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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity
Genre: Death Metal
About: Texas brutal death metal band Stabbing releases their highly anticipated sophomore album through Century Media Records. The Houston quartet blends grindcore speed with death metal intensity, focusing on tight songwriting and controlled aggression. The album features guest vocals from Ricky Meyers of Suffocation on "Nauseating Composition" and includes 11 tracks with powerful performances from vocalist Bridget Lynch. Listen on Spotify.
Skulld - Abyss Calls to Abyss
Genre: Death Metal (early); Death Metal/Hardcore (later)
About: Italian death metal collective Skulld from Romagna delivers their third full-length through Time To Kill Records, blending old-school Swedish death metal with crust punk and hardcore influences rooted in feminist, pagan, and anti-authoritarian themes. The eight-track album explores themes of dissolution and regeneration through a feminist and esoteric lens, featuring three guitarists and recorded in 2025. Listen on Spotify.
Scrüda - Extreme Speed Violence
Genre: Black/Thrash/Speed Metal
About: Polish black/thrash/speed metal band Scrüda from Gdańsk releases their latest work through Godz ov War Productions, having formed in 2021. The band plays barbaric blackened thrash mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studio, with themes centered on barbarians and mankind. Listen on Spotify.
Swarmhole - Visceral Void
Genre: Slam/Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore
About: Ukrainian slamming brutal death metal band Swarmhole from Kyiv delivers their new release, continuing their assault of heavy, guttural extreme metal. The band has previously released material including "Morbid Envision" (2023) and "Rotten King" (2022), establishing themselves in the slam death metal underground. Listen on Spotify.
Diaroe - Was uns bleibt
Genre: Grindcore/Death Metal
About: German grindcore/death metal band Diaroe from Essen continues their socio-political grindcore assault, having evolved from gore and feces themes in their early days to sociopolitical criticism. The band, active since 2005, follows up their 2021 album "Willkommen in der Desolation" with German-language lyrics addressing social issues. Listen on Spotify.
Uninhibited - From Flesh to Void
Genre: Death Metal
About: German death metal duo Uninhibited from Munich, formed in 2023 by Basti (vocals) and Marco (instruments), releases their new EP consolidating their atmospheric old-school death metal sound. The release explores themes of the collapse of faith and identity through existential void, maintaining a balance between raw brutality and atmospheric depth. Listen on Spotify.
Crypt Watcher - Necrotizing Omnipotence
Genre: Death Metal
About: American death metal project Crypt Watcher from Ann Arbor, Michigan delivers brutal, grim death metal since their formation in 2025. The band previously released the EP "Under the Cemetery" in February 2025, featuring tracks like "Chopped Up Beyond Recognition" and "Ritual Torture". Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Graufar, Malefic, and Temblad
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