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Today, Black Forest Metallers Finsterforst reveal the new track “Im Wind.” The track is the third to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated sixth album, Still, set for international release on July 31st via AOP Records. Hear Finsterforst‘s “Im Wind” in its entirety HERE at AOP Records‘ official YouTube channel. For more than two decades, Finsterforst have been shaping their own distinctive voice within extreme metal, continuously […]

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Long-running German thrash outfit Exumer will release their new full-length, Death Mask Messiah, on August 28th through Metal Blade Records.

Death Mask Messiah, which marks the band’s first new studio output in seven years, further cements Exumer‘s legacy as a dauntless thrash metal institution. A logical and compelling progression from the German legend’s three previous albums, the 11 ferocious songs, produced by Dominic Paraskevopoulos (Kreator, Caliban) and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Soulfly, King Diamond), take a more brutal and direct musical approach.

“We are a lot more aggressive than on Hostile Defiance and are returning to a more ‘in your face’ style on Death Mask Messiah,” confirms co-founding vocalist Mem V. Stein. “We’re furthering the process that began with our first offering for Metal Blade, 2012’s Fire & Damnation, where we wanted to sound like a contemporary band while maintaining the spirit and our musical heritage of the 1980s.”

Recorded from December 2025 through January 2026, Death Mask Messiah is Exumer‘s sixth album and fourth for Metal Blade. It’s also the first Exumer LP recorded with the rhythm section of drummer Jerome Reil and bass player Alex Voss. “They have formidably integrated themselves as musicians and friends into the Exumer tapestry,” Mem says. “You can feel their young energy, coupled with our trademark aggression and experience. The band sounds more focused and yet raw, thanks to their addition to the lineup.”

Death Mask Messiah also surprises: There’s a guest and a cover song: Nasty Ronnie from American metal legends Nasty Savage sings on Exumer‘s version of his band’s track “Unchained Angel.” Exumer supported the band in 1988 on their first European tour.

The record is inspired conceptually by US politics of the last decade, the pandemic, the use of misinformation to stir up cultural divides, and the like. Mem also mused on the 30-year anniversary of Waco, Texas and the standoff with the Branch Davidians. “David Koresh was a false prophet and wore a death mask, manipulating and leading his followers to certain death,” Mem says. “Each song on Death Mask Messiah picks up an individual theme of these two strains of thought.”

For instance, the title track and lead single brings everything together with the Waco raid/siege and Koresh as the main character but also paints a universal picture of charlatans who lead the United States to hell with their lust for power.

Mem further elaborates: “We deliberately chose this track as the first single, as the sonic assault of its main riff and the lyrical concept represent the totality of our intentions for this album. It marks a clear step toward elevating the band to the next level of our career, leaving nothing to the imagination and reinforcing our place as one of the most powerful forces in the entire genre.”

Death Mask Messiah, which features front art and layout by Björn Gooßes of Killustrations (Sodom, Vomitory), will be released on CD-Digipak and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

• 180g Black
• “Galaxy” Red/Black
• “Saturn” Grey/Brown Ripple (Ltd. 250)
• “Onyx” Black Ice w/ White Splatter (Ltd. 250)

Find pre-orders for Death Mask Messiah here.

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The group reintroduced their cover during the first of three shows at Wembley Stadium.

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Following the release of their devastating 2024 album Demonic Paradise, the Indonesian brutal death metal beast Anthropophagus Depravity hits back hard with their all-new single ‘Aberrant Incarnation‘. They are now in the shadows working hard to compose their new album, slated for release in 2027 and this new single is just a vile taste of the impending horrors […]

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Wednesday at Paris Fashion Week, Balenciaga presented its 55th Couture Collection, the first designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli. The show had a very special soundtrack, a newly recorded performance by the peerless ANOHNI.

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The sixth new single to emerge from the crossover band thus far this year.

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Release Round Up – July 10th 2026

Every week there is a tidal wave of new music released unto the world. Each Friday we’ll round up some of the best new music available, some we’ve reviewed, some we haven’t, but all worth checking out!

Theres a lot of new heavy music hitting the airwaves this week, everything from black metal, death metal, gothic metal, Stoner rock, doom, thrash metal and even some of your traditional heavy metal!

Here’s what we think you should check out today!

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

DevilDriver‘s elevenths album ‘Strike and Kill’, release via Napalm Records, hits hard!
“their launch pad for a new wave of brutality “
Read our full review here.

Math-rock outfit Daydream Plus, the aurally opposite alter ego of lauded death metal band Tomb Mold, release ‘Second Last Day of Summer’ via Run For Cover Records.
“something deceptively complex and deep, with an undeniable smokey lounge jazzy undertone.”
Read our full review here.

A decade and a half in the making, Cranial Osteotomy release ‘Vortex Of The Dark Knowledge’ via Comatose Music.
“The gun cabinet is raided for endless intersections of high-calibre chugs and sprinting tremolos”
Read our full review here.

