ALT “The Reign” is the third studio album by the Greek death metal band Abyssus, released on 23 October 2026 via Fireflash Records. On this album, the Athens-based band deliver classic old-school death metal, heavily inspired by genre giants such as Obituary, Death, Autopsy and Bolt Thrower. The striking cover artwork, featuring shades of purple, was once again created by the renowned artist Andreas Marschall. 1. The Meaning of Pain 03:22 2. Out of Reach 02:59 3. Asphyxiation 03:03 4. Destined to Die 03:38 5. At Any Cost 04:04 6. The Path I Chose 03:47 7. The Prophecy 02:06 8. Killing Tendency 02:24 9. Await the Final Call 02:17 10. Trapped in Purgatory 07:06

ALT “Of Fire and Bloodshed” is the third studio album by the German brutal death metal band Saprobiontic, released on 23 October 2026. The band, formed in Dresden in 2012, is releasing the album via the Swedish label Black Lion Records. The album features nine relentless, technically precise tracks that blend classic old-school brutal death metal with modern intensity and plenty of groove. An aggressive mix of furious, accentuated riffs and bone-crushing parts influenced by bands like Suffocation or Cannibal Corpse. 1. Morbid Tales 04:31 2. Demons of Reality 04:18 3. Apex Predators 04:41 4. Descending into Chaos 05:25 5. The Era of Fire and Bloodshed 04:47 6. Maniacal Identity 03:28 7. Shepherd of Doom 04:54 8. The Evolution of Tyranny 04:18 9. Inherit Madness (Lurking Beasts) 04:20

ALT “Evil Black Church” is the third studio album by the Spanish thrash death metal band Estertor, released in October 2026 on the Black Lion Records label. The band was formed in Barcelona in 2016 and consists of experienced musicians from the Catalan death, doom and black metal scenes. Stylistically, Estertor operate within a dark blend of black, death and thrash metal. Their sound draws on renowned influences such as Celtic Frost, Bathory and Sodom, whilst also incorporating elements of American death metal (such as Massacre and Obituary). The album is conceived as a concept album and is entirely dedicated to Italian horror cinema and its iconic directors (including Lucio Fulci, Michele Soavi, Mario and Lamberto Bava). The songs explore the cinematic presence of the Devil and classics such as Demons, Black Sunday, The Beyond and The Church.

ALT The debut album “River of Slumber” by the Greek death metal band Casket Dweller was released on 22 October 2026 via the label Nuclear Winter Records. With a careful balance between crushing passages, darker atmospheres and more melodic moments, “River of Slumber” presents CASKET DWELLER as a new force within the contemporary old school death metal movement. A band focused on the essentials: memorable riffs, strong compositions and the timeless appeal of death metal. 1. Chapters 00:41 2. Dust Off the Shovel 03:43 3. He Rows 03:33 4. Fangs of the Vampire 03:12 5. Creatures of the Night 03:38 6. Empalming Slime 05:28 7. Burnt at the Stake 04:03 8. Voodoo Incants 03:28 9. Requiem 05:05

ALT "Rotting Souls" is the debut album by the international metal band Enduring Torment, which was released independently on 20 October 2026. The band brings together musicians from Switzerland and the United States and draws stylistically from the genres of slam, brutal death metal and hardcore, incorporating melodic and grind elements. What makes the album special is the dynamic vocal approach: the songs switch fluidly between four different vocalists. Band member Andri Franziscus is responsible for the guitar work, songwriting and the entire production. 1. The Beginning of Torment 01:44 2. Overflowing Bloodlust 04:26 3. Rotting Souls 03:22 4. Decimate Your Opressors 02:14 5. Martyrdom of the Thousands 04:34 6. Gored in the Face 04:57 7. Messiah of Death 03:30 8. Sledgehammer to the Cranium 02:46 9. The Bigot Butcher 03:01 10. Infection Spreading Fast 02:44 11. Mankind Is a Plague 03:04 12. Voices from the Suffering 01:15 13. Divine Execution (demo) 01:52

