Scalding - Nuclear Winter Spell [2025]

Artist: Scalding

Album: Nuclear Winter Spell
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/mzkLQ59wQ9Y / https://scalding.bandcamp.com
Country: Canada
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Empires of Blood Cascade...

2. ...into the Mouths of Wolves

3. Plaguestorm

4. Valley of the Sepulcher

5. Nuclear Winter Spell

6. Dead Stag

7. Overthrown

8. Hill of the Cross

9. Embrace the Eternal Slumber

10. Onward to Oblivion

Witness: -[*]-

I am not always a big proponent of black metal but I like the riffs these guys have created here.

 

Cruel Force - Haneda [2026]

Artist: Cruel Force

Album: Haneda
Year: 2026
Genre: Black Metal / Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://burningleathermx.com/Cruel_Force / https://cruelforce.bandcamp.com
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Cross

2. Whips-A-Swinging

3. Savage Gods

4. Sword of Iron

5. Crystal Skull

6. Warlords

7. Black Talon

8. Titan’s Awakening

9. Haneda

Witness: -[*]-
Killer old-school speed metal from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. On this album, Cruel Force has captured the essence of what this style should sound like. The drum and guitar sound is perfectly captured in the recording and works to transport the listener back to the 80's heyday of speed metal. This is recommended for any true fan of the genre.

  

Cruel Force - Dawn of the Axe [2023]

Artist: Cruel Force

Album: Dawn of the Axe
Year: 2023
Genre: Black Metal / Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://cruelforce.bigcartel.com/cruel force / https://www.instagram.com/cruelforceofficial
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Azrael's Dawn

2. At the Dawn of the Axe

3. Night of Thunder

4. Death Rides the Sky

5. Devil's Dungeon

6. Watchtower of Abra

7. Across the Styx

8. Power Surge

9. Realm of Sands

Witness: -[*]-

Cruel Force - The Rise of Satanic Might [2010] (Reissue 2012)

Artist: Cruel Force

Album: The Rise of Satanic Might
Year: 2010
Genre: Black Metal / Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/WZqaxv1sEOQ / https://www.facebook.com/CruelForce
Country: Germany
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Witches Curse

2. Satanic Might

3. Forces of Hades

4. Leather and Metal

5. Necromansy (Bathory cover)

6. Deathstrike

7. Victim of Hellfire

8. Queen of Heresy

9. March for the Pentagram

Witness: -[*]-

Demon King - Death Knell [2025]

Artist: Demon King

Album: Death Knell
Year: 2025
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://demonking.bandcamp.com / https://www.nightshiftmerch.com/Demon-King
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Requiem for a Dead World

2. Incineration Mantra

3. The Poisoned Veins of the Willing

4. By the Portents of Evil

5. Pharmagickal Dominion

6. Saturnal Abyss, Carbonic Prison

7. Death Knell

8. To Trample and Destroy the Nations

Witness: -[*]-

I heard the early track from this album in the video above last summer, and it really didn't grab me that tightly at first. But, after listening to the entire album a few times now, damn, these guys created a solid tech death album with Death Knell \m/\m/

Pentagoat - Serpents of Annihilation [2016]

Artist: Pentagoat

Album: Serpents of Annihilation
Year: 2016
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/PWwJUtHlqRg / https://www.facebook.com/pentagoatofficial
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Chaosifer Tower

2. Firebringer  

3. Ancient Beast  

4. Bloodcum  

5. Prophet of Doom  

6. Dark Horizons  

7. Divine Holocaust  

8. Raped by Jesus  

9. Dawn of the Black Sun  

10. Massacre  

11. Pathways of the Damned  

12. The Destroyer  

13. Ascension of the Nameless One  

14. Opus Satanica  

15. Aeons of Silence

Witness: -[*]-
I came across this disc back in August and wasn't aware of this band from San Diego, even though this album is almost 10 years old. I like their style; it has a nice old-school European flavor that I dig for sure.

