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: -[*]-

Impureza - Alcázares [2025]

Artist: Impureza

Album: Alcázares
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Progressive Death Metal / Flamenco
Web: https://impureza.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/Impurezaconquista
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Verdiales

2. Bajo las tizonas de Toledo

3. Covadonga

4. Pestilencia

5. Reconquistar Al-Ándalus

6. Muralias

7. La orden del yelmo negro

8. Castigos eclesiásticos

9. El ejército de los fallecidos de Alarcos

10. Ruina del Alcázar

11. Santa Inquisición

Witness: -[*]-
I first heard Impureza back in 2011 when I found their La iglesia del odio album. I listened to it a few times and kinda liked their use of flamenco guitar in death metal, but then I lost track of the band for many years. Then, a few months back, I listened to this new album, and now, I'm getting back into them again.

Impureza - La caída de Tonatiuh [2017]

Artist: Impureza

Album: La caída de Tonatiuh
Year: 2017
Genre: Death Metal / Progressive Death Metal / Flamenco
Web: https://youtu.be/LCGWoPuNJaI / https://impureza.bandcamp.com
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Lamentos de un condenado  

2. Sangre para los dioses  

3. Otumba, 1520  

4. El Dorado  

5. Abre-aguas (En la tormenta de Tláloc)  

6. Leyenda negra  

7. Corazón al cielo (Homenaje a Paco de Lucía)

8. Camino hacia Mictlán  

9. El nuevo reino de los ahorcados  

10. Último día del Omeyocán  

11. La caída de Tonatiuh

12. La llegada de los teules

Witness: -[*]-

Void Spectrum - Drown in Utopia [2025]

Artist: Void Spectrum

Album: Drown in Utopia
Year: 2025
Genre: Progressive Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/xVwKPu7t_BM / https://www.facebook.com/void.spectrum
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Brain Replacement

2. Dying Dream

3. Parasite

4. United with Nature

5. Outcast

6. Drown in Utopia

7. Schizophrenia

8. In Aeternum

Witness: -[*]-
I listened to this disc a couple of times back in May, I think it was, and I liked these tracks a lot, but just now getting around to promoting the band. Check this and see what you think. From the band photo, a few of these dudes look like stone-cold killers. 

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.

Blindfolded - What Seeps Through Threads [2025]

Artist: Blindfolded

Album: What Seeps Through Threads
Year: 2025
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/5ZdPrQqEJyU / https://www.instagram.com/blindfolded_band/
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. What Seeps Through Threads

2. The Great Day of His Wrath

3. In the Eye of Maelstrom

4. Aeonian Lie

5. Uneasy Absence of Fair Judgment

6. Frenzy of Exultations

7. Gates of Janus

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a new band, or at least this is their first release, and I am pleasantly impressed by this album. It seems Blindfolded has been active for 6 years, but took their time to create these tracks, and I feel that the preparation paid off for them in a big way. Recommended for the progressive-minded \m/\m/

Slugdge - Gastronomicon [2014]

Artist: Slugdge

Album: Gastronomicon
Year: 2014
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6nZqCz_IIPI / https://slugdge.bandcamp.com/
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro / Dark Side of the Shroom
2. Gastronomicon
3. Lettuce Prey
4. The Sound of Mucus
5. Slimewave Zero
6. Invertahate
7. Salters of Madness
8. Pax Aranea

Witness: -[*]-

Slugdge - Born of Slime [2013]

Artist: Slugdge

Album: Born of Slime
Year: 2013
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/evqkxx03pMU / https://www.instagram.com/slugdgeofficial/
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. All Shell Perish
2. Slime Traveler
3. Eyehatesalt
4. Killing Fields
5. Pod Hates Us All
6. Deus Ex Mollusca
7. War Prayer of Slish
8. Day of Sludgement

Witness: Link removed 
Bringing this disc back to the front, so check it and support \m/\m/

Last Breath - Echoes of Human Decay [2024]

Artist: Last Breath

Album: Echoes of Human Decay
Year: 2024
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/P1MYbnCPyDY / https://lastbreathmx.bandcamp.com/
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps
 
Tracklist:
1. Letharsis  

2. Obsessive Perfection  

3. No One Else  

4. Noesis Dissection  

5. Inner Desolation  

6. Ethereal Ascension  

7. Echoes of Remembrance  

8. Final Path  

9. Thirst for Revenge

Witness: -[*]-

Cranial Vortex - Infinite Interactions [2024]

Artist: Cranial Vortex 

Album: Infinite Interactions
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/5tfAb7-zq9Y / https://cranialvortex.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Brain Distiller (Starkiller)

