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: -[*]-

Devenial Verdict - Old Blood - Fresh Wounds [2026]

Artist: Devenial Verdict

Album: Old Blood - Fresh Wounds
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/hRFyeXkk8q0 / https://devenialverdictband.bandcamp.com/devenial verdict
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Rituals of Ignorance  

2. Swarms of the Mindless  

3. Elysium  

4. The Unborn God  

5. Thrones  

6. Fall of Faith  

7. Sun Hammer  

8. The Corinthian  

9. Despoiler

Witness: -[*]-
Someone, and I don't remember exactly who it was, praised this album in the chatbox several weeks ago, and I am just now getting around to listening to it. I must say that I agree with the earlier assessment; this is a very nice step in the band's progression. Genre tagged as Avant-garde death metal, it just sounds like high-quality death metal to me.

Cerber - Essentia Straube [2026]

Artist: Cerber

Album: Essentia Straube
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/mJNQEjTZe6k / https://cerbermetal.bandcamp.com
Country: Russia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Essentia Straube. Opus Primum  

2. Dissolutio  

3. Reanimated  

4. Mondo Bizarre  

5. Fatal Portrait  

6. Aqua Tofana. Opus Mortem  

7. Straube Theme  

8. The Storm (Танцы На Воле cover)

Witness: -[*]-

Haserot - Advent of Suffering [2026]

Artist: Haserot

Album: Advent of Suffering
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/kePrLDgE5Pk / https://haserot.bandcamp.com / https://tornfromthegrave.us/haserot
Country: United States
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Advent of Suffering  

2. Poverty of Thought  

3. Apophis  

4. Tears in Bethlehem  

5. Cruentis Omega  

6. Khlyst  

7. Beneath the Cairn  

8. Madness and the Void  

9. The Tenth Circle  

10. Curse of Haserot

Witness: -[*]-
I have been following this band ever since I heard their EP, Throne of Malice, a few years ago, and I have been excited for this album to be released. I feel like these guys have a lot of skill, and I really like the fact that they are working with Dan Swanö, as I have typically liked his stylistic influence on a band's sound. I like the territory this band continues to explore, and I hope I can make time to listen to this more. 

Formulus - Lessons Learned in Blood [2026]

Artist: Formulus

Album: Lessons Learned in Blood
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/WAvbQaEcC4Q / https://formulus.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken  

3. Death to the Enslavers  

4. Liver Eating Johnson  

5. Shadows of Death  

6. Torn Asunder  

7. Graveyard of Souls  

8. The Blow That Fell a House of God  

9. Human Monstrosity

Witness: -[*]-
This shit is raw and brutal and pretty fukking good!

Arroganz - Death Doom Punks [2026]

Artist: Arroganz

Album: Death Doom Punks
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vbs0M4v_0ZY / https://arroganz.info
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Die for Nothing  

2. Under Scarred Skin  

3. Pain Forged Armor  

4. Death Doom Punks  

5. Anti-Ideology  

6. Arsenic Breath  

7. Incubus' Veins  

8. Earth's Final Dose  

9. Spirit Arsonist

Witness: -[*]-
I like this new album from Arroganz; in my opinion, it has a more consistent death metal vibe than their previous work. Check it and see what you think.

Arroganz - Quintessenz [2024]

Artist: Arroganz

Album: Quintessenz
Year: 2024
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/F-FfhrVUWq0 / https://arroganz.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Origin of Fire

2. Outlaw Reborn  

3. Flames for Nemesis  

4. Dungeon Soul

5. The Devil and My Companion  

6. Deadend Rawness of Life  

7. Guardian of Old Scars  

8. Scorned Lifeblood  

9. The Essence Gospel

Witness: -[*]-

Arroganz - Morsus [2020]

Artist: Arroganz

Album: Morsus
Year: 2020
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/arroganzgermany
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Anodynon

