Malthusian - The Summoning Bell (2025)

 

Black / Death Metal

Dublin, Ireland

 

 1. Isolation

2. Red, Waiting

3. Between Dens and Ruins

4. The Summoning Bell

5. The Onset of the Death of Man

6. Eroded Into Superstition

7. Amongst the Swarms of Vermin

8. In Chaos, Exult

 

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Scalp - Not Worthy of Human Compassion (2025)

 

Death Metal / Grindcore / Harcore

Orange County, California / United States

 

1. LTARMLAC
2. EgoDeath
3. Pit
4. 80AcresofHell
5. ShackleRot
6. Crowsfoot
7. Loather
8. SurrogateVictim
9. Untitled
10. Conspiracy
11. RigorVivus
12. Drag
13. Bottomless
 

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Hell - Submersus (2025)

Sludge / Drone / Doom Metal
Salem, Oregon, United States

 

1. Hevy
2. Gravis
3. Factum
4. Mortem
5. Bog

 

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Beleth's Trumpet - Chapel of Bones (2025)

New and fast-working black metal band from Finland Beleth's Trumpet released a short demo last year and already put their debut full length forth, Chapel of Bones through Dominance of Darkness Records. And just from that sentence, the hints already given basically describe the music on the album almost perfectly, as it is just that: a black metal band from Finland. Semi-clean production, mostly middle-paced with enough melody and melancholy on the guitars as you've heard from a lot, lot, lot of other bands from the same region. I couldn't find any moment that made Chapel of Bones a bit special (maybe the album cover) or memorable, except the track "Clandestine Ritual" which does have a couple of more ominous riffs, even though nothing's new there either. Fans of Finnish black metal are built to like this blindly, as the band takes no risks and sits well within the expected boundaries of their sound, and lyrical concepts. 

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