ALT Concrete Ghosts is a misanthropic metal collective from Finland, formed in 2025. The project serves as a sonic witness to the terminal decay of the psyche and the slow-motion erosion of the human mind within the structures it has built. Rather than reflecting the urban world, Concrete Ghosts documents the parasitic nature of modern life—capturing the precise, horrific moment where the individual is hollowed out by the very environment they are forced to inhabit. Standing in the center of this human-made horror, the band translates the crushing weight of isolation into a balance of raw aggression and layered, melancholic atmosphere. Heavily inspired by the somber, melodic intensity of the late-90s metal underground, their debut features a bleak, chromatic production that acts as a personal record of the world’s spirit failing in real-time.

ALT "The Parasite of Tragedy" is the debut album and funeral doom metal project by Dark Sigil Productions (Geoff Coran). The entire project is deeply inspired, both thematically and atmospherically, by the action role-playing game "Mortal Shell II". Extremely slow, crushing funeral doom metal / death doom, stylistically modelled on scene heavyweights such as Ahab, Esoteric, Evoken and Skepticism. 1. Penance of No Sin 12:32 2. The Parasite of Tragedy 13:28 3. Entombed in Snow and Ice 11:11 4. Hexapod 11:00

ALT “Eternal War” is the debut album by the Angolan extreme metal band Eternal Katastrophy, released on 18 October 2026 by Slam Dank Records. Eternal Katastrophy hail from the heart of Luanda, Angola, and thrill their audiences with powerful riffs, pounding traditional percussion and guttural vocals, which blend to form a raw and unique style of death metal. Rooted in Angolan culture and fuelled by the fire of young talent, the band enriches the global metal scene with a bold, aggressive and uncompromising sound. They made their international debut in 2023 in South Africa at the ‘Wacken Metal Battle Sub-Saharan Final’, where they secured an impressive third place. With a sound that blends death and groove metal, Eternal Katastrophy does not shy away from challenging social norms and confronting reality through intense and rousing music. 1. Eternal War 03:07 2. Lixeiro Obscuro 04:10 3. Cinzas 06:06 4. Inverso 06:03 5. Sanguinário 04:39 6. Sick 04:31 7. The Silence Is Better 04:10

ALT “Singing in the Grave” is the third studio album by the Italian death metal band Crepuscolo, released on 17 October 2026 via the label Distorted Productions. Crepuscolo is an Italian old-school death metal band that was formed in 1995. The founding members, Umberto (guitar) and Franz (vocals and bass), remain at the helm of the band and deliver a powerful, Scandinavian-inspired death metal sound. 1. Essence of Pain - Chap. 2 04:17 2. Rising Brutality 04:10 3. Singing in the Grave 05:41 4. Damned Land 03:55 5. No More Religion 03:48 6. Hallucinogena 03:37 7. Apocalypse Comes from the Sky 04:40 8. Way of Life Backwards 06:01 9. The End, the Death, the Nightmare 07:51

ALT “Welcome 2 Gary” is a deathcore EP by the US band Manifestations, which was released on 17 October 2026 as an independent digital release. The EP has a total running time of 6 minutes and 28 seconds and features two brutal tracks: 1. Serrated 02:45 2. Now You're Dead (Fuck You Too) 03:43

ALT “Utopia of the Damned” is the second studio album by the Austrian death/thrash metal band Dishumanized, which was released independently on 17 October 2026. On this concept album, the band from East Tyrol present a sound that is even heavier than on their debut album, "The Maze of Solitude", and is heavily influenced by death metal. Dishumanized started in 2017 as a solo project of East Tyrolean musician Harald Berger, who has made a name for himself in the Austrian metal scene in the past through his work as a lyricist and songwriter for bands such as "Diabolic Voices", "Zerofour" and "Deathplagued". 1. Pride Before the Fall 05:16 2. Plague of Blood 04:23 3. The Pharisee 04:01 4. All That's Left Behind Are Lies 04:30 5. Utopia of the Damned 04:58 6. Ashes of Eden 05:13 7. Ruins of a Burning World 08:41