2. Morsus

3. Pain & Light

4. Sleepless Forever

5. Dead Man Galaxy

6. In$ide $uicide

7. Aurora Arroganz

8. Guillotinen

9. Sickpeopledie.

10. Next Level Satan

11. 553

12. Praise Death = Feast Life

13. I Dealth With the Devil

Witness: -[*]-

Xorsist - Aberrations [2026]

Artist: Xorsist

Album: Aberrations
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/p/Xorsistofficial / https://xorsist.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1.  Rest Impending  

2. Souls to Mourn  

3. Draped in Sorrow's Cloth...  

4. An Elegy Unfolds  

5. Of Where I Reside  

6. Faceless  

7. His Shrouded Gaze  

8. ...and Aged in Embers  

9. Disbelief  

10. Memorial Cries

Witness: -[*]-
My pathway into death metal acceptance came from the Swedish scene back in the early/mid 90s, so I am partial to that sound. As such, I have been very interested in this band since I heard their first album Deadly Possession a few years back. They have been quietly good with their first 2 albums, and this is their third release, and they continue to hone their skills and mine the past for inspiration. 

Kharkov - Kharkov [2026]

Artist: Kharkov

Album: Kharkov
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/aa_limIvrKk / https://www.facebook.com/KharkovDeathMetal
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dawn After the Wreck  

2. Nagelfelder  

3. A Fate in Blood  

4. Scarlet Farewell Overflow  

5. Fuir le siècle  

6. Citadelle  

7. The Galleon  

8. Night Horse  

9. K141

Witness: -[*]-
I kinda like this one; it's from a band I hadn't heard of, but this album has a punchy production, and the band carries a nice groove throughout. Thumping mid-paced death metal from France, I like it.

Left To Die - Initium Mortis [2026]

Artist: Left To Die

Album: Initium Mortis
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/h_FOENr9hWU / https://lefttodiedeathmetal.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Legion Of Doom 

2. Archangel 

3. Power of Darkness 

4. Zombie 

5. Witch of Hell

6. Rise of Satan 

7. Summoned To Die 

8. Mantas 

9. Slaughterhouse 

10. Death By Metal

Witness: -[*]-
Old-school US-style death metal from Tampa, Florida. Featuring Rick Rozz, Terry Butler, Matt Harvey, and Gus Rios. These guys are conjuring up a lot of the old Florida sound, and it is killer!

Mortuary - Great Black Earth (EP) [2026]

Artist: Mortuary

Album: Great Black Earth
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/dxA55nNCfS8 / https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/mortuarymx
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Holy War  

2. Cut Their Heads  

3. Great Black Earth  

4. Black Superstition

Witness: -[*]-
There are 35 bands called Mortuary, if you believe Metal-Archives, and I have visited only 3 of them. The US band posted today, as well as the one in France, and the Russian Mortuary, which are both good bands but the Russians only has 1 album. Out of curiosity, I went through the entire list of bands named Mortuary, and most of them died after releasing only a demo or two, and in some cases, nothing at all. Well, this Mexican band is one of the few long-running incarnations of the moniker. They have been in existence since 1988, but this is their 1st real release since 2012, and their last LP was in 1995. No matter, this is killer thrashing death metal! Check out the 1st track Holy War and see if you don't agree.  

Mortuary - Shine of the End [1995] (Re-issue 2024)

Artist: Mortuary

Album: Shine of the End
Year: 1995
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/RvClJEMawsk / https://www.facebook.com/mortuarymx
Country: Mexico
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Shine of the End

2. Decaying Kind

3. Negatively Alive

4. Retrorevolution

5. Dead Life

6. The Arrival

7. The Prey

8. Imperfection

9. Fantasy Fall

10. Frozen Flames

Witness: -[*]-
Unfortunately, I was not the least bit familiar with this band until I heard their new EP, and then I realized that I've had their 1991 album in my files since 2020 and hadn't even listened to it. I have corrected that now, as I just banged my head to the entire album over the past 30 minutes, and I listened to this album here yesterday. I can say that this is quite good, I mean really good! It's crazy that there are so many bands that I am not even familiar with. I am glad that I continue to discover "new" stuff.

