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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Amatera – Shadows In The Dark
Genre: Deathcore
About: Amatera are an underground extreme metal outfit whose sound blends crushing deathcore heaviness with metalcore rhythmic intensity, anchored by blast beats, abrasive vocals, and breakdown-driven songwriting. “Shadows In The Dark” comes off the band’s Shadows In The Dark EP — their first extended release — showcasing aggressive riffing and dynamic pacing that bridges modern deathcore aggression and metallic hardcore energy.
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Sacrificial Death – Absolute Katharsis
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
About: Greek act Sacrificial Death deliver a ferocious collision of death and thrash metal on Absolute Katharsis, their first full-length collaboration with Soman Records. The album pairs razor-sharp riff assaults with intense rhythmic drive, delivering eight tracks of classic-inspired extremity and relentless propulsion.
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Cadavrul – Necrotic Savagery
Genre: Death Metal
About: Romania’s Cadavrul return with Necrotic Savagery, a raw, old-school-inflected death metal offering released via Loud Rage Music. On this full-length the band leans into visceral brevity and punchy aggression, with tracks built around seething riffage and guttural attack. Recorded at Crossover Sound Studio and mixed/mastered internationally, Cadavrul double down on brutal simplicity and underground energy that’s resonating with fans of straightforward death metal carnage.
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Concrete – Absent Mortality
Genre: Death Metal
About: Bulgaria’s Concrete return with Absent Mortality, a new full-length that continues the band’s tradition of gritty, unforgiving death metal. Featuring pummeling riffs, relentless drumming, and grim thematic weight, the album pushes their sonic brutality while maintaining a visceral edge that’s rooted in classic extreme metal structures. Produced and engineered by a team including Todor Voynski and Atanas Matchev, the release underscores Concrete’s drive to deliver fast, heavy, no-nonsense death metal.
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Aesemnia – Corrupted Dominion
Genre: Black/Death Metal
About: Hailing from Thessaloniki, Greece, Aesemnia fuse black and death metal atmospheres into the brief but punishing Corrupted Dominion. Built around swirling aggression and grim, underground intensity, this release captures the band’s dark, abrasive approach. With roots in the extreme metal DIY scene and an unsigned status, Aesemnia channel a raw, chaotic sound that’s both feral and apocalyptic, appealing to fans of extremity that blurs blackened and death metal textures.
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And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Cogadh, Dragsholm, Skarmekal, STUFFD, DEATH STRUCTURE
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