Lex Legion - Lex Legion [2026]

Artist: Lex Legion

Album: Lex Legion
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal
Web: https://lexlegionofficial.com / https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLexLegion
Country: International
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Sleep Eternally

2. Gypsy Tears

3. When the Stars Align

4. (I Am) The Resurrected

5. Lost Inside

6. Dreams of Darkness

7. Saviours

8. Life Eternal

9. Far Away

Witness: -[*]-
Lex Legion is made up of either current or former members of King Diamond's band, except for the vocalist, who is from progressive power metal fame in Pagan's Mind and Eidolon. At times, he mimics the King's falsetto, and those are probably my favorite moments on the album. Knowing the members of this band, you can expect some good instrumental performances, but overall I prefer their contributions to KD.

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. 

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: -[*]-

Eternal Evil - Forever Feared [2026]

Artist: Eternal Evil

Album: Forever Feared
Year: 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/DCr0wPZMzrk / https://eternalevilband.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 192 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prelude  

2. The Darkened Sphere  

3. A Soul to Cope  

4. Forever Feared  

5. Eyes of Wrath  

6. Triumph Through Pain  

7. Stain of Roses  

8. The Mountain's Gaze  

9. I Know, The Fire Burns Inside

Witness: -[*]-

This new album by Eternal Evil doesn't carry the same blackend tone as their previous material. This is more in the vein of straight-up thrash with a melodic slant.

Eternal Evil - The Warriors Awakening... Brings the Unholy Slaughter! [2021]

Artist: Eternal Evil

Album: The Warriors Awakening... Brings the Unholy Slaughter!
Year: 2021
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/eternalevil666# / https://eternalevil.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Succubus  

2.  Bestial Fornication  

3. Terror of the Sphinx  

4. The Captors Command  

5. Minotaur of Evil  

6. The Nocturnal Omen  

7. Satanic Forces  

8. Rise of Death  

9. Eternal Evil  

10. Witch's Spell

Witness: -[*]-

Merciless - Merciless [2002]

Artist: Merciless

Album: Merciless
Year: 2002
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/TRDu_1s2OFg / https://blacklodgerecords.bandcamp.com/merciless
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Cleansed by Fire

2. Violent Obsession

3. Cold Eyes of Grey

4. Human Waste

5. Burn All the Way

6. Unearthly Salvation

7. Painless End

8. Mind Possession

9. Fallen Angels Universe

10. In Your Blood

Witness: -[*]-

Merciless - Unbound [1994]

Artist: Merciless

Album: Unbound
Year: 1994
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/m9emu9fnGmg / https://musickcadas.bigcartel.com/unbound
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Unbound

2. The Land I Used to Walk

3. Feebleminded

4. Back to North

5. Silent Truth

6. Lost Eternally

7. Nuclear Attack

8. Forbidden Pleasure

Witness: -[*]-
I seem to be ignorant of the music I love, because I hadn't heard this album until this year, and as it turns out, it was my favored style of early 90's Swedish death metal. Melodic and thrashy! I really like all of their material from back in the day; I wish I had been familiar with them then. 

Merciless - The Treasure Within [1992]

Artist: Merciless

Album: The Treasure Within
Year: 1992
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6jr3w4dfGo0 / https://www.facebook.com/merciless_sdm
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Treasures Within

2. Mind Possession

3. Darkened Clouds

4. The Book of Lies

5. Perish

6. Shadows of Fire

7. Lifeflame

8. Act of Horror

9. Branded by Sunlight

10. Dying World

Witness: -[*]-

Godly \m/\m/

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: -[*]-

Interitus - The Precept of Lunacy [2026]

Artist: Interitus

Album: The Precept of Lunacy
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/0Io5Eoe1Vxc / https://www.facebook.com/InteritusOfficial
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Severed Limb Lullaby

2. Awakening

3. Masticator

4. Hellbound

5. Infernal Infidelity

6. Gorehole

7. Visions of a Morbid Mind

8. Necrotic Convulsions

9. Across the Silent Void

Witness: -[*]-
This young band shows some promise with this debut release. I like it, check it, and see what you think.

