LOW - Through the Pentagon into Mass Submission

Artist: LOW

Album: Through the Pentagon into Mass Submission
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Lb0dABw6Hwg / https://low-slowdeath.bandcamp.com
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. WHG III  

2. The Hidden Crown  

3. Architect of Control  

4. Pitch Black Philanthropist  

5. In Sickness We Trust

Witness: -[*]-

Buried - Imagined Deformation [2026]

Artist: Buried

Album: Imagined Deformation
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/buriedmetal / https://buriedmetal.bandcamp.com
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Imagined Deformation

2. Inundation Beyond

3. Psychogenic Excoriation

4. Visions in Black

5. Collapse of the Fragile Mind

6. Decades of Diagenisis

7. Auditory Hallucinations

8. Dwellers of Perpetual Ruin

Witness: -[*]-
This band was completely new to me just a week ago, as I hadn't heard any of their previous material. Then, I listened to this a few days ago while lounging on my vacation, and damn, I really like this disc! They are tagged as progressive death metal, and maybe their earlier stuff is, but I am not hearing any progressiveness here, just ass-kicking death metal. 

From The Crypt - Born in the Grave [2025]

Artist: From The Crypt

Album: Born in the Grave
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://fromthecryptdeathmetal.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/FromTheCryptDeathMetal
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. From the Crypts  

2. Drained  

3. Kneecapped  

4. Cadaveric Combustion  

5. Mauled  

6. Coffin Fetus  

7. Wake the Dead  

8. Closed Casket  

9. The Sledgehammer 

Witness: -[*]-

Slechtvalk - At Death's Gate [2024]

Artist: Slechtvalk

Album: At Death's Gate
Year: 2024
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Web: https://slechtvalk.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/Slechtvalk.metal/#
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Paralysed by Fear

2. At Death's Gate

3. The White Raven

4. Fight Till the End

5. Death

6. Night of the Locusts

7. Enshrouded

8. The Destroyer

9. Heritage

Witness: -[*]-

Phlebotomized - Clouds of Confusion [2023]

Artist: Phlebotomized

Album: Clouds of Confusion
Year: 2023
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Doom Metal
Web: https://www.phlebotomizedmetal.com / https://www.facebook.com/phlebotomized.official/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Bury My Heart

2. Alternate Universe

3. Lachrimae  

4. Desolate Wasteland

5. Destined to Be Killed

6. Pillar of Fire

7. Bury My Heart Reprise

8. Death Will Hunt You Down

9. A Unity Your Messiah Pre Claimed?

10. Dawn of Simplicity

11. Context Is for Kings (Stupidity and Mankind)

Witness: -[*]-
Phlebotomized is a long-running band that was originally formed in 1989 as Bacterial Disease but changed its name in 1990. This album is my first exposure to their music. The band's style is varied and interesting, perhaps too diverse for many death metal purists. I like it though for a change of pace.

Ceremony - Solitary Bleed [2025]

Artist: Ceremony

Album: Solitary Bleed
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GQz0oDcSx6U / https://www.facebook.com/ceremonynetherlands#
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Via Dolorosa  

2. Only Our Blood  

3. Bull of Phalaris  

4. Solitary Bleed  

5. Embrace Inferno  

6. Rites of Sacrifice  

7. The Poison Cup 

8. Pestis Bacteria  

9. Ludicium Mortis  

10. Stoning Commenced  

11. Bull of Phalaris (Orchestral Version)

Witness: -[*]-
Solitary Bleed is the new album from the Dutch band Ceremony, and I really like it. This is a departure from the straightforward death metal of their previous work, and I'm sure death metal purists would not like all of the un-death metal accoutrements they have incorporated here, such as clean female vocals, synth & piano, and orchestral arrangements. However, in my opinion, they are well placed and only add to make the dominant traditional death metal parts that much heavier. Another cool aspect of the album is the concept, with each song delving into an infamous method of execution used throughout the history of our kind. 

Ceremony - Retribution [2019]

Artist: Ceremony

Album: Retribution
Year: 2019
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/o7rrgL6hs5A / https://ceremonythenetherlands.bandcamp.com/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Retribution  

2. Influential  

3. In a Dark Time  

4. Erilaz  

5. Divinatory Rites  

6. Imperfect Perfection  

7. Mystery of Mysteries  

8. Tortured Souls

Witness: -[*]-
Ceremony is a somewhat obscure band, at least to me, because they formed in 1989 and their total output from '89 to 2018 was 2 demos, 1 EP, and a full-length in 1993. I didn't become aware of them until 2019 with this release, and I have to admit that I haven't listened to this a lot over the past 6 years but it is a good album and worthy of attention.

