Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Jan 26, 2026
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Metal Allegiance / Black Horizon (Feat William Duvall) / Black Horizon (Feat William Duvall) (Single) / Reigning Phoenix Music
Bullet / Caught In The Action / Kickstarter / Spv, Steamhammer
Asterise / Eclipse / Twilight Opera / Inverse
Flotsam And Jetsam / She Took An Axe / Doomsday For The Deceiver / Metal Blade
Flotsam And Jetsam / October Thorns / When The Storm Comes Down / MCA
Flotsam And Jetsam / Life Is A Mess / Flotsam And Jetsam / Afm
Flotsam And Jetsam / Hard On You / No Place For Disgrace / Metal Blade
Supreme Act Of War / Kinmen Bombardment / Divisions Of The Night / Self-Released
Exodus / 3111 / 3111 (Single) / Napalm
Triskelyon / Death Racer / Maelstrom Of Chaos / Moribund
Vanishment / Scarred In Fate / And Now We Die / M-Theory Audio
Mezzrow / Symphony Of Twisted Souls / Embrace The Awakening / Rockshots
Alkaloid / Allegro (Bwv 1052-I) / Bach Out Of Bounds / Season Of Mist
Megadeth / Tipping Point / Megadeth / Blk Ii Blk
Kreator / Krushers Of The World / Krushers Of The World / Nuclear Blast
Neckbreaker / Perception Of Risk / Mental Void / Witches Brew
Deathraiser / Severe Atrocity / Forged In Hatred / Xtreem Music
Vicious Intent / A.d.f. / A.d.f. (Single) / Self Released
Rob Zombie / (I’m A) Rock N Roller / (I’m A) Rock N Roller (Single- Clean) / Nuclear Blast
The Faith Hills Have Eyes / Kerry King For A Day… Big Treble In Little China Click / Altars Of Radness / Self Released
Semper Acerbus / Archangel / Following Omens / Eclipse Loud
Starscourge / The Shattering / Conqueror Of The Stars – Betwixt Sundered Seraphim, The Lands Between Bleed / Self Released
Sun Of The Suns / One With The Sun / Entanglement / Scarlet
Soulbound / Syn / Syn / Metalville
Persefone / The Equable / Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) / Napalm
Urne / The Spirit, Alive / Setting Fire To The Sky / Spinefarm
Soen / Mercenary (Radio Edit) / Reliance / Silver Lining Music
Crystal Lake / Everblack (Ft. David Simonich) / The Weight Of Sound / Century Media
Therion / The Blood Of Kingu / Con Orquesta / Napalm
Inferi / The Rapture Of Dead Light / The Rapture Of Dead Light (Radio Single) / The Artisan Era
Philippe Drouin Obvurt / Résilience / Le Chemin Du Gaucher / Brutal Mind
Ov Sulfur / Seed / Endless / Century Media
Carrion Vael / Truth Or Consequences / Slay Utterly / Unique Leader
Discreation / Iron Times Mmxxv / Iron Times Mmxxv / Massacre
Stabbing / Inhuman Torture Chamber / Eon Of Obscenity / Century Media
Kosuke Hashida / The Cultist / Moment Of Silence / Horror Pain Gore Death
Monstrosity / The Colossal Rage / The Colossal Rage (Single) / Metal Blade
Claustrophobia / Aqui Não (Feat. João Gordo) / Aqui Não (Single) / M-Theory Audio
Profane Elegy / Exeunt Omnes / Herezjarcha / Self Released
Rotten Sound / Polarized / Mass Extinction / Season Of Mist
Total Annihilation / The Art Of Torture / Mountains Of Madness / Testimony Records
Converge / Love Is Not Enough / Love Is Not Enough (Singles) / Epitaph
Discerptus / Morbid Desire / Rebirth / Self-Released
Derek Smalls / Balls / Balls (Single) / Twanky
Aposticum / Deprivation / Sounding The Seven Horns / Self Released
Enthroned / Raviasamin / Ashspawn / Season Of Mist
Windswept / Nest Of The Witches / The Devil’s Vertep / Season Of Mist
Rotting Christ / Eon Aenaos / Aealo (Re-Recorded) / Season Of Mist
The Hara / Violence (Ft. As December Falls) / Violence (Ft. As December Falls) (Single) / Mascot
Every King Has A Clown / Crucify Me / Every King Has A Clown (Single) / Cleopatra
Volumes / Stitch / Mirror Touch / Fearless
Edenbridge / Where The Wild Things Are / Set The Dark On Fire / Spv, Steamhammer

