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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Lomor - Sabouk Rouge
Genre: Thrash Metal
About: Reunion Island's thrash metal power trio Lomor release their second studio album via Rockshots Records. Formed in 2018, the band's name means "the deads" in Réunion Creole, reflecting personal tragedies that inspired its creation. Drawing inspiration from Slayer, Testament and Kreator, the band channels the raw spirit of 80s thrash through modern production. Following their 2022 debut "Perseverance of Sickness," the album explores themes from the brutality of slavery on their island to universal struggles against oppression. Listen on Spotify.
In Aeternum - ...of Death and Fire
Genre: Black/Death Metal
About: Swedish black/death metallers In Aeternum return after a twenty-year hibernation with their new album featuring the same line-up from two decades ago. Originally known as Behemoth (Sweden), the band changed their name to In Aeternum in 1994. The 11-track album brings ripping & thrashing blackened death metal for fans of Dissection, At The Gates, and Sacramentum. The album features guest vocals from Erik Danielsson of Watain and is released via Soulseller Records. Listen on Spotify.
Infinite Misery - Altar of Extracted Teeth
Genre: Death Metal
About: New Haven, Connecticut's corpse-obsessed Infinite Misery deliver their debut EP drawing straight from the hook-driven brutality of Cannibal Corpse's later era. The band is named after the track from Cannibal Corpse's 2006 album Kill, and they perform death metal in the style of that era. The five-track EP features guest vocals from Undeath's Alex Sason on the title track and is released via Iron Fortress Records. Listen on Spotify.
Buried - Imagined Deformation
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
About: Dutch brutal death metal band Buried emerged from the ashes of Pyaemia. The band pays tribute to old school death metal with a unique modern twist, citing Suffocation, Revocation, Decapitated, and Pantera as influences on their sound, favoring heavy music with odd time signatures while maintaining headbanging grooves. Following their 2021 debut "Oculus Rot" released via Brutal Mind, the band continues delivering technical brutality rooted in The Netherlands death metal tradition. Listen on Spotify.
Among Wolves - Reflections of the End
Genre: Progressive Melodic Death Metal
About: Among Wolves is a progressive melodic death metal band from Salem, Utah, formed in 2021. The 10-track album features technical death metal and metalcore elements, with notable tracks including "Dómsdagur," "Kingdom Against Kingdom," and "Behemoth." The independent band has been building their presence in the melodic death metal scene with their blend of progressive structures and aggressive melodic death metal. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Infernal Seer, Wimera, Denounced Disgraced, and EXA
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