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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Abyssal Rift – Relics of Great Ash
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
About: Abyssal Rift is an atmospheric death metal band from Columbus, Ohio, led by musician Matt Auxier (also known for 6th Circle and Ash Prison). Relics of Great Ash is the band's sophomore full-length, following their 2023 debut Extirpation Dirge, and marks their move from Sentient Ruin to Transcending Obscurity Records. The album blends tremolo-driven death metal with doom-paced atmosphere, dark ambient textures, and synth work. Listen on Spotify.
Burial Ruthless – Held by Evil
Genre: Technical Death Metal
About: Burial Ruthless is an extreme metal band formed in 2015 in Maturín, Venezuela, before relocating to Barcelona, Spain in 2016 amid the country's migration crisis. Held by Evil is the band's debut full-length album, released via Great Dane Records. The 11-track record blends technical and brutal death metal with old-school aggression, built around a conceptual narrative of corruption, psychological collapse, and control. Listen on Spotify.
Warforged – The Grove | Almanac
Genre: Progressive/Blackened Death Metal
About: Warforged is a progressive death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, signed to The Artisan Era, known for blending dissonant technicality with dynamic, emotionally driven songwriting. The Grove | Almanac follows their 2022 release The Grove | Sundial and features guest vocal appearances from Eddie Limperis (Barren Heir), Eddie Gobbo (Something is Waiting), and Danny Rodriguez (Through the Eyes of the Dead). The album was recorded at Bricktop Recording with Pete Grossmann handling drum/vocal tracking, mixing, and mastering. Listen on Spotify.
The Absolution Sequence – Dread Cycle
Genre: Technical Death Metal
About: The Absolution Sequence is a technical death metal band from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Dread Cycle is the band's debut full-length, released via Bleeding Art Collective following a string of prior EPs and singles. The album features a three-guitar attack and dual drummers, balancing dense technicality with atmospheric, dissonant passages and multiple vocalists trading off lead duties. Listen on Spotify.
Invocation Ritual – Altered Reality
Genre: Death Metal
About: Invocation Ritual is a death metal band based in Seattle, Washington, featuring current and former members of Oxygen Destroyer, Kontusion, and Reburied. Altered Reality is the band's debut full-length album, released via Iron Fortress Records following a self-released two-song demo. Across ten tracks, the record explores themes of addiction, war, mental illness, and psychological collapse. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Suffocate the Skies, Analtopsy, MysteryxMeat, Climactic, Blistered Existence, Perpetual Paradox, and Retrovizer
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