This week brings a variety of heavy music, with two particularly horrifying releases from long-running experimental acts. But there’s also some classic revival albums as well and some catchy melodeath if you just want some riffs!
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Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn
The California-based classic heavy metal outfit has returned with its third album. Definitely essential listening for fans of 70s hard rock and metal who also want a bit of NWOBHM thrown in. I particularly like Sean Rivera’s vocal approach, landing somewhere between David Coverdale and Bruce Dickinson. And hey, I even enjoyed the organ parts on this album, which I normally can’t stand!
Dark, menacing, and disturbing noise. I’m not even sure how to categorize Emptiness anymore, and I guess that’s a testament to the band’s peculiar blending of styles and moods. One way or another, this is a nightmarish clash of heavy sounds that should appeal to all daring explorers.
Inferno – The Anthropic Sophisms (On The Heights of Despair)
Dense, swirling, avant-garde black metal. Definitely on the dissonant end of the spectrum, seated comfortably next to Blut Aus Nord‘s darker material and bands of a similar persuasion. Here is how Infernodescribes the album and its central themes:
“The human being is neither measure nor destination here, only a witness. An infinitesimal point within a field of forces that surpass it. The senses fail, reason loses its footing, and yet something is happening. Something unnameable, existing beyond language and beyond control. This is not music that tells a story or offers consolation in a refrain. It is a movement unfolding regardless of expectation.”
Matt Harvey and Gus Rios team up with original Death members Terry Butler and Rick Rozz to dive deep into the crypts of death metal to unearth and refurbish the earliest scrolls of the Mantas/Death legacy. It is really neat to hear these songs given a 2026-level upgrade that still preserves the energy and intensity of the 1980s. I think it helps that Matt’s vocal style very closely tracks with Chuck’s from the first few Death albums. Additionally, the release pays a fitting tribute to just how creative and groundbreaking Death was. You can still hear some thrash metal echoes in here, but there’s a definitive break taking place as well.
Melodic death metal from Raleigh, North Carolina. Harkens back to The Black Dahlia Murder at their most melodic while also hewing close to bands like Hypocrisy and Kataklysm. Lots of flashy guitar work on here as well!
Album Review: Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree [Reissue]
Reviewed by Oli Gonzalez
Meshuggah. A name that instantly demands respect from seasoned musicians and casual music fans alike. More than a one hit wonder – though ‘Bleed’ is by far their most recognisable and famous song – the Swedish legends have crushed pretty much every stage they have ever stepped foot on. Though they’re reaching the twilight of their epic career now, recent performances on British soil at Bloodstock Open Air, Arctangent, and Download festivals show that they’ve still very much got it! The jury is very much out as to which of their studio albums takes top prize as their finest. Some point to “Obzen”, whilst others argue the case for “Violent Of Sleep Of Reason”. Under the microscope today will be “Catch Thirty Three”, an album widely considered to be crucial in establishing Meshuggah’s reputation amongst extreme metal’s elite.
Right from the start, you can see why they’ve earned this reputation! With no fancy introductions to ease you in, they drop you straight into the deep end and watch you squirm with unease during ‘Autonomy Lost’! Before you’ve even had time to process the all-consuming waves of distortion, you’re immediately thrown into the next song…and then the next! It’s 2026 now, and the band have become subject to multiple memes and stitches given the relentlessly brutal guitar tones and unfathomably complex rhythmic patterns and structures. How did they even decide how to write something like this? What inspired this ? I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall during a writing session!
Things slow down considerably during ‘The Paradoxical Cycle’, and whilst the pace has reduced, this is still a suffocating maelstrom, a nigh-on impossible enigma to decode and unravel! Whilst the crushing guitar and bass tones take front and centre, one cannot overlook the metronomic drumming of Tomas Haake. As compared to the original – which utilised programmed tracks from the ‘Drumkit From Hell’ – there’s something that feels different in this remix. With sharper snare hits and cymbal strikes with much greater resonance and reverb, these feel like the work of a genuine acoustic kit; a sound that simply cannot be fully captured digitally. Or maybe that’s just my interpretation!
Another constant within the album is the sharper and ferocious mid-range growls of Jens Kidman. A ferociously underrated metal vocalist who’s receiving the praise he deserves finally in this late stage of his career.
If the sonic pounding was too much, you have chance to get some respite in the shape of ‘Minds Mirror’. With the futuristic electronic vibe – best personified by the heavily distorted spoken word – evolving into the haunting and spinechilling series of guitar arpeggios to keep you on edge. Then suddenly, you’re thrown back into another near 20 minute frenzy where you’re left to fend yourself! Every song flows gracefully into the next feeling like one continuous onslaught, designed to be consumed in one setting! Though the band show some mercy, and allow you time to decompress and offer some kind of debrief in the form of the 7 minute ambient track ‘Sum’.
