Tag: Death Metal
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Northern Irish death/doom metal band The Crawling will release their new EP, What We Leave Behind, on October 2 through Grindscene Records. Formed in Lisburn in 2014, The Crawling have built their sound around death/doom metal while developing a style that has remained distinctly their own. The band’s catalogue includes three full-length albums, among them…
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Finnish melodic death metal project Magnadur have released Eat the Bat, a new single that takes the project in a slightly more playful direction. The track keeps the heavy guitar work and melodic foundation associated with Magnadur, but puts a greater emphasis on a repetitive chorus and unusual sounds. The result is less concerned with…
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German death metal band Heretics have released their new single Cerberus (Terzet for a Hellhound), the second preview of their forthcoming album, Of Poets and Prophets. Based on Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the entrance to the underworld, the song draws on references to ancient Greek texts and centres on the creature’s position between the…
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Ohio one-woman brutal death metal project Cordyceps Corpse will release its second full-length album, Perverse Craving For Rotting Corpses, on October 9 through Gore House Productions. The announcement comes alongside the album’s first single and video, Forced Out of Existence. Created by multi-instrumentalist Nani Porter, Cordyceps Corpse began in late 2023 as a solo project…
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More than forty years after Sorcery first began carving their name into the Swedish death metal underground, the band are preparing to unleash another full-length with The Immaculate Sin, due out on October 1 through Xtreem Music. Sorcery’s history stretches back to the demo Arrival, followed by two further demos and a rehearsal tape before…
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French groove death metal outfit Sickmind have unveiled New God, the first single and official video from their forthcoming full-length album Babel Tower, due out on October 9. Formerly known as Silicium, Sickmind operate in a dark and dystopian corner of groove death metal, with their music built around themes of collapse, desolation and a…
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The best thing about running the Black Metal Archives, besides not having a boss, is that it helps me keep ahead of the curve when it comes to the underground metal/music scene. Over the past year and nine-ish months, I have been lucky enough to build a network that means I, usually, know what’s going…
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A Secret Revealed have unveiled Disheartened, the first single from their upcoming fourth full-length, The Ruin I Summoned Forth, with Der Weg einer Freiheit vocalist Nikita Kamprad joining the Würzburg post-metal quintet on the track. Due out on October 16 through Lifeforce Records, the eight-track album continues the band’s heavy and atmospheric approach while bringing…
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There aren’t many bands willing to describe themselves as playing “dissident death metal,” but Ireland’s Leadbelcher aren’t interested in taking the conventional route. Formed in 2024 by members and former members of bands including Sermon Of Flames, Mortichnia and Coscradh, the group will release their debut album, Heaven’s Bloated Corpse, on October 16 through Apocalyptic…
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Dutch progressive technical death metal outfit Mystical Death will release their debut album, Across, on November 6 through Rottweiler Records. Formed in early 2024, the band independently released their debut EP, Carnation, later that year. The release caught the attention of Rottweiler Records, which reissued the EP in late 2025 with an additional bonus track.…