Necrotesque - The Perpetuated Festering [2023]

Artist: Necrotesque

Album: The Perpetuated Festering
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/BBwKzqzmrA8 / https://necrotesque.nl/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Cesium 137

2. Geriatric Cranium Crusher

3. The Perpetuated Festering

4. It's Just Murder

5. Sexual Sadism Disorder

6. Je maintiendrai

7. Death Obsessed

Witness: -[*]-
Necrotesque delivers mid-paced traditional death metal in the old-school vein. I don't ever specifically remember talking about them but I can imagine that CarlG may have mentioned this band in the past. 

Necrotesque - The Necrotic Grotesque (EP) [2021]

Artist: Necrotesque

Album: The Necrotic Grotesque
Year: 2021
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://necrotesque-deathmetal.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/NecrotesqueDeathMetal/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Necrotic Grotesque

2. Demonic Sadist

3. ResErection

4. Permafrost

5. Mental Automutilation

6. Relentless Assault

Witness: -[*]-

Abhorrent Rift - Abhorrent Rift [2024]

Artist: Abhorrent Rift

Album: Abhorrent Rift
Year: 2024
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://abhorrentrift.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/Abhorrent Rift
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Rift  

2. Herald of Ideology  

3. Deviation

4. Anhedonia  

5. End of Transmission  

6. Sic Gloria Transit Mundi  

7. Dawn  

8. The Awakening  

9.  Via Negativia  

10. Crushed Hope and Broken Dreams  

11. Abhorrent Abundance

Witness: -[*]-

Grindpad - Finger Collector Crew (EP) [2023]

Artist: Grindpad

Album: Finger Collector Crew
Year: 2023
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.grindpad.com/ / https://www.grindpad.com/shop/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A.M.D.

2. Santa Cruz (Sharkbite Pt. II)

3. Yakuza Finger Collector Crew

4. AO Godverdomme (De Waonzin cover)

5. Gung Ho (Anthrax cover)

Witness: -[*]-
Here is the follow-up to Grindpad's 2020 release Violence. This is a short little EP with 3 new tracks and 2 covers (the Gung Ho cover is excellent) but it still has the energy to incite the mosh. This is my own CD rip.

Constant Paranoia - Take the Fall [2007]

Artist: Constant Paranoia

Album: Take the Fall
Year: 2007
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/MR6Lqd8bAP / https://www.facebook.com/ConstantParanoiaOfficial
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:

1. Take the Fall  

2. Apocalypse in Perspective  

3. Believer Deceiver  

4. Blood Written Consent  

5. The Conqueror Wyrm  

6. Deep Inside the Flesh  

7. For Those Who Have Fallen  

8. Symbiotic  

9. Subliminal Decay  

10. Illusion of Reason  

11. World of Wasted Wisdom

Witness: -[*]-
Constant Paranoia was a death metal band from South Holland that released 2 albums in the early 2000s, which I unfortunately missed out on back then. Fast forward years later and I had their '04 release in my July 2015 folder and never gave it much attention but when I finally came across this album back in November of last year and realized how good it is I went back and gave their earlier album a few spins as well. Now, I like them both and want to share their music with others who may have missed out on this band. The complexity of the guitar work is what grabs my attention the most but the entire band is highly skilled and the music is very good.

Constant Paranoia - Spirals II Infinity [2004]

Artist: Constant Paranoia

Album: Spirals II Infinity
Year: 2004
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/ConstantParanoiaOfficial / https://zwaremetalen.com/albumrecensies/constant-paranoia-spirals-ii-infinity
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Entangled in the Mind

2. A Search Without an End  

3. Unbearable Comprehension

4. By the Emptiness Consumed  

5. The 2nd Coming  

6. Echoes of Despair

7. As the Fires Have Ceased to Burn

8. The Ravine

9. Hollow Visions  

10. Spirals of Duality  

11. The Perception of Truth

Witness: -[*]-

Just in case you are unaware, I want everyone to know that this is a very good album. I am only just now discovering it for myself  \m/\m/

The Monolith Deathcult - The Demon Who Makes Trophies of Men [2024]

Artist: The Monolith Deathcult

Album: The Demon Who Makes Trophies of Men
Year: 2024
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Symphonic Death Metal
Web: https://monolith-deathcult.com/ / https://monolith-deathcult.bandcamp.com/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Demon Who Makes Trophies of Men  