Some may point to the repetitive nature of the songs and the album feeling a little copy and paste at times. That may be valid. This isn’t for everybody. “Catch Thirty Three” certainly isn’t easy-listening or accessible metal. It’s designed for those craving unparalleled heaviness and will satiate lovers of punishingly crushing grooves. “Catch Thirty Three” serves as an empathetic reminder of Meshuggah’s unquestioned legacy and impact they’ve left on the world of metal.
On September 18th internationally, Personal Records is proud to present Necrocene‘s highly anticipated debut album, Scumocracy, on CD format. There is a crushing weight bearing down on the globe presently, an unbridled destruction that breeds indifference. It is from this bleak reality that Necrocene draw their breath, subverting geological terminology into a grim political statement on the unstoppable, death-driven momentum of modern […]
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Eaten By Sharks Featured In Metal Injection’s Weekly Injection Of New Releases As The Undertow Of Hate Is Out Now Via CDN Records
Canadian Technical Death Metal/Deathcore Standouts Continue Momentum Following Exclusive Decibel Magazine Album Premiere
CANADA, July 17, 2026. Canadian technical death metal/deathcore powerhouse Eaten By Sharks continue their unstoppable momentum as their brand new full length album, The Undertow Of Hate , has been featured in Metal Injection’s Weekly Injection of New Releases alongside some of the week’s biggest heavy music releases.
The recognition comes just days after the band landed an exclusive full album premiere at Decibel Magazine , where listeners received an early glimpse into the crushing new record before its official release. Now officially available worldwide through CDN Records , The Undertow Of Hate is making an immediate impact across the metal community.
Blending technical precision, devastating deathcore grooves, progressive songwriting, slam fueled aggression, and an immersive nautical horror concept, The Undertow Of Hate showcases Eaten By Sharks at their most ambitious and uncompromising. From blistering riff work and relentless drumming to crushing breakdowns and cinematic atmosphere, the album delivers a relentless listening experience that rewards repeat spins.
Metal Injection’s inclusion in this week’s Weekly Injection of New Releases places The Undertow Of Hate among the most anticipated new heavy albums available now, further solidifying the band’s growing reputation within the global extreme metal scene.
Earlier this week, Decibel Magazine described the album as a “crushing, composition-focused plunge into nautical horror, psychological collapse and total oceanic ruin,” praising the band’s evolution and ambitious songwriting.
Speaking previously about the album, the band stated:
“We took time to fully immerse ourselves in the writing process and build a cohesive concept rooted in a single cinematic moment of horror. This album reflects a deeper understanding of who we are as artists.”
Fans of Fit For An Autopsy , Gojira , Cattle Decapitation , and Fallujah will find plenty to appreciate throughout The Undertow Of Hate , an album that balances technical mastery with unrelenting brutality and memorable songwriting.
With major support from both Decibel Magazine and Metal Injection during release week, Eaten By Sharks have firmly established The Undertow Of Hate as one of this week’s essential extreme metal releases.
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Athens-based melodic death metal band I See Red have released their new single, “Pestilent Breed.” Arriving after six years of silence, the track introduces a renewed lineup, a sharper sound and a darker creative direction. Formed in 2014, I See Red combine melodic death metal with the aggression of hardcore and the atmosphere of black […]
Marilyn Manson has released “Front Toward Enemy,” the second single from his forthcoming fourteenth studio album, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2. co-produced and co-written with longtime collaborator Tyler Bates, the album is due August 14 via Nuclear Blast Records — days before the start of Manson’s late-summer co-headline tour with Rob Zombie.
“Front Toward Enemy” follows “Exit Wound,” the album’s first single, which arrived in June 2026.
Manson’s current touring band features guitarist Nick Annis — previously known for his work with Dorothy and Kesha — alongside bassist Tim Skold, who first played with Manson’s group between 2002 and 2008 before returning. Piggy D., originally the band’s bassist, has moved into a co-lead guitar role alongside Annis.
One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 arrives as the follow-up to its predecessor, One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1, which was released in November 2024 via Nuclear Blast. Standout tracks from that record included “Sacrilegious,” “Raise The Red Flag” and “As Sick As The Secrets Within,” the latter of which marked Manson’s first release under his deal with the German label. Both chapters were recorded and produced with Bates.
