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Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…
Estertor – Evil Black Church
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
About: Catalan extreme-metal outfit Estertor draw on death metal, black metal and the grim atmosphere of classic horror cinema on Evil Black Church. Inspired by Italian horror films, the eight-track album channels occult blasphemy through dark, aggressive riffing and macabre heavy-metal flourishes. Released through Black Lion Records, it follows 2021’s Tales from the Ancient Grave. Listen on Spotify.
Messier 16 – Shouts from the Cliffs of Heterodoxy
Genre: Avant-Garde Black Metal / Post-Metal
About: Norwegian experimental metal group Messier 16 explore fractured perceptions and unstable inner worlds on Shouts from the Cliffs of Heterodoxy, their third full-length. Technical black metal, doom, post-metal and choral passages collide across twelve tracks, shifting between punishing intensity, atmospheric expanses and moments of unsettling beauty. Released through Time to Kill Records, the album favours a collection of contrasting psychological portraits over one continuous narrative. Listen on Spotify.
Abyssus – The Reign
Genre: Old-School Death Metal
About: Greek death metal veterans Abyssus return with The Reign, their third full-length following Into the Abyss (2015) and Death Revival (2022). Rooted in old-school death metal, the ten-track album balances crushing riffs, forceful grooves and a raw, aggressive attack while staying close to the genre’s classic foundations. Fireflash Records handles the release. Listen on Spotify.
Mental Cruelty – Echoes of a Forlorn Land
Genre: Blackened Deathcore
About: German extreme-metal outfit Mental Cruelty expand their deathcore sound on Echoes of a Forlorn Land, blending blackened death metal with black metal, folk and power-metal elements. Across eleven tracks, the band builds a cinematic sound shaped by atmospheric passages, heavy orchestration and bursts of punishing aggression. Produced, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren, the album arrives through Century Media Records. Listen on Spotify.
Feeding – Insurmountable Suffering
Genre: Death Metal / Grindcore
About: Edmonton’s Feeding unleash another dose of abrasive extreme metal with Insurmountable Suffering. Drawing from death metal, grindcore and hardcore punk, the eight-track release is built around blunt-force riffs, relentless intensity and grim song titles such as “Blood from Every Pore,” “Necrotic Drainage” and “Blood Cascades.” The album follows the band’s PROMO 2023 and continues their uncompromising underground approach. Listen on Spotify.
Tumorflesh Rejection – Beneath the Moor, the Ancient Dwells
Genre: Slamming Brutal Death Metal / Slamming Deathcore
About: Russian brutal-death outfit Tumorflesh Rejection deliver ten tracks of punishing slams, grotesque imagery and relentless extremity on Beneath the Moor, the Ancient Dwells. The album features guest vocal appearances from members of Brains Outward, FBC, Meat Cutting Floor, Cold Blooded Murder and Sigil, adding further voices to its dense assault. The release continues the band’s run of singles and collaborations, with distribution credited to RUMF Productions. Listen on Spotify.
And the unearthed and on rotation underground bands this week include: Serpent Skies
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