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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Ectovoid – In Unreality’s Coffin
Genre: Death Metal
About: In Unreality’s Coffin delivers a dense, cerebral take on death metal, combining labyrinthine riffing with a murky, otherworldly atmosphere. The album leans heavily into complex song structures and unsettling melodic turns, reinforcing Ectovoid’s reputation for pushing beyond straightforward brutality into more surreal and technical territory.
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Sardonic Allegiance – Coast II
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
About: Coast II continues Sardonic Allegiance’s exploration of heavy metal rooted in deliberate pacing and expansive compositions. The release favors mood and repetition over speed, allowing riffs to breathe while maintaining a brooding, coastal bleakness that ties the material together as a cohesive statement.
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Redivider – Sounds of Malice
Genre: Death Metal
About: Sounds of Malice is a hostile, riff-driven release that emphasizes aggression and raw intent. Redivider focus on direct songwriting and relentless momentum, pairing sharp rhythmic attacks with an abrasive tonal palette that reinforces the album’s confrontational edge.
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Emaciated – Praise Be, the Iron Apostle
Genre: Death Metal
About: Praise Be, the Iron Apostle presents Emaciated at their most punishing, delivering tightly packed tracks steeped in militant intensity. The EP blends blunt-force riffing with an oppressive atmosphere, favoring density and impact over excess ornamentation.
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Inborn Tendency – Let There Be Sin
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Groove Metal
About: Let There Be Sin balances aggressive riff work with groove-driven hooks and melodic accents. Inborn Tendency lean into a modern death metal sound that remains accessible without sacrificing weight, creating songs that are both forceful and immediately engaging.
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The Mensis Ritual – Cainite
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
About: Cainite is a relentless full-length that merges crushing death metal with deathcore’s breakdown-heavy intensity. The Mensis Ritual focus on sheer physicality, pairing downtuned riffs and blast-driven passages with a dark, ritualistic atmosphere throughout the record.
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Upiór – Forefathers’ Eve (Redemption)
Genre: Atmospheric Death Metal
About: Forefathers’ Eve (Redemption) blends death metal foundations with expansive, atmospheric elements to create a cinematic listening experience. Upiór emphasize mood and narrative flow, using layered instrumentation to give the album a grand, immersive character.
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Chaos Revealed – Foretold In Ashes
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Foretold In Ashes is the debut EP from Munich-based melodic death metal duo Chaos Revealed. The five-track release blends aggressive riffs, atmospheric melodies, and diverse vocal styles — ranging from raw growls to cleaner melodic passages — with cinematic and progressive elements throughout the EP. Themes tackled in the material include fate, mortality, and human struggle, delivered with both crushing heaviness and layered intricacy.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Necrobeast
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