2. Dreaming Up Curses (Acclimating the Inverses)

3. Reality's Ghost (Fifth Force of Nature)

4. Inhuman Speech (Mortal Strangeness)

5. Uninhabitable (Atmospheric Escape)

6. Infinite Interactions

Witness: -[*]-

Exuvial - The Hive Mind Chronicles Part I: Parasitica [2024]

Artist: Exuvial

Album: The Hive Mind Chronicles Part I: Parasitica
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/exuvial / https://www.facebook.com/exuvialband
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Hive Mind Overture

2. Hive Mind I: Convergent Evolution

3. Hive Mind II: Advent of Segmentation  

4. Hive Mind III: Neural Convolution  

5. Holometabolous  

6. Hypermanipulation  

7. Autonomic Awakening  

8. Parasitica  

9. Subterranean Swarm

10. Requiem for Ruin

11. Necrotic Dissolution

Witness: -[*]-
Damn, this is quite good for a first album but the band has been active since 2019 and all of the members have experience from other bands so I guess it is to somewhat be expected. Anyone open to the more progressive side of death should check this out.

Obsidian Mantra - As We All Will [2024]

Artist: Obsidian Mantra

Album: As We All Will
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://vianocturna.bandcamp.com/obsidian-mantra / https://www.facebook.com/ObsidianMantra
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. What Is Not, Is Not  

2. Cult of Depression  

3. Slave Without a Master  

4. Who Will Become a Murderer  

5. Condemned to Oppression  

6. Chaos Will Consume Us All  

7. Sowers of Discord  

8. Weavers of Misery

Witness: -[*]-

Obsidian Mantra - Existential Gravity [2017]

Artist: Obsidian Mantra

Album: Existential Gravity
Year: 2017
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/b6goO8BgTrg / https://obsidianmantra.bandcamp.com
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Deviation

2. The Weakness Deepens

3. Entering the Inner Shade

4. Voice from Within

5. Afflicted with the Plague

6. Vomiting the Void

7. The Flame of Self-Condemnation

8. Wander of the Cursed Ones

Witness: -[*]-

Wroht - Dissolution [2024]

Artist: Wroht

Album: Dissolution
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Groove Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Lf5gbxu-OoE / https://wroht.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Blood Prison  

2. Degradation  

3. Beyond Salvation

4. Decay's Embrace

5. The Sweet Taste of Venom

6. Cycle of Torment  

7. Forged in Fire  

8. Dissolution

Witness: -[*]-

 

Azelma - Swallowed By My Own Sins (EP) [2024]

Artist: Azelma

Album: Swallowed By My Own Sins
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Web: https://azelmaofficial.com/ / https://arsenicsolaris.bandcamp.com/azelma
Country: France
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Greatest Moment of Your Life  

2. Prométhée  

3. Swallowed by My Own Sins  

4. I'll Be Dust Again  

5. Perception Fatale  

6. Under the Rug

Witness: -[*]-
Damn, there was a lot of good music in 2024 and this is another example of it!

Rite Of Decay - Instrumentalities of Flesh [2024]

Artist: Rite Of Decay

Album: Instrumentalities of Flesh
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/xj_wsiYPaVM / https://www.facebook.com/riteofdecayband
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Massification Proficiency  

2. Salazar  

3. Final Chapter of Human Era  

4. Oligopoly (Mania)  

5. Cryogenic Enslavement  

6. Celestial Invocation  

7. Maelström

Witness: -[*]-
I like this one.

The Best of The Death Chamber 2024

Another year has come and gone, 2025 seemed to go by more quickly for me than past years but then again I have been feeling that way at the end of each year here for the past many. Since it is the start of a new year it has been a tradition here at TDC to create BOTY lists. Over the years we have had many different contributors to this effort and I always appreciate the input by the friends of the site. My long-time friend CarlG is the most enthusiastic about maintaining this tradition I think this is because he is truly a death metal fanatic, he has a lot of free time, he loves to write, and he is strongly opinionated. I have always liked this tradition as well but last year chose not to post a list since I did not have time to listen to a large amount of what was released. This year is really no different, I am currently going through my September folder and have not had a chance to listen to many of the releases in my October, November, and December folders. The reason for this is that for the past 2 years, I have been making a concerted effort to listen to everything I download/purchase. I have been going through each folder in chronological order and listening to everything and as a result I have been 2-3 months behind the newest releases. Even with that being the case this year I have decided to create a list of my favorites based only on what I have posted here at the site.

Since this isn't a BOTY list in the traditional sense I decided to incorporate a bit of user feedback into the selections for my list. I am factoring in the number of times a file is downloaded and using this as a criteria to determine which albums are eligible for consideration. I am making an assumption that the number of downloads equates to how popular an album is with the people who visit TDC. I know this may be a flawed metric because there are many other sites providing download links and I typically post new releases long after other sites have so the number of downloads may not be truly representative but that is what I am going with this year. 