ALT “Homesick” is the fifth studio album by the Italian melodic death/doom metal band Shores of Null, released on 16 October 2026 via the Dusktone label. The album and its title track of the same name mark a more mature, intimate chapter for the Rome-based band, characterised by a dense gothic atmosphere, melancholic melodies and elements of atmospheric black metal. 1. Allies Before Defeat 04:36 2. Two Mountains 04:34 3. Bleed to Life 04:09 4. Homesick 05:31 5. Son of the Tide 04:18 6. Dreaming of a Scar 05:08 7. Society Is the Murderer 04:30 8. The Numbing Void 06:19 9. Another Breath 03:53 10. Disappear 04:33

ALT “Neraspeme” is the second studio album by the Italian progressive death and groove metal band Fate Unburied. It was released on 16 October 2026 via the label Time To Kill Records. The album is structured as a concept album, tracing the emotional cycle and inner breakdown at the end of a relationship across 12 tracks. The songs serve as chronological chapters, leading from blind rage through disoriented madness to a distorted, sombre form of hope – the eponymous concept ‘Neraspeme’, which ultimately crumbles like a mirage. Musically, the quartet combines aggressive groove-metal riffs with intricate, progressive tempo changes and dark atmospheres. 1. Hope. 00:54 2. Expecting Nothing 02:52 3. Drain 03:12 4. Not Allowed 03:09 5. The Descent 03:57 6. Deep Rest 04:23 7. Seed, Feed, Keep 03:33 8. Seeking Perfect Harmony 04:15 9. Garden 02:22 10. A Pragmatic Way Out 04:13 11. Nowhere, After All 03:45 12. The Gift 04:27

ALT “Symphony in Flesh” is the fourth studio album by the Belgian death metal band Carnation, released on 16 October 2026 via the band’s own label. The album marks a deliberate return to the band’s aggressive, atmospheric roots, combined with focused songwriting and a powerful production. The music blends the characteristic Swedish guitar sharpness (HM-2 sound) with brutal American death metal heaviness. 1. Blackmouth 04:24 2. Flesh Eating Frenzy 02:45 3. Symphony in Flesh 03:27 4. Kingdom of Dreams 04:19 5. Labyrinth of Silence 04:05 6. Towards Death 04:15 7. Twisted Visions 04:03 8. Boundless Pathways 04:16 9. Legacy of the Forefathers 11:40

ALT “All That Glimmers Is Gloam” is the ninth studio album by the American avant-garde black/death metal duo Veilburner. It was released on 16 October 2026 via the label Transcending Obscurity Records. The Pennsylvania-based duo thus continues its prolific discography, delivering new music less than a year after its predecessor. "All that Glimmers is Gloam" pits the listener as judge and jury, bearing witness to a deposition of spiraling madness—a testimony mired in the bog of counterfeit gnosis, orchestrated amid Mephisto's instrumental haunts of melodic dissonance and Chrisom's séanced howls, each reverberating through a theatre of fracturing sanity. 1. Here Is Thine Sabbath, So Mote It Chasm 05:02 2. Oblivion Is Yours to Labyrinth 05:05 3. Vitriolic Hiss 05:52 4. Phænomena Obscura 05:31 5. Dis' Obedient Woe 05:33 6. Of Godslave and Blood Mortar 05:47 7. A Séance to Spectre 06:48 8. Golgothic Holocaust 04:03 9. All That Glimmers Is Gloam 06:41

ALT “Spirit of the Black Moon” is the seventh studio album by the Brazilian death/thrash metal band Disgrace and Terror, released on 15 October 2026 via the band’s own label. Hailing from Belém (Pará), the band explores occult, Gnostic and mythological themes in depth on this album, a theme also reflected in the cover artwork by Kala Art. 1. Lilith - Spirit of the Black Moon 06:09 2. Onanism 03:57 3. Hecate - Lady of all Witchcraft 04:00 4. Kundalini - Rising Dragon Serpent 04:53 5. Babalon - Scarlet Woman 04:20 6. Yesod-Luna - Engine Behind the Universe 04:37 7. Gamaliel - The Obscene 05:48