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 1/26/26

Artist — Album — Label
1) Enthroned — Ashspawn — Season Of Mist
2) Triskelyon — Maelstrom Of Chaos — Moribund
3) Rotten Sound — Mass Extinction — Season Of Mist
4) Windswept — The Devil’s Vertep — Season Of Mist
5) Mezzrow — Embrace The Awakening — Rockshots
6) Semper Acerbus — Following Omens — Eclipse Loud
7) Volumes — Mirror Touch — Fearless
8) Persefone — Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) — Napalm
9) Kreator — Krushers Of The World — Nuclear Blast
10) Soen — Reliance — Silver Lining Music
11) The Faith Hills Have Eyes — Altars Of Radness — Self Released
12) Aposticum — Sounding The Seven Horns — Self Released
13) Bullet — Kickstarter — SPV / Steamhammer
14) Sun Of The Suns — Entanglement — Scarlet
15) Megadeth — Megadeth — Blkiiblk
16) Neckbreaker — Mental Void — Witches Brew
17) Crystal Lake — The Weight Of Sound — Century Media
18) Ov Sulfur — Endless — Century Media
19) Edenbridge — Set The Dark On Fire — SPV / Steamhammer
20) Carrion Vael — Slay Utterly — Unique Leader

Top 5 Adds
1) Stabbing — Eon Of Obscenity — Century Media
2) Metal Allegiance — Black Horizon (Single) — Reigning Phoenix Music
3) Vanishment — And Now We Die — M-Theory Audio
4) Urne — Setting Fire To The Sky — Spinefarm
5) Every King Has A Clown — Every King Has A Clown (Single) — Cleopatra

Other Adds/Reviewed: The Hara, Derek Smalls, Therion, Rob Zombie (Single), Vicious Intent , Profane Elegy, Red Sands, Invictus (Japan), Malignant Aura, Deathraiser, Defaced, Eximperitus, Roth, Shine, Alkaloid, Evil Damn, Meteora, Kosuke Hashida, Spiral Fracture, Textures, Asaru, Superior Rage, Angerseed , Stalwart, Total Annihilation, Asterise, Discreation, Exodus (Single), Inferi (Single), Only Human (Single), Scythed, Supreme Act Of War, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life (Single), Monstrosity (Single), Vreid

Stabbing
Eon Of Obscenity
Century Media Records

Urne
Setting Fire To The Sky
Spinefarm Records

Every King Has A Clown
Every King Has A Clown
Cleopatra Records

Metal Allegiance
Black Horizon (feat William DuVall) (Single)
Reigning Phoenix Music

Vanishment
And Now We Die
M-Theory Audio
23 January 2026

The Hara
The Fallout
(Mascot)

Derek Smalls
”Balls”
(Twanky Records)

Therion
Con Orquesta
Napalm

Rob Zombie (single)
(I’m a) Rock “N” Roller
Nuclear Blast

VICIOUS INTENT
A.D.F.
SELF-RELEASED

Profane Elegy
Herezjarcha
Self Released
30 January 2026

Red Sands
Evocations
30 January 2026

Invictus (Japan)
Nocturnal Visions
Memento Mori / Me Saco Un Ojo
26 January 2026

Malignant Aura
Where All of Worth Comes to Wither
Memento Mori / Grindhead / Primitive Moth
26 January 2026

DEATHRAISER
FORGED IN HATRED
LABEL: XTREEM MUSIC
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 22nd 2026

DEFACED
Icon
Massacre Records
30 January 2026

Eximperitus
Meritoriousness of Equanimity
Willowtip Records
30 January 2026

ROTH
Alles Endet
Massacre Records
30 January 2026

Shine
Wrathcult
Dark Descent Records
30 January 2026

ALKALOID
Bach Out of Bounds
Season of Mist
23 January 2026

EVIL DAMN
Eons of Horror (12″ MLP)
Hells Headbangers
30 January 2026

METEORA
DISSONANCEEgo’s CarrionAmenspear EP
LABEL: H-MUSIC
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 23rd 2026

Kosuke Hashida
Moment Of Silence
Horror Pain Gore Death
January 30th

Spiral Fracture
Grace in Decay
Wormholedeath
1/23/26
[Progressive Metal]