The living embodiment of raw, powerful heavy metal, Sinsid release ‘All That Remains’ via Pitch Black Records.
“a believable and honest record from a band who eat, drink, and sleep heavy metal!”
Read our full review here.

Cowpunk pioneers Nine Pound Hammer release ‘Too Outlaw For Outlaw Country’ via Reptilian Records.
“this is nothing but fun to listen to”
Read our full review here.

Death metal supergroup Arise From Worms unleash ‘A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction’ via Church Road Records.
“the guitar wankery is just sublime”
Read our full review here.

Pacific Northwest riff masters Slow Goat release ‘Where The Wisest Fear To Tread’
“You can sense that raw, gritty edge which lies behind their music”
Read our full review here.

Bulgarian death/gore masters Necromonger release ‘Emanation Of The Dying Perceptions’ via Xtreem Music.
“exhausting and terrifying in equal measure”
Read our full review here.

Hailing from the barren Sundered Lands of the North East, Yersin release new EP ‘Born Alone, Die Alone’
“sounds like an antimatter warhead going off inside a closet.”
Read our full review here.

Italian death-grind veterans Undertakers release ‘Global Dominion’ via Time To Kill Records.
“a tidal surge of blasts, threshing flesh before the floor collapses from below and we plunge into a nasty, bone-splintering breakdown.”
read our full review here.

Rock

Ealdor Bealu – Graves of the Silent Plain (Ripple Music)
Electric Mob – 2 Make U Cry & Dance (Frontiers Music SRL)
Eva Under Fire – Villainous (Better Noise Music)
Pride of Lions – Unbridled (Frontiers Music SRL)
Sweet – The Answer [Expanded Reissue of A]
The Devil Wears Nada – In Lust We Thrist (Eonian Records)
The Xcerts – I Think I Want To Go Home Now (FLG)
Wailin Storms – The Arsonist (Season of Mist)

Heavy Metal

Irata – Human (Small Stone Recordings)
Iron Slaught – Metallic Torments (Gates of Hell Records)
Master Massive – With Shadows (Fireflash Records)
Smoking Snakes – All Lights On (Frontiers Music SRL)

Black Metal

I Proélefsi – Ypógeio Vasíleio (Depressive Illusions Records)
Mourir – Nous (Pelagic Records)

Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore

Apogean – Waste Where Life Begins (The Artisan Era)
Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship – 二次元コンプレックス 2D Complex (Stillbirth Records / Gore House Productions)
Dysgnostic – End Whisphers (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Haserot – Advent of Suffering (Redefining Darkness Records)
Hrothgar – Tales of Volholl (Independent)
Pythonic – Laws of Karma [EP]
Ravaged by the Yeti – Snowbound Horror (Testimony Records)
Savage – Spetic Tomb [EP]
Sigyn – From Nation to Chaos (Noble Demon)
Volubilis – Theasterion (Independent)
Vulgar Dissection – Grotesque Impalement [Single] (Dying Fetus cover) (Cesspit Records)

Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych

Beware of Gods – Upon Whom The Last Descends III: Behead The Oracle (Independent)
Blackstaff – Drowner [EP]
Pylar – Delyrio (Cyclic Law/Cavsas)
Rodtgod – Tales From Beyond The Tomb (Independent)
Shadow of Jupiter – Bones (Ripple Music)

… and the rest!

As Oceans Divide – As Oceans Divide [EP] (Independent) [Metalcore]
If These Trees Could Talk – The Hidden Hand (Metal Blade Records) [Post-Rock]
No Cure – It Is Going To Get Dark (Sharptone Records) [Deathcore]
Semantron – Secrets Of A Krummholz Heart (Independent) [Prog Rock]
Spread The Disease – The Darkness, The Dread, The Suffering (Hypaethral Records) [Hardcore]

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Following the release of the hard-hitting singles “Diktatürk” and “Stumpf ist Trumpf”, BÜLENT CEYLAN reveals a more emotional side of his upcoming second studio album, B.L.N.T., with today’s new single, “Wolfsherz”. For the album’s third single, the Mannheim-born artist teamed up with none other than Heavy Metal Queen Doro Pesch. Together, they deliver a powerful metal ballad packed with intensity, emotion and […]

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Hailing from Bengaluru, India, FALLEN LETTERS infuse powerful storytelling into a progressive, heavy sound that refuses to shy away from emotional vulnerability. The new single release, “A Familiar Absence”, sees the band continue to develop their style expanding further into heavier realms with contrasting moments of fragility and unease.  On “A Familiar Absence” the band shares: “With ‘A […]

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In 1982, the B-52’s teamed up with David Byrne for an album and ended up putting out the Mesopotamia EP instead. Rumors swirled that the band didn’t like working with the Talking Heads frontman, but Kate Pierson told us a few years ago that their manager had been “pushing us, pushing us, to get the next record out” and they “felt rushed.” Now, a reissue with previously unreleased outtakes and alternate mixes is on the way.

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