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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Struck A Nerve – Struck A Nerve
Genre: Thrash Metal
About: Struck A Nerve deliver a pummelling, razor-sharp thrash attack — fast riffing, relentless aggression, and unrelenting energy define their sound. This debut release grabs the listener by the throat with raw speed and a fresh, modern thrash punch that still carries the spirit of classic underground thrash.
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Carnal Savagery – Crypt of Decay
Genre: Death Metal
About: With Crypt of Decay, Carnal Savagery deliver a punishing collision of Swedish-style death metal riffing and brutal, old-school intensity. Gritty HM-2-inflected guitar tones, guttural vocals and a raw but focused production make this album a visceral descent into darkness — perfect for fans who crave uncompromising death metal devastation.
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Phobocosm – Gateway
Genre: Death Metal / Death-Doom
About: Gateway sees Phobocosm crafting a heavy, immersive death-metal assault that's drenched in dread and atmosphere. The album blends crushing riffs and guttural vocals with doom-tinged weight and dissonant ambience — producing a dark, brooding soundscape that pulls the listener deep into a suffocating, oppressive mood.
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Thy Disease – United We Fall
Genre: Industrial-Death Metal
About: On United We Fall, Thy Disease deliver a heavy, aggressive blend of death-metal ferocity and industrial-tinged atmosphere. The sound is dense and commanding, with the band’s veteran experience bringing a matured brutality that hits hard and carries weight.
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Malefic Throne – The Conquering Darkness
Genre: Death Metal
About: The Conquering Darkness channels unholy heaviness and crushing intensity — guttural growls, thunderous drums and dark, ominous riffing combine to forge a brutal death-metal statement built to ravage and devastate.
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Godeater – Alvorecer
Genre: Deathcore
About: Godeater’s Alvorecer strikes with raw, powerful heaviness — dark atmospheres, aggressive instrumentation and a visceral energy make this a compelling release in the extreme metal underground.
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Munt – The World Is Not Yours
Genre: Blackened Grindcore
About: The World Is Not Yours is a grinding, chaotic release that melds blackened aggression with grindcore intensity — fast, abrasive, and uncompromising, it’s ideal for fans of raw, underground extremity.
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Hazardous – Let There Be Dark
Genre: Thrash Metal
About: Let There Be Dark brings a thrash-heavy energy — snarling riffs, driving rhythm and a ferocious attitude. It’s a straightforward, no-frills assault that taps into thrash’s primal aggression.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Upior, Blood Court
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