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  Artist: Hubris Origin: Buffalo, New York, USA Label: Independent Released: April 3, 2026 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Death Metal Rating: 7.5/10 Listen/Buy: Bandcamp Hubris open Acts of Sedition quietly. A still start. Almost like they're luring you in. Then track two arrives and it's over. No warning. This is black metal with real death metal intensity ,cold, brutal and relentless. The drums alone are worth the price of admission. Blast beats from another dimension, fills that hit hard and a pace that barely lets you breathe. The guitar work keeps is impressive just for keeping up with the drums, solid tremolo picking, riffs that stick, enough dark melody to remind you this is still black metal at heart. The vocals are a highlight. Raw, angry and intense , for me the screams land exactly where they should, and those blegh moments scattered through the record give the whole thing an extra layer of attitude. A real don't-give-a-fuck energy that suits H...

Artist: Sisyphean Origin: Vilnius, Lithuania Label: Edged Circle Productions Released: April 3, 2026 Genre: Blackened Death Metal / Dissonant Black Metal Rating: 6.5/10 Listen/Buy: Bandcamp Sisyphean  back with Divergence, and they've gone deep into dissonant black/death metal territory. This is not music that tries to be accessible. It's twisted, uneasy and full on intense. The opening is instrumental with a voice speaking over the music, building a sense of dread and anxiety, like something unpleasant is about to happen up. The mood builds slowly before the show really starts. This is dissonant black/death metal with serious control. It sounds chaotic but never random. The riffs twist forward, the drums keep the pressure up, and the vocals sit dark and intense. The band clearly knows what they're doing. The production is rock solid. Dense, heavy and clear enough that the details come through. There's a lot of atmosphere here aswell ,the album consiste...

  Artist: Necrotted Origin: Baden-Württemberg, Germany Label: Reaper Entertainment Released: April 24, 2026 Genre: Death Metal / Blackened Death Metal Rating: 7/10 Listen/Buy: YouTube Music The algorithm did its job. Necrotted was completely unknown to me before this album showed up in my feed ,and that's exactly how underground metal should be discovered. Random, no expectations. The band from Baden-Württemberg are now on their sixth album, and We Are The Gods That Tear Ourselves Apart is a statement from a band that knows what it wants to be. Blackened death metal is right up my alley, and Necrotted deliver exactly that. The guitar riffs land. They're not there to impress ,they're there to hurt in the right way, and they do. The drums are a machine of double bass and blast beats that push the album forward with an energy that barely lets go. Brutal the way good death metal should be brutal ....not chaotic, but controlled aggression. The vocals are strong ...