Manson returned to the stage on August 2, 2024 at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania — his first live performance since before the pandemic — as part of Five Finger Death Punch’s summer arena tour. Before that, he had not played live since the conclusion of his fall 2019 headlining tour. His previous co-headline run with Rob Zombie, the “Twins of Evil: Hell Never Dies” tour, wrapped on August 18, 2019.
Over the past several years, Manson — born Brian Warner — has been named in a series of civil lawsuits alleging sexual, emotional and physical abuse. Most notably, actress Evan Rachel Wood publicly identified him as her alleged abuser in 2021. Manson has denied all allegations, countersued several accusers, and a number of the lawsuits against him have been dismissed by courts.
Anyone else done with summer yet? Now, we’re not saying we hate the long, glorious hours of daylight, but a bit of crepuscular cooling wouldn’t go amiss. Still, we’re right in the thick of it so far as festival season is concerned, with Inkcarceration happening in the US this week, while Wacken, Bloodstock and ArcTanGent are all to come in the next few weeks.
But, we digress. We’re here to talk about new music, so let’s round-up the results of last week’s vote! Indian prog metallers Fallen Letters sailed into third place with A Familiar Absence, while thrash legends Anthrax nabbed second with The Edge Of Perfection. Our overall winners however were Japan’s Hanabie., Life Is Short, O Brave Girl almost taking double the votes of the competition.
It’s all to play for this week as we have returning metal veterans and exciting new talent alike with the likes of Mastodon and In This Moment up against Burner, Brat and Loathe. Don’t forget to cast your vote in the poll below, and have an excellent weekend!
Loathe – No Stranger To You
It’s been a long wait for a proper follow up to I Let It In And It Took Everything. But Loathe are back and swinging for the fences on new album A Stranger To You, latest single No Stranger To You capturing the band at their most shoegaze inspired with a sense of both heft and gorgeous, weightless melody.
Mastodon – Snakes For Dinner
Speaking of new albums with a lot of hype and interest, Mastodon have announced their upcoming ninth album. Titled Marrow Deep, it’s their first without founding member and lead guitarist Brent Hinds, and will be out August 28. The retooled ‘Don have been out on the road since last summer so we kind of already knew they were still firing on all cylinders, but Snakes For Dinner confirms it with delightful gusto, the band even drafting in Josh Homme for a surprise guest vocal that fits surprisingly well amidst their cosmic-yet-earthy sound.
In This Moment – Crawl
With some real pop’n’lock industrial beats, In This Moment are getting good and sweaty in the club on new single Crawl. Taken from new album Witch, due August 28, it’s a seriously infectious track that makes us want to shimmy and headbang till our spines crumble like stale cookies.
Red Method – Detonate
Championing the heavier end of the nu metal revival, Red Method are in full feral force on newest single Detonate. Tight, claustrophobic grooves are met with what sounds like a wolverine operating a turntable, old school record scratches fitting in well amidst this delightfully vicious showing from the band’s new EP As In Life, which is out today.
Bury Tomorrow – Sx
While this isn’t the first time Bury Tomorrow have made a stylistic shift, we’ll admit we were pretty surprised to hear them swinging for some industrial thump on new single Sx. Coming with the announcement they’ve launched their own independent label imprint Death Records, it sounds like the British band are tiring of the metalcore pool and looking to expand their sonic horizons.
Employed To Serve – A Moment Gone Too Soon
It’s always oh so gratifying to hear Employed To Serve let rip. Whether it’s the booming swing of I Spend My Days or the Araya-like howl of Treachery, they’ve shown they know how to go hard in a satisfying way, and new single A Moment Gone Too Soon is no exception to that form. From it’s blast like opening to the steady rhythmic bombardment that lends it a sense of infectious invigoration, it’s exactly the kind of tune that’s made for sweaty club pits. Lucky that there’ll be plenty of chances to see them on tour in the UK in November, then.
Scene Queen – Metalicious
They don’t call her the queen for nothing. Bimbocore pioneer Scene Queen is offering up a crash course in the subgenre on newest single Metalicious, taking 00s pop and culture then brutalising it with some thick, thumping grooves and riffs. It’s short and straight to the point, and while it might not have the killer hook of 18+ or Finger, it has an addictive quality that’ll have the refrain “I’m hitting the mosh” sticking in your head for days. The full Metalicious EP is coming September 11.
Brat – Manslayer (Hell Hath No Fury)
Surely a Brat/Scene Queen tour would be a slam dunk? Granted, Brat profess to be champions of Barbiegrind rather than bimbocore, but we reckon the overlap between two audiences is nothing to sniff at. Nor is Brat’s latest single, for that matter, Manslayer (Hell Hath No Fury) a straight ahead brute of a track that shows Brat aren’t fucking about when it comes to the nasty stuff with lashings of 90s death metal chucked in for good measure.
