Greetings, Decibel readers!
You want something that brings the heat? There’s a new Hell album out today. You need to cool off? There’s a new one from Imperial Crystalline Entombment out today. Want to just feel kind of gross? Disembodiment put out their debut album today.
We’ve got you covered.
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Angerot – Seofon
The South Dakota-based death dealers are back, once again on the proud label of Redefining Darkness Records! Angerot brings the energy of classic Swedish death metal with an extra boost of dark brutality akin to Nile, Demigod-era Behemoth or even Belphegor. You get the idea, it’s really heavy.
Stream: Apple Music
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Disembodiment – Spiral Crypts
Death metal fans should definitely perk up for this one. 2021’s Mutated Chaos EP was an excellent piece of ominous gore, and listeners are fed a feast of the same on the band’s debut album. If you love Autopsy but wish the doomy moments sounded more like Incantation, you need to listen to this.
Stream: Apple Music
Spiral Crypts by Disembodiment
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Hell – Submersus
As metal has fractured over time and microgenres continue to proliferate, a particular brand of droning, sludgy death metal has risen to a special place for many fans. Along with bands like Thou and Inter Arma, Oregon’s Hell is probably the most aptly named. The project’s sound is nothing short of a lumbering menace emanating from the speakers, transforming everything it touches into scenery from the nether realm.
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Imperial Crystalline Entombment – Abominable Astral Summoning
Because they are FUCKING ICE!!! These guys were one of the major highlights of this year’s Maryland Deathfest, and this album promises to be one of the black metal highlights of 2025. The band is supremely devoted to its subject matter, perhaps being the greatest spiritual descendant of Immortal currently in existence. But don’t let the comparison fool you, the band is a unrelenting storm all its own.
Stream: Apple Music
Abominable Astral Summoning by Imperial Crystalline Entombment
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In the Company of Serpents – A Crack in Everything
From our interview with Grant Netzorg:
“A big part of this record, really the overarching theme of it, is dealing with my experience of alcoholism and my having been a very heavy drinker for the last 20 years. That caught up to me very hard in the last few years, to the point where I had to completely quit and dry myself out and check into rehab, all that embarrassing, fun stuff,” Netzorg admits. “So a lot of this record really started to come together after I got sober.”
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Netzorg finds immense catharsis in the process. “Music is always very cathartic to me, and that’s part of why I and many other people play. Performing live, regardless of the subject matter of whatever you’re thinking about, it can be an intensely cathartic experience, and I think many musicians, in absence of the forum to do that, would probably be spending a shitload more money on therapy,” he reflects.
A Crack in Everything by In the Company of Serpents
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