Textures
Genotype
Kscope
Jan 23

ASARU
Album Title: V.O.I.D.
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Label: Schwarzdorn Production
Format: Digital, CD (deluxe digipack), Limited Vinyl
Genre: Northern Black Metal

Superior Rage
In Memoriam
Wormholedeath
[Symphonic Black Metal]

ANGERSEED
Rapture is Mine… Glory is Ours
Pest Records & Metal Ör Die Records

Stalwart
Tempvs Edax Rervm
Wormholedeath
Death/thrash/Groove/Prog Metal

TOTAL ANNIHILATION
Mountains of Madness
Testimony Records
16 January 2026

Asterise
Twilight Opera (EP)
Inverse
Release Date: January 16th 2026
Genre: Power Metal
Country: Poland

DISCREATION
Iron Times MMXXV
Massacre Records
16 January 2026

Exodus (single)
3111
Napalm

INFERI (single)
The Rapture of Dead Light
Heaven Wept
The Artisan Era
10 April 2026

ONLY HUMAN (single)
Automata
Season of Mist
20 January 2026

Scythed
Album: Resistance
Country: Germany
Genre: Power Metal
Release: January 19th, 2026

Supreme Act of War
Release Title: Divisions of the Night
Release Date: 09 January 2026
Label: Self-released
Format: CD, Digital
Genre: Extreme Metal

The Last Ten Seconds of Life (single)
The Dead Ones
Metal Blade Records
17 April 2026

Monstrosity (single)
The Colossal Rage
Metal Blade Records
13 March 2026

Vreid
Kraken
Indie Recordings
23 January 2026

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Jan 19, 2026
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Ov Sulfur / Seed / Endless / Century Media
Aposticum / Existential Warfare / Sounding The Seven Horns / Self Released
Stabbing / Eon Of Obscenity / Eon Of Obscenity (Radio Single) / Century Media
Benediction / Deviant Spine / Ravage Of Empires / Nuclear Blast
Sepulchral Curse / The Locust Scar / Crimson Moon Evocations / Dark Descent
Hooded Menace / Lugubrious Dance / Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration / Season Of Mist
Unleashed / Fire Upon Your Lands / Fire Upon Your Lands / Napalm
Shadowmass / Purge And The Savage Preacher / Wastelands / Floga
Rotting Christ / Aealo / Aealo (Re-Recorded) / Season Of Mist
Rotten Sound / Gone / Mass Extinction / Season Of Mist
Lust Of Decay / Nourishing The Swine / Entombed In Sewage / Comatose
Redivider / Sounds Of Malice / Sounds Of Malice / Self Released
Carrion Vael / 19(Fucking)78 / Slay Utterly / Unique Leader
Philippe Drouin Obvurt / Sérénité / Le Chemin Du Gaucher / Brutal Mind
Morbikon / Sworn To The Beheaded King / Lost Within The Astral Crypts / Tankcrimes
Starscourge / Ranni’s Requiem – A Night Of Black Knives / Conqueror Of The Stars – Betwixt Sundered Seraphim, The Lands Between Bleed / Self Released
Dissentience / Kaiju / Kaiju / Self Released
Krushor / Shockwave / Taste Of Hatred / Inverse
Enthroned / Ashspawn / Ashspawn / Season Of Mist
Windswept / The Potion / The Devil’s Vertep / Season Of Mist
Sons Of Hades / The Fall Of The House Of Usher / Tombs Of The Blind Dead / Floga
Semper Acerbus / The Gallows / Following Omens / Eclipse Loud
Discerptus / Rebirth / Rebirth / Self-Released
Megadeth / Let There Be Shred / Let There Be Shred (Single) / Blkiiblk
Kreator / Satanic Anarchy / Krushers Of The World / Nuclear Blast
Mezzrow / Sleeping Cataclysm / Embrace The Awakening / Rockshots
Neckbreaker / Mental Void / Mental Void / Witches Brew
Intoxicated / War Club / The Dome / Redefining Darkness
Triskelyon / Blood Drowned Prophecy / Maelstrom Of Chaos / Moribund
Satanic Squirrel / Victims Of The Great Don`t Care / Squirrel Crusher / Self-Released
Death Dealer / Bloodbath / Bloodbath (Single) / Massacre
The Faith Hills Have Eyes / Danzig With Myself / Altars Of Radness / Self Released
Architectural Genocide / Coercion Into Carnality / Malignant Cognition / Comatose Music
Sun Of The Suns / If I Could Hold The Sky / Entanglement / Scarlet
Soen / Primal / Primal (Single) / Silver Lining Music
Crystal Lake / Neversleep (Ft. Myke Terry) / The Weight Of Sound / Century Media
Volumes / Bottom Dollar / Mirror Touch / Fearless
Frozen Factory / Apoca-Lip-Sync / Apocalypse Inc. / Wormholedeath
Humming Whale / Chasing Rabbits / Chasing Rabbits / Self Released
Lord Of The Lost / The Fall From Grace / Opvs Noir Vol. 2 / Napalm
Persefone / One Word / Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) / Napalm
Edenbridge / Cosmic Embrace / Set The Dark On Fire / Spv/steamhammer
Iotunn / Voyage Of The Garganey I (Live) / Waves Over Copenhell / Metal Blade
Beyond The Black / Break The Silence / Break The Silence / Nuclear Blast
Gluecifer / The Idiot / Same Drug New High / Spv/steamhammer
Bullet / Kickstarter / Kickstarter / Spv, Steamhammer
Dirt / Ghost In The Garden / Hell Is Frozen / Mindsnap Media/combat Records
Voidhammer / Rotting In Excrement / Noxious Emissions / Caligari
Rahway / Stone / Rahway / Pavement Entertainment
Wes Anderson / Heads Are Gonna Roll Ft. Benjie Webbe (Skindred) / Reveries Ep / Self Released

