Northern Irish death metal project Corpse Water, spearheaded by Strangle Wire guitarist Pete Clarke, is securing a broader CD release for its debut full-length, …Something In The Water. Originally issued earlier this year in a limited vinyl pressing through Grindscene Records, the album now moves to Spanish underground label Memento Mori for global compact disc…

US-based brutal death metal project Violence Only are set to release their self-titled debut EP, marking the first official output from the newly formed group. Though operating under a new moniker, the lineup brings together veterans of the American extreme underground, featuring members with ties to Between The Killings, Stabbing, Flesh Hoarder, Horrific Visions, Embodied…

Finnish death metal outfit Erase This Earth have released a new three-track EP titled Horrors Unearthed. Originating as an isolated batch of studio compositions written by guitarist Mikko Niskanen, the project grew into a full release after singer Heikki Mäki constructed a overarching vocal narrative across the material. Formed in Tampere in 2017 around a…

Osnabrück death metal crew Minenfeld return with their second full-length, Instruments of Industrialized Warfare. Arriving seven years after their debut LP, the nine-track release pairs an unvarnished early-’90s death metal framework with an explicitly anti-nationalist political stance. Tracked in late 2025 at Tonmeisterei Oldenburg, mixed by Poison Drinker, and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at…

Dutch technical death metal project Mystical Death are preparing to release their debut full-length album, Across. Originally debuting independently in late 2024 with their Carnation EP, which was later picked up and reissued with extra material the following year, the project now steps up to a full-length format. Operated entirely as a solo endeavor by…

Kotka-based progressive death metal outfit Of Spite have returned with a new three-track short-length titled Raisu, offering an unfiltered slice of what the five-piece self-describe as “stumble-gore.” Free from studio trickery, modern pitch-correction, or sleek over-production, the release focuses on raw execution, blending stuttering progressive rock, old-school death metal, and unvarnished rock-and-roll ferocity. The short-length…

Belgian death metallers Carnation are back, trading standard-issue gore tropes for a bit of existential dread with their new single, Boundless Pathways. Serving as the gateway track to their upcoming full-length Symphony in Flesh, the new song acts as a sonic blueprint for the record while dragging lyrical themes into heavier philosophical territory. Instead of…

Swiss death metallers Nihilo have spent over two decades quietly putting in the hard yards. Spearheaded by vocalist Ragulan Vivekananthan, the band have churned out a steady stream of EPs, four full-length records, and last year’s live outing Chaos Unleashed without ever chasing fleeting trends or pretending to reinvent the wheel. Now, they’ve joined forces…