This week’s heavy music releases, dropping around April 18, 2025, from the raw ferocity of black and death metal to the atmospheric depths of doom and progressive grooves. These albums and EPs, complete with streaming links, represent the cutting edge of metal and adjacent genres, ready to dominate your playlists.
Lik – Necro
Label: Metal Blade Records
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Sweden
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Madball – True To The Game: The Roadrunner Years
Label: Dissonance Records
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Country: United States
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Melvins 1983 – Thunderball
Label: Ipecac Recordings
Genre: Sludge Metal
Country: United States
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Ancient Death – Ego Dissolution
Label: Profound Lore Records
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
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Tribunal – In Penitence And Ruin
Label: 20 Buck Spin
Genre: Doom Metal
Country: Canada
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Dormant Ordeal – Tooth And Nail
Label: Willowtip Records
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Country: Poland
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Crypts Of Despair – We Belong In The Grave
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Lithuania
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Akantophis – Erneurerung
Label: Self-Released
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Germany
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Ancestor Of Kaos – Animal Ritual
Label: HPGD (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
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Anoxia – Revel In Sin
Label: Brilliant Emperor Records
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Australia
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Inoculation – Actuality
Label: Maggot Stomp
Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States
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Brain Stem – Nullified
Label: CDN Records
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Canada
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Ashenheart – Tales From Eternal Dusk EP
Label: Fiadh Productions
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Country: United States
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Braveride – The Great Awakening
Label: Rockshots Records
Genre: Epic Metal
Country: Greece
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Cirkus Prütz – Manifesto
Label: Metalville Records
Genre: Hard Rock
Country: Sweden
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Collapsed Vein – Pain Communion
Label: Executioner213 Records
Genre: Doom/Death Metal
Country: United States
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Divide and Dissolve – Insatiable
Label: Bella Union Records
Genre: Drone Metal
Country: Australia
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Empyrean Sanctum – Detachment From Reality
Label: Self-Released
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: United States
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Fabulous Desaster – Crucify This!
Label: MDD Records
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: Germany
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Face Yourself – Martyr EP
Label: Sumerian Records
Genre: Metalcore
Country: United States
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Gama Bomb – Necromicon Automaton EP
Label: Prosthetic Records
Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: Ireland
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Hawkwind – There Is No Space For Us
Label: Cherry Red Records
Genre: Space Rock
Country: United Kingdom
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Horrid Human Condition – Perpetual Imbalance
Label: Time To Kill Records
Genre: Crust Punk
Country: Italy
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Iron Lung – Adapting//Crawling
Label: Self-Released
Genre: Powerviolence
Country: United States
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Karg – Marodeur
Label: AOP Records
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: Austria
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Kexelür – Epigrama De Un Pasado Perdido
Label: Sun & Moon Records
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Chile
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King Garcia – Hamelin
Label: Vicisolum Records
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Sweden
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Laurenne/Louhimo – Falling Through Stars
Label: Frontiers srl
Genre: Melodic Metal
Country: Finland
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Lhaäd – Beyond
Label: Amor Fati Records
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: Belgium
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Mo’ynoq x Urocyon – Split 2025 EP
Label: Self-Released
Genre: Black Metal
Country: United States
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Operation Suffocate – Feudal Age
Label: The Doorway To Label
Genre: Grindcore
Country: United States
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Övervåld – Vigarv EP
Label: Self-Released
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Sweden
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Red Moon Architect – October Decay
Label: Noble Demon Records
Genre: Melodic Doom Metal
Country: Finland
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Sawyer Hill – Heartbreak Hysteria EP
Label: AWAL Records
Genre: Alternative Rock
Country: United States
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Sick N’ Beautiful – Horror Vacui
Label: BLKIIBLK Records
Genre: Industrial Metal
Country: Italy
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Silver Knife – Silver Knife
Label: Amor Fati Records
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Belgium
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Superheaven – Superheaven
Label: Blue Grape Records
Genre: Grunge
Country: United States
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Teramaze – The Harmony Machine
Label: Wells Records
Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: Australia
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Tetramorphe Impure – The Sunset Of Being
Label: Aesthetic Death Records
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Country: Italy
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Tigerleech – Bicephalous
Label: Octopus Rising
Genre: Stoner Metal
Country: France
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Ungraven – Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Genre: Sludge Metal
Country: United Kingdom
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Vetus Sanguis – Capítulo I – Dimensão Horrenda
Label: Murder/Helldprod Records
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Portugal
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Voluptas – Where Celestial Bodies Guide Not
Label: Sun & Moon Records
Genre: Experimental Black/Doom Metal
Country: Czechia
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Wind Down – The Burning Past
Label: WormHoleDeath
Genre: Progressive Groove Metal
Country: Poland
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Wulkanaz – Luftuz
Label: Helter Skelter Records
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Sweden
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From the unrelenting brutality of Crypts Of Despair to the introspective melodies of Red Moon Architect, this week’s releases cement 2025 as a stellar year for heavy music fans. Dive into these tracks via Bandcamp or Spotify, follow the bands on Instagram for the latest updates, and let the global metal scene ignite your speakers.