Death & Black Metal

Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise

Atmospheric/Melodic Death Metal from Newington, Connecticut, US

Connecticut-based melodic/melancholic death metal band Fires In The Distance released their album “Circadian Promise” on 12 June via Prosthetic Records. With their third album, the band has taken their melancholic, synth-heavy style to new, cathartic heights. “Circadian Promise” is virtuosic yet visceral, progressive but always authentic, and confirms Fires In The Distance as a rising force in the genre. Founding guitarist and songwriter Yegor Savonin said: “Our music springs from raw emotions. Each new album depicts a different experience and phase of life, with the sound and atmosphere evolving accordingly.” With new singer and guitarist Brendan Hayter, the album is undoubtedly Fires In The Distance’s darkest and most comprehensive to date – thoroughly captivating and without a single filler track, even though some of the six tracks run to over nine minutes.

1. Of Radiance and Levitation 09:27 2. To You, Author of My Fade 09:03 3. Lightless Days of a Songless Bird 08:49 4. By This Time Tomorrow 05:05 5. Once the Silence Takes Your Place 08:59 6. Agonal Dreaming 07:57

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @prostheticrecords

Fleshcrawl - Epitome of Carnage

Old school Death Metal from Illertissen, Germany

Finally back – possibly Germany’s best death metal band! ... After their second, far too long hiatus, FLESHCRAWL are back at the forefront with yet another milestone and, hopefully, ready to get the band back up and running as normal. "Epitome Of Carnage" is a death metal gem that is sure to bring a tear of joy to the eyes of more than just nostalgic fans ... With “Epitome Of Carnage”, FLESHCRAWL deliver exactly what you’d hope for from a seasoned death metal outfit: uncompromising heaviness, riffs as heavy as a tonne, thunderous drums and a dark atmosphere that hangs over the entire album like a bloody veil. The band remains true to its old-school roots, yet comes across as neither outdated nor lacking in ideas. Instead, you’re hit with a raw, direct and brutally venerable dose of death metal that should easily appeal to both long-standing fans and those who prefer a harder edge.

1. Blood Dominion 04:14 2. Chapel of Guts 05:44 3. Grave Messiah 04:01 4. Embers of Wrath 03:25 5. Committed to Suffer 03:55 6. Reign Forever 03:50 7. Chronicles of Bloodshed 01:08 8. Rebuilt from Flesh 03:54 9. Orphan God 03:51 10. Path of Thorns 05:22 11. Heralds of Death 04:08 12. Of Fire and Flesh 04:43

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @[email protected]

Nuclear Tomb - Epoch Inhumane

Thrash/Death Metal from Baltimore, Maryland, US

Baltimore, Maryland's own weirdo thrash stalwarts Nuclear Tomb are back and as vicious as ever with their new album "Epoch Inhumane" out June 12th on Rotted Life Records! Their unique fusion of tight thrash riffing, noisy punk aggression, progressive rock ambition, and classic heavy metal grandeur has brought comparisons to trailblazing metal mavericks such as Voivod, Pestilence, and Coroner. The band, refusing to rest on their laurels, spent the last two years crafting new material which they introduced and refined in front of audiences at raging, high-energy gigs ranging as far as Texas to Quebec.

1. Watch the Skies 03:16 2. Falling Out the World of Lies 03:46 3. Unbowed and Averse 03:34 4. Faithless Continuum 03:56 5. Broken Promise, Barren Essence 03:58 6. Lifeless Transformation 03:01 7. Butcher's Lament 03:29 8. Terminally Emboldened 02:25 9. The Coward's Cruise 03:53 10. Epoch Inhumane 05:01

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @rottedliferecords

Defiled - Altered State

Death Metal from Tokyo, Japan

While an active member of its golden era, DEFILED are neither relics nor custodians for old-school death metal. Like the Japanese salamander, the Tokyo legends have evolved in isolation away from scenes or trends. The band’s ninth album continues their mastery of the form, but "Altered State" bears only a passing resemblance to the genre’s past or present. On "Altered State", DEFILED unleash a dizzying blast of death metal straight from the future.

