Sylosis - The New Flesh [2026]

Artist: Sylosis

Album: The New Flesh
Year: 2026
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.sylosis-band.com / https://www.facebook.com/Sylosis
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Beneath the Surface

2. Erased

3. All Glory, No Valour

4. Lacerations

5. Mirror Mirror

6. Spared from the Guillotine

7. Adorn My Throne

8. The New Flesh

9. Everywhere at Once

10. Circle of Swords

11. Seeds in the River

Witness: -[*]-
Back in the early 2000s, when metalcore was at its peak, this band released 2 EPs (posted below) that I thought were very good at the time, but as the scene became so highly oversaturated, my tastes changed. And, even though I have been aware of Sylosis and their many releases in the years that have passed since 2010 or so, I didn't pay much attention to them. Then, a couple of months ago, my old friend nuttinface urged me to give this album a chance, so I finally did, and I'll be damned, it is really very good. Thanks for pushing me, my brother!

Sylosis - The Supreme Oppressor (EP) [2007]

Artist: Sylosis

Album: The Supreme Oppressor
Year: 2007
Genre: Metalcore
Web: https://youtu.be/vFyfM9cR5Xg / https://sylosis.bandcamp.com
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. The Supreme Oppressor (Intro)

2. Manipulation Through Idols

3. Visions of Demise

4. Slowly Consumed

5. Silence from Those in the Sky

6. Turbulence

7. Blind Desperation

Witness: -[*]-

Sylosis - Casting Shadows (EP) [2006]

Artist: Sylosis

Album: Casting Shadows
Year: 2006
Genre: Metalcore
Web: https://youtu.be/FSxfM9YbuWU / https://www.instagram.com/sylosisofficial
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dark Revelations

2. Casting Shadows

3. The Bereaved

4. Oath of Silence

5. Beneath Black Clouds

Witness: -[*]-

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: -[*]-

Corrosive Agent - Vastator Mundi [2026]

Artist: Corrosive Agent

Album: Vastator Mundi
Year: 2026
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Groove Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Myu-snpGMMU / https://www.facebook.com/CorrosiveAgentBand
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Mere Footnote

2. Carcass Country

3. Key Values

4. Hubris

5. Rhizome

6. Plague Raiser

7. Ng

8. Full Mental Package

9. Vastator Mundi

Witness: -[*]-
Corrosive Agent is a new German band who, based on their bio, recorded, mixed & mastered this album themselves, and they got a great sound. Proof that there is no need to have shitty sound quality in the production, like many bands are getting nowadays. These guys play what I would call modern melodic death groove, and I'm mostly liking it. Some parts are a bit slow, and the songs can tend to drag, but the band's heavier side is interesting and appealing to me, so I keep listening. I would say this disc is worth checking out if you're open to the progressive/melodic slant in their style.

Austerymn - Sepulcrum Viventium [2015]

Artist: Austerymn

Album: Sepulcrum Viventium
Year: 2015
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/5s4UVpArXec / https://austerymnofficial.bandcamp.com
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Feeding the Grotesque  

3. Written in the Scars  

4. Bleeding Reality  

5. Excarnation  

6. Darkness Burns Forever  

7. The Living Grave  

8. In Death... We Speak  

9. Necrolation  

10. Buried Alive  

11. Dead  

12. Riven

Witness: -[*]-
I was completely unaware of this band until just about a week ago, and I am so glad I discovered them now because this is a very good disc. It is definitely on the melodic side, but it remains highly engaging. These guys are supposedly still active and long overdue for new material. I hope we get some.

Carrion Vael - Slay Utterly [2026]

Artist: Carrion Vael

Album: Slay Utterly
Year: 2026
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/carrion_vael / https://www.facebook.com/CarrionVael

Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. 19(fucking)78

2. Truth or Consequences  

3. 1912

4. 30 on 9  

5. 40 Echoes upon the Parlor  

6. Lord of 74  

7. Bisection of 47  

8. Black Chariot

Witness: -[*]-
The music that Carrion Vael has created over the years has always entertained me, and this disc is no different. Varied, technical, and melodically brutal to the core. They slay utterly in Richmond, Indiana! 