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 1/19/26

Artist — Album — Label
1) Triskelyon — Maelstrom Of Chaos — Moribund
2) Enthroned — Ashspawn — Season Of Mist
3) Morbikon — Lost Within The Astral Crypts — Tankcrimes
4) Rotten Sound — Mass Extinction — Season Of Mist
5) Windswept — The Devil’s Vertep — Season Of Mist
6) Semper Acerbus — Following Omens — Eclipse Loud
7) Mezzrow — Embrace The Awakening — Rockshots
8) Volumes — Mirror Touch — Fearless
9) Persefone — Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) — Napalm
10) Lust Of Decay — Entombed In Sewage — Comatose
11) Lord Of The Lost — Opvs Noir Vol. 2 — Napalm
12) Kreator — Krushers Of The World — Nuclear Blast
13) Bullet — Kickstarter — Spv, Steamhammer
14) Soen — Reliance — Silver Lining Music
15) Satanic Squirrel — Squirrel Crusher — Self Released
16) Redivider — Sounds Of Malice — Self Released
17) The Faith Hills Have Eyes — Altars Of Radness — Self Released
18) Aposticum — Sounding The Seven Horns — Self Released
19) Sun Of The Suns — Entanglement — Scarlet
20) Neckbreaker — Mental Void — Witches Brew

Top 5 Adds
1) Megadeth — Megadeth — Blkiiblk
2) Crystal Lake — The Weight Of Sound — Century Media
3) Ov Sulfur — Endless — Century Media
4) Edenbridge — Set The Dark On Fire — Spv/steamhammer
5) Dirt — Hell Is Frozen — Mindsnap Media/Combat

Other Adds/Reviewed: Gluecifer, Converge, Architectural Genocide, Anti-Sapien, Coronatus, Rotting Christ, Void Monuments, Philippe Drouin Obvurt , Discerptus, Krushor, Shadowmass, Carrion Vael, Frozen Factory, Iotunn, Death Dealer, Gravity Chasm, Intoxicated, Stabbing, Voidhämmer

Edenbridge
Set The Dark On Fire
SPV/Steamhammer

Ov Sulfur
Endless
Century Media

Megadeth
Megadeth
BlKIIBlk

Crystal Lake
The Weight Of Sound
Century Media Records

Gluecifer
Same Drug New High
SPV/Steamhammer

Converge
Single
Epitaph

Dirt
Hell Is Frozen
Mindsnap Music/Combat Records

ARCHITECTURAL GENOCIDE
MALIGNANT COGNITION
LABEL: COMATOSE MUSIC
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 16th 2026