Decrypter - Nechronicles [2025]

Artist: Decrypter

Album: Nechronicles
Year: 2025
Genre: Blackened Death Metal / Deathcore
Web: https://decrypter.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/decryptermx
Country: Mexico
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Nechronicles  

2. Ophyrion  

3. Scourge of the Moon  

4. Nymvrenaragz  

5. Under the Roots of the Ancient  

6. Until the Dark Unites Us Again  

7. The Nameless  

8. Digging a Black Hole  

9. In the Depths of Fear  

10. The Beginning of the Void

Witness: -[*]-

Imperishable - Revelation in Purity [2025]

Artist: Imperishable

Album: Revelation in Purity
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/MQceAFzQ3PY / https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/imperishable_us
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Oath of Disgust

2. Exclusion Continuum

3. Revelation in Purity

4. Spewing Retribution

5. Iniquity

6. Where Dead Omens Croon

7. The Enduring Light of Irreverence

Witness: -[*]-
Not to be confused with the Swedish band Imperishable, this trio from Greenville, South Carolina, brings a diverse blend of experience from their backgrounds in many different bands to create a tasty blackened death metal album. 

Morbikon - Lost Within the Astral Crypts [2025]

Artist: Morbikon

Album: Lost Within the Astral Crypts
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/c-861bueyMs / https://tankcrimes.merchtable.com/morbikon
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Heavens That Burn and Eons Divided  

2. Unending Legions of Bael  

3. Flames That Blind and Shadows Cast  

4. Numeric Portal Ascendency  

5. Sworn to Their Beheaded King  

6. Masters of Eternal Night  

7. Ghoul Infested Mausoleum  

8. Lost Within the Astral Crypts

Witness: -[*]-
It was our friend DDM who promoted this band and their previous album a few years back, and I greatly appreciated that intel, because it was a killer disc. I haven't listened to this album quite as much yet, but it has some good moments as well. 

Graveripper - From Welkin to Tundra [2025]

Artist: Graveripper

Album: From Welkin to Tundra
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/YnbcpCFCaIg / https://graveripper.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Welkin, Now Tundra

2. Bring upon Pain

3. Hexenhammer

4. Death's Cold Embrace

5. Sanctioned Slaughter

6. Hounds from Hell

7. New Gods, New Masters

8. ...and Now It's Dark

9. Bullet Laden Crown

10. Burning Barren Plains

Witness: -[*]-
I first came across this band a couple of years back and really enjoyed their 2023 album Seasons Dreaming Death, but I can confidently say that this is a far superior album. It is chock-full of killer, aggressive riffs and blackened vocals that make for a vicious and entertaining listening experience. 

Evilcult - Triumph of Evil [2025]

Artist: Evilcult

Album: Triumph of Evil
Year: 2025
Genre: Speed Metal / Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://www.facebook.com/evilcult666 / https://www.instagram.com/evilcult666
Country: Brazil
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Diabolical Alchemist  

2. Midnight Ritual  

3. Triumph of Evil  

4. Satanic Revolution  

5. Waves of Agony  

6. The Abyss  

7. Warrior of Doom  

8. Nosferatu  

9. Endless Night

Witness: -[*]-
Evilcult delivers another authentic homage to old school blackened speed metal with the follow-up to their 2023 album, The Devil Is Always Looking for Souls. This new album seems to be a bit more diverse & refined in style and substance, and I am liking it. 

Vokodlok - The Egregious Being [2025]

Artist: Vokodlok

Album: The Egregious Being
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/N0dcztqqzoY / https://vokodlok.bandcamp.com/
Country: Romania
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Human  

2. Death Terror  

3. Warzone  

4. Disdain  

5. Bestiarium  

6. Jagh 'lw vlpoQ  

7. Denizen  

8. The Faces Within  

9. The Monster

Witness: -[*]-

Renunciation - Make Babylon Great Again [2025]

Artist: Renunciation

Album: Make Babylon Great Again
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal 
Web: https://youtu.be/8By2e0rK5ps / https://renunciation.bandcamp.com/
Country: Russia
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Apex of Frustration  

2. Make Babylon Great Again  

3. The Openers of Heavenly Gates  

4. Shiva Invictus  

5. Idols and Ideals  

6. Mandaean Principle  

7. Неизбежность 

Witness: -[*]-
There is a little too much black metal in the vocals at times, but overall, this sounds pretty damn good! Certainly entertaining. 

