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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Ravaged by the Yeti – Snowbound Horror
Genre: Death Metal
About: Ravaged by the Yeti is an international death metal project founded in 2020 by Swedish guitarist/vocalist Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader), built around old-school death metal with a grindcore edge and a tongue-in-cheek Yeti mythology concept. Following a lineup shakeup after their acclaimed 2023 debut "Apex Predator," Johansson regrouped with American bassist Mike Borders (ex-Massacre) and British drummer Jon Rudin (Monstrous). "Snowbound Horror" is their sophomore full-length, released via Testimony Records. Listen on Spotify.
DevilDriver – Strike and Kill
Genre: Groove/Death Metal
About: DevilDriver is a long-running American groove metal band fronted by Dez Fafara (also of Coal Chamber), formed in Santa Barbara, California. "Strike and Kill" is their eleventh studio album, released via Napalm Records, and marks the return of founding bassist Jon Miller (absent since 2011's "Beast") alongside guitarists Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold (Enterprise Earth) and drummer Davier Pérez. Listen on Spotify.
Apogean – Waste Where Life Begins
Genre: Technical Death Metal
About: Apogean is a technical death metal quintet from Toronto, Ontario, formed around 2019–2020, known for blending progressive death metal, deathcore, and blackened elements. Following their 2021 debut EP "Into Madness" and 2024 debut full-length "Cyberstrictive" (inspired by Orwell and Bradbury), the band's sophomore album "Waste Where Life Begins" pushes further into blackened death metal, neofolk, and atmospheric territory. It's released via The Artisan Era, with mixing/mastering by Zack Ohren. Listen on Spotify.
Snorlax – Toxic Current
Genre: Blackened Deathgrind
About: Snorlax is the solo project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Brendan Auld (Black Blood Audio) in Brisbane, born from an experimental recording session in 2017. Building on the cavernous, dissonant black/death metal style of earlier releases like "The Necrotrophic Abyss" (2023), "Toxic Current" pushes the project into deathgrind territory and includes covers of fellow Australian acts Agents of Abhorrence and The Fevered. It's out via Avantgarde Music's death metal division, Unorthodox Emanations. Listen on Spotify.
No Cure – It Is Going to Get Dark
Genre: Metallic Hardcore/Deathcore
About: No Cure is a straight-edge metallic hardcore band from Birmingham, Alabama, active since 2022, known for blending death metal precision with DIY hardcore aggression. "It Is Going to Get Dark" is their debut full-length album, recorded with longtime collaborator Kevin Langley in a secluded Alabama cabin, following earlier EPs and singles. The album features guest vocal appearances and is released via SharpTone Records. Listen on Spotify.
Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship – 二次元コンプレックス 2D Complex
Genre: Slam/Brutal Death Metal (Anime Slam)
About: Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship is a Chinese brutal death metal outfit widely credited as pioneers of the "Anime Slam" subgenre, combining catastrophic slamming breakdowns and guttural vocals with J-pop melodies and blackgaze/Japanese folk-inspired passages. "二次元コンプレックス 2D Complex" is their long-awaited sophomore full-length, released via Stillbirth Records and Gore House Productions. Listen on Spotify.
Sigyn – From Nation to Chaos
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Sigyn is a melodic death metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2008, drawing comparisons to Children of Bodom and Norther for their blend of aggressive riffing and symphonic elements. Following their debut album "Dehumanized," the band signed to Noble Demon for their sophomore release, "From Nation to Chaos," which leans further into orchestral and Nightwish-esque symphonic textures. Listen on Spotify.
Enfrenzied – Parasite Chamber
Genre: Slamming Brutal Death Metal
About: Enfrenzied is a brutal/slamming death metal band from Virginia, US. Following their 2025 debut full-length "Banishment of Sentient Miscreations," the band returns with their second album, "Parasite Chamber," released via Pathologically Explicit Recordings. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: These Cursed Hands, Perpetual Paradox, Deadwood, and Aermst.
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