To provide context here are some statistics,

There are currently 244 releases from 2024 posted @ TDC

50 albums are represented in this list

Only full-length albums and no EPs included

Average downloads for these albums = 67

To qualify for the list the album must have been downloaded at least 30 times 

The order of ranking is based solely on my preference for the album

The TDC Top 50 For 2024

Cryptic Hatred - Internal Torment

200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic Procedures

Undeath - More Insane

Scythrow - Blameless Severed Extremities

Fulci - Duck Faced Killings

Ad Vitam Infernal - Le Ballet des Anges

Monastery Dead - Ego Sum Dolor

Dysangelium - Jonestown

Cráneo - Del Placer a la Tumba

Dawn Of Decline - Steel for Flesh

Crypt Crawler - Immortal Realm

Resurge - Resurge From Underneath

Bonestorm - Under the Sight of Time

Coffin Rot - Dreams of the Disturbed

Hypoxia - Defiance

Noroth - Sacrificial Solace

Mercyless - Those Who Reign Below

Ripped To Shreds - 三屍 (Sanshi)

Gutless - High Impact Violence

Noxis - Violence Inherent in the System

Wounds - Ruin

Thirteen Goats - Capricorn Rising

Apep - Before Whom Evil Trembles

Sentient Horror - In Service of the Dead

Glutted Swarm - ...of Old

Incult - The Burnt Offering

Sinistrum - Infernal Dawn

Abominy - Abominy

Vayron - Dead Fish Man

Death By Exile - Necrotic Tumorous Mutation

Phenocryst - Cremation Pyre

Krypticy - The Non-Return

Mutilation Barbeque - Amalgamations of Gore

Corpse Worship - Cemetery Anthems

Infern - Turn of the Tide

Humanity - Out of Structure

Drowned - Procul His

Psycrotted - Creations of Insanity

Horrifying - Dreadful Parasomnia

Suffer - Grand Canvas of Aesthete

Nekrodawn - Sculpted by Torture

Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

Eternal - Cryptic Lust

Mutilated By Zombies - Scenes From the Afterlife

The Monolith Deathcult - The Demon Who Makes Trophies of Men

Braindown - From the Sewers

Griefgod - Deterioration

Demiser - Slave to the Scythe

Tymvos - World of Abominations

Quiescent Mantis - Here Comes the Swarm

I hope you enjoyed the list and possibly found something that you may have missed throughout the year. I am looking forward to another strong year for metal in 2025 but I probably won't get to it for a few more months while I continue to jam to what came at the end of 2024 \m/\m/

Sentiment Dissolve - The Orwellian Dream [2024]

Artist: Sentiment Dissolve

Album: The Orwellian Dream 
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
Web: https://sentimentdissolve.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/sentimentdissolve/
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Forced Birther

2. Totalitarian Doctrine

3. Transcending the Hierarchy of Knowledge

4. Omnipotent Panopticon

5. The Orwellian Dream

Witness: -[*]-
These guys are new to me or they were back in May when I first listened to this and liked it. They immediately reminded me of Archspire in the vocal cadence and composition but have their own brand of "nasty" in their tech which sounds good to me.

Lynchpin - ...This Mortal Coil (EP) [2024]

Artist: Lynchpin

Album: ...This Mortal Coil
Year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Deathcore
Web: https://youtu.be/DHvEn1MOND0 / https://lynchpintt.bandcamp.com
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Asphyxiation  

2. Omnipotent  

3. Chloroform & Morphine  

4. Hallowed Halls  

5. Into The Temple  

6. Flatline

Witness: -[*]-
This band has the distinction of being the first from the island of Trinidad & Tobago to be featured in The Death Chamber after more than 12 years of existence. I have listened to this disc a little and there were some moments that caught my attention just not sure if there were enough.

Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair [2024]

Artist: Devenial Verdict 

Album: Blessing of Despair
Year: 2024
Genre: Atmospheric Progressive Death Metal 
Web: https://youtu.be/xUzTpESgE5g / https://devenialverdictband.bandcamp.com
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. I Have Become the Sun  

2. Garden of Eyes  

3. Moon-Starved  

4. Blessing of Despair  

5. Shunned Wander  

6. The Quietus  

7. Solus  

8. Counting Silence  

9. Cold Lantern  

10. A Curse Made Flesh

Witness: -[*]-
This is an interesting album to me but this style won't be for everyone that's for sure. The main man over at Transcending Obscurity has been crushing it for years now with so many interesting bands and releases and this is another one.