Destructor - Tales of Glory [2026]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Tales of Glory
Year: 2026
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/vRAvF6G_KP8 / https://destructor1.bandcamp.com / https://www.deezer.com/destructor
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Tales of Glory  

2. Shadow Magic  

3. Harbinger of Death  

4. Wolves at Your Door  

5. Death Screams  

6. Fall to Your Knees  

7. Never Take Me Alive  

8. Answers in Blood  

9. Rise to the Call  

10. Victorious Warrior

Witness: -[*]-  
When I saw this release back in June, I immediately wanted to pick it up because I knew it was, at least in some ratio, the same band from 1985 that released Maximum Destruction, an album which I hadn't ever heard until about 6 years ago. I guess I wasn't sure what to expect because while I do like Maximum Destruction- not love, but like- the only other album I've heard was Decibel Causalties, and it's so so in my opinion. Well, I am here to say that I do like this album; at least the old 80s metalhead in me does for sure. I admittedly haven't taken the time to explore many of their other releases, but I may after listening to this one a few times. 

Destructor - Decibel Casualties [2017]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Decibel Casualties
Year: 2017
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/VUW3Hh5Jhbw / https://www.facebook.com/DestructorMetal
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Restore Chaos

2. Keep the Faith

3. Metal Spike Deep

4. We Are Ready

5. The Last Days

6. Fiery Winds

7. Metal till Death

8. In Hell

Witness: -[*]-

Destructror - Maximum Destruction [1985]

Artist: Destructor

Album: Maximum Destruction
Year: 1985
Genre: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal / Power Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/6X5_76U2snA / https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/destructor
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prelude in Sledge-Minor Opus 7 1st Movement

2. Maximum Destruction

3. Destructor

4. Overdose

5. Instrumetal

6. Pounding Evil

7. Take Command

8. Iron Curtain

9. Hot Wet Leather / Bondage

Witness: -[*]-
So, some of you may have heard me blabber on repeatedly about how I was a teenage metalhead of the early 80s. About how I spent hours in my local record stores searching through the imports, miscellaneous A-Z, metal sections, and used bins for albums and cassettes. Well, I never saw this album in my local stores back then, and so, when I did see this album 6 years ago at the late great site, DTS-Metal.com (RIP), I grabbed it immediately. The album cover immediately reminded me of Tyrant and their Legions of the Dead album from earlier that same year. In my opinion, this album isn't as good as LotD, but interestingly, it is rated much higher on Metal-Archives at 90% versus 68% for Tyrant. The lyrics and vocal delivery don't work nearly as well here, but it certainly delivers a raw, youthful exuberance that makes it appealing if you are a fan of the 80s style. 

Street Tombs - Existence Is Corruption [2026]

Artist: Street Tombs

Album: Existence Is Corruption
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/0S8Wexryq_8 / https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/street tombs
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Pestilent Storm  

2. Deceptor  

3. Septic Values  

4. Upset the Grave  

5. Systematic Suffering  

6. Mental Mutilation  

7. Braindead  

8. Parasitic Feast

Witness: -[*]-
These boys from Santa Fe are back with the next progression and a very strong follow-up to their Reclusive Decay album from 2023. These guys have a very dark sound with a tight, heavy groove that makes for an entertaining listen. 

Cadaver Putrefacto - Eterno sepulcro [2026]

Artist: Cadaver Putrefacto

Álbum: Eterno sepulcro
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/GpVNPu-1yNg / https://cadaverputrefacto2017.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Argentina
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Errando hasta la tumba eterna  

2. Los ojos del decapitado  

3. Desmembrando al miserable  

4. Grotesca abducción  

5. Frenética evisceración  

6. Derramando la sangre del padre  

7. El tormento de Fálaris  

8. Voorhees  

9. Eterno sepulcro

Witness: -[*]-
Newest release from this South American crew. They continue to refine their sound yet maintain the brutality to inflict blunt force trauma upon the listener.

Shrapnel Storm - Silo [2023]

Artist: Shrapnel Storm

Album: Silo
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Uq5tvwlCnmY / https://www.facebook.com/shrapnelstormband
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Silo  

2. Wastelands  

3. Justice and Glory  

4. Only Snake Here Is You  

5. Alive Ammunition  

6. Bring Me the War  

7. Conquering the Gods  

8. Icon of Destruction  

9. Obey and Perish  

10. Kinslayer  

11. This Is Where I Fell

Witness: -[*]-

Shrapnel Storm - Shrapnel Storm [2020]

Artist: Shrapnel Storm

Album: Shrapnel Storm
Year: 2020
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/KoxKIBmGbug / https://greatdanerecords.bandcamp.com/shrapnel-storm
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Burning  

2. Riding Against Dawn

3. First Blood  

4. Battle Wraith  

5. Triumph of Winter  

6. Heart of Winter  

7. Visions of Violent Past  

8. Coup de grâce  

9. Forsaken Pride  

10. Trapped Inside War

Witness: -[*]-
This is probably their best release to date, but for me it kinda got overlooked during the shitty year of the global pandemic when we were all being coerced into submission. Anyway, I am giving it a spot here now. Better late than never.