1. Dazed in Blindness 02:59 2. Altered State 03:05 3. Obsession 03:04 4. Portal 03:39 5. Necro-Force 02:31 6. The Degradation 03:51 7. Genocidal Stage 02:27 8. Metamorphosis of Evil 03:11 9. The Ultra Death 02:42 10. Zombified 02:17 11. Lunatics 03:07 12. Prophecies 03:29 13. Demolition 03:25 14. Apocalyptic End 03:25

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @seasonofmistofficial

Soulburn - Quantifying Cosmic Doom

Blackened Death Metal from Oldenzaal, Netherlands

With “Quantifying Cosmic Doom”, SOULBURN renew their dark pact with their loyal following: they deliver extreme and heavy metal that constantly pushes boundaries whilst remaining true to its core values of black, death and doom. Building upon a solid foundation of death metal, “Quantifying Cosmic Doom” seamlessly adds walls of melancholy carved from the bedrock of doom, and crowns massive riffs with the wild and spiritual flames of black metal. A wide musical variety, coupled with the masterful storytelling that runs like a thread through the epic songs, reveals SOULBURN as seasoned veterans who cling to their extreme craft with absolute self-assurance and passion. SOULBURN rose from the ashes of ASPHYX in 1996, when the Dutch death metal pioneers disbanded once more before eventually reuniting. Behind SOULBURN’s fifth album, “Quantifying Cosmic Doom”, lies a long journey that never followed a straight path, but instead led through many dimensions and trod hidden paths. Yet the Dutch metal extremists have undeniably reached a dark and beautiful pinnacle.

1. The Braveheart of Nightmares 07:29 2. Powehi, the Embellished Dark Source of Unending Creation 07:14 3. A Pyramid Absurd 05:32 4. An Impious Journey Through the Cathedral's Mouth 03:38 5. Stalactites of Molten Flesh 05:12 6. M87 - What Hopes to Be Born? 05:00 7. Iconox Spew Black at the Razor's Edge 05:31 8. Down Among the Stars 04:15 9. The Desolationist 05:21 10. In the Very Time That Will Rot Us 05:12 11. An Innocuous Swathe of Sky 06:49

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @testimony_records

Goreworm - Miasmic Solitude

Technical/Brutal Death Metal from Brantford, Canada

Canadian death metal band Goreworm mesh different death metal styles in a way that's both confounding and challenging. They're throwing technical, melodic, and brutal death metal elements into a high-speed blender—hardly the most conventional approach—and when the music still manages to sound so coherent, it warrants a closer listen. They seem to have coalesced the influences on an almost cellular level - the aural phantasmic entity emanating from the speakers sounds decidedly Goreworm even when constantly showing glimpses of different musical personalities. "Miasmic Solitude" is Goreworm's most evolved creation to date and it must be celebrated for its passionate and innovative take on the technical death metal style.

1. Conjuring 04:10 2. Monuments to Murdering 03:04 3. The Enthralling Grave 03:04 4. Orbweaver 04:34 5. Amor Vincit Omnia 05:02 6. No Reprieve 04:13 7. Eve of Flagellation 04:11 8. Jarrell 04:10 9. Strelly 03:29 10. Miasmic Solitude 04:09

Release date: June 12th, 2026 via @transcendingobscurity

Day 40 - Phenomenon

Thrash/Death Metal from London, England, UK

DAY 40 started as side project of Guitarist/Vocalist Den Dimitrov in 2003. In October 2012 DAY 40 transformed into an active band. The record marks a major milestone for the band, landing twelve years after their debut album Only The Stones Remain and following a series of singles and EPs that have steadily expanded their sound and presence in the UK and European metal scenes. The album showcases 10 tracks of sharpened sonic thrash driven aggression, atmospheric depth, and the band’s signature melodic tension. With PHENOMENON, the band steps into a new creative chapter, delivering their most ambitious and cohesive work yet..

1. Tunguska 04:04 2. Lunar Enigma 03:38 3. Servants for Eternity 05:30 4. Dionysius I 00:54 5. Tyrant of Syracuse 03:52 6. The Yellow Emperor 05:02 7. Many Lives, One Death 03:24 8. Slaves 05:05 9. Dropa Stones 03:16 10. The Great Deluge 04:04

Smokeborn Blasphemy - Guidance Through Endless Smoke

Psychedelic Black Metal from New York, US

Smokeborn Blasphemy is a blackened force of destruction, fusing the raw intensity of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal. Their performances are an offering—an unholy union of smoke, light, and sound ........... an offering to the abyss.