Anti-Sapien
At The Mercy Of The Merciless
Terminus Hate City
16 January 2026

CORONATUS
Dreadful Waters
Massacre Records
23 January 2026

ROTTING CHRIST
AEALO (Re-Recorded)
Season of Mist
23 January 2026

Void Monuments
Posthumous Imprecation CD/LP/TAPE
Blood Harvest
16 January 2026

Philippe Drouin Obvurt
Album: Le Chemin Du Gaucher
Release Date: January 16th, 2026
Country: Canada
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Brutal Mind

DISCERPTUS
Release Title: Rebirth
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Self-released (distributed exclusively via Abstract Emotions)
Genre: Death Metal

Krushor
Taste of Hatred
Release Date: January 9th 2026
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: Finland

Shadowmass
Album Title: Wastelands
Release Date: January 19, 2026
Label: Floga Records
Format: Digital, LP, CD, Cassette
Genre: Blackened heavy/thrash ascendacy

Carrion Vael
Slay Utterly
Unique Leader Records
16 January 2026

Frozen Factory
Apocalypse Inc.
Wormholedeath
Jan 16
[Prog/Alt.Metal]

Iotunn
Waves Over Copenhell
Metal Blade
Release date: Friday, January 9th 2026

Death Dealer
Bloodbath [New Single & Video]
Massacre Records
23 January 2026

Gravity Chasm
Gravity Chasm
Bikini Records
4 January 2026

INTOXICATED
“War Club” + “Shifted Cross” (Radio Singles)
Redefining Darkness

STABBING
“Eon Of Obscenity” (Radio Single)
Century Media Records

VOIDHÄMMER
Noxious Emissions
Caligari Records
9 January 2026

Playlist Title / Mosh Pit
DJ Name / The Pit Boss (Matt)
Playlist Start Date / Jan 12, 2026
Playlist Start Time / 11:00:00 PM
Playlist End Time / 2:00:00 AM

Artist / Song / Release / Label
Kreator / Seven Serpents / Krushers Of The World / Nuclear Blast
Mezzrow / Architects Of The Silent War / Embrace The Awakening / Rockshots
Neckbreaker / Radiopersecution / Mental Void / Witches Brew
Mors Principium Est / The Rivers Of Avernus / Darkness Invisible / Perception
Retromorphosis / Retromorphosis / Psalmus Mortis / Season Of Mist
Ancient Death / Unspoken Oath / Ego Dissolution / ?
Yotuma / Sunken Dynasty / The Final Void / Self Released
Unburier / Continuum / As Time Awaits / Self Released
The Faith Hills Have Eyes / I Can’t Drive 185 / Altars Of Radness / Self Released
Aposticum / Ov Blood And Fire / Sounding The Seven Horns / Self Released
Redivider / Quartered & Devoured / Sounds Of Malice / Self Released
Decrypter / The Nameless / Nechronicles / Self Released
Deadwood / Tales Of Massacre / Rituals Of A Dying Light / Innerstrength
Starscourge / Blessings Upon The Golden Throne / Conqueror Of The Stars – Betwixt Sundered Seraphim, The Lands Between Bleed / Self Released
Carnal Savagery / Gruesome Death / Crypt Of Decay / Moribund
Lust Of Decay / Hallucinations Of The Decrepit / Entombed In Sewage / Comatose
Sons Of Hades / The Omen / Tombs Of The Blind Dead / Floga
Stranguliatorius / Funebraclav / Flies Don’t Lie / Horror Pain Gore Death
Abbinormal / Violencia / Italia’s Gore Talent / Ad Noctem
Rotten Sound / Ride Of The Future / Mass Extinction / Season Of Mist
Calcraft / Wolves Sight / Reborn Through Torture / Lifeforce
Sun Of The Suns / Ephemeral, Ethereal, Eternal / Entanglement / Scarlet
Volumes / Sidewinder / Mirror Touch / Fearless
Beyond The Black / Rising High / Break The Silence / Nuclear Blast
Persefone / Mind As Universe / Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) / Napalm
The Harbinger / Fading Lines / Gates Of Hell / Inverse
Semper Acerbus / One Day At A Time / Following Omens / Eclipse Loud
Old Moon / A Rest To My Name / A Rest To My Name (Single) / M-Theory Audio
Blood Of The Wolf / Tempest Of Purifying Fire / V: Indomitable / Horror Pain Gore Death
Enthroned / Stillborn Litany / Ashspawn / Season Of Mist
Perdition Temple / Purging Conflagration / Malign Apotheosis / Hells Headbangers
Windswept / Investigation / The Devil’s Vertep / Season Of Mist
Morbikon / Numeric Portal Ascendency / Lost Within The Astral Crypts / Tankcrimes
Viserion / Fire And Blood / Fire And Blood / Self Release
Triskelyon / Unit 684 / Maelstrom Of Chaos / Moribund
Jester Majesty / Masquerade (The Algorithm) / Infinite Measure, Finite Existence / Xtreem Music
Satanic Squirrel / Fire Breathing Squirrel Demon / Squirrel Crusher / Self-Released
Kill Ritual / I Paint In Death / In My Head / Massacre
Humming Whale / The Wake / Chasing Rabbits / Self Released
Cold Steel / Killing Season / Discipline & Punish / Spinefarm
In Agony / Ult+ctl / Ult+ctl (Single) / Rock Sun
Bullet / Chained By Metal / Kickstarter / Spv, Steamhammer
Lord Of The Lost / Would You Walk With Me Through Hell (_ Infected Rain) / Opvs Noir Vol. 2 / Napalm
Freezemachine / New Life / New Life (Single) / Symphonic Distribution
Brent Barker / Electric Necromancer / Electric Necromancer (Single) / Independent
Uuhai / 07 Khar Khulz / Human Herds (Radio) / Napalm
Wes Anderson / The Hum Ft. Stephen Richards (Taproot) / Reveries Ep / Self Released
Soen / Discordia / Discordia (Single) / Silver Lining Music
Rahway / Drowning / Rahway / Pavement