Machiavellianism - Tormenting Guilt of Murderous Madness [2026]

Artist: Machiavellianism

Album: Tormenting Guilt of Murderous Madness
Year: 2026
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/tnPuV4tLa34 / https://pathologicallyexplicit.bandcamp.com/machiavellianism
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Tormented  

2. Descent into Despair  

3. Empty  

4. Consumed by Darkness  

5. Origin of Deception  

6. Embracing the Anger  

7. The Stages of Human Decomposition

Witness: -[*]-

Wormlord - Choices [2026]

Artist: Wormlord

Album: Choices
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/Olhh2AZJpo8 / https://wormlord.bandcamp.com
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Skin Stripped Flesh  

2. Plague Park  

3. Ivory Tower  

4. Denial  

5. Choices  

6. Undying  

7. Watch Them Feed  

8. Mania  

9. Slurs

Witness: -[*]-
I have been aware of this band for some time now, as I had their Open Wounds album in my July 2023 folder, but I don't think I had ever listened to it. That is a shame. After giving this album some attention and finally going back to their previous album, I can confidently say that I like their style. 

Wormlord - Open Wounds [2023]

Artist: Wormlord

Album: Open Wounds
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/fMvGsl3A8GQ / https://www.facebook.com/wormlord.official
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Open Wounds  

2. Dismember  

3. Butcher  

4. Vermin  

5. Blind God  

6. Larvae Carnival  

7. Nether  

8. Ghouls

Witness: -[*]-
I have had this in my files for 3 years but hadn't listened to it until recently, and with their 2026 release, it is like having 2 new albums from this band. I like them both.

Deimler - Darkness Falls [2026]

Artist: Deimler

Album: Darkness Falls
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/BsXWvrtuYvg / https://deimler.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: Spain
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Opening Theme  

2. Beyond the Sea  

3. Darkness Falls  

4. E. B. E.  

5. Ghost in the Machine  

6. Pilot  

7. Silver Shadows  

8. Squeeze

9. The Jersey Devil  

10. Dreamweaver

Witness: -[*]-
This is one of the better albums of the year so far for my tastes. I had a digital copy on pre-order, and I listened to it a couple of times when it first came out, but then I just let the album sit. I am not sure why, other than I always have this urge to listen to the next new thing and don't have enough time to go back to favorites frequently. Anyway, I was finally listening to this again a few days ago and marveling at just how damn good this band has been in the last several years with their LPs. I feel like they've added some new elements to these tracks, and it's working for me.

Skulld - Abyss Calls to Abyss [2026]

Artist: Skulld

Album: Abyss Calls to Abyss
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Hardcore
Web: https://skulldband.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/skulldbanditaly
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1.  Healing the Wound  

2. The Blink  

3. Accabadora  

4. Wear the Night as a Velvet Cloak  

5. Le Diable and the Snake  

6. Mother Death  

7. Drops of Sorrow  

8. Sacred Fires

Witness: -[*]-

Death Feeder - Unleashing Ruin (EP) [2026]

Artist: Death Feeder

Album: Unleashing Ruin
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/npRVcdPeFx0 / https://deathfeeder1.bandcamp.com
Country: Australia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Fires Burn  

2. Rise of the Dead  

3. The Void above Being  

4. Soldier MCMXV

Witness: -[*]-
Damn, these guys have a strong mid-90s Swedish vibe, and I dig it!

Skullhammer - Where Skulls Pile High [2026]

Artist: Skullhammer

Album: Where Skulls Pile High
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/mOUUsVPAkF8 / https://skullhammer.de / https://skullhammer.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Intro  

2. Principium

3. Where Skulls Pile High

4. Unstoppable March

5. Berzerker Fury

6. Abysmal  

7. Slaves to Despair

8. Hammered

Witness: -[*]-

Mortal Void - Death Salvation (EP) [2026]

Artist: Mortal Void

Album: Death Salvation
Year: 2026
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/CAio5MMsVoo / https://mortalvoidtx.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Abyss

2. Global Turmoil

3. The Specimen

4. As Emptiness Consumes

5. Mylingar

6. Death Salvation

Witness: -[*]-
This young band from Fort Worth has created a tight slab of semi-technical death metal. They aren't doing anything particularly new or unique; actually, there are very few bands who can these days, but this is a good listen nonetheless.  

Corrupted Saint - Purveyors of the Undead (EP) [2026]

Artist: Corrupted Saint

Album: Purveyors of the Undead
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/u5ES7Xtx5yQ / https://corruptedsaintthrash.bandcamp.com / TDC Link
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Purveyors of Devastation  

2. No More Room in the Morgue  

3. Impulsive  

4. Killberg  

5. Embalmed Alive (Live at Jacksonville Deathfest)

Witness: -[*]-
CarlG dropped this EP in here several months back, and I downloaded it on my phone and have been listening to it in the car, but kept forgetting to upload and post it. I am correcting that mistake now. I have been following these guys for a while and keep waiting for them to release an LP, but they haven't yet. The 4 new tracks on this EP are really good and worthy of your attention.

