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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: Omnium Gatherum’s eleventh(?) studio-era statement pairs their long-running melodic sensibilities with expansive production and layered atmospherics. The record leans into sweeping leads and polished synth textures while keeping a core of urgent riffing and dynamic songwriting — tracks like “The Darkest City” and “My Pain” sharpen the band’s knack for combining melancholic melody with punchy modern metal arrangements.
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Insidius – Vulgus Illustrata
Genre: Death Metal
About: Poland’s Insidius deliver a muscular, modern full-length on Vulgus Illustrata. The album tightens the band’s groove and technical chops while featuring guest contributions that beef up the heaviness; the record alternates crushing mid-tempo grooves with tightly-wound riff assaults and a very Polish death-metal tonal character. Standouts push the production-forward brutality without losing the old-school bite.
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Deconstructing Sequence – Tenebris Cosmicis Tempora
Genre: Progressive Black/Death Metal
About: Deconstructing Sequence push more experimental and sci-fi-leaning songwriting on Tenebris Cosmicis Tempora, blending dissonant guitars, off-kilter rhythms and atmospheric interludes. This is an album for listeners who want technicality and mood — the record favors unpredictable song structures, layered textures and a cinematic, unsettling vibe rather than straight-ahead brutality.
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Dysentery – Dejection Chrysalis
Genre: Slam / Brutal Death Metal
About: Dysentery return with a brutal, groove-heavy full-length that foregrounds slam-style grooves and massive low-end tone. Dejection Chrysalis digs into viscous, pit-friendly riffing and guttural vocal delivery, with production that highlights the crushing weight of the low frequencies while still allowing fast, technical passages to hit with clarity. It’s classic slam brutality dialled up for modern listeners.
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Glorious Depravity – Death Never Sleeps
Genre: Death Metal
About: Death Never Sleeps is a tight, vicious record marrying high-velocity riffing and modern production polish. Glorious Depravity lean into severe tremolo runs, pummelling drum work and razor-sharp arrangements — an aggressive, punchy release that’s already getting strong reactions in the underground press for its consistent intensity.
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Signs of Extinction – The Post-Human Manifesto
Genre: Blackened Deathcore
About: About: This debut full-length blends blackened tremolo motifs and atmospheric stabs with deathcore breakdowns and cinematic touches. The Post-Human Manifesto pushes a dystopian theme across crushing riffing and orchestral accents — tracks balance fury and sweep, giving the record a theatrical yet punishing feel.
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Soulfracture – The Leader of the Exploited
Genre: Death Metal
About: A compact, riff-forward EP that leans on aggressive mid-tempo punch and raw vocal delivery. The Leader of the Exploited keeps arrangements direct and energetic — the guitars are bright and defined, the songwriting hits immediate hooks, and the EP carries an underground, no-frills attack that lands well in shorter form.
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Ophidian Memory – Seraphim
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Seraphim continues Ophidian Memory’s trajectory toward melodic, hook-driven death metal with big lead lines and dramatic choruses. The album blends accessible melodies with a heavy backbone; the production emphasizes clarity so the harmonized leads and vocal melodies can breathe — a melodic, stadium-leaning death metal release with emotional lift.
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Plague of the Fallen – Torturous Ascension
Genre: Death Metal
About: Focused on atmosphere and weight, Torturous Ascension favors crushing mid-tempo riffing, sprawling grooves and cavernous vocal tones. The EP sells its darkness through tone and pacing rather than speed — a grim, suffocating statement that emphasizes oppressive mood as the central weapon.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Bannerlord
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