6. Sacrificial Goat  

7. Your Funeral  

8. Graveyard Blues  

9. Blood & Sacrifice

Witness: -[*]-

Jungle Rot - Cruel Face of War [2026]

Artist: Jungle Rot

Album: Cruel Face of War
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.instagram.com/jungle_rot / https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/jungle rot
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Apocalyptic Dawn  

3. Cruel Face of War  

4. Maniacal

5. Suffer in Silence  

6. Radicalized  

7. Blade of Betrayal  

8. When the Elders Rise  

9. Horrors Vile  

10. Legacy of the Damned  

11. Rot Riffs  

12. Hollow Husk

Witness: -[*]-
Jungle Rot is the model of consistency because they have created 12 full-length albums over the course of 30 years, and in some ways, they have all been the same album. Obviously, there are differences in each release, albeit quite subtle, and for some fans, that is a very positive attribute of the band. For me, I have liked all of their albums that I have listened to over the years, but none compel me to come back over and over. Maybe this newest release will be different.