Greetigs, Decibel readers!
It’s a giant day as we speak, as we’ve acquired the brand new album from Historical Demise to rejoice, but additionally new ones from some lesser-known names as properly. And Iron Lung is again! And the brand new Wulkanaz is admittedly cool!
Get pleasure from!
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Ancestor of Kaos – Animal Ritual
Initially from Havana, this Florida-based black steel unit has arrived with its fourth album — bringing all shades of darkness to bear. Ancestor of Kaos performs with the professionalism of a festival-tier steel band, however retains the fireplace and fury of the underground all the identical. The band’s type of black steel is distinctly Swedish, because the riffs and preparations all recall the work of Naglfar, Necrophobic and Dissection with delicate hints of melodic demise steel as properly.
Stream: Apple Music
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Historical Demise – Ego Dissolution
I first heard about Historical Demise final yr whereas listening to the superb Demise Steel Podcast, and instantly knew there was one thing particular occurring with this band. In any case, I’m a straightforward promote for something that mixes the ferocity of demise steel with the overwhelming energy of doom steel — however Historical Demise does it in a seamless method that belies straightforward categorization into one cohort or one other. You could have seen plenty of hype round this band in the intervening time. Maybe this has left you skeptical, as you could have been burned by the music journalist consensus up to now. However belief me on this one, that is going to be top-tier album of 2025, as a result of Historical Demise is ready to turn out to be a top-tier demise steel band for the 2020s.
Stream: Apple Music
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Dormant Ordeal – Tooth and Nail
Generally the temper simply requires late-90s demise steel within the model of Nile, Hate Everlasting, and Tucker-era Morbid Angel. And that’s the vibe for this weekend, put this album on proper now!
Stream: Apple Music
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Iron Lung – Adapting // Crawling
Oh rattling! It’s been a very long time since I’d heard that identify. I bear in mind loving White Glove Take a look at when it got here out in 2013, so it’s nice to have one other serving of rage-induced powerviolence on our plates in 2025.
Stream: Apple Music
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Wulkanaz – Luftuz
Wulkanaz was all the time an attention-grabbing mission, however NOW it completely kicks ass. By way of a mixture of experimentation and dialing every thing in excellent, Magnus has discovered a superb steadiness of rawness and energy, steel and punk, catchiness and weirdness and so forth. For anybody questioning “The place does uncooked black steel go from right here?” — contemplate this certainly one of many paths ahead.
Stream: Apple Music