Last week was EPIC in terms of new metal. Just that Tomb Mold is proof enough, that album is STRONG. And, just like that, we’re back again with a new list of more new releases that kicks off with death metal from Necrotted that balances slam, tech, and brutal better than most I’ve heard, Rebaellion scratches that “I need speedy and abrasive death metal” itch very well, long running death metal vets Cannibal Corpse return with an album that proves why they’re still as relevant as ever, and Bulletbelt thrash about with a killer story to boot. All that and a ton more awaits in the list below so get after it and we’ll see you here throughout the week.

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Necrotted – Imperium (Reaper) – death metal

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Rebaellion – Under The Sign of Rebellion (Agonia) – death metal

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Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific (Metal Blade) – death metal

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Bulletbelt – Burn It Up (Impaler) – death / thrash

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Also on tap:

3Teeth – Endex (Century Media) – metal

Acausal Intrusion – Panpsychism (I, Voidhanger) – black / death

Acid Mass – Agonizer (Morbid And Miserable Records / Bonepick Records) – speed/thrash

Angel Rising – Afterlife (WormHoleDeath) – thrash

Anima Hereticae – Descended from the Mountains (Inverse) – black / death

Annisokay – Abyss Pt 1, EP (Arising Empire) – rock/metal

Apostolica – Animae Haeretica (Scarlet) – power metal

Ash Prison – Future Torn (Sentient Ruin) – industrial

Bad As – Fight The Demons (WormHoleDeath) – metal

Bekor Qilish – The Flesh of a New God (I, Voidhanger) – prog extreme

Bergrizen – Orathania (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

By Fire and Sword – Glory (No Remorse) – power metal

Chaver – In Gloom (BDHW) – hardcore

Choke Chain – Mortality (Phage Tapes) – industrial

Crazy Mad Ride – Life, Liberty, Death (Sliptrick Records) – thrash

Cruel Force – Dawn of the Axe (Shadow Kingdom) – black / thrash

Dead Feathers – Full Circle (Ripple Music) – psych

Dungeon – Into the Ruins (Dying Victims) – speed

Equivocator – S/T, EP (Nefarious Industries) – avantmetal

Exorcizphobia – Spiritual Exodus (Doomentia Records / Carnal Beast) – thrash

Falistra – Di Limpide Tempeste (My Kingdom Music) – dark folk

Farscape – Purged and Forgotten (Dying Victims) – thrash

Feral / Crawl – Made As Those Who Are No Longer Alive (Transcending Obscurity) – death metal

Final Gasp – Mourning Moon (Independent) – hardcore/metal

Freya – Fight As One (Upstate Records) – hardcore

Grift – Dolt land (Nordvis Produktion) – atmospheric metal

Grymheart – Hellish Hunt (Scarlet) – power / folk

Hammerfilosofi – The Desolate One (ATMF) – black metal

Hands of Orlac – Hebetudo Mentis (Terror From Hell) – doom

Haurun – Wilting Within (Small Stone) – psych

Heart of a Coward – This Place Only Brings Death (Arising Empire) – metal

Hexvessel – Polar Veil (Svart) – black / folk / doom rock

Hjemsøkt – Mystikk og Morke (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Imperium – When Kings Meet (Independent) – heavy metal

Interemo – Buried In Rotten Remains (Goregeous) – death metal

Kal-El – Moon People (Majestic Mountain) – rock

Kerrigan – Bloodmoon (High Roller Records) – heavy metal

KEN mode – Void (Artoffact) – metal

Lacrau – Axioma (Monumental Rex) – black doom

Mad Honey – Satellite Aphrodite (Deathwish) – gaze

Magnitudo – Scotoma, EP (Independent) – sludge

Melan Selas – Zephyrean Hymns (The Circle Music) – black metal

Mercenary – Soundtrack to the End of Times (NoiseArt) – melodic death metal

Mythologik – S/T (Independent) – heavy metal

Never Obey Again – The End of an Era (Scarlet) – metal

Noctomb – S/T (Independent) – fuzz

Orbiter – Hollow World (Argonauta) – psych doom

Oros Kaù – Thanatos (I, Voidhanger) – black / death

Overt Enemy – Official Live Thunder In the Hill Country (Vault 32 Media/Confused Records) – thrash

Profanatica – Crux Simplex (Season of Mist) – black metal

Ristridi – Dark Solstice, EP (Independent) – metal

Solipnosis – Síntesis Silenciosa (විරෑපී (VIRŪPI)) – black speed metal

Solus Grief – What If This Was Everything (Purity Through Fire) – doomish 

Spook The Beast – Guided By The Second Sun (Independent) – doom

SPURV – Brefjære (Pelagic) – post-metal

Starlit Melancholy – To Wilt Beneath The Stars (Independent) – atmospheric metal

Suffer Yourself – Axis of Tortures (Aesthetic Death) – death / doom

The Moth – Frost (Exile On Mainstream) – doom

Torture Squad – Devilish (Time To Kill) – death / thrash

Uhritulet – S/T (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Various Artists – Blast No. 1 (Independent) – death / grind / powerviolence

Vengeance – Sewer Surge (Dying Victims) – metal

Wormhole – Almost Human (Season of Mist) – techslam

Yawning Man – Pot Head, EP (Ripple Music) – stoner

— Josh