Urn - Demon Steel [2025]

Artist: Urn

Album: Demon Steel
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Web: https://urn-official.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/Urnofficial/
Country: Finland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Retribution of the Dead

2. Heir of Tyrants

3. Are You Friends with Your Demons

4. Burning Blood's Curse

5. Turbulence of Misanthropy

6. Iron Star

7. Wings of Inferno

8. Cold Void Skin

9. Ruthless Paranoia

10. Predator of Spiritforms

Witness: -[*]-

Infernal Flame - The Grave [2025]

Artist: Infernal Flame

Album: The Grave
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/VL4F68VWOHg / https://infernalflame.bandcamp.com
Country: Poland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Dreadead  

2. Cauldron of Black Tar  

3. Nightmarer  

4. Echoes  

5. Ogoun  

6. Turn World to... (Dust)  

7. The Grave  

8. Blood, Bones and Flesh  

9. Godbye

Witness: -[*]-
Here is a new black metal band from Warsaw that incorporates just enough death metal elements to create 48 minutes of highly engaging metal. 

Malthusian - The Summoning Bell [2025]

Artist: Malthusian

Album: The Summoning Bell
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://malthusian.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/malthusianDM
Country: Ireland
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Isolation  

2. Red, Waiting  

3. Between Dens and Ruins  

4. The Summoning Bell  

5. The Onset of the Death of Man  

6. Eroded Into Superstition  

7. Amongst the Swarms of Vermin  

8. In Chaos, Exult

Witness: Link removed
I was excited to listen to this one because I had read some comments, from people whose musical tastes I respect, saying this is a good album. I listened to it... and it didn't grab me. There is something about the vocal style that I didn't care much for upon first listen. It's probably just me. I will give it a few more chances.   

Baelfyr - Empowered By Hatred [2025]

Artist: Baelfyr

Album: Empowered By Hatred
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://baelfyr.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/BaelfyrBand
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. At the Mercy of a Vain God  

2. Innocence Defiled  

3. The Consequence of Endless Expansion  

4. Under a Starless Sky  

5. Rust and Dust  

6. Evil Incarnate  

7. Empowered by Hatred

Witness: -[*]-
Damn, this is a good death metal album from a band that incorporates a strong dose of blackness into the mix. I like this one more than I expected to.

Ophidious - Forgotten Shrines of Heresy [2025]

Artist: Ophidious

Album: Forgotten Shrines of Heresy
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/f4Unl0NSp9c / https://www.ophidious.co.uk/
Country: United Kingdom
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prelude of the Tyrant

2. Pazuzu Manifestat  

3. Ophidious  

4. Chosen of Crom  

5. Hexxengeist  

6. Wolfshead  

7. R'lyeh Torpidity  

8. Massacre in the Cryptoporticus  

9. Schism  

10. The Risen God?

Witness: -[*]-

Dodengod - Heralds of a Dying Age [2025]

Artist: Dodengod

Album: Hearlds of a Dying Age
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal / Doom Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/OYMV0H5EHgg / https://dodengod1.bandcamp.com
Country: Belgium
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. In Darkness  

2. The Grinder Feeds on Hate  

3. Breathe Deep the Dark  

4. The Adversary  

5. Devouring Fires  

6. Heralds of a Dying Age  

7. Born  

8. No Distant Flame Ahead  

9. Flesh-Tech  

10. In Death

Witness: -[*]-

Hallucivore - Shrouded in Exogaian Petrichor (EP) [2025]

Artist: Hallucivore

Album: Shrouded in Exogaian Petrichor
Year: 2025
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Web: https://youtu.be/YKuG-Rc69ak / https://hallucivore.bandcamp.com
Country: United States
Quality: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Carrion Dawn

2. Corrupted Mind Palace

3. Telescopic Threshold

4. Desire as Substance

5. Hate Prism

Witness: -[*]-