Paradox - Mysterium

 

Genre: Thrash/Speed
Country: Germany
Year: 2025

1. Kholat
2. Abyss Of Pain And Fear
3. Grief
4. Those Who Resist
5. One Way Ticket to Die
6. Pile Of Shame
7. Tunguska
8. Fragrance Of Violence
9. Mysterium
10. The Demon God
11. Within The Realms Of Gray

9th album by Paradox. It showcases the bandleader’s stamina and there’s more. Paradox’s latest album is a one-man effort, with Steinhauer playing all the string instruments himself, while a drum computer provides the album’s heartbeat. Even though he has elected to go alone this time without the benefit of a backing band, 'Mysterium' remains a strong piece in the Paradox discography.

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Mezzrow - Embrace The Awakening

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: Sweden
Year: 2025

1. Architects Of The Silent War
2. Sleeping Cataclysm
3. Symphony Of Twisted Souls
4. Foreshadowing
5. The Moment To Arise
6. In Shadows Deep
7. Inside The Burning Twilight
8. Dominion Of The Dead

3rd album by Mezzrow. Crunchy, thick rhythms with furious downpicking or gallop-like bursts surrounded by supplemental melodic twists / accents next to forceful vocals and propulsive drumming are the base of the Mezzrow template.

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Hooded Menace - Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration

 

Genre: Heavy/Doom/Death
Country: Finland
Year: 2025

1. Twilight Passages
2. Pale Masquerade
3. Portrait Without A Face
4. Daughters Of Lingering Pain
5. Lugubrious Dance
6. Save A Prayer (Duran Duran cover)
7. Into Haunted Oblivion

7th album by Hooded Menace. The album respects the foundational elements of death/doom while boldly exploring fresh soundscapes, maintaining an eerie ambiance that grips listeners throughout. The slow, lugubrious doom segments interspersed with harsher death-metal passages weave a rich, introspective sonic tapestry that balances crushing heaviness with eerie, ghostly moods.

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Barren Path - Grieving

 

Genre: Grindcore
Country: Japan/U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Whimpering Echo
2. Subversion Record
3. Primordial Black
4. No Geneva
5. Isolation Wound
6. The Insufferable Weight
7. Relinquish
8. The Unreliable Narrator
9. Celestial Bleeding
10. Lunar Tear
11. Horizonless
12. In The End… The Gift Is Death

Debut album by Barren Path. The group consists of all the ex-Grindlink members with Mitchell Luna (Noisear, etc.) behind the mic. The group emerges from Gridlink’s formidable shadow to unleash a teeth-gnashing, refreshing debut, using their death-plated grind as a catalyst for carving through exciting fresh pastures. 

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Gotsu Totsu Kotsu - Immortality

 

Genre: Death/Folk
Country: Japan
Year: 2025

1. Lullaby For The War Dead
2. Anima Immortalis
3. Hidden Destiny
4. The Path Of Carnage
5. To The Capital
6. Eternal Warrior Fame
7. Annihilation
8. Ghoulish Beast
9. Living Corpse
10. Destroy The Enemies For Seven Lifetimes
11. Mountain Of Immortality

7th album by Gotsu Totsu Kotsu. The group continues delivering modern death with folk/thrash/samurai metal elements. Crystal clear production, catchy songwritting, amazing vocal delivery!

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Blood Red Throne - Siltskin

 

Genre: Death
Country: Norway
Year: 2025

1. Scraping Out The Cartilage
2. Beneath The Means
3. Husk In The Grain
4. Necrolysis
5. Anodyne Rust
6. Vestigial Remnants
7. Vermicular Heritage
8. On These Bones
9. Marrow Of The Earth

12th album by Blood Red Throne. This is pure early 2000s death metal with a modern tonal palette. Solid songwriting grafts to explosive percussion and multi-dimensional riff passages, huge crunching guitar tone heats the riff phrases to rancorous levels, and the two different styles of vocal execution merge together to create an end sum that is total destruction.

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Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons

 

Genre: Black
Country: France
Year: 2025

1. Shadows Breathe First
2. Seclusion
3. The Ordeal
4. The Fall Opens The Sky
5. What Burns Now Listens
6. Twin Sun Reverie
7. The End Becomes Grace

16th album by Blut Aus Nord. There's a real maturity to the songwriting you don't get from a lot of bands, with layers and layers of sound and melody and meaning all stacked up, creating a soundscape that has a tremendous amount of detail. It’s gorgeous from every perspective and incredibly balanced, as only veteran musicians can achieve.

