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News: Desecresy Returns with New Album 'The Secret of Death'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Finnish death metal force Desecresy returns with its ninth full-length album, The Secret of Death , set for release on May 21, 2026 through Xtreem Music . Helmed entirely by Tommi Grönqvist , who handles all music, vocals, production, and artwork, Desecresy continues to carve out its own path through pure, atmosphere-driven death metal. Rather than leaning into technical excess or trend-chasing brutality, The Secret of Death promises a heavier focus
News: Cnoc An Tursa - Return With 'A Cry For The Slain'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Scottish black/folk metal band Cnoc An Tursa will release its long-awaited new album, A Cry For The Slain , on April 24, 2026 through Apocalyptic Witchcraft . Arriving eight years after the band’s last album, The Forty Five , A Cry For The Slain marks a powerful return rooted in the history, folklore, and mysticism of Scotland. Known for blending fierce black metal with traditional melodic elements, Cnoc An Tursa channel mourning, defiance, fear, pri
News: Pig’s Blood To Release 'Destroying the Spirit'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Milwaukee bestial death horde Pig’s Blood will release its new album, Destroying the Spirit , on April 24, 2026 through Dark Descent Records . Marking the band’s first release under the Dark Descent banner, Destroying the Spirit pushes Pig’s Blood deeper into its savage fusion of blackened hostility and crushing death metal violence. Described as an unholy barrage of volcanic riffing and abyssal aggression, the album presents 10 tracks of scorched-ea
News: Multiwomb Announces Debut Album 'Anatomy of Gorelust'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Indonesian brutal death metal trio Multiwomb will release its debut full-length album, Anatomy of Gorelust , on March 23 through Grave Island Records . Packed with nine tracks across 26 minutes , the album is framed as a concentrated blast of surgical brutality and gore-soaked extremity. Drawing from the classic brutal death metal tradition, Multiwomb lean into dense riff structures , punishing drum work , and deeply guttural vocals , choosing precis
News: Ozark Shaman Releases 'A Traitor Is Worse Than An Enemy'
MetalCrawlspace.com - U.S. black metal project Ozark Shaman has released its new album, A Traitor Is Worse Than An Enemy , which arrived on February 28, 2026 . This album simply jams! Based in Ozark, Missouri , Ozark Shaman is the work of Brad Nailling , who handles all instruments and production. The album also features Madeleine Nailling on viola, adding an eerie and atmospheric dimension to the project’s already distinctive sound. Musically, A Traitor Is Worse Than An E
News: ROTGUT - Return With '8 oz. Cantrip'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Seattle’s ROTGUT are already back at it. Only months after dropping their debut EP 24 oz. Cantrip , the black ’n’ thrash ’n’ roll quartet return with 8 oz. Cantrip —a four-track follow-up that digs even deeper into their beer-stained, occult-laced chaos. If the first release kicked the cellar door open, this one drags something half-formed into the daylight and dares it to survive. According to the band, these songs predate ROTGUT itself: “Before ROTGU
News: Necrogore - Announce Debut Full-Length
MetalCrawlspace.com - Italy’s Necrogore step into 2026 with their first full-length statement, Ectoplasmic R*pe Phenomena , arriving March 20 through Awakening Records . Following 2023’s Digging From Below and 2024’s Ancestral Abhorrence , the band expands its corpse-grinding assault into a complete album forged in classic death metal tradition. Rooted in old-school brutality and driven by dense riffing, feral vocals, and relentless percussion, Ectoplasmic Rape Phenomena d
News: Mega Colossus - Return With 'Watch Out!'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Raleigh’s Mega Colossus are back with Watch Out! , their second release for Cruz Del Sur Music . Arriving March 6, 2026 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats, the album delivers seven tracks of melody-driven, high-energy traditional heavy metal built on sharp riffs and commanding vocal hooks. With momentum from 2023’s Showdown and a stable lineup since 2021, the band steps forward with their most focused and confident record to date. Twin-guitar harmonies,
News: Abuser - Announce Ferocious Debut Album 'Blood Marks'
MetalCrawlspace.com - There’s a particular strain of thrash that doesn’t polish the edges or flirt with accessibility. It lunges. It bites. It leaves bruises. Poland’s Abuser operate squarely in that territory. Formed in Wrocław in 2018, the band have built their sound around the raw, high-velocity violence of early European thrash. Riffs delivered like blunt-force trauma. After a well-received 2019 demo and a temporary lineup setback, Abuser now return with a solidified ros
News: KING’S HAMMER To Release Debut Full-Length Album
Brutal Christian death metal force King’s Hammer is set to unleash their debut full-length album on February 27, 2026, through a strategic partnership between Broken Curfew Records and Rottweiler Records.
News: Deadwood Release New EP 'Rituals of a Dying'
MetalCrawlspace.com , Montreal extreme metal bruisers Deadwood have released their new EP Rituals of a Dying Light through Innerstrength Records . The five-track release delivers a vicious blend of death metal, hardcore, and modern deathcore, driven by punishing riffs, technical precision, and unrelenting aggression. The band describes their approach as “Make Deathcore Angry Again,” and the EP fully commits to that mission. Formed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Deadw
News: Brazilian Extreme Metal Act 'Diatribes' Complete Debut Full-Length Album
MetalCrawlspace.com , Emerging from Brazil’s extreme metal underground, Diatribes have completed recording their debut full-length album, a 13-track release built on aggression, precision, and modern extreme heaviness. Founded by guitarist Gladyson Rivero, the band delivers a sound rooted in crushing riffs, relentless drumming, and hostile vocal intensity that places them firmly within the modern death metal and extreme metal spectrum. The lineup features Danilo Luna on voca
News: Ennui Announce New Album 'Qroba'
MetalCrawlspace.com , Georgian funeral doom collective Ennui have announced the release of their new full-length album Qroba , arriving February 27 through Meuse Music Records . Formed in Tbilisi in 2012, the band has earned international recognition for their slow, crushing sound and deeply reflective approach to themes of existence, death, and human fragility. Qroba is described by the band as a fading of presence, a moment when light withdraws and something colder takes
News: Ravenspell Summon the 'Obsidian King'
MetalCrawlspace.com - Epic heavy metal lives and dies on conviction. Riffs are easy. Leather is cheap. Belief is rare. That’s what separates posturing from legacy, and it’s exactly where Ravenspell plant their flag on Obsidian King , the band’s debut full-length, arriving March 12, 2026 via Fighter Records . From the first scream and opening salvo of “God The Watcher,” Ravenspell waste no time establishing their world. This is classic heavy metal in spirit, not cosplay—fl
News: Engorgement Return With 'They Rot Beneath Our Floor'
MetalCrawlspace.com After more than thirteen years of silence, the UK’s most unapologetically vile practitioners of brutal slam death metal are back. Engorgement return with They Rot Beneath Our Floor , a full-scale descent into filth, violence, and sonic dismemberment—set for release March 20, 2026 via Comatose Music . This is not a comeback designed for subtlety or restraint. From the opening moments of “Prelude To Your Dismemberment,” the listener is dragged downward, s
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