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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Wretched – Decay
Genre: Melodic Technical Deathcore / Death Metal
About: North Carolina’s Wretched return with Decay, a masterful blend of technical precision and melodic deathcore intensity. The record fuses complex guitar work, massive breakdowns, and dark atmospherics that reaffirm their status as innovators in modern extreme metal.
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Tribal Gaze – Inveighing Brilliance
Genre: Death Metal
About: Texan death metal crushers Tribal Gaze unleash Inveighing Brilliance, a relentless barrage of cavernous riffs, suffocating atmosphere, and primal groove. The band expands on their filthy old-school sound with sharper production and tighter ferocity.
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Defigurement – Endbryo
Genre: Technical Grindcore
About: Defigurement tear through expectations on Endbryo, fusing the speed and chaos of grindcore with the precision of technical death metal. It’s a whirlwind of dissonant riffs, surgically tight drumming, and visceral energy from start to finish.
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GraveRipper – From Welkin to Tundra
Genre: Black / Thrash / Speed Metal
About: Indiana’s GraveRipper keep the venom flowing on From Welkin to Tundra, a high-octane blast of blackened thrash that balances razor-sharp speed with grim melody. Think of this as a modern torchbearer for the spirit of early Skeletonwitch and Destroyer 666.
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Carach Angren – The Cult of Kariba
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal (EP)
About: Dutch symphonic black metal storytellers Carach Angren return with The Cult of Kariba, a theatrical and cinematic descent into the macabre. Orchestral grandeur and chilling atmospheres collide in this haunting continuation of their dark storytelling legacy.
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Immortal Disfigurement – Hell Is Right in Front of Us
Genre: Symphonic Deathcore (EP)
About: The viral deathcore powerhouse Immortal Disfigurement, fronted by ex-Lorna Shore vocalist CJ McCreery, return with Hell Is Right in Front of Us. The EP melds symphonic bombast with punishing brutality for one of the most dramatic releases of the year.
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Death Reich – Stockholm Syndrome
Genre: Death Metal (EP)
About: Swedish death metal purists Death Reich strike again with Stockholm Syndrome, a short but ferocious dose of groove-heavy riffing, gritty production, and commanding aggression — pure Scandinavian death metal energy distilled into one crushing EP.
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Mental Maze – Here Goes Nothing
Genre: Deathcore (EP)
About: Mental Maze unleash Here Goes Nothing, a raw and emotionally charged slab of modern deathcore packed with breakdowns, piercing vocals, and a nihilistic edge that’s as cathartic as it is destructive.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Fimbul Winter
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