Cult Ov Void--Enter The Void{digital}{Independent}

 

Enter The Void is the debut EP of Germany's Cult Of Void who perform a good mix of black and death metal mix.The music is performed with excellent writing ability and aggression with a mix of both crazed fast drums and guitars to a more controlled mid paced range.The guitars are played with some well delievered passages that range from extremly fast and aggressive.The  guitars do slow to a more controlled mid paced patterns both styles are performed with skill and intensity.The drums are done with the same a mix of fast chaotic drums and some heavier mid paced drums.The vocals are death metal growls and some raw screams.Enter The Void is a great EP. of brutal and aggressive blackend death metal. 

Cult Ov Void

https://cultovvoid.bandcamp.com/album/enter-the-void                                                                               https://www.instagram.com/cult.ov.void/

Hostile Faith--Rehearsal MMXXVI{digital}{Independent}

 

Hostile Faith is a four man band coming out of Chile's death thrash metal scene and this is a review of the bands newest demo.Rehearsal MMXXVI contains two tracks of solid and well performed  thrashy old school death metal.The first song is  Bloodsoaked Creature From Beyond starting off with some intense and fast pace drums the music is performed with some fast drums and guitars.Both the guitarist and drummer does a good job of performing their instruments with some well played passages.The vocals are old school gruff death metal growls and some screams are used in a few sections.The next track is  Cosmic Truth and is not as fast as the first song.The music is a mix of fast paced guitars and some slower,mid paced patterns.The vocals are old school death metal growls that are heavy and powerful.This is a really good demo of  old school death metal that is performed with both extreme speed and a more controlled pace.Both style are performed with excellent musicianship.                                                                                                                                                     Hostile Faith                                                                                                                                https://hostilefaith.bandcamp.com/album/rehearsal-mmxxvi                                                                https://www.facebook.com/hostilefaith.thrash                                                                https://www.instagram.com/hostilefaith.deathrash

Mangled--Echoes From The Ominous Minds{Digital}{Independent}

 

Mangled is a band that comes out of Chile's old school death metal scene and this is a review of the second EP.Echoes From The Ominous Minds contains  six tracks of well executed and performed death metal with some thrashy guitars added into the mix.The guitars are performed with some memorable well performed passages.The guitarist does create some whirlwind fast paced patterns and even adds some well played solo's into the songs.The vocals are brutal old school death metal growls that are powerful in the delievery.Their are some gruff screams used in a few of the songs.The drums are a mix of extremly fast and chotic blast beats.The drummer does slow to a mid paced,faster pace with some well done drum patterns.Echoes From The Ominous Minds  is a very well delivered  EP. of old school brutality.                                                                                                                                                                   Mangled                                                                                                                                                       https://mangledchile.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/mangled.x                                                                                                    https://www.instagram.com/mangled.x?igsh=ODJxYzk4MTVzaXNj                                                      https://www.youtube.com/@Mangled.metalx    

Eternal Ice--Components Of The Ice{digital}{Independent}

 

Eternal Ice is a two man  band coming out of Japan's atmospheric and melodic black metal scene and this is a review of their newest release.Components Of The Ice is a compilation of the bands songs from various demo's and splits so far.Featuring fifteen traccks in all the music is performed with a mix of mid paced black metal with some faster paced passages mixed in.The guitars are performed with a mix of mid paced guitar patterns.The guitars do speed to a faster more aggressive pace in a few of the songs.The drums are performed in the same vein with some slower mid paced drum patterns.But in a few of the tracks they do speed to a faster more chaotic pace.Takeshi handles the vocals for the band are range from grim black metal screams to some raw gruff screams and growls.This is a pretty good compilation of raw,melodic black metal if this sounds like a band or style that you enjoy check it out today.                                                                                                                                                              Eternal  Ice                                                                                                                                                  https://eternalice1.bandcamp.com/merch                                                                                                  https://eternalice1.bandcamp.com/album/components-of-the-ice                                                                 

Funeral Fire--Demo 1{Independant}

 

Funeral Fire is a solo project  coming out of Japan's melodic black metal scene and this is a review of the debut demo released in 2024.The first song Winter And Death starts off with mid paced guitars that are performed with really good patterns.The vocals are raw gruff black metal vocals.The final song is Funeral Fire is a little faster pace with guitars with raw,gruff screams and gruff vocals.This is a pretty good debut demo of raw atmospheric,melodic black metal so if you are a fan of this style give it a listen today.                                                                                                                                                          Funeral Fire                                                                                                                                                  https://funeralfire1.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                               

Division 52--Total War CS.&Digital{Rat Covenant}

 