Grenadier - Wolves of the Trench [2025]

Artist: Grenadier

Album: Wolves of the Trench
Year: 2025
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/AZdyU4-SYIk / https://grenadiernfld.bigcartel.com
Country: Canada
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Swine of Mount Cashel

2. Unmarked Graves of the Autochthonous

3. Hudud Execution

4. The Extinguishing Fleets

5. Red Civil Ensign

6. Migrants of Al-Sham

7. Wolves of the Trench

Witness: -[*]-
A few months back, I think it was El Faffo (correction: defleshed) who promoted this album in the chatbox, and at the time, I wasn't aware of this band. I decided to look them up and saw the melodic death metal tag, which gave me a certain impression about what to expect from their music. I am pleased to say, though, that my initial bias was unfounded, and yes, this is melodic, but it is also gritty and aggressive, and I am digging it.

Grenadier - Trumpets Blare in Blazing Glory [2022]

Artist: Grenadier

Album: Trumpets Blare in Blazing Glory
Year: 2022
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/g7zkbXUlZgk / https://grenadiernfld.bigcartel.com
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Atrocity Cycle

2. Storm Attrition

3. Commending the Imperial

4. The Napoleonic Code

5. The Levant Sultanate

6. Trumpets Blare in Blazing Glory

7. Plight of the Naath

Witness: -[*]-

Mors Principium Est - Darkness Invisible [2025]

Artist: Mors Principum Est

Album: Darkness Invisible
Year: 2025
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://www.morsprincipiumest.com / https://merchbooth.net/mors-principium-est
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Of Death

2. Venator

3. Monuments

4. Tenebrae Latebra

5. Summoning the Dark

6. Beyond the Horizon

7. The Rivers of Avernus

8. In Sleep There Is Peace

9. An Aria of the Damned

10. All Life Is Evil

11. Makso mitä makso (Isac Elliot cover)

Witness: -[*]-
Back in the early 2000s, I was very much into Mors Principium Est, and would even hazard to say that their first 2 LPs should be considered minor classics for the time period. However, as time passed, I drifted away from their style and into heavier territory, but when I heard this new album a while back, it caught my attention, and maybe it will catch yours as well.

Mors Principium Est - Liberation = Termination [2007]

Artist: Mors Principium Est

Album: Liberation = Termination
Year: 2007
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6bJkKjCOPvM / https://listenable-records.bandcamp.com/mors principium est
Country: Finland
Quality: VBR

Tracklist:
1. Orsus

2. The Oppressed Will Rise

3. The Animal Within

4. Finality

5. Cleansing Rain

6. Forgotten

7. Sinners Defeat

8. The Distance Between

9. It Is Done

10. Terminal Liberation

11. Lost Beyond Retrieval

Witness: -[*]-

Construct - Ominous [2025]

Artist: Construct

Album: Ominous
Year: 2025
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://constructswe.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/construct_official/
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. King in Me

2. Turn Truth to Lie

3. Not Your Weakness

4. Ominous Thoughts

5. Defaulting to Failure

6. Strain of Humanity

7. In Nightmares

8. A Superior Scheme

Witness: -[*]-

Construct - Observations [2017]

Artist: Construct

Album: Observations
Year: 2017
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/q_0KsO88mX4 / https://constructswe.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Oppressor

2. Progress into Depravity

3. A Lost Cause

4. Primal Weakness

5. Neanderthal Inside

6. Introspection

7. Relapse

8. Indecisive Minds

9. Viral Disease

10. Breaking Point

11. Terracide

12. Mass Psychosis

Witness: -[*]-

Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness [2025]

Artist: Buried Realm

Album: The Dormant Darkness
Year: 2025
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/KbNKvaJrC8s / https://www.buriedrealm.com/ / TDC Link
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Bloodline Artifice  

2. Futuristic Hollow Nation  

3. Human Code  

4. A Futile Endeavor  

5. Where the Armless Phantoms Glide, Pt. II  

6. Ophidian Dreams

7. Jaws of the Abyss  

8. The Dormant Darkness

Witness: -[*]-
Here is the newest release of classy melo-tech from Josh Dummer's Buried Realm. 

