ALT Concrete Ghosts is a misanthropic metal collective from Finland, formed in 2025. The project serves as a sonic witness to the terminal decay of the psyche and the slow-motion erosion of the human mind within the structures it has built. Rather than reflecting the urban world, Concrete Ghosts documents the parasitic nature of modern life—capturing the precise, horrific moment where the individual is hollowed out by the very environment they are forced to inhabit. Standing in the center of this human-made horror, the band translates the crushing weight of isolation into a balance of raw aggression and layered, melancholic atmosphere. Heavily inspired by the somber, melodic intensity of the late-90s metal underground, their debut features a bleak, chromatic production that acts as a personal record of the world’s spirit failing in real-time.

ALT "The Parasite of Tragedy" is the debut album and funeral doom metal project by Dark Sigil Productions (Geoff Coran). The entire project is deeply inspired, both thematically and atmospherically, by the action role-playing game "Mortal Shell II". Extremely slow, crushing funeral doom metal / death doom, stylistically modelled on scene heavyweights such as Ahab, Esoteric, Evoken and Skepticism. 1. Penance of No Sin 12:32 2. The Parasite of Tragedy 13:28 3. Entombed in Snow and Ice 11:11 4. Hexapod 11:00

ALT “Eternal War” is the debut album by the Angolan extreme metal band Eternal Katastrophy, released on 18 October 2026 by Slam Dank Records. Eternal Katastrophy hail from the heart of Luanda, Angola, and thrill their audiences with powerful riffs, pounding traditional percussion and guttural vocals, which blend to form a raw and unique style of death metal. Rooted in Angolan culture and fuelled by the fire of young talent, the band enriches the global metal scene with a bold, aggressive and uncompromising sound. They made their international debut in 2023 in South Africa at the ‘Wacken Metal Battle Sub-Saharan Final’, where they secured an impressive third place. With a sound that blends death and groove metal, Eternal Katastrophy does not shy away from challenging social norms and confronting reality through intense and rousing music. 1. Eternal War 03:07 2. Lixeiro Obscuro 04:10 3. Cinzas 06:06 4. Inverso 06:03 5. Sanguinário 04:39 6. Sick 04:31 7. The Silence Is Better 04:10

ALT “Singing in the Grave” is the third studio album by the Italian death metal band Crepuscolo, released on 17 October 2026 via the label Distorted Productions. Crepuscolo is an Italian old-school death metal band that was formed in 1995. The founding members, Umberto (guitar) and Franz (vocals and bass), remain at the helm of the band and deliver a powerful, Scandinavian-inspired death metal sound. 1. Essence of Pain - Chap. 2 04:17 2. Rising Brutality 04:10 3. Singing in the Grave 05:41 4. Damned Land 03:55 5. No More Religion 03:48 6. Hallucinogena 03:37 7. Apocalypse Comes from the Sky 04:40 8. Way of Life Backwards 06:01 9. The End, the Death, the Nightmare 07:51

ALT “Welcome 2 Gary” is a deathcore EP by the US band Manifestations, which was released on 17 October 2026 as an independent digital release. The EP has a total running time of 6 minutes and 28 seconds and features two brutal tracks: 1. Serrated 02:45 2. Now You're Dead (Fuck You Too) 03:43

ALT “Utopia of the Damned” is the second studio album by the Austrian death/thrash metal band Dishumanized, which was released independently on 17 October 2026. On this concept album, the band from East Tyrol present a sound that is even heavier than on their debut album, "The Maze of Solitude", and is heavily influenced by death metal. Dishumanized started in 2017 as a solo project of East Tyrolean musician Harald Berger, who has made a name for himself in the Austrian metal scene in the past through his work as a lyricist and songwriter for bands such as "Diabolic Voices", "Zerofour" and "Deathplagued". 1. Pride Before the Fall 05:16 2. Plague of Blood 04:23 3. The Pharisee 04:01 4. All That's Left Behind Are Lies 04:30 5. Utopia of the Damned 04:58 6. Ashes of Eden 05:13 7. Ruins of a Burning World 08:41

ALT “Homesick” is the fifth studio album by the Italian melodic death/doom metal band Shores of Null, released on 16 October 2026 via the Dusktone label. The album and its title track of the same name mark a more mature, intimate chapter for the Rome-based band, characterised by a dense gothic atmosphere, melancholic melodies and elements of atmospheric black metal. 1. Allies Before Defeat 04:36 2. Two Mountains 04:34 3. Bleed to Life 04:09 4. Homesick 05:31 5. Son of the Tide 04:18 6. Dreaming of a Scar 05:08 7. Society Is the Murderer 04:30 8. The Numbing Void 06:19 9. Another Breath 03:53 10. Disappear 04:33

ALT “Neraspeme” is the second studio album by the Italian progressive death and groove metal band Fate Unburied. It was released on 16 October 2026 via the label Time To Kill Records. The album is structured as a concept album, tracing the emotional cycle and inner breakdown at the end of a relationship across 12 tracks. The songs serve as chronological chapters, leading from blind rage through disoriented madness to a distorted, sombre form of hope – the eponymous concept ‘Neraspeme’, which ultimately crumbles like a mirage. Musically, the quartet combines aggressive groove-metal riffs with intricate, progressive tempo changes and dark atmospheres. 1. Hope. 00:54 2. Expecting Nothing 02:52 3. Drain 03:12 4. Not Allowed 03:09 5. The Descent 03:57 6. Deep Rest 04:23 7. Seed, Feed, Keep 03:33 8. Seeking Perfect Harmony 04:15 9. Garden 02:22 10. A Pragmatic Way Out 04:13 11. Nowhere, After All 03:45 12. The Gift 04:27

