Artwork: B. Rayfield
New Releases 20250725 (July 25th)
Japanese doom and heavy rock powerhouse HEBI KATANA announces the release of their fourth studio album "Imperfection" this July 25th on Ripple Music and presents the haunting debut single "Dead Horse Requiem" today.
https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/imperfection
Midwestern US-based industrial metal outfit BLACK MAGNET arrives with its gnarled third album, Megamantra, confirmed for release July 25th on Federal Prisoner.
https://blckmgnt.bandcamp.com/album/megamantra-2
Profound Lore welcomes New Jersey/Washington DC-based death metal band KONTUSION to the label for the July 25th release of the band’s merciless debut album, Insatiable Lust For Death.
https://kontusionkontusion.bandcamp.com/album/insatiable-lust-for-death
Belgian post-doom quartet Hemelbestormer present their upcoming album The Radiant Veil. The new full length will be out on 25th July through Pelagic Records.
https://hemelbestormer.bandcamp.com/album/the-radiant-veil
Frusen Sorg has forged a debut EP that’s as harrowing as it is cathartic. Their worldwide release on July 25th via Fiadh Productions/Void Sound, Jag Springer Med Avbrutna Ben channels raw emotion into a torrent of blackened punk that shuns civility and embraces chaos.
https://voidsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jag-springer-med-avbrutna-ben
Chicago post-hardcore/noise-rock band Latter release their new EP, What Lives Inside of Me, out July 25th.
https://latterband.bandcamp.com/album/what-lives-inside-of-me
The Book Of Hours, the incredible debut LP from Norwegian instrumental progressive rock project AGROPELTER, releases July 25th on The Lasers Edge.
https://lasersedge.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-hours
Death Etiquette by Atomic Witch (Redefining Darkness Records)
The band's sophomore release crystalizes Atomic Witch’s unique frenzied vision and picks up where the debut LP Crypt of Sleepless Malice left off, refining their sound while managing to expand its palette into new territory. Hypnotic, swirling cacophonies give way to speed metal fury; lumbering riffs are accented by industrial textures. Nothing is off limits, yet everything follows a continuous rotten thread, like a phantom being torn through a hallucinogenic nightmare.
https://atomicwitch.bandcamp.com/album/death-etiquette
Windows Drenched in Red by Blood Brain Barrier
Windows Drenched in Red is the visceral debut from Blood Brain Barrier—a conceptual dive into the psyche of a formless entity drifting betwee dimensions. Merging black metal, doom, sludge, ambient textures, and fractured melodies, the album reflects humanity’s violent imprint on unseen realms. Each track is a crimson-streaked window into cycles of suffering and the inevitable collapse of meaning. More than music, it’s a confrontation with the abstract and the void we create in pursuit of purpose.
https://bbbmetal.bandcamp.com/album/windows-drenched-in-red
Lost in Darkness and Distance by False Gods
FALSE GODS are not here to comfort you. Since forming on Long Island, NY in 2015, the band has carved a sonic identity rooted in disillusionment, despair, and the bitter truths of existence. On their new album, Lost in Darkness and Distance, the band reaches into deeper shadows, sonically, emotionally, and philosophically, than ever before. It's not just their heaviest record, it's their most human.
https://falsegods1.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-darkness-and-distance
Force from the Grave by VERDALACK (Hells Headbangers)
Classics-minded but exuding an authentically fresh approach, VERDALACK's Force From the Grave will throttle maniacs of Jag Panzer to Japan's Bastard, Exciter to GISM, and Piledriver to Deathside. The Tokyo Speed Metal Forces are on the attack!
https://verdalack-japan.bandcamp.com/album/force-from-the-grave
Leave the Light Behind by Bloodletter (Wise Blood Records)
Chicago thrashers BLOODLETTER have shredded stages across the USA for over twelve years. Their new album Leave the Light Behind is a vicious culmination of over a decade’s worth of sweaty moshpits, broken bones, and riffs sharp as guillotine blades.
https://bloodlettermetal.bandcamp.com/album/leave-the-light-behind
Blodsdåd Och Hor by Jordfäst (Black Lion Records)
Blodsdåd och hor (Bloodshed and whoredom), the third installment in the Jordfäst saga, is their darkest chapter thus far. Bellowed by the winds from the past, it is forged with steel and blood in a furnace built by Scandinavian rock. The lyrical themes and musical compositions bond together, forming a strong and durable alloy. Under the unyielding strokes of hammers, the characteristic Jordfäst soundscape has been hardened, and the melodies have been thoroughly honed by melancholia to deep-cutting perfection.
https://jordfst.bandcamp.com/album/blodsd-d-och-hor
Acts of Blood by FERMENTO
FERMENTO release their fourth album, Acts of Blood, marking a bold evolution in their musical direction. This new chapter introduces powerful elements of black metal—featuring dark, dissonant riffs woven with bursts of unrelenting fury—all delivered with a cutting-edge sound reminiscent of the black metal scene, thanks to its low tuning and deep, resonant tones. Of especial note is the presence of two French luminaries, BST (Order of Apollyon, Sotherion, VI) on drums and production and MkM (Antaeus, Aosoth, Destruction Ritual) on guest vocals, further cementing FERMENTO as a cult act and one with extremely deep ties to the old underground. Breaking away from their previous work, Acts of Blood redefines FERMENTO as a revitalized force—fresh, fearless, and ready to dominate the scene.
https://fermento.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-blood-2
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