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 and Adds for the Week of 1/12/26

Artist — Album — Label
1) Carnal Savagery — Crypt Of Decay — Moribund
2) Kill Ritual — In My Head — Massacre
3) Cold Steel — Discipline & Punish — Spinefarm
4) Triskelyon — Maelstrom Of Chaos — Moribund
5) Morbikon — Lost Within The Astral Crypts — Tankcrimes
6) Perdition Temple — Malign Apotheosis — Hells Headbangers
7) Enthroned — Ashspawn — Season Of Mist
8) Jester Majesty — Infinite Measure, Finite Existence — Xtreem Music
9) Rotten Sound — Mass Extinction — Season Of Mist
10) Windswept — The Devil’s Vertep — Season Of Mist
11) Semper Acerbus — Following Omens — Eclipse Loud
12) Lust Of Decay — Entombed In Sewage — Comatose
13) The Harbinger — Gates Of Hell — Inverse
14) Mezzrow — Embrace The Awakening — Rockshots
15) Calcraft — Reborn Through Torture — Lifeforce
16) Volumes — Mirror Touch — Fearless
17) Rahway — Rahway — Pavement
18) Lord Of The Lost — Opvs Noir Vol. 2 — Napalm
19) Persefone — Live In Andorra (Noram Radio) — Napalm
20) Redivider — Sounds Of Malice — Self Released

Top 5 Adds
1) Soen — Reliance — Silver Lining Music
2) Bullet — Kickstarter — Spv, Steamhammer
3) Brent Barker — Electric Necromancer (Single) — Independent
4) Freezemachine — New Life (Single) — Symphonic Distribution
5) Kreator — Krushers Of The World — Nuclear Blast

Other Adds/Reviewed: In Agony, Old Moon , Wes Anderson, Beyond The Black, Uuhai, Dissentience, The Eternal, Viserion, Vesseles, Starscourge , Orchid Throne, Deadwood, Benighted, Enemy Awake, King Heavy, Neckbreaker, Ninjawitch, Sickle Of Dust, Stranguliatorius, Satanic Squirrel, Unbounded Terror

Kreator
Krushers Of The World
Nuclear Blast Records
16 January 2026

Soen
Reliance
Silver Lining Music

Brent Barker
Electric Necromancer
Independent

Bullet
Kickstarter
(SPV/Steamhammer)

Freezemachine (single)
New Life
Symphonic Distribution

The Faith Hills Have Eyes
Altars Of Radness
Self Released

Aposticum
Sounding The Seven Horns
Self Released

IN AGONY
”ULT+CTL”
(Rock Sun)

OLD MOON
A REST TO MY NAME
M-THEORY AUDIO

Wes Anderson
Reveries EP
(Self-released)

