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BASSAIUM Break Roughly Eighteen Years of Silence and Cover Disrupt While They Are At It

Death Metal

Out today on Bang the Head Records: twelve songs from a Tokyo band that formed in 1998 and then stopped.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 23, 2026

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SLAUGHTERCULT Put Their Second Album Out Tomorrow, Four Years After Forming

Grindcore Brutal Death Metal

Eleven tracks on Vicious Instinct Records, from a Sydney band that has released something almost every year since 2022.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 23, 2026

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NUCLEARHAMMER Release a Recording They Made Eight Years Ago

Death Metal Black Metal

Xaos 333 was tracked in 2018 and Iron Bonehead puts it out on 25 September; the three songs are streaming now.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

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EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY Re-Sign With Massacre Records the Year Their Trilogy Ends

Death Metal

Three albums in four years finished a single story; the new deal covers whatever comes after it, and a North American tour with Nervosa follows in 2027.

Ben Ashworth · Sep 22, 2026

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HELL-BORN Mark Thirty Years With a Seventh Album Called VII

Thrash Metal Death Metal

Blood In Stone is the second single; Deformeathing Production releases the seven track record on 9 October.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

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KATATONIA Announce Two Shows in China Five Days Before Playing Them

Death Metal Doom Metal

Shanghai on 27 September, Shenzhen on 28 September, then Japan and an Australian and New Zealand run in October.

Lars Hendriks · Sep 22, 2026

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NILE Book December Dates Across Europe and Say It Is Shorter Than They Wanted

Death Metal

The last run of the year opens in Lodz on 1 December, with Intrepid, Redsphere and Orecus in support.

Lars Hendriks · Sep 22, 2026

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LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Put Faceless Out Three Days Before the Album It Belongs To

Death Metal Doom Metal

The single and its video are out now; Lay Me Down O Silent Fear follows on 25 September through Steamhammer.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

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BRAT Put Seventeen Tracks on Manslayer and Bring In Revocation and Walls of Jericho

Death Metal Grindcore

Third advance song from the second album, out on Friday through Prosthetic Records, with a Napalm Death support run behind it.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

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MASSTERON Put the Whole of Their Debut Online Two Days Before ATMF Releases It

Death Metal Black Metal

Six tracks and thirty seven minutes of Polish black death, recorded live in the studio, streaming in full ahead of 24 September.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 22, 2026

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ARTIFICIAL BRAIN Move to Richmond and Come Back With a Singer From Inter Arma

Death Metal

Mike Paparo and drummer Alex Tomlin join for 'Antillia', out 13 November on Profound Lore.

Tomas Berglund · Sep 21, 2026

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AGREGATOR Put a Second Version of Hamu at the End of the EP and Now Give It a Video

Death Metal Gothic Metal

'Elízium' came out in June; the album 'Por és hamu' is expected in 2027.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

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PALE REFLECTION Put Out 'Fading Daylight', Seven Years After the Singles That Open It

Death Metal Doom Metal

The Brazilian death doom band release their first album today, on their own, with the three songs they put out in 2019 finally sitting on a record.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

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BREEDING CHAOS Name the Second Album Dimensional Demise and Move It to 27 November

Death Metal

Eleven tracks on Great Dane Records, opening with 'The Arrival' and closing with 'Departure'.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

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CREPITATION Name the New Song After Somebody Not Reracking the Weights

Brutal Death Metal

'Unsolicited Barbellend Rerackment' is out with a video from the Liverpool slam band.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

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ARCHSPIRE Take Too Fast To Die Across Europe for Twenty Five Nights

Death Metal

A live video for 'Limb Of Leviticus' opens a run from Koln on 23 October to Helsinki on 21 November.

Lars Hendriks · Sep 21, 2026

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ZORNHEYM Put Chopin's Funeral March Through the Asylum and Let the Choir Carry the Coffin

Death Metal Black Metal

Third single from 'Descending Into Madness', which Noble Demon releases on 2 October.

Marie-Ève Tremblay · Sep 21, 2026

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OBSCURA Say They Have Filed Criminal Complaints in Germany Over Eleven Years of Publications

Progressive Metal Death Metal

The band's statement names no individuals and asks people not to speculate; it says visas for China were among the casualties.

Tomas Berglund · Sep 21, 2026