Buried Realm - Buried Realm [2022]

Artist: Buried Realm

Album: Buried Realm
Year: 2022
Genre: Technical Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/ufGmK69kA8U / https://buriedrealm.bandcamp.com/
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Entrance

2. Spectral Light  

3. Poison Palace  

4. The Iron Flame  

5. Witch Bones  

6. Where the Armless Phantoms Glide  

7. Elder Gods  

8. Quicksand Memory  

9. He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) (Alice Cooper cover)

Witness: -[*]-

Concrete Age - Awaken the Gods [2025]

Artist: Concrete Age

Album: Awaken the Gods
Year: 2025
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Power Metal / Thrash Metal / Folk Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/9ubdF_Xd2Is / https://www.concreteage.co.uk/
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prey for Me  

2. Forbidden Ministry  

3. Awaken the Gods  

4. Cursed Reincarnation  

5. Mid-East Boogie  

6. Warrior's Anthem  

7. Where Storms Are Gathered  

8. Sorrows of the Flesh  

9. Boro Boro (Arash cover)  

10. Şımarık (Tarkan cover)

Witness: -[*]-
Concrete Age is such an interesting band stylistically and in their overall skill level. Originally from Russia, these guys now reside in the UK, and they have created yet another quality album in their unique style. I only became aware of them in 2023 with their Bardo Thodol album, and then they released another strong offering in 24 with Motherland, and now this album. They continue to create diverse and entertaining music for the open-minded. 

Unreal Overflows - Slaves of the Inhuman Future World [2025]

Artist: Unreal Overflows

Album: Slaves of the Inhuman Future World
Year: 2025
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/gVGCxoShFHw / https://greatdanerecords.bandcamp.com/unreal overflows
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Echoes from the Past  

2. Digital Slavery  

3. Tearing the Layers of Reality  

4. Beyond the Code  

5. Visage of Betrayal  

6. Averse to Creation  

7. Against Our Will  

8. Consumed by Himself  

9. Longing for Silence

Witness: -[*]-

Unreal Overflows - False Welfare [2012]

Artist: Unreal Overflows

Album: False Welfare
Year: 2012
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/A9-oc-pp2gg / https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/unreal overflows
Country: Spain 
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Rotten Mentality

2. When Time Is Up

3. Without Secrets

4. Last Failure

5. We're Going Towards Nothing

6. Instinct

7. Out of the Sphere

8. A Few Eager Men

9. Primary Instinct

Witness: -[*]-

The Crown - Crown of Thorns [2024]

Artist: The Crown

Album: Crown of Thorns
Year: 2024
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://direct-merch.com/collections/the-crown / https://thecrownofficial.com/en/
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. I Hunt with the Devil

2. Churchburner

3. Martyrian

4. Gone to Hell

5. Howling at the Warfield

6. The Night Is Now

7. God-King

8. The Agitator

9. Where Nightmares Belong

10. The Storm That Comes

11. Eternally Infernal

12. No Fuel for God

13. Mind Collapse 

Witness: -[*]-
When they were still known as Crown Of Thorns, these guys were one of my early favorites in the Swedish death thrash category and they held that spot well into the new millennium. I feel fortunate that I got to see them live on their Crowned in Terror tour back in 2002. I have kind of lost them a bit in recent years but I do like this album and wanted to promote them again.

Slaughter The Giant - Abomination [2024]

Artist: Slaughter The Giant

Album: Abomination
Year: 2024
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://slaughterthegiant.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/slaughterthegiant/
Country: Belgium
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Nothingness  

2. Abomination  

3. The Chainsaw Killer  

4. Alien Abduction  

5. Omens of Evil  

6. A World Engulfed in Flames

Witness: -[*]-