Ingested - Denigration (2026)

In their new album called Denigration, I feel Ingested focused more on their deathcore basics and injected less different elements in their sound. Why not, the result is a good album, in which they found a nice balance between brutality, impact, melody and groove. Nothing groundbreaking, but definitely efficient and enjoyable. Good stuff.

 

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Changeling - Changeling (2025)

Changeling is a project around Tom Geldschläger aka Fountainhead, playing with some others ex Obscura / Alkaloid, with also, on this first album, the use of a 50 musicians ensemble. As you can guess the music is technical and very progressive death metal. There is definitely an Obscura feel, but many moments are actually closer to Opeth. There is obviously a lot of virtuosity involved, but also great songwriting skills, resulting in an album filled with diverse, interesting and enjoyable songs. Highly recommended!

 

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Andrew Nolan - Black Dogs (2026)

Black Dogs is another excellent piece of dark and industrial dubstep from Andrew Nolan, with a nice haunted feel. This time it's released and mastered by another Blasting Days regular, JK Broadrick, on his Avalanche Recordings label, whose also coming from a grind background. Andrew Nolan have been busy these last month and I also recommend the album Sacrifice and and the two Monochrome volumes featurings some excellent grim hip-hop vocalists.

 

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Space Coke - Lunacy (2022)

I hope Lunacy is just latest but not last Space Coke album, because it's damn good. Diverging from your usual psychedelic doom with a nice use of 70' sounding  keyboards bringing a space rock feel. They evoke not only Electric Wizard and Black Sab' but also Hawkwind and Deep Purple. And they are excellent at doing that and I really recommend this highly enjoyable album.

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Deathgrave - Hell is Evil (2026)

Hell is Evil, the third album from Californian band Deathgrave is once again a treat for anyone into the slower and groovier side of old school death/grind. Evoking Autopsy, but also Unsane, Black Flag and  sludge. Recommended!

 

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Glorious Depravity - Death Never Sleeps (2025)

Glorious Depravity is a band from Texas, with members of Pyrrhon, Woe, Gravesend, and their new album Death Never Sleeps is a very solid old-school death metal offering, mostly mid-tempo but quite brutal anyway, with a feel reminding Suffocation, excellent deep and low vocals (with occasional high pitched screaming for diversity), nice leads, some more thrashy parts (that and the drummung can also evoke Vader), and, the most important, good song after good song after good song. Old school aficianodos have found a new champion, but I think the appeal of Glorious Depravity is definitely not limited to the old school crowd. Excellent death metal. period.

 

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Doom Spirit - Drama City (2025)

Drama City is the second album (I also recommend the first one) from Swiss hip-hop band Doom Spirit. If you look at the cover and listen to the music it's hard to believe it's beeen released in 2025 and not 1995 or even 1992). It is pure nineties style old-school and grim hip-hop (with lyrics in French), especially reminding early Mobb Deep. Anyone into this kind of hip-hop will enjoy Doom Spirit.

 

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