Ancient Rivalry - What Lives Beneath [2026]

Artist: Ancient Rivalry

Album: What Lives Beneath
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://ancientrivalry.bigcartel.com / https://www.facebook.com/ancient rivalry
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. What Lives Beneath  

2. Altars of the Damned  

3. Rotted Crown  

4. Drowned in Human Filth  

5. Siege Eternal  

6. Sanctified Execution  

7. Hunger of the Dead  

8. Breathless Dominion

Witness: -[*]-
Here is an interesting young band from London with a solid debut full-length. They have a nice groove, a cool guitar tone, and overall a tight production. I like this album; the band shows promise.

Ulvedharr - Inferno XXXIII [2023]

Artist: Ulvedharr

Album: Inferno XXXIII
Year: 2023
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://scarletrecords.bandcamp.com/ulvedharr / https://ulvedharrofficialshop.bigcartel.com
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. A Full Reload of Fear  

2. Wasteland

3. Revenge Loop  

4. Dagon  

5. Master Liar  

6. The Edge  

7. Eternal Attack  

8. Their Game  

9. A New God  

10. Oblivion

Witness: -[*]-

Ulvedharr - Total War [2017]

Artist: Ulvedharr

Album: Total War
Year: 2017
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://scarletrecords.bandcamp.com/ulvedharr / https://www.facebook.com/Ulvedharr
Country: Italy
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. This Is War...

2. Wolves  

3. Flagellum Dei  

4. Inquisition  

5. Total War  

6. Wrath of Brenn  

7. Krigaren  

8. Master of Slavery  

9. Legion  

10. The Dark Age  

11. ...Will Never End

Witness: -[*]-
I could have sworn that I had this album posted here several years ago, but I don't see it in the archive. I probably do have it posted, but didn't tag it correctly. Anyway, this is a killer album in my opinion, and I was reminded of it recently while listening to their 2023 release Inferno XXXIII.

Frolic - Legacies of Cybernetica [2026]

Artist: Frolic

Album: Legacies of Cybernetica
Year: 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/FcBS2AcFAcU / https://www.facebook.com/FrolicxThrash
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Legacies of Cybernetica  

2. Living in Virtuality  

3. A Shattered Soul

4. Disasters of Experiments  

5. Celestial Aventus

6. Where the Spiders Sleep  

7. Blades of Revenge

Witness: -[*]-
Frolic is a young band from Hayward, California, in the Bay Area, and they are using all of their influences to make some killer thrash metal and have some fun while they're doing it \m/\m/

Shrapnel - Raised on Decay [2017]

Artist: Shrapnel

Album: Raised on Decay
Year: 2017
Genre: Thrash Metal
Web: https://shrapneluk.bandcamp.com / https://www.instagram.com/shrapnelbandofficial
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Hollow Earth

2. Complete Resection

3. The Boundaries Set

4. Jester  

5. Pariah  

6. Echoes of Emptiness  

7. Carved from Above  

8. 1.0.1  

9. Raised on Decay

10. Choir of Wolves  

11. Antichrist (Slayer cover)

Witness: -[*]-
These guys released 3 top-notch thrash albums between 2014 & 2020, with Palace for the Insane being my first exposure and favorite album, but this disc is a close second. 

Cyclopic - Flesh of Chaos [2026]

Artist: Cyclopic

Album: Flesh of Chaos
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/eY6W_4rFaAM / https://cyclopic.bandcamp.com/cyclopic
Country: International
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Swords of Savage 

2. Flesh of Chaos 

3. Lich Seed 

4. Abyssal Hordes 

5. Cyclopic 

6. Eye of Rhynn 

7. Vanishing Tower 

8. Grotesque Feast 

9. The Wanderer 

10. Doomed to Eternity

Witness: -[*]-
Killer old-school styled death metal from this international outfit. I like this one!

Defaced - Icon [2026]

Artist: Defaced

Album: Icon
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/dfJykqxq6YI / https://defaced.ch / TDC Link
Country: Switzerland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Antagonist  

2. Perception  

3. As My Will Prevails  

4. The Initiation  

5. Forever Mine  

6. Anthem of Vermin  

7. Sonate  

8. Icon  

9. Culling the Herd  

10. Betrayer

Witness: -[*]-

Ascended Master - Crepuscular Gloom [2026]

Artist: Ascended Master

Album: Crepuscular Gloom
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/rJuJEOqZ7mU / https://ascendedmaster666.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Void Horror

2. Blood Spilled upon the Stars  

3. Midnight Mother  

4. Crepuscular Gloom  

5. Ghoul Queen  

6. A Separation of Earth and Magic  

7. Xenopaleontology

Witness: -[*]-

Lago - Vigil [2026]

Artist: Lago 

Album: Vigil
Year: 2026
Genre: Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/gfv9FYMx-Fk / https://lagometal.bigcartel.com / https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/vigil
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Behold, Ruin

2. Fodder

3. Procession into Slaughter

4. Initiation Rite

5. In a House of Ill Repute

6. Kingdom Without Pulse

7. The Land Was a Desert

Witness: -[*]-