The Ocean – Belligerence
We’re starting to get a real sense of what this new line-up of The Ocean is all about now. Where previous single Light Pollution was based heavily on melody, Belligerence balances the melody out with the seismic, crashing-tectonic-plate riffs that were so prevalent on their earlier records when the band leaned harder towards post-metal than prog. New album Solaris is coming on September 25 and promises to be an odyssey.
Burner – What Will You Give? (ft. Josh Middleton)
After gatecrashing their way into Hammer‘s Top 50 albums of 2023 with their debut It All Returns To Nothing, Burner are back with a new record. Titled No One Is Coming To Save Us, it’s due September 25 and first single What Will You Give shows off some deft extreme metal nuances, one minute a slavering, death metal brute, the next chucking hardcore pace-shifts like Hatebreed gorging on Cannibal Corpse. With a guest appearance from Sylosis’ Josh Middleton, they’re clearly looking to stake their territory in the British metal landscape.
Soulgrind – Jylhä metsämies
Careening in on a hard riff and then unleashing some of the gnarliest, tumorous vocals we’ve heard in a hot minute, Soulgrind might take the prize for the hardest single of this week. The Finnish extreme metallers clearly delight in chucking out curveballs: kicking around since the 90s, they started out doom but these days have more of a blackened bent, albeit with surprise forays into prog that add a nice twist to their sound. New album Ad Pulchram Mortem comes on August 14 – stick it on if you want your brain melting a bit.
Native James – Never Been Scared (ft. Frisco)
Grime metal is still in its infancy, but Native James looks to be stepping up as one of the subgenre’s stars. Intense flows meet clanging, juddering riffs as James spits his flows with guest vocalist Frisco. The pair debuted the track at this year’s Download Festival and if you’re looking for a harder strain of rap metal, you’d do well to give this a spin.
AVULSED‘s journey through the darkest roots of Scandinavian Death Metal reaches its 4th chapter with a brutal rendition of “Spawn of Flesh“, taken from the demo recorded by Sweden’s MACABRE END (pre-GOD MACABRE) in 1990. You can listen to the song here:Youtube: https://youtu.be/Lq7c1-ZTu2wDigitals: https://music.imusician.pro/a/axE3rmvF Dave Rotten himself comments the following about this song: “Some of you may be wondering […]
After the ’80s rock ‘n’ roll scene was over, it took quite a while for it to resurface. Luckily, here in 2026, we can still relive a few of our favourite bands from that era, one being Mike Tramp, who brought the Songs Of White Lion last Friday night to Northfield Park Casino in Northfield, Ohio, just south of Cleveland.
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
Mike Tramp has carried on the White Lion Legacy since returning to music in the mid-2000s, and he sounds and looks just as good as he did in 1989.
Along with guitar extraordinaire Marcus Nand, who has been with the band for a few years and can deliver the great Vito Bratta’s guitar licks, and long-time band members Jerry Best on bass guitar and Troy Patrick Farrell on drums.
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
The band performed a powerful set, opening up for great white, playing all of the classics that fans know and love.
It took Mike Tramp over a decade to come to the realisation that people want to hear White Lion music, and he decided a few years ago to go back out on tour first with just Marcus and a backing track of drums and bass.
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
Now, for the past three years, he has produced a full band and has played all over the world, including festivals in Europe.
The third in a trilogy of Songs Of White Lion albums was released last year. “For me, the point of re-recording the old classic White Lion songs was all about letting the audience know HOW the band would sound if they came to see us live,” Mike Tramp said, “bringing the sound up today and away from a world no more.”
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
For Tramp, the initial plan was not for a trilogy, but having completed this, he feels it makes all the more sense. “If I have to be active playing White Lion in 2026 and onward, there’s got to be a natural progression in every way. That is exactly what this Trilogy is all about.”
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
Tonight was exceptional, with Mike Tramp and Co bringing the songs back to life with the passion, perspective, and authenticity that only decades of experience can deliver.
The Band really enjoys each other up on stage, and after the show, they will gladly sign autographs and take pictures at no cost because that is how much they care about their fans.
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Northfield Park Casino, Ohio – 10 July 2026. Photo: Jim Balentine/MetalTalk
The Songs Of White Lion tour continues, and we fully expect them to go overseas again soon. So make sure you come and see the band and relive all the great songs from the late ’80s and early ’90s.
Mike Tramp has reclaimed and honoured his legacy with Songs Of White Lion.