1. Bringer of Life 04:33 2. Nocturnal Plague 07:09 3. Drifting to Oblivion 05:10 4. Never Sleep Again 09:11

Release date: June 11th, 2026

Diamond - Hope Dies Last

Death Metal from Syktyvkar, Russia

Many years after the release of their debut album, this band from Syktyvkar (Russia) returns with a new album that will sound like pure honey to the ears of all fans of old-school death metal! Welcome the second album from Roman Diamond (vocalist of GRIMORIUM VERUM). Although the highly acclaimed debut album was released more than ten years ago, the follow-up adheres to the same principle: “This album is a must-have for every metal fan, as it was created by a metalhead for metalheads and is worth listening to by everyone, everywhere! Power and heaviness will envelop you from the very first guitar chord, and you’ll remain captivated by this musical maelstrom right through to the end of the album.

1. Office Plankton 03:43 2. Liar 03:49 3. Nightmare 04:14 4. Trance 03:25 5. Silent Tread of Death 04:30 6. Trought the Veil 04:10 7. Mumbling Delirium 04:50 8. War 04:18 9. Strange Figure 04:50

Release date: June 11th, 2026 via #morehateproductions

Devourment - Pious Impiety (EP)

Slam/Brutal Death Metal from Dallas, Texas, US

Throughout Devourment’s twenty four years of existence, one thing has remained constant: unyielding brutality. Formed in 1995 and hailing from Dallas, TX, Devourment has remained consistent and powerful, leading many to celebrate them as the heaviest death metal band in the world due to their influential blend of vicious slam elements with an old school death metal sound. After 7 long-awaited years, DEVOURMENT returns with Pious Impiety. The 7" EP relentlessly churns through some of the band's most disgustingly heavy, trademark brutal slabs of slam to date!

1. Pious Impiety 03:36 2. Mortiferous Dependency 03:53 3. Advanced Stage Decomposition 04:29

Release date: June 11th, 2026 via @relapserecords

Avolition - Monument to the Forsaken

Melodic Death Metal from Gothenburg, Sweden

Formed on the west coast of Sweden, Avolition have been quietly chasing their musical identity, waiting for the perfect moment to capture their audience. They have now decided where on the sonic spectrum of Gothenburg-based metal they want to start forging their path, and are ready to bring their music to the public. With fast drums and loud guitars they will draw your attention, and reach into your mind with the perfect melodic blend that defines the Swedish metal scene. Avolition have only just started.

1. Chains of Torment 04:10 2. Promises of Paradise 04:32 3. Trial by Fire 03:55 4. The Malevolent One 03:42 5. Shattered Land 05:17 6. Standing in the Dark 05:02 7. Call to Subservience 03:28 8. Cannon Fodder 04:12 9. False Ascension 03:54 10. Digital Decay 04:17 11. As the Whole World Burns 02:59

Release date: June 10th, 2026

Ifri - Broken

Symphonic Black Metal Tunis, Tunisia

Hailing from the forgotten lore of the olden days, Ifri ⵉⴼⵔⵉ, the Amazighian underworld goddess, is furious at mankind for losing their souls to evil, the God of the Abrahamic religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and vows to spread her blasphemous sermon through her monstruous servant, Ifrit عفريت.

1. Deus Est Morte 02:22 2. Pain And Agony 04:09 3. Ascension in Death 03:48 4. Shattered Soul 05:03 5. Blasphemous Sermon 03:52 6. Human Scourge 03:45 7. Unholy Uprising 03:55

Release date: June 10th, 2026

Véhémence - Assiégé pour l'éternité

Medieval Black Metal from France

Véhémence have really given it their all, and “Assiégé pour l'Eternité” is far more than just old wine in new bottles. The album has been completely re-recorded, and the line-up has expanded since their debut. Furthermore, additional folk instruments have been added, the album’s mix has been refined, and the whole thing has been made somewhat more accessible. Highly melodic, dramatic, emotional, and despite the use of folk elements, there is no trace of paganism or any watering down of the underlying structure. At four and a half minutes, “De Célestes Cavalcades” serves as an appetiser, after which the album really gets down to business with tracks running well over eight minutes. And time flies by... In the more folk-oriented passages, the early Empyrium comes to the fore, or the metallic early days of Stille Volk; at times it also leans towards a slightly different kind of 90s French black metal, à la Eros Necropsique. However, one can also detect echoes of the French-Canadian “Métal Noir Québécois”.