2. Commanders Encircled with Foes  

3. Kindertodeslied MMXXIV

4. The Nightmare Corpse-City of R'lyeh  

5. Gogmagog - The Bryansk Forest Revisited  

6. Matadorrrrr  

7. Three-Headed Death Machine

8. I Spew Thee Out of My Mouth MMXXIII

Witness: -[*]-

The Monolith Deathcult - III - Trivmvirate [2008]

Artist: The Monolith Deathcult

Album: III - Trivmvirate
Year: 2008
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Symphonic Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Uf8t_EcYVTs / https://monolith-deathcult.bandcamp.com
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Deus ex Machina

2. Wrath of the Ba'ath

3. Kindertodeslied

4. Master of the Bryansk Forests

5. M.M.F.D.

6. I Spew Thee Out of My Mouth

7. Demigod

8. Den ensomme Nordens dronning

Witness: -[*]-
I can't remember which one of our old friends first promoted these guys around here but I am thinking it was either DDM or bongripper, whoever it was I want to say thank you! Over the years I have really grown to like this band and realized recently that I hadn't posted any of their material with the exception of their 2015 EP Bloodcvlts (clocking in at 40 minutes it is difficult to consider that an EP). They have so much quality material but I think this is my favorite album from them. This isn't Neanderthal death metal, this is for the thinking man.

 

Grindpad - Violence [2020]

Artist: Grindpad

Album: Violence
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/mfbawBmVQRI / https://www.grindpad.com/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. My Name Is Violence

2. Burn the Rapist

3. Toxic Terror

4. The Knife Is Sharper than Ever

5. Justice Part 1: Crime  

6. Justice Part 2: Punishment

7. Revuelta

8. Blood, Sweat and Pride

9. Mature Love

10. MK Ultra

11. To Those About to Die

Witness: -[*]-
This is truly US inspired death thrash from the Netherlands. Grab a beer and jump in the sharkpit.

Defy The Curse - Horrors of Human Sacrifice [2023]

Artist: Defy The Curse

Album: Horrors of Human Sacrifice
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal / Crust
Web: https://www.defythecurse.com/ / https://defythecurse.bandcamp.com/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Leading into the Realm of Torment

2. Existence Consumed

3. The Tower of Suffering

4. Endless Curse

5. Swarms

6. The Oppressor

7. Horrors of Human Sacrifice

8. Eidolon of the Blind

9. Desolate Void

10. Serpent Cult

11. Panopticon

12. Dreameater

Witness: Link removed

Bodyfarm - Ultimate Abomination [2023]

Artist: Bodyfarm

Album: Ultimate Abomination
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://bodyfarm.bigcartel.com/ / https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com/Bodyfarm
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Torment

2. Symbolical Warfare  

3. The Wicked Red

4. Blasting Tyranny  

5. The Swamp  

6. Carving Repentance  

7. Empire of Iniquity  

8. Soul Damnation  

9. Sacrilege of the Fallen  

10. Charlatan Messiah

Witness: -[*]-
I know this album has been out there for 8 months already and everyone has already heard it but I had to post this one finally because it is such a solid album and while I am still sad about the passing of their original vocalist, Thomas Wouters, the new man doesn't miss a beat in his spot. Highly recommended as is their earlier work \m/\m/

Bodyfarm - Malevolence [2012]

Artist: Bodyfarm
Album: Malevolence
Year: 2012
Genre: Death Metal
Web: http://youtu.be/Xp_rN7M8BkU
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Trapped (Intro)
2. The Butcher
3. Iced
4. Sleep Terror
5. Demons of the Cross
6. Charlatan Messiah
7. Tombstone Crusher
8. Malevolence
9. I Am the War
10. Cryptic Realms (Massacre Cover)

Witness: -[*]-

I really liked this album and wanted to promote the band here in the US, so I bought this shirt and used to wear it everywhere, and even at my age now I still break it out every once in a while. 

Onheil - In Black Ashes [2023]

Artist: Onheil

Album: In Black Ashes
Year: 2023
Genre: Melodic Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://blacklion.nu/portfolio-item/onheil/ / https://blacklionrecords.bandcamp.com/
Country: Netherlands
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Night Terror  

2. In Black Ashes  

3. Like Shadows in the Night  

4. Void  

5. Beneath a Steel Sky  

6. Bloodthirst  

7. Master of Disease

Witness: -[*]-
Wow! Finding this album today came as a complete surprise to me as I didn't even know that they were still active. I have long liked their 2009 release and then missed their 2014 release completely but I am glad to have Onheil back on my radar. I like this and will have to search out their 2014 disc as well.