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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Lost Vital Spark - The Motion Paradox
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Lost Vital Spark are a melodic death metal band from Linz, Austria, blending classic melo-death roots with modern intensity and dynamic tempo shifts. The band has kept the same lineup for over two decades. The Motion Paradox is a six-track EP, following prior releases In Search of Resonance and The Great Coercion EP. It's an independent release. Listen on Spotify.
Psycroptic - The Pulse of Annihilation
Genre: Technical Death Metal
About: Hailing from Tasmania, Australia, Psycroptic have spent more than two decades establishing themselves as pioneers of modern technical death metal, driven by guitarist Joe Haley's intricate riffing and brother Dave Haley's drumming. The Pulse of Annihilation marks the band's first full-length for Metal Blade Records, following prior albums The Isle of Disenchantment (2001), The Scepter of the Ancients (2003), Symbols of Failure (2006), and Divine Council (2022). It was produced by Joe Haley at his own Crawlspace Productions studio, with cover art from Belial Necroarts (Gaerea, In Aeternum). Listen on Spotify.
Fuming Mouth - The Ringing Bell
Genre: Death Metal/Hardcore
About: Massachusetts death metal/hardcore outfit Fuming Mouth return with their third full-length, The Ringing Bell, following 2023's Last Day of Sun, an album shaped by frontman Mark Whelan's battle with leukemia. The record was recorded with longtime producer Kurt Ballou (Converge) at God City Studio, and features Jay Weinberg (Slipknot, Against Me!) behind the kit. Released via Triple B Records, the album blends death metal ferocity with the band's hardcore roots. Listen on Spotify.
Lord Gryphus - Summoning the King of Death
Genre: Death Metal
About: Lord Gryphus are an anonymous, masked three-piece death metal outfit from Austin, Texas, whose sound and imagery draw on ritual, sacrifice, and reverence for death, channeling genre pioneers like Morbid Angel, Sepultura, and Incantation. Summoning the King of Death is the band's debut full-length, built on raw, early-'90s-inspired extreme metal. The album includes a cover of Sepultura's "Troops of Doom," plus guest vocals from Reese Alavi (Creeping Death) and a guitar solo from Mike De León (Soulfly). It's a self-released effort. Listen on Spotify.
Eaten by Sharks - The Undertow of Hate
Genre: Technical Death Metal/Deathcore
About: Eaten by Sharks are a technical death metal/deathcore band from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Undertow of Hate is their sophomore full-length, following 2022's Eradication, and unfolds as a concept album rooted in nautical horror and psychological collapse. The record was produced alongside Christian Donaldson, who handled engineering, mixing, and mastering, and arrives via CDN Records. Listen on Spotify.
Murder of Life - Visions of Justice
Genre: Death Metal/Hardcore
About: Murder of Life are a death metal/hardcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2023, with lyrical themes centered on death, war, and politics. Visions of Justice follows their Demo 2023 and the Emptiness of Oblivion EP. The band remains unsigned/independent. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Necrocosm
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