Lik - Necro [2025]

Artist: Lik 

Album: Necro
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://likofficial.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/lik_official
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Deceased

2. War Praise

3. They

4. Worms Inside

5. Morgue Rat

6. Shred into Pieces

7. In Ruins

8. The Stockholm Massacre

9. Fields of Death

10. Rotten Inferno

Witness: -[*]-
I feel like this is another strong offering from this Stockholm-based band. To me, the latter part of their discography has been the best material. 

Undecayed - In Death's Image [2025]

Artist: Undecayed

Album: In Death's Image
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/adaypkmySpI / https://www.facebook.com/undecayed/#
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The World Shall Know Only Death  

2. Death’s Only Demand  

3. The Descendants of Death  

4. In Death’s Image  

5. Death Shall Come (Death Shall Prevail)  

6. Death’s Pallid Coat  

7. World at Death’s Door  

8. Entreating Death in Vain  

9. The Greatest Death

Witness: -[*]-
Here is another good album from a relatively new or lesser-known Swedish band in 2025. Undecayed have been active since 2008, but other than a demo in 2011, this is their first release, and it shows that they have talent, even though they don't have the output.

Katakomba - The Second Death [2025]

Artist: Katakomba

Album: The Second Death
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/t-XWJePe__o / https://www.facebook.com/KatakombaSweden/
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Aquelarre  

2. Atropos  

3. To Sow Dragons Teeth  

4. Amour Fou / The Second Death  

5. Mori in Absentia  

6. Asmodea  

7. Anhelo  

8. Saturn Devouring His Son / Vomitorium

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a Swedish band that has been around for close to 10 years now, but I really didn't know about them until I came across this disc a few months ago. This is another album that immediately caught my attention and hasn't let go yet. 

Desolator - Sermon of Apathy [2020]

Artist: Desolator

Album: Sermon of Apathy
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/d0701lYMxxg / https://desolatorsweden.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Portal Tomb

2. Adversarial Doctrine

3. Creatures of Habit

4. Methods of Self-Deception

5. The Human Condition

6. Vaticide

7. The Great Law of the Dead

Witness: -[*]-
I have known about this band ever since the release of their 2013 album, Unearthly Monument, and I really liked their follow-up EP, but somehow missed this release back in the Year of COVID. I came across it a while back and was just listening to it the other day, and was inspired to promote their material. Unfortunately, it seems the band is on-hold, but hopefully they get back together and release somthing new.

Desolator - Spawn of Misanthropy (EP) [2016]

Artist: Desolator

Album: Spawn of Misanthropy
Year: 2016
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Jq2k23fZ-9o / https://www.facebook.com/DesolatorSwe
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Illusions of Grandeur

2. The Faceless God

3. Sectarian Breed

4. Dark Epitaph

Witness: -[*]-

Desolator - Unearthly Monument [2013]

Artist: Desolator

Album: Unearthly Monument
Year: 2013
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/WZ5otE_FR2E / https://desolatorsweden.bandcamp.com
Country: Sweden
Quality: 256 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Thy Flesh Consumed

2. Desolated

3. Gravefeast

4. Mass Human Pyre

5. Infernal Gathering

6. Feeding Frenzy

7. The Triumph of Death

8. Bludgeoned, Beaten and Berated

9. Second Killing of Christ

10. Impaled

11. Age of Annihilation

12. Antimortem Autopsy

Witness: -[*]-

Savage Mania - Demonic Assault [2025]

Artist: Savage Mania

Album: Demonic Assault
Year: 2025
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/MRlKSL1B_N8 / https://www.facebook.com/SavageManiaofficial
Country: Sweden
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Undead Rebirth  

3. The Face of Death  

4. Master of Hell  

5. Remorse  

6. Storm of Steel  

7. Death and Decay  

8. Fasttrack  

9. Demonic Assault

Witness: -[*]-
Savage Mania has created a highly authentic and effective old-school thrash metal debut with Demonic Assault. The band is from Bollnäs, Gävleborg, Sweden, and they are proudly carrying the banner for thrashers everywhere.

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: -[*]-