 Division 52 is a duo coming out of Germany's black death war metal scene and this is a review of the debut demo.Total War is five songs of barbaric,brutal black and death war metal that is devestating in the music.The music is performed by K.98 and is a barrage of blasting drums and razorsharp fast paced guitars.The music is extreme in every sense of the word but their are some good musicial patterns mixed into the primitive and vicious style the band performs.Thrope handles the vocals which are powerful death metal growls that are brutal in their delievery.Total War is a must have for all those who love underground bestial and brutal black death metal.                                                                              Division 52                                                                                                                                                                      https://division52.bandcamp.com/album/total-war                                                                                              https://www.instagram.com/division.52                                                                                                                  Rat  Covenant                                                                                                                                                                https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/rat-238-division-52-total-war                                                      https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/                                                                                                                https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                       

Umbral Veil--Dwell CS&digital{Independant}

 

Umbral Veil  is a new duo coming out of Canada's death,doom scene and this is a review the debut EP.-Dwell contains four tracks of extreme death and doom for a unique release.The first track is Dwell starting off with some wind sounds it doesn't take long before the mid paced guitars kick in.The music is heavy mid paced guitars and drums that devestating in their delievery.The vocals are low death metal growls and some raw gruff screams.Up next is Lesions Within The Poisoned Realms and is much more faster and pure death metal song.With fast guitars and pounding drums both instruments are powerful.The vocals are raw gruff screams and growls.Obfuscated Labrinths Of Untold Horror starts off a little more doomish sounding with guitars then some death metal growls and slow drums.The music is dense and dreary with some powerful and heavy guitars and drums.The vocals are raw screams and some death metal growls are used at the begining of the song.Hallucinations Of  Dendritic Distortions is the longest song in just over ten minutes.The music starts off with some mid paced guitars and drums both the instruments are well performed and powerful.About four minutes into the song the music picks up a little speed with some faster tempoed guitars and drums.The vocals are death metal growls and some raw screams are used throughout the song as well.Dwell is a really good debut with a mix of death doom and some faster death metal passages worthy of your atteention.                                                      Umbral Veil                                                                                                                                                     https://umbralveildeathdoom.bandcamp.com/album/dwell                                                                          

Speedslut--Cimbrian Rites (CD/LP/CS) (2026 Listenable Records)

This band from Denmark has blown me away, just flooring me with their black speed metal attack. From the '80s Metallica- and Slayer-isms to the Germanic speed metal influence to the little Bathory nods, this is entirely entertaining and metal as fuck. This is all gas and no brakes, just full speed ahead the entire time, full of attitude and powerful riffs. One thing they have that not a lot of black speed metal acts do is quality guitar solos, they're fresh and searing every time. These guitarists can play, often adding amazing little runs in their riffs that whip by at light speed. Vocally, the singer is somewhere between Running Wild and Bathory or Venom, and it's a perfect fit for the music. The vocals just bleed metal atmosphere. I thought the shouted gang vocals in a couple of the songs were a really nice touch as well. This is an excellent record that deserves mountains of praise heaped upon it, and I'll be picking this up at the first opportunity.

www.listenable.eu

Gutted Twice--A Malicious Betrayal{digital}{Independent}

 

A Malicious Betrayal is the second EP from Massachusetts Gutted Twice who play brutal death metal with some slam influence added in.The first track  The Eternal Churn is a heavy mid paced with powerful death metal growls and some raw screams are also used for a nice mix.The guitars and drums range from mid paced heavier patterns to some faster tempoed music.A Malicious Betrayal is up next and is faster paced song with some fast guitar passages,The drums are blasting drums that are delievered with intense patterns.The music does slow to a heavier mid paced range.The vocals are raw death metal growls and some raw screams are also used.The final track Parasitic Festering  is another raging fast song with chaotic blast beats and brutal death metal growls that are intense.Their are also some raw screams used throughout the song. A Malicious Betrayal is a good EP with a mix of slam and brutal death metal passages.Personally i prefer the straightforward death metal approach without the slam influence  but this is a really good EP recomended to those who are into brutal death metal. 

Gutted Twice 

https://guttedtwice.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gutted_twice/

https://www.youtube.com/@guttedtwice

Atrox Avalanche---Demo 2026{digital}{Independent}

 

Atrox Avalanche is a  four man band coming out of Singapore's brutal death metal scene.Demo 2026 is the debut two song demo.The first song  Odious Impunity starts off with mid paced guitars and low growls it doesn't take long for the music to pick up to a faster more brutal tempo.The drums are blast beats that are ferocious in the delievery.The vocals are brutal and sick death metal growls that are powerful.Up next is Profligacy the song is straight forward death metal that is brutal in every sense of the word.The guitars and drums are fast with some solos added half way into the song.The vocals are brutal old school death metal growls.This is a good demo to introduce Atrox Avalanche to the brutal death metal underground so if you are into brutal death metal give this band a listen today.                      Atrox Avalanche                                                                                                                                            https://atroxavalanche.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2026                                                                        https://www.facebook.com/people/Atrox-Avalanche/61576449677990/                                                    https://www.instagram.com/atroxavalanche                                                                                                https://www.youtube.com/@AtroxAvalanche