1. De célestes cavalcades 04:37 2. Assiégé pour l'éternité 09:01 3. Le sang respire encore 08:21 4. En quête du Graal 08:54 5. Chant d'honneur 08:28 6. Par sombres forêts et vastes plaines 02:45

Release date: June 10th, 2026 @antiq.label

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Radiant Black - Through the Valley of Decay

Progressive/Melodic Death Metal from Israel

Radiant Black was founded in Israel in 2022 by Raphael Meissonnier. The band is influenced by death metal as well as progressive and melodic music.

1. Ascent 02:18 2. Viridian 06:12 3. First Light 06:26 4. Tempest Blue 02:01 5. Elegy for the Condemned 05:33 6. Between the Faces 04:34 7. The Witness 03:38 8. Hall of Voices 06:35

Release date: June 8th, 2026

Drunemeton - Dweller Of Carcosa

Epic Blackened Heathen Metal from Pancevo, Serbia

Drunemeton presents “Dweller of Carcosa”, a new full-length album of Epic Blackened Heathen Metal. Rooted in the spirit of Ancient Rites, Bal-Sagoth, Menhir, Thyrfing, Borknagar, Blind Guardian, Månegarm, Suidakra and the old underground metal tradition, the album combines blackened melodic metal, pagan atmosphere, heroic songwriting and old melodic death metal energy. Conceptually, “Dweller of Carcosa” leads the listener into a realm of exile, ruined cities, forgotten names and dead stars — a final refuge for the nameless souls erased by history. Inspired by the echoes of Ambrose Bierce and the King in Yellow mythos, the album transforms Carcosa into a symbolic afterworld where the fallen, the wandering and the dispossessed gather beneath an alien sky. A work of pagan mourning, heroic melody and blackened fatalism, “Dweller of Carcosa” marks one of the most focused and epic chapters in the Drunemeton discography.

1. Intro 04:44 2. The Grindstones Of History 05:54 3. The Haunted Land In Waters Cold 06:09 4. Whirlwind Of Wild Hunt 04:19 5. Where Waters Dream 07:09 6. Dweller Of Carcosa 07:04 7. Annuin's Well 06:23 8. Phantoms On The Scene 07:29 9. Siege Of Carcassone 03:46 10. Mordred's Song (Blind Guardian cover) 05:34 11. Mother Europe (Ancient Rites cover) 05:40

Release date: June 8th, 2026

Baalzagoth - No God, No Savior

Blackened Death Metal from Kostrzyn Nad Odrą, Poland

Baalzagoth, a band from Kostrzyn nad Odrą, makes it clear from the very first notes: compromise, redemption or mercy have no place here. The band, which is dedicated to the aesthetics of blackened death metal, delivers brutal, direct music that is deliberately directed against religious dogma. Their sound is a sonic masterpiece – heavy, dense and imbued with a darkness that not only accompanies but overwhelms. Baalzagoth draws on the hellish legacy of death metal – echoes of the merciless force of Morbid Angel, the suffocating chaos of Incantation, the ritualistic rigour of Immolation and the extreme intensity of Hate Eternal. Yet this is neither a copy nor a nostalgic homage – the band takes the hardest, darkest and most primal elements of death metal and pushes the brutality to the absolute limit.

1. True Messiah 03:36 2. Satan 03:38 3. Codex Asmodei 03:18 4. Behemoth 04:59 5. Excommunicatus Ab Humanitate 03:25 6. Blood Tribunal 03:09 7. Auto-Da-Fe 04:08 8. No God, No Savior 04:48 9. Christ of Deceit 04:18 10. Gloria Apostasiae 04:04

Release date: June 6th, 2026 via @putrid_cult

Where Deprivation Lies - The Seven Agonies

Technical Death Metal from Blackpool, England, UK

The second album from UK death metallers, Where Deprivation Lies. A crushing blend of technical riffs, blast beats and demonic vocals created to immerse the audience in a miasma of brutality. The Seven Agonies is a descent through seven stages of human ruin — each track embodying a different torment carved into flesh, spirit, and memory. Exploring themes of loss, war and addiction, The Seven Agonies is an album about the transformation pain forces upon the soul: suffering not as punishment, but as evolution.

1. When a Soul Believes 04:08 2. Instrument of Penance 03:56 3. Hollywood Marionette 05:48 4. Sundown 04:23 5. In Tongues 05:56 6. Gemini 04:09 7. To the Lost 07:18

Release date: June 7th, 2026