Mortuary - Kingdom of the Living Dead (EP) [2025]

Artist: Mortuary

Album: Kingdom of the Living Dead
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/9XF7KmBAlzQ / https://mortuarydeath.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Eternal Elimination  

2. Feast in the Mortuary  

3. Kingdom of the Living Dead  

4. New World Slavery  

5. Endless Rot

Witness: -[*]-
This incarnation of Mortuary is a 1-man project from Fort Worth, TX, and he is playing fairly conventional death thrash and has crafted some decent riffs and whatnot, but the production is a bit sketchy. 

Oracle Of Worms - Cult of Suffering [2026]

Artist: Oracle Of Worms

Album: Cult of Suffering
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/cgOH6dSo1h4 / https://oracleofworms.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Claws of Famine 

3.  Walking Ghost  

4. Cult of Suffering  

5. The Script  

6. Acolytes  

7. Valor  

8. Rabid  

9. Strychnine Hill  

10. Lost Generation

Witness: -[*]-
I am working through my April folder and finally got around to listening to this album. After 2 listens this is becoming one of my favorites for the year so far. They are tagged as black/death metal on Metal-Archives, but I am not hearing a lot of blackness, just good solid death metal \m/\m/

Mortuary - Sublime the Decline [2023]

Artist: Mortuary

Album: Sublime the Decline
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/W7vNnefd31M / https://www.facebook.com/mortuarynancy
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Somewhere to Nowhere  

2. Love with Clenched Fists  

3. Sublime the Decline  

4. Some Meat to Eat  

5. Spit the Light on This World - Postponed Miracles  

6. Oxygene  

7. Specimen Zero  

8. Reverse the Playmode  

9. Screens and Mirrors  

10. A Morning in Mourning

Witness: -[*]-

Hellysh - Heksenkæssel [2026]

Artist: Hellysh

Album: Heksenkæssel
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/pAG_NzT33U0 / https://hellysh.bandcamp.com / https://hellysh.bigcartel.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Carnal Devourment  

2. Simpleton Reign  

3. Throne of Agony  

4. Hypocrisy  

5. Black Death  

6. Fucked Again  

7. Burden of Mind  

8. Children of the Lost  

9. Scaphism  

10. Pager  

11. Necromancer

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a band that I was unfamiliar with until this release, and from limited listens, I can tell that I like some of their ideas quite a lot, and then other moments, maybe not as much, but it makes me want to listen more.

Paganizer - As Mankind Rots [2026]

Artist: Paganizer

Album: As Mankind Rots
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/S4h3Er0sAXY / https://paganizer.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. As Mankind Rots

2. Devoured

3. Aftermath Bleeder

4. Only Maggots

5. Put on Your Gasmask

6. Hollow

7. A Testament to Madness

8. Afterworld

9. The Rotting End

10. One Way to the Grave

11. Vanans Makt

Witness: -[*]-

The Rogga proliferation of the death metal scene continues. 

House By The Cemetary - Disturbing the Cenotaph [2025]

Artist: House By The Cemetary

Album: Disturbing the Cenotaph
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Io-xZNf4ARw / https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/HBTC / TDC Link
Country: International
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. New York Ripper  

2. Coffin Colony  

3. Island of the Dead  

4. Depraved Unspeakable Acts  

5. Massive Cadaver Resurrection  

6. Undead Apocalypse  

7. Phantom Intrusions  

8. Burial Disturbance  

9. Lunatic Butcher

Witness: -[*]-

Church - Christslave [2026]

Artist: Church

Album: Christslave
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/jDjD6ggxQqo / https://666church666.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Godless Suicide  

2. Pagans Wrath  

3. Impious and Decay  

4. The Wretched One  

5. Soil the Witch  

6. Fiend of a Thousand Names  

7. Christslave

Witness: -[*]-