Beyond The Black
Break The Silence
Nuclear Blast Records
9 January 2026

UUHAI
Human Herds (Radio)
Napalm Records
9 January 2026

Dissentience
Kaiju
Self Released
16 January 2026

The Eternal
Celestial
Reigning Phoenix Music
16 January 2026
Members of Amorphis

Viserion
Fire and Blood
Self Release
16 January 2026

Vesseles
Home
Self Released
16 January 2026

STARSCOURGE
Album: Conqueror of the Stars – Betwixt Sundered Seraphim, the Lands Between Bleed
Release Date: December 19th, 2025
Country: Sweden/Singapore
Genre: Death/Black Metal

Orchid Throne
Buried in Black
Self-Release
9 January 2026

Deadwood
Rituals of a Dying Light
Innerstrength Records
6 January 2026

BENIGHTED
The Spineless Freak (single)(
Season of Mist
11 December 2025

Enemy Awake
Release Title: Rotten Soul
Release Date: December 31, 2025
Label: Self-released

KING HEAVY
Atlantic Reborn
Witches Brew
12 December 2025

NECKBREAKER
Mental Void
Witches Brew
12 December 2025

Ninjawitch
Frequency of Gods
Self Released
12 September 2025

Sickle Of Dust
Across the Vultures Trail
Flowing Downward
Epic Symphonic Black Metal
8/01/2026

STRANGULIATORIUS
“Flies Don’t Lie”
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Jan 9

Satanic Squirrel
Release Title: Crush Everyone
Release Date: January 1, 2026
Label: Self-released
Format: Digital
Genre: Thrash Metal / Bay Area Thrash
Country: Germany

UNBOUNDED TERROR
Release Title: Through the Dark Desperation
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Abstract Emotions
Format: Digital, CD, Cassette
Genre: Death Metal

(all lists in no particular order)
Matt’s Top of 2025:
Revocation — New Gods, New Masters – Metal Blade
Dream Theater – Parasomnia — InsideOut
Igorrr — Amen — Metal Blade
Allegaeon — The Ossuary Lens – Metal Blade
Testament – Para Bellum – Nuclear Blast
Amorphis — Borderland — Reigning Phoenix Music
Coroner – Dissonance Theory — Century Media
Between the Buried and Me — The Blue Nowhere — InsideOut
Cryptopsy – Insatiable Violence -– Season of Mist
The Halo Effect — March of the Unheard – Nuclear Blast

Matt’s Honorable Mentions:
Arch Enemy — Blood Dynasty — Century Media
The Haunted — Songs of Last Resort – Century Media
Fallujah — Xenotaph – Nuclear Blast
Rivers Of Nihil — Rivers Of Nihil — Metal Blade
Onslaught — Origins Of Aggression — Reigning Phoenix Music
Tubal Cain — Slime Abyss — Darkness Shall Rise
Conniption — The Theatre Of Invention — Self Released
Helstar — The Devil’s Masquerade — Massacre
Vicious Rumors — The Devil’s Asylum — SPV/Steamhammer
Nefarious — Addicted To Power — Relentless Metal
Machine Head — Unatoned — Nuclear Blast
Sodom — The Arsonist — Spv

Mike’s Picks Top 10:
Coroner — Dissonance Theory — Century Media
Revocation — New Gods, New Masters — Metal Blade
Allegaeon — The Ossuary Lens — Metal Blade
Dream Theater — Parasomnia — Inside Out Music
Igorrr — Amen — Metal Blade
Testament — Para Bellum — Nuclear Blast
Warbringer — Wrath And Ruin — Napalm
Buried Realm — The Dormant Darkness — Profound Lore
Lik — Necro — Metal Blade
Paradise Lost — Ascension — Nuclear Blast

Mike’s Honorable Mentions:
Violator — Unholy Retribution — Kill Again Records
Dormant Ordeal — Tooth And Nail — Willowtip
1914 — Viribus Unitis — Napalm
Nightbearer — Defiance — Testimony
Amorphis — Borderland — Reigning Phoenix Music
An Abstract Illusion — The Sleeping City — Willowtip
Abigail Williams — A Void Within Existence — Agonia Records
Blackbraid — Blackbraid Iii — Independent
Mezzrow — Embrace The Awakening — Rockshots
Saor — Amidst The Ruins — Season Of Mist
In Mourning — Song of the Cranes — Supreme Chaos
King Parrot — A Young Persons Guide To — Dead Serious Recordings
Thron — Vurias — Listenable
Hedonist — Scapulimancy — Southern Lord Recordings