Primordial Gate--Silence Of The Slumbering Landscape CS&digital{Forest Gloom}

 

Primordial Gate is a solo project coming out of Finland's raw black metal scene.Silence Of The Slumbering Landscape is the debut demo that contains six tracks of raw,traditional black metal.The guitars are performed with some very well performed passages that range from mid paced to a faster pace.Both guitar styles are done really well with some well executed patterns.The vocals are a mix of death metal growls and some raw gruff screams. For a debut demo this is a really good demo of  raw black metal. 

Forest Gloom

https://forestgloom.bandcamp.com/album/silence-of-the-slumbering-landscape

Houre--Pimea Komento CS&Digital{Forest Gloom}

 

Houre are a duo coming out of Finland's mid paced black metal scene and this is a review of their latest demo.Pimea Komento is four tracks of well composed and performed mid paced black metal.The demo starts off with some wind sounds then the music picks up to a more mid paced range with some well performed passages.The music is rooted in the 90's raw black metal style with some well performed passages.The guitars ar performed with some well executed slow to mid paced gutitar patterns.The guitars do speed up to a faster pace throughout a few of the songs.The band does add some synths throughout the songs to give it another layer to the music.The vocals are gruff growls and some raw gruff screams are also used.Pimea Komento is a really well performed demo this is my first time hearing the band but i might have to go listen to the other demo's soon.                                                      Forest Gloom                                                                                                                                                   https://forestgloom.bandcamp.com/merch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Croaked--Fucking Croaked {digital}{Independent}

 

Croaked is a solo project coming out of California's death metal scene and this is a review of the debut EP.Fucking Croaked is three songs of well played death metal that mixes in old school brutality with some elements of the current death metal scene for a nice mix and sound.The guitars are performed with some well executed guitar patterns that area mix of mid paced and some aggressive faster paced patterns.The guitars have some meorable well performed  passages even adding in some solo's throughout the songs.The  vocals are old school gruff death metal growls that are powerful in the delievery.This is a good debut if you are looking for a new band to check out.                                            Croaked                                                                                                                                                    https://fuckingcroaked.bandcamp.com/album/fucking-croaked                                                                https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcroaked/

Fogos - Of Wyrm And Men CD(Satanath Rec./Poisoned Furrows}

 

Of Wyrm And Men  is the second full length from Spain's Fogos and this is a review of the new release.The new release contains  nine tracks of well executed and played black metal.The music is a good blend razor sharp guitars and fast pounding drums.But the band does add some slower atmospheric passages for a unique release.The guitars are well performed with some extremly fast paced patterns that are intense.The guitarist does slow to a more mid tempoed pace in a few of the songs to give each song it's own idenity.The drums are done in the same vein with extremely fast,chaotic drums that are performed with skillful writing.The drummer does write some slower mid paced drums throughout the songs for a nice mix.The vocals are a mix of grim black metal screams and some clean well sung vocals are used in a few songs.Of Wyrm And Men is a really well performed and written release that mixes fast paced black metal with some slower atmospheric passages.                                    Fogos                                                                                                                                                            https://fogosofficial.bandcamp.com/merch                                                                                                  https://www.facebook.com/Fogos.official                                                                                                  https://www.instagram.com/fogos_official/                                                                                                Satanath Rec.                                                                                                                                              https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat421-fogos-of-wyrm-and-men-2026                                            https://www.instagram.com/satanathrecords/                                                                                              https://www.youtube.com/user/satanath666                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Nargaroth--Apocalyptic Steel (CD/LP) (2026 Season of Mist Underground Activists)

Nargaroth has changed a lot in the years since their formation in the 1990s, and are now at the speartip of the more popular black metal acts in existence, and they deserve to be, as this album shows. This album is incredibly well-recorded but still has a proper black metal feel to it, especially where the drumming is concerned, with tight, fast blasts and quick-as-lightning fills and rolls. The riffing is powerful and fully black metal in its attack, a bulldozing display of notes and chords. I do wish there was a hint of rawness left in this band, but they've been elevated to a level where that may not be ideal for them anymore. With playing like this a clean recording is probably best anyway, so every little thing can be heard. I'm just pining for the old days again, don't mind me. They do play with other genres a little bit on this release, too, like the folky clean vocals in "Dresden," and the death metal riffing in "Shatter the Faithless." Everything else is proper black metal, however. So, gone are the days of  Black Metal Ist Krieg, but now we have Apocalyptic Steel, and I welcome the change.

www.season-of-mist.com