2026

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated May 27, 2026 354 1 2

Endbringer marks the full‑length debut of Swedish melodic death metal outfit Abandon Agony, though attentive listeners will recognize four of its tracks from the earlier Dark Matter EP. True to their national lineage, the band leans heavily into the melodic death metal blueprint forged...

LEPROSARIUM Someone Is Dying NewHot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated May 05, 2026 381 1 2

Someone Is Dying is an album I stumbled upon by chance, but it quickly proved itself to be a discovery worth celebrating. Information about Leprosarium is scarce; beyond their Colombian origins and the fact that this release is independent, the band remains something of...

VOLCANDRA Beyond The Will Of Mortals Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 30, 2026 515 1 2

With Beyond The Will Of Mortals, Kentucky’s Volcandra deliver their third full-length album and a confident continuation of the artistic path they’ve been carving in recent years. Following the impressive The Way Of Ancients (2024), expectations were understandably high, and this new release meets...

PAGANIZER As Mankind Rots

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 27, 2026 188 1 2

Rogga Johansson rides again, this time with Paganizer, arguably his flagship band, whose history stretches back to the late nineties. As Mankind Rots marks the group’s fourteenth full-length album, and as always, Paganizer delivers exactly what longtime fans expect. This is straightforward, no-frills Swedish...

CAUSTIC Inner Deflagration Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 25, 2026 531 1 2

Spanish Caustic is, admittedly, a name that had slipped past me until now, despite a career reaching back to the early nineties. What they deliver on Inner Deflagration is unapologetically classic death metal: blasting drums, thick, heavy riffing, and some surprisingly tasteful lead guitar...

CRIMSON GLORY Chasing The Hydra Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 30, 2026 238 1 2

Crimson Glory may have been formed as far back as 1983, but their career path has been anything but straightforward, marked by lengthy periods of silence followed by sporadic resurrections. The current incarnation of the band, active since 2023, brings together founding members Jeff...

FOSSILIZATION Advent Of Wounds Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 30, 2026 234 1 2

Advent of Wounds marks the second fulllength release from Brazilian duo Fossilization, once again issued through Everlasting Spew Records. Across its concise 36minute runtime, the album unleashes a barrage of dark, oppressive fury delivered with unwavering confidence and intent. Fossilization continue...

IMMOLATION Descent

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen April 19, 2026 180 1 2

As one of the true pioneers of the American death metal scene, New York’s Immolation really needs little introduction. Descent marks the band’s twelfth studio album overall, their fifth for Nuclear Blast Records, and the third recorded with a lineup that has now remained...

EYE OF PURGATORY Darkborne

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Album EK Even Knudsen April 17, 2026 187 1 2

Hailing from Kalmar, Sweden, Eye of Purgatory is yet another project from Rogga Johansson—arguably one of the most prolific figures in the death metal scene in terms of sheer output. Darkborne emerges barely a week after the latest Paganizer release, a pace that often...

VOMITORY In Death Throes Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen April 16, 2026 216 1 2

Swedish death metal veterans Vomitory return with their tenth full-length album, In Death Throes, and it finds the band operating at a level that places it among the strongest releases of their long and uncompromising career. Formed in 1989, Vomitory have always been a...