ALT “Symphony in Flesh” is the fourth studio album by the Belgian death metal band Carnation, released on 16 October 2026 via the band’s own label. The album marks a deliberate return to the band’s aggressive, atmospheric roots, combined with focused songwriting and a powerful production. The music blends the characteristic Swedish guitar sharpness (HM-2 sound) with brutal American death metal heaviness. 1. Blackmouth 04:24 2. Flesh Eating Frenzy 02:45 3. Symphony in Flesh 03:27 4. Kingdom of Dreams 04:19 5. Labyrinth of Silence 04:05 6. Towards Death 04:15 7. Twisted Visions 04:03 8. Boundless Pathways 04:16 9. Legacy of the Forefathers 11:40

ALT “All That Glimmers Is Gloam” is the ninth studio album by the American avant-garde black/death metal duo Veilburner. It was released on 16 October 2026 via the label Transcending Obscurity Records. The Pennsylvania-based duo thus continues its prolific discography, delivering new music less than a year after its predecessor. "All that Glimmers is Gloam" pits the listener as judge and jury, bearing witness to a deposition of spiraling madness—a testimony mired in the bog of counterfeit gnosis, orchestrated amid Mephisto's instrumental haunts of melodic dissonance and Chrisom's séanced howls, each reverberating through a theatre of fracturing sanity. 1. Here Is Thine Sabbath, So Mote It Chasm 05:02 2. Oblivion Is Yours to Labyrinth 05:05 3. Vitriolic Hiss 05:52 4. Phænomena Obscura 05:31 5. Dis' Obedient Woe 05:33 6. Of Godslave and Blood Mortar 05:47 7. A Séance to Spectre 06:48 8. Golgothic Holocaust 04:03 9. All That Glimmers Is Gloam 06:41

ALT “Spirit of the Black Moon” is the seventh studio album by the Brazilian death/thrash metal band Disgrace and Terror, released on 15 October 2026 via the band’s own label. Hailing from Belém (Pará), the band explores occult, Gnostic and mythological themes in depth on this album, a theme also reflected in the cover artwork by Kala Art. 1. Lilith - Spirit of the Black Moon 06:09 2. Onanism 03:57 3. Hecate - Lady of all Witchcraft 04:00 4. Kundalini - Rising Dragon Serpent 04:53 5. Babalon - Scarlet Woman 04:20 6. Yesod-Luna - Engine Behind the Universe 04:37 7. Gamaliel - The Obscene 05:48

ALT “Ancient Malediction” is the second studio album by the Belgian death metal band Carnal Desecration, released on 15 October 2026 via Thrash Records. On this album, the Antwerp-based band deliver nine tracks that feature a heavier, faster sound with sharper riffs and pronounced grooves, whilst remaining true to the band’s classic death metal roots. CARNAL DESECRATION are made up of former members of Battalion, Suhrim, Bütcher and Warbeast Remains. With over twenty years’ experience, these lads know how to play death metal properly! 1. Ancient Malediction 03:03 2. Infested 04:35 3. The Casket Born 05:12 4. Disembodied Voices 03:38 5. Apophis 01:20 6. Under Cosmic Command 04:02 7. Bones Beneath the Chapel 06:06 8. Nocturnal Blood 03:54 9. Consumer of Flesh 05:28

ALT "From Death to War" is the title of the debut EP by the Spanish melodic death metal band Nocthra (formed in 2025 in Casariche, Seville). The EP was released on 16 October 2026 as a self-released digital EP. Their musical style is melodic death metal, which combines influences from classical music with the most powerful riffs of death metal. Available on all the usual streaming platforms – have a listen 1. Black Sheep 03:52 2. Death is Art 04:13 3. Bloody Triumph 03:47 4. Symbol of War 03:27 5. Drunkard 02:13

ALT “Immanence” is the second studio album by the Canadian technical death metal/deathcore band Hatalom, released independently on 15 October 2026. On this album, the band from Québec City takes a conceptual approach that explores the origins of consciousness and shared experiences, right through to the ultimate demise of existence. Musically, the album is characterised by a blend of extreme brutality and complex songwriting. 1. The Occurence 02:38 2. Shared Singularity 06:31 3. Singular Lucidity 05:02 4. When Nothing Persists 03:15 5. Concealed 04:06 6. Synchronicity 06:18 7. Conscient Reflections 04:55 8. The Blooming Sun 04:41

ALT “The Art of Suffering” is the debut album by the Australian brutal death metal and hardcore band Algor Mortis, released on 14 October 2026. On this album, released via Bereave In God Records, the Melbourne-based band combines classic, heavy-as-a-tonne death metal with elements of slam, hardcore and deathcore. “The Art Of Suffering” showcases Algor Mortis at their most brutal and mature. The album overwhelms the listener with the force of old-school brutal death metal and exudes that sinister atmosphere which ensures that fear is ever-present throughout every second of listening. Whilst the world is only just discovering the crossover between hardcore and death metal, Algor Mortis prove that they have been honing this fusion all along and are now ready to sweep the competition aside. 1. Lifeless 00:59 2. Harvest 02:49 3. Lead Filled 01:47 4. Flower of Flesh 02:37 5. Spiritual Dismemberment 03:11 6. Angel Guts 02:41 7. The Room Has No Mirrors 04:07 8. Pig 03:04 9. Inner Beauty 02:20 ...

ALT “