Harakiri For The Sky
Scorched Earth
AOP Records
24 January 2025
Melodic blackend metal, a bit chill and relaxed in parts, flipping into full on black metal, longer tracks, decent stuff.

Hazzerd
The 3rd Dimension
M-Theory Audio
17 January 2025
Good ol classic thrash, catchy and all the good stuff.

Resistor
Head Case (EP)
Independent
A bit hardcore, and pushing into death core. Good stuff

Clusterfux
Defy
Beer City Records
A little hardcore/thrash with a pinch of a stoner metal groove

The Night Flight Orchestra
Give Us The Moon
(Napalm)
I’ve been a fan of this band since day one (i’m a bjorn strid fan i guess)… and its like a guilty pleasure, just so throwback and catchy fun. Not all that metal, so you won’t hear a whole lot on the mosh pit, but still cool.

Grave Digger
Bone Collector
RPM-ROAR
17 January 2025
this is just good ol metal, a little melodic, some thrashy… but overall just metal from these long time veterans

The Phoenix Within
Next (Single)
Independent
Classic metal, a bit of a modern solid rock sound with a heavier edge

Expurgate
Nynäs Death
Nomad Snakepit Productions
19 January 2025
Raw doomy and low fi black-ish metal

Putred
Megalit al Putrefacției
Memento Mori
20 January 2025
Meaty death metal, some grooves, and a bit dark/doomish.

RETADOR
Release Title: Earëndel
Label: Xtreem Music
Release Date: January 21, 2025
heavier Thrash Metal, catchy, melodic, kinda technical, and more “extreme” vox… great stuff.

Shadow of the Talisman
As Above, So Below
Eclipse Records
21 February 2025 (radio Adds Jan 20)
Kind of thrashy, a bit melodic, some straightforward metal stuff… kinda cool.

Aevum
Release Title: Kaleidoscope
Release Title: Kaleidoscope
Label: DarkTunes Music Group
Release Date: January 17, 2025
This is kind of a Gothic Metal, borderline melodeath. Female vox, some nice grooves, and catchy melodic stuff.

Tormentor Tyrant
Excessive Escalation Of Cruelty
Everlasting Spew Records
24 January 2025
Kind of a classic death metal, but with a thrashy feel. cool stuff.

Century
Sign of the Storm
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 24/01/2025
Classic metal, with a doomy throwback sound

Marko Bojkovic
Powercore
Self-Release
24 January 2025
Classic or “trad” metal here… maybe getting a bit heavier (melodeathish) in parts.

MEDUSIAN
Album (EP): Library
Self released
Release date: January 17th, 2025
this starts off with some Symphonic Metal, but vox are harsh, so it’s more of an epic melodeath to me… cool stuff!!

THY KINGDOM WILL BURN
The Loss And Redemption
Scarlet Records
17 January 2025
This has a kind of doomy melodic death thing going on with some cool grooves too

Knogjärn
BLY
Indie Recordings
24 January 2025
A kind of hard rock, a little metalcore, a smidge djent.

THE MACHINIST
CONTEMPT FOR LIFE
LABEL: INVIMA RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 24th 2025
This is a kind of blackened industrialish death. also melodic

Purified in Blood
Spiritual Thirst & Ascend To Nothing
Indie Recordings
10 January 2025
A doomish groovin’ death metal (2 songs)

Pestilent Scars
Meadows of Misfortune
Record label: Inverse Records
Release Date: January 17th 2025
This is a bit Melodic Death Metal, leaning a little heavier.

CRUCIAL VELOCITY
Controller
Self-Released
10 January 2025
Classic metal, drummer from King Diamond side project. pretty striaghtforward

BRAT (single)
Barracuda (Heart cover)
Prosthetic Records
15 January 2025
Brat has Sammy from Goatwhore… this is kind of a doomy sludgey groovin’ version of an already cool crunchy classic tune.

NITE
“Crow (Fear the Night) (Single)”
Season of Mist
13 January 2025
Kind of a cool blackened just metal thing, melodic and catchy too.

VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! (single)
ANTICHRIST
DARK KINGDOM RECORDS
This is that band that seems to be about image… but can be like good and heavy, then throws in super emo vox… this has some good extreme vox, and electronic hits… the clean emo stuff is hard for me to get past

Voltagehawk
Garage Metal
(Self-released)
kind of a classic metal

Whitechapel
Hymns in Dissonance – single
Metal Blade Records
15 January 2025
Wall of technical prog death metal… fast and heavy… brutal too!