August 15, 2025, releases a long list of heavy music, led by Warmen’s melodic death-power fusion Band of Brothers and Unleashed’s death metal Fire upon Your Lands. With Panopticon’s atmospheric black-folk, Castrator’s brutal death metal, and Hammer King’s regal power metal, this lineup spans thrash, doom, and black metal.
Warmen – Band of Brothers
Genre: Melodic Death/Power Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment
Country: Finland
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Unleashed – Fire upon Your Lands
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Sweden
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Incite – Savage New Times
Genre: Thrash/Groove Metal
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Country: United States
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Castrator – Coronation of the Grotesque
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Dark Descent Records
Country: United States
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/coronation-of-the-grotesque
Auri – III
Genre: Progressive Folk
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Finland
Baest – Colossal
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Century Media Records
Country: Denmark
baestband.bandcamp.com/album/colossal-24-bit-hd-audio
Hammer King – Make Metal Royal Again
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment
Country: Germany
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Fell Omen – Caelid Dog Summer
Genre: Black Metal/Punk
Label: True Cult Records
Country: Greece
fellomen.bandcamp.com/album/caelid-dog-summer
Grand Cadaver – The Rot Beneath
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Majestic Mountain Records
Country: Sweden
grandcadaver.bandcamp.com/album/the-rot-beneath
Panopticon – Laurentian Blue
Genre: Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal
Label: Bindrune Recordings
Country: United States
thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/laurentian-blue
Anthrodynia – Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: Nameless Grave Records
Country: Canada
anthrodynia.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-horrors-emanating-from-within
Cruel Bomb – Cruel Bomb
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
cruelbomb570.bandcamp.com/album/cruel-bomb
Decedent – For Those in Shallow Graves
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Iron Fortress Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/3mwt8sNApyKpx0FW5HImcH?si=dFCvjbqrSO6ygqwkOWon6A
Fermentor – Agreement
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
fermentor.bandcamp.com/album/agreement
Mono Inc. – Darkness
Genre: Goth Rock
Label: NoCut Records
Country: Germany
open.spotify.com/prerelease/1S4cPPcgrdpT4TNvh510kX?si=0d75b3129eba405a
Haunt – Ignite
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
hauntthenation.bandcamp.com/album/ignite
Wolven Vault – Draconic Rites
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Masters of Kaos Productions
Country: Poland
wolvenvault.bandcamp.com/album/draconic-rites
Humanal – Delirium
Genre: Progressive Heavy/Groove Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Brazil
open.spotify.com/artist/4udJLf1FhwKaLVH8ceisop?si=YT9epjBZSxC6RCK6Nt2Crg
Lacrimorphosis – Chronosphere
Genre: Depressive Black Metal, Dungeon Synth
Label: Independent
Country: Ukraine
lacrimorphosis.bandcamp.com/album/chronosphere
Dewichor – No Tomorrow
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Satanath Records
Country: Russia
satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat400-dewichor-no-tomorrow-2025
Ellefson-Soto – Unbreakable
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Rat Pak Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/2iiZk5efgJw0C2AvEXDnYS?si=EaGE1MymSg2XsNF0ouMteA
Ange de la Mort – Bequeathed
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Centipede Abyss
Country: United States
centipedeabyss.bandcamp.com/album/bequeathed
Kallias – Digital Plague
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
Renunciation – Make Babylon Great Again
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Russia
Martyr – Dark Believer
Genre: Heavy/Power/Speed Metal
Label: ROAR! / Rock of Angels Records
Country: Netherlands
martyronline.bandcamp.com/album/dark-believer
The Final Witness – Beneath the Altar
Genre: Progressive Thrash/Groove Metal
Label: Rottweiler Records
Country: United States
thefinalwitnessrr.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-altar
Cthonica – Bone Altars of the Vanished Sun
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Venezuela
cthonica777.bandcamp.com/album/bone-altars-of-the-vanished-sun
Lotan – Yetzer Hara
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Emanzipation Productions
Country: Denmark
open.spotify.com/artist/0HLLtEvf1nhjdoxUXPWylf?si=7v3rO7SeRQuPpCdNoZAQog
Dystopica – Semblance of Order
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Pavement Entertainment
Country: United States
dystopica.bandcamp.com/album/semblance-of-order
Auro – Im Schatten der Bastion
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Folter Records
Country: Germany
folterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/im-schatten-der-bastion
Patriarchs in Black – Home
Genre: Southern/Doom Metal
Label: Metalville
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/artist/3AmYRSPJZRrKDFIVsGvj2B?si=jHN1RIJvQ_WbZYia7WCWeA
Heartkiller – Üdv a világomban
Genre: Thrash/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Inverse Records
Country: Hungary
heartkillerhun.bandcamp.com/album/dv-a-vil-gomban
Compulsed – Amalgamated Anguish
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: United States
compulsed.bandcamp.com/album/amalgamated-anguish
God’s Funeral – El despertar dels morts
Genre: Doom/Death Metal
Label: Meuse Music Records
Country: Spain
meusemusicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gods-funeral-el-despertar-dels-morts-mmr063
Reaper’s Revenge – Fire Force Devil
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: NRT-Records
Country: Germany
reapers-revenge.bandcamp.com/album/fireforce-devil
Tedd Deireadh – Fight to Death
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Via Nocturna
Country: Poland
A Constant Storm – Halls of Alabaster
Genre: Melodic Death/Black Metal, Gothic Metal/Rock
Label: Independent
Country: Portugal
aconstantstorm.bandcamp.com/album/halls-of-alabaster
Unknown Subject – Democracies Die!
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Finland
unknownsbjct.bandcamp.com/album/democracies-die
Obscenum – In the Depths of Impurity
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Finland
Phosphorus – Frail Grasp of Broken Hands
Genre: Black/Post-Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Germany
officialphosphorus.bandcamp.com/album/frail-grasp-of-broken-hands
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Psilocybe Larvae – Новый дивный мир
Genre: Melodic Doom/Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Russia
psilocybelarvae.bandcamp.com/album/-
Wild Witch – Reaper’s Blade
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Classic Metal Records
Country: Brazil
open.spotify.com/artist/35Z4dbGwvzSaMSN63AZekq?si=HrKiHSdMTK2WUkEB-XDHRQ
Social Decline – Destroyer of Worlds
Genre: Thrash Metal/Crossover
Label: Independent
Country: Denmark
Abhorrent Expanse – Enter The Misanthropocene
Genre: Avant Metal
Label: Amalgam Records
Country: United States
abhorrentexpanse.bandcamp.com/album/enter-the-misanthropocene
Aurowave – Monument
Genre: Heavy Rock
Label: Ineffable Records
Country: United States
aurorawave.bandcamp.com/album/monument
Chevelle – Bright As Blasphemy
Genre: Alt Metal
Label: Alchemy Records
Country: United States
open.spotify.com/prerelease/06xHJaZ4KJRBvYxCP4VIZm?si=edae6ba9f54e4c4a
Justice For The Damned – Stay Relentless
Genre: Metal/Hardcore
Label: Greyscale Records
Country: Australia
justiceforthedamned.bandcamp.com/album/stay-relentless
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