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Darkenhöld - Le Fléau Du Rocher

 

Genre: Black
Country: France
Year: 2025

1. Codex De La Chevalerie
2. Le Cortège Royal
3. Temps Enfouis
4. L'ascension Du Mage Noir
5. Dans L'antre De La Vouivre
6. Troubadour
7. Le Fléau Du Rocher
8. Gardienne Des Dryades
9. Sortilège Ancestral
10. La Cavalerie Fantôme
11. Pour Le Royaume

6th album by Darkenhöld, 5 years after their last one. Their style of blending dark, melodic black metal with stories inspired by ancient legends, medieval folklore and atmospheric composition remains interesting within a genre known for its stylistic rigor. With the the band’s passion and skills throughout, this record can be one of the most exciting melodic black metal albums in recent years.

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Crystal Skull - Arcane Tales

 

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Italy
Year: 2025

1. Prelude To Darkness (intro)
2. Gates Of Skull
3. Prisoner In The Night
4. Stormbreaker (Turok's Axe)
5. Hall Of eternity (intro)
6. Ancient's Ritual
7. Am-Aras (Black Lord)
8. The Underdark
9. Queen Of The Black Moon (Erevyn's Fate)
10. Horizon's Nightstorm
11. Defenders
12. Glory Or Damn
13. Homecoming (Regdar's Tragedy)

2nd album by Crystal Skull, 5 years after their debut. Their style is speedy, European power metal, not too crunchy, lots of catchy choruses, a bit of an epic vibe to the lyrics, etc. Throughout, the music is epic and grand, the lyrics telling tales of swords and sorcery, the entire project feeling like a single unit, a story that has to be told in this order, from the beginning, each time you listen.

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Crypt Sermon - Saturnian Appendices 'Ep

 

Genre: Epic/Doom
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Only Ash And Dust
2. A Fool To Believe
3. Lachrymose
4. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Mayhem cover)

4-track 'Ep by Crypt Sermon. The riffs are solid and the songwriting is interesting, carrying the songs through a lot of twists and turns that keep things interesting. The most interesting track here is actually the last one, which is a cover of Mayhem's 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'. The band wrings Euronymous's twisted riffs into doom-styled dirges, and the song is almost unrecognizable.

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Castle Rat - The Bestiary

 

Genre: Doom/Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Phoenix I: Ardent
2. Wolf I: Tooth & Blade
3. Wizard: Crystal Heart
4. Siren: The Pull Of Promise
5. Unicorn: Carnage And Ice
6. Path Of Moss
7. Crystal Cave: Enshrined
8. Serpent: Coiled Figure
9. Wolf II: Celestial Beast
10. Dragon: Lord Of The Sky
11. Summoning Spell
12. Sun Song: Behold The Flame
13. Phoenix II: Cinerous 

2nd album by Castle Rat. It shows us once again the mythical realm that the group lives in, a kingdom of labyrinths, medieval creatures and magic, blending doom, stoner rock, and atmospheric riffs with a theatrical flair. The band’s latest odyssey features 13 spellbinding tracks of epic carnage and mystical metal.

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Werewolves - The Ugliest Of All

 

Genre: Death/Black
Country: Australia
Year: 2025

1. Fools Of The Trade
2. I Want To Be Offended
3. Skullbattering
4. Unoriginal Sin
5. The Enshittification
6. Logorrea
7. Rats Versus Snakes
8. Slaves To The Blast
9. The Ugliest Of All

6th album by Werewolves. As we expect every year, Werewolves returns with a handful of raw but oh-so-delicious riffs marked by violence. 'The Ugliest Of All' joins its predecessors and unashamedly takes its place as the heir to the band’s rage. The album is a devastating nine-track release, a relentless assault with clenched fists that offers the listener no pleasure.

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Hydra Vein - Perpetual Violence Machine 'Ep

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: England
Year: 2025

1. Perpetual Violence Machine
2. Iron Men
3. Black Slammer
4. Strive For Life
5. A Thousand Forms Of Fear

5-track 'Ep by Hydra Vein. There’s a rawness and underground '80s thrash vibe here which also boasts a surprising selection of neat little melodies under its cloak of aggression. If the band would have recorded three more songs, this would be a solid album. 

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Black Sword Thunder Attack - Black Sword Thunder Attack

 

Genre: Epic/Heavy
Country: Greece
Year: 2025

1. The Black Sword
2. Don't Hear The Sirens
3. On The Way Of Acheron
4. Evil Sorcery
5. Through The Fires Of Hell
6. Anvils Of War
7. Last Flight Of The Eagle
8. Master Of Hell
9. Song In The Night
10. Gates Of Fire

Debut album by Black Sword Thunder Attack. It isn’t just an album; it’s a declaration of war on blandness, a beacon for those craving epic metal’s undiluted soul. Every riff cleaves like a broadsword through the veil of mediocrity, every melody soars on dragon’s wings, delivering the high-quality craftsmanship that defined an era without pandering to modern polish.

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