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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Avarice – Perpetual Ruin
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
About: Avarice are a melodic death/thrash metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, originally formed in 2006. After a lengthy hiatus, the band returned in 2021 and released their self-titled debut full-length in 2023, re-establishing their presence in the Danish metal scene. Perpetual Ruin is their sophomore album, continuing their blend of crushing thrash riffs, melodic death metal sensibilities, and lyrical themes centered on antiquity, morality, and the darker impulses of human nature. The album is out via Mighty Music. Listen on Spotify.
Scordatura – Led into Oblivion
Genre: Death Metal
About: Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2007, Scordatura have spent nearly two decades honing a technically edged, uncompromising brand of death metal across a catalog that includes their 2020 album Mass Failure. Led into Oblivion is their fourth full-length, and according to the band, their most focused and direct work to date — stripped of excess and built around a concept exploring humanity's slow march toward its own doom through technology and artificial intelligence. Listen on Spotify.
Endseeker – Coffin Born
Genre: Death Metal
About: Hamburg, Germany's Endseeker formed in 2014 and built a reputation through a string of critically praised releases, including the 2021 breakthrough Mount Carcass and 2023's Global Worming, both rooted in Swedish-influenced HM-2 riffing and punk-fueled energy. Coffin Born is a five-track farewell EP and the band's final release, capping over a decade of activity with the same original lineup intact. The EP includes four new tracks alongside an unexpected cover, and is out via Metal Blade Records. Listen on Spotify.
Warthrash – No Light Shall Remain
Genre: Thrash / Death Metal
About: Warthrash formed in 2005 in Medellín, Colombia, and have gradually evolved from their thrash metal roots toward a heavier, darker sound drawing on classic death metal influences. No Light Shall Remain is their second full-length, arriving over a decade after their debut, and represents the fullest realization of that evolution — fast, riff-driven, and anchored in old-school death/thrash traditions without chasing modern production trends. The album is out via Awakening Records. Listen on Spotify.
Cyclopic – Flesh of Chaos
Genre: Death Metal
About: Formed in 2025, Cyclopic is an international project featuring members from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Germany, with a sound rooted in old-school death and thrash metal. Flesh of Chaos is the band's debut full-length, blending the brutality of classic death metal with dark fantasy lyrical themes, and mixed and mastered at Soundlodge Studio in Germany. The album is out via Awakening Records. Listen on Spotify.
Terrorage – Close to Collapse
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Hardcore
About: Terrorage are a brutal death metal act from Palermo, Italy, whose catalog stretches back to at least their 2012 release Lobotomy. The band blends death metal brutality with hardcore and grind elements, and Close to Collapse marks their return with a full-length follow-up to their earlier work. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Blind Passage, Crown of Decay, Extrinsic
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