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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Omnium Gatherum – May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Finnish melodeath stalwarts Omnium Gatherum continue refining their bright-melodic-meets-melancholic formula on their 10th full-length. The album leans heavily into soaring leads, polished synth atmospheres and emotional clean passages, sitting closer in tone to Grey Heavens than the darker Origin. Early reviewers highlight the band’s increasingly progressive songwriting and huge melodic hooks, with several tracks already being described as “stadium-scale melodeath anthems.”
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Insidius – Vulgus Illustrata
Genre: Death Metal
About: Insidius (Poland) deliver their most aggressive and technically precise material yet. Vulgus Illustrata combines thick, modern production with a very Polish death-metal backbone — sharp riffing, tightly controlled blasts, and a nasty low-end punch. The record includes guest performances from Piotr Wiwczarek (Vader) and Moyses Kolesne (Krisiun), which gives some tracks a heavier, classic death metal edge.
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Deconstructing Sequence – Tenebris Cosmicis Tempora
Genre: Progressive Black/Death Metal
About: One of the UK’s more experimental underground projects, Deconstructing Sequence push further into dissonant sci-fi heaviness on this new full-length. Expect alien synth layers, shifting time signatures, and a mix of black-metal atmosphere with death-metal precision. Their drum programming and layered guitars give the record an industrial, space-horror feel — genuinely unlike most bands in the genre.
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Dysentery – Dejection Chrysalis
Genre: Slam / Brutal Death Metal
About: Massachusetts slam legends return with crushing, low-tuned brutality. Dejection Chrysalis goes harder on groove-heavy breakdowns and massive gutturals while retaining the old-school East Coast slam tone they’re known for. Faster tremolo sections break up the mid-tempo slam riffs, and the bass tone is absolutely disgusting in the best possible way.
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Glorious Depravity – Death Never Sleeps
Genre: Death Metal
About: New York’s Glorious Depravity deliver a sharp, violent record built on high-speed riffing and relentless blasts. Members of Pyrrhon, Woe and Artificial Brain all appear here, so the technical pedigree is no surprise — but the band keeps things vicious and direct rather than overly prog-leaning. Reviews are calling this their tightest and most ferocious release to date.
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Signs of Extinction – The Post-Human Manifesto
Genre: Blackened Deathcore
About: From New Zealand, Signs of Extinction drop a cold, mechanical, blackened take on modern deathcore. Tremolo-picked black-metal melodies run under thick, djent-leaning chugs, with harsh shrieks traded against deep gutturals. The production hits extremely hard — especially the kick/snare pairing — and the atmosphere leans dystopian, not symphonic.
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Soulfracture – The Leader of the Exploited
Genre: Death Metal
About: U.K. death metal with a sharper, almost thrash-leaning riff style. The EP mixes rapid-fire rhythms with old-school Florida-style brutality, but the standout element is the guitar tone: tight, bright, and clearly defined even during the faster tremolo passages. Vocals are raw and mid-ranged, giving it a more underground, non-polished feel.
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Ophidian Memory – Seraphim
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Canadian melodic death metal with huge, melodic harmonies and a dramatic, almost power-metal sense of grandeur. Seraphim is their cleanest and most accessible release so far, with big chorus hooks and bright lead guitars driving most tracks. The production leans modern and polished, and the band continues to move toward a more symphonic melodeath sound.
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Plague of the Fallen – Torturous Ascension
Genre: Death Metal
About: New Zealand death metal built on crunchy, chunky riff-work and deep, reverb-heavy growls. The EP focuses on slow-to-mid-tempo heaviness rather than tech speed, aiming for suffocating atmosphere and grim, old-school weight. Plenty of HM-2 style chainsaw tone and stomping, head-down rhythm work throughout.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Bannerlord
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