It took 8 months but we finally arrived at a slow release week. Sure there’s still plenty to dig into but not near the quantity we’re used to with our spoiled selves. 2025 has been a banger thus far and even thought it’s a slower week we still have new black metal from Blackbraid, some earth rumbling blackened death metal from Malthusian, and some bad ass rock from Borracho. And, of course, the rest of the abbreviated list lies below. Despite the shortened list this week, it’s still a HUGE win in my book. I mean, come on…who hasn’t been looking forward to…I’ll stop there and you can insert your fave of the week in lieu of mine because where’s the mystery in that?! Keep it loud and we’ll see you here throughout the week.

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Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (Self) – black metal

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Malthusian – The Summoning Bell (Relapse Records) – black / death

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Borracho – Ouroboros (Ripple Music) – rock

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Also on tap:

Crypt Sermon – Saturnian Appendices, EP (Dark Descent Records) – metal

Cytolysis – Surge Of Cruelty (Comatose Music) – tech / brutal death

Fall & Resist – Dissolved in Misery, EP (Self) – metal

Firstborne – Lucky (M-Theory Audio) – heavy metal

I.F.A – Tiimalasi (Inverse Records) – rock

Medic! – Friends In High Places, EP (Fiadh Productions) – anarchopunk

Mehrwertsteur – Krone Der Schöpfung (Self) – black / death

Melpomene – A Body Is A Suggestion (Fiadh Productions) – psych death metal

Meteora – In This Silence (H-Music) – symphonic metal

Phantom Fire – S/T (Edged Circle Productions) – black metal

Pustulant Flesh – Gurgling Pustulence (Extremely Rotten Productions) – death metal

Sweet – Sweet Fanny Adams Revisited (Metalville) – rock

Talaqat – S/T (Self) – instru-metal

Vakkerike – Vildexa (Fiadh Productions) – fantasy synth

Völur & Cares – Breathless Spirit (Batke Records) – experimental doom

— Josh