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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Resurrected — Perpetual
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Hailing from Germany's Ruhr Area, Resurrected have been an institution in their country's brutal death metal underground since co-founding guitarist Thomas Granzow formed the band in 1993. Their debut Raping Whores (1998) earned them international recognition, and Perpetual marks their eighth full-length, released via Testimony Records. The album stays firmly on an old-school death metal trajectory, drawing on the industrial history of the Ruhr region for thematic inspiration, and closes with a cover of Malevolent Creation's "Infernal Desire." Listen on Spotify.
Xorsist — Aberrations
Genre: Swedish Death Metal
Formed in Stockholm in 2020, Xorsist emerged from the same city that gave the world Entombed, Dismember, and Unleashed, and they wear that influence openly. After debuting with Deadly Possession (2022) and signing to Prosthetic Records for At the Somber Steps of Eternity, they've now moved to Hammerheart Records for Aberrations, their third full-length. The album trades some of the buzzsaw tone of their previous work for a thicker, heavier approach while expanding their melodic palette. Listen on Spotify.
At the Gates — The Ghost of a Future Dead
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
One of the most emotionally charged releases of the year, The Ghost of a Future Dead is the eighth album from Gothenburg melodic death metal pioneers At the Gates and the final record to feature vocalist Tomas Lindberg, who passed away in September 2025 after a battle with adenoid cystic carcinoma. Lindberg recorded all his vocal parts in a single day, the day before surgery, before the rest of the band had even tracked their instruments. Co-founding guitarist Anders Björler, returning after a decade away, helped push the album toward the raw, direct ferocity of landmark records like Slaughter of the Soul, and the album is out now via Century Media. Lindberg himself renamed the album from its original working title The Dissonant Void after his diagnosis. Listen on Spotify.
Necrotted — We Are the Gods That Tear Ourselves Apart
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
Founded in 2008 in Abtsgmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Necrotted have been a fixture of the German extreme metal underground for nearly two decades. We Are the Gods That Tear Ourselves Apart is their sixth full-length and is released via Reaper Entertainment. As with previous records, it's a concept album with lyrics in English, German, and — new this time — Latin, blending death metal, black metal, slam, and deathcore elements. Guest appearances include Mental Cruelty, Aborted, Coffin Feeder, Distant, and Gutalax. Listen on Spotify.
Volcandra — Beyond the Will of Mortals
Genre: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
Louisville, Kentucky's Volcandra formed in 2018 and have built a devoted following with their blend of melodic black, death, thrash, and progressive metal, drawing comparisons to labelmates Skeletonwitch. Known for their sci-fi, fantasy, and high-fantasy lyrical themes, the band released Into the Azure (2020) and The Way of Ancients (2024) before landing on Beyond the Will of Mortals, their third full-length via Prosthetic Records. Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Mike Low, it's being hailed as their most sonically adventurous record yet. Listen on Spotify.
Undercroft — The Killer Sword
Genre: Death Metal
Founded in Santiago, Chile in 1991, Undercroft are one of the most significant acts in Latin American death metal history, with landmark releases including Twisted Souls (1995) and Bonebreaker (1997). The Killer Sword marks the return of original vocalist Tito Melín to the recording lineup after 29 years away, making it a reunion of foundational significance. The nine-track album was released via NoiseBangers Extreme Recordings and mixed and mastered by Martín Furia of Destruction. Listen on Spotify.
Since the Death — Entangled
Genre: Death/Thrash/Black Metal
Since the Death is a Swedish extreme metal project originally founded as a solo endeavor by multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rask in Linköping in 2016. Entangled is the project's fourth full-length and its first release on Norwegian label Nordic Mission Records, with guitarist Richard Adolfsson joining Rask on the record. Lyrically rooted in Rask's Christian faith, the album explores struggle, endurance, and hope through a confrontational extreme metal lens. It also marks a significant milestone as Since the Death prepares to perform live for the first time. Listen on Spotify.
Six Feet Under — Next to Die
Genre: Death Metal
Florida death metal stalwarts Six Feet Under need little introduction — Chris Barnes co-founded Cannibal Corpse before making Six Feet Under his full-time focus in 1995. Next to Die is their 15th studio album, released via Metal Blade Records, and intentionally split into two distinct halves: a speed-and-aggression death metal side and a groove-heavy side in the vein of the band's early output. The album follows 2024's Killing for Revenge and features lyrics tackling gore and violence, a longtime Six Feet Under tradition. Listen on Spotify.
Aurora Borealis — Disillusioned by the Illusion
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Founded by guitarist and vocalist Ron Vento after his departure from Lestregus Nosferatus in the mid-1990s, Aurora Borealis are a long-running US black/death metal act with a catalogue stretching back 30 years. Disillusioned by the Illusion is their tenth full-length and their first release on Dutch label Non Serviam Records. Unlike some of their previous conceptually driven records, this one lets each of its 11 tracks stand independently, delivering 46 minutes of technical, riff-driven black/death recorded at Nightsky Recording Studios. Listen on Spotify.
Mortuary — Great Black Earth
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Mexico's Mortuary are veterans of the earliest days of extreme metal in Latin America, forming in 1988 and releasing the seminal demo Where Death Takes Your Soul in 1989 and debut album Blackened Images in 1990. Great Black Earth is their first release since 2012, a four-track EP via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions that resurrects their primitive, blistering sound. With guitarist Alberto Martinez as the sole remaining original member, the record draws on the spirit of early Death, Sepultura, Sarcófago, and Slayer. Listen on Spotify.
Efflore (白華) — Elegies of the Island (島嶼冤歌)
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Efflore are a melodic black metal band from Taipei, Taiwan, known for blending black metal riffs with traditional Taiwanese percussion, synthesizers, and symphonic elements. Their music has consistently drawn on Taiwanese horror legends, ghost stories, and historical folklore, as heard on previous releases like Haunted Island (2023). Elegies of the Island continues that thematic tradition, with at least one track — "守娘 Siu Niu" — drawing directly from Qing dynasty folklore about a tragic figure from Tainan. The album was released April 24. Listen on Spotify.
Witherhoard — For All Who Have Been Broken
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Philadelphia's Witherhoard make their full-length debut with For All Who Have Been Broken, a self-released record mixed and mastered by AJ Viana. The band describe their sound as a blend of classic melodic death metal ferocity and modern cinematic heaviness, citing Amon Amarth, Dethklok, and Wintersun as reference points. Lyrically, the album takes aim at religious fundamentalism and authoritarianism, giving the music an intentional sense of purpose beyond pure aggression. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: The Omen Machine, and Infernal Thorns
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