March 21 new Metal mayhem
jam packed week of new releases for extreme metal. throwing some in a list just cause and as space to comment on those without reviews. alphabetical order |
| 1 |  | Aversed
Erasure of Color
prog-death minor melo
https://aversed.bandcamp.com/album/erasure-of-color |
| 2 |  | Aran Angmar
Ordo Diabolicum
mediterranean folky mid tempo melo black battle ballads
https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ordo-diabolicum |
| 3 |  | Burning Palace
Elegy
grindy brutish tech
https://burningpalaceofficial.bandcamp.com/album/elegy |
| 4 |  | Calyces
Fleshy Waves of Probability
Baroness-core
https://calyces.bandcamp.com/album/fleshy-waves-of-probability |
| 5 |  | contemplation
Au bord du précipice
death-doom adjacent with interesting violin and electronic dub detours for some reason but not awful
https://metalcontemplation.bandcamp.com/album/au-bord-du-pr-cipice?from=embed |
| 6 |  | Corpus Offal
Corpus Offal
20 buck spin death metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3MnvefcEI |
| 7 |  | Cradle of Filth
The Screaming of the Valkyries
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| 8 |  | Dissocia
To Lift the Veil
symphonic prog-death
https://dissociaofficial.bandcamp.com/album/to-lift-the-veil |
| 9 |  | Embrional
Inherited Tendencies for Self-Destruction
blackened death
https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/inherited-tendencies-for-self-destruction |
| 10 |  | Euphrosyne
Morus
clean fem greek alt-gothy singing arrangements and croaking over post-black doomy destinations
https://euphrosyne.bandcamp.com/album/morus-new-album-2025 |
| 11 |  | Katla (DE)
Scandinavian Pain
straight crusty sludge with buzzsaw edge on the guitar tone, smacks
https://katladk.bandcamp.com/album/scandinavian-pain |
| 12 |  | Marble Orchard
Ruminations of Ruin
sounds as it looks, guy doing a type-o bride kind of organ gothy crooning doom but not the oppressively depressing kind, not bad for that vibe
https://morbidandmiserable.bandcamp.com/album/ruminations-of-ruin |
| 13 |  | Metallus
Funeral of the Sun
old school candlemass epic doom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJidFclu9bo
https://metallusdoom.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-doomed |
| 14 |  | Melvins
Thunderball
you know what it is
https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/thunderball |
| 15 |  | Nattverd
Tidloes Naadesloes
excellent riffs and melodic variety for straight black, a favorite of the week
https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tidloes-naadesloes |
| 16 |  | Nyktmyst
Nyktmyst
sounds as it looks (netherlands)
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/nyktmyst-nyktmyst |
| 17 |  | Nydvind
Tetramental II - Telluria
melo pagan black |
| 18 |  | Oobris Ios
Vospat
your dose of disso prog-d/d
https://oobrisios.bandcamp.com/album/vospat |
| 19 |  | Osgraef
Reveries of the Arcane Eye
no bullshit blackened death that packs a punch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMgRhoA9ndI |
| 20 |  | Rothadas
Töviskert... a kísértés örök érzete.. Lidércharang
great slab of murky death-doom riffage
https://mesacounojo.bandcamp.com/album/t-viskert-a-k-s-rt-s-r-k-rzete-lid-rcharang |
| 21 |  | Sarmat
Upgrade
fun reprise of the dubious disk debut jazzy metal fusion, more palatable than the LP
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/upgrade |
| 22 |  | Seven Doors
The Final Gate
20m's of tasty classic death metal worship with a cover of Death - Mutilation
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-gate |
| 23 |  | SpiritWorld
Helldorado
apparently the founder said what he wanted to say with the past albums and this is mostly the new members turn at the wheel
https://spiritworldprophet.bandcamp.com/album/helldorado-24-bit-hd-audio |
| 24 |  | Sunvher
Arovmia
obligatory posty atmo-blackgaze from Chile (Katatonia, Harakiri, Alcest)
https://sunvher.bandcamp.com/album/arovmia |
| 25 |  | Tower
Let There Be Dark
female vocal heavy metal 80s speed rock'n'roll
https://towernyc.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-dark |
| 26 |  | Verbian
Casarder
cool trippy prog-rock/metal with synths from Portugal
https://verbian.bandcamp.com/album/casarder |
| 27 |  | Wythersake
At War With Their Divinity
symphonic blackened death from Italy
https://scarletrecords.bandcamp.com/album/at-war-with-their-divinity |
| 28 |  | Drudkh
Shadow Play
whoops almost forgot!
https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-play |
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