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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
The Magus – Daemonosophia
Genre: Black Metal / Luciferian Black Metal
About: The Magus is the solo project of George Zacharopoulos (also known as Magus Wampyr Daoloth), co-founder of the legendary Greek black metal band Necromantia and a former member of Rotting Christ and Thou Art Lord, formed in Athens in 2022 following Necromantia's dissolution after the death of Baron Blood. Daemonosophia is the project's second full-length album, following 2023's Βυσσοδομώντας, and is described as a more aggressive and dynamic evolution of the project's sound while retaining its signature dark, theatrical atmosphere. Rooted in Luciferian and occult themes, the nine-track album explores concepts of demonic wisdom and infernal truth, featuring guest vocal appearances and cover art by Mexican artist Nestor Avalos. Released via The Circle Music, the album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Pentagram Studio in Athens. Listen on Spotify.
Sylosis – The New Flesh
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal / Metalcore
About: Sylosis are a heavy metal band from Reading, England, formed in 2000 and currently signed to Nuclear Blast Records. The New Flesh is their seventh studio album and the follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Sign of Things to Come (2023), preceded by the 2024 EP The Path. Known for blending melodic death metal, thrash, and metalcore under the creative direction of guitarist and vocalist Josh Middleton — the band's last remaining original member — the album has been praised as one of their strongest releases to date, delivering relentless riffing, technical precision, and memorable hooks across eleven tracks. Listen on Spotify.
Phasma – Purgatory
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
About: Phasma is a Greek/US extreme metal project centered on the creative partnership between guitarist Jason Athanasiadis (also of Kawir) and vocalist Luis Ferre. Purgatory is their third full-length album, following their self-titled debut in 2018 and Epiales in 2022, and their first release through Transcending Obscurity Records. The six-track, 26-minute concept album is their leanest and most focused statement yet, blending black metal, brutal death metal, doom, and deathcore elements into a thematic descent through horror, corrupted religion, and apocalyptic transformation. Listen on Spotify.
Daidalos – Dante
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
About: Daidalos is a one-man symphonic black metal project founded in 2020 by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Püschner, based in Brunswick, Germany. Dante is the project's second full-length album, following the 2022 debut The Expedition, and is released via Rockshots Records. A conceptual reinterpretation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy told across thirteen tracks, the album blends monumental orchestration, cinematic grandeur, and raw black metal intensity, drawing comparisons to Dimmu Borgir, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Septicflesh. Guitars and mixing were handled by Nahuel Lozano of Mental Cruelty, with artwork by French artist Bérénice Tulliez of Noirs Dessins. Listen on Spotify.
Exhumed – Red Asphalt
Genre: Death Metal / Goregrind / Deathgrind
About: Exhumed are a death metal institution formed in San Jose, California in 1990 by guitarist and vocalist Matt Harvey, widely recognized as pioneers of gore metal with their landmark 1998 debut Gore Metal. Now signed to Relapse Records, Red Asphalt is their eleventh studio album and the follow-up to To the Dead (2022), drawing lyrical inspiration from life — and death — on the American road, covering vehicular horror, highway accidents, and the grim realities of van life on tour. The album continues Exhumed's trademark blend of hook-driven deathgrind with Carcass-influenced melodic guitar harmonies, produced by Sebastian Phillips alongside the band. Listen on Spotify.
Worm Shepherd – Dawn of the Iconoclast
Genre: Blackened Deathcore / Symphonic Deathcore
About: Worm Shepherd are a blackened deathcore band from Brockton, Massachusetts, formed in 2020 and signed to Unique Leader Records. Dawn of the Iconoclast is a five-track EP marking the band's first new material following a two-year hiatus and significant lineup overhaul, featuring members connected to Immortal Disfigurement, Ingested, and Archaic Epidemic, along with the return of original drummer Leo McClain. The release follows their 2024 album Hunger and is described by guitarist Tre Perdue as the beginning of a new era, combining the band's signature symphonic orchestration with a heavier, more aggressive approach to blackened deathcore. Listen on Spotify.
Defaced – Icon
Genre: Death Metal / Blackened Death Metal
About: Defaced are a Swiss death metal band originally formed in Bern in 2006 under the name Trigger Tones before rebranding in 2012. Icon is their third studio album and first release in over a decade, following Forging the Sanctuary (2015), released via Massacre Records. The album delivers 41 minutes of aggressive death metal fused with grindcore intensity and black metal atmospherics, with lyrics exploring themes of authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and psychological manipulation from the perspective of an oppressor. Cover artwork was created by acclaimed extreme metal artist Par Olofsson. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Intoxicated, Epigram, Galar, and Battlegrave.
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