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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Gutsaw – F*** Me I'm Undead
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore
About: Gutsaw return with a barrage of chaotic riffs, guttural brutality, and hyper‐blasting grind elements. Fuck Me I’m Undead tears through its runtime with relentless technical riffing, surgical drumming, and a wall of grotesque, horror-tinged atmosphere. Fans of extreme, gore-soaked brutality and underground slam/grind will feel right at home in the carnage.
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Despised Icon – Shadow Work
Genre: Deathcore
About: One of deathcore’s foundational acts, Despised Icon deliver precision brutality and signature dual-vocal dynamics on Shadow Work. Expect technical riffing, savage breakdowns, and tightly engineered production—bridging classic deathcore roots with modern extremity and groove.
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Stillbirth – Survival Protocol
Genre: Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore
About: Stillbirth unleash another dense slab of sonic violence, merging brutal death metal intensity with deathcore-leaning breakdowns and groove. Survival Protocol goes full-force: blasting speed, slamming rhythms, and explosive gutturals layered over razor-sharp modern production.
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Mystic Circle – Hexenbrand 1486
Genre: Melodic Black/Death Metal
About: A blend of occult-focused blackened melodicism and harsh extreme metal atmosphere, Hexenbrand 1486 mixes dramatic symphonic touches with biting tremolo riffs and venomous vocals. Dark, theatrical, and rooted in classic black/death tradition.
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Aephanemer – Utopie
Genre: Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
About: Aephanemer continue carving their own niche with orchestral grandeur and soaring, melodic riffwork. Utopie combines blazing death metal speed, uplifting harmonies, and sweeping symphonic arrangements—huge cinematic energy built for fans of Wintersun, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Ensiferum.
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Burned in Effigy – Tyrannus Aeternum
Genre: Neoclassical/Melodic Death Metal
About: Virtuosic fretwork, dramatic composition, and melodic aggression define Tyrannus Aeternum. Burned in Effigy fuse neoclassical guitar flourishes with sharp, modern melodic death metal, producing an intricate and highly technical listen without sacrificing hooks.
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Miasmata – Subterrania
Genre: Melodic Black/Speed/Heavy Metal
About: Subterrania mixes icy black metal tremolos with traditional heavy metal flair and speed metal pacing. It’s sharp, melodic, and riff-forward—balancing aggression with soaring old-school metal sensibilities and haunting melodic themes.
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Orm – Guld
Genre: Epic/Melodic Black Metal
About: Massive, sweeping black metal built on long-form songwriting, emotional crescendos, and immersive atmosphere. Guld is grand, melodic, and cinematic—layered riffs and vocals forming huge soundscapes that feel both triumphant and mournful.
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White Rune – Eventide on Aurora
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
About: Cold melodicism, fierce riffing, and atmospheric darkness define Eventide on Aurora. White Rune channel classic Scandinavian black metal spirit but with a strong melodic backbone—frostbitten, triumphant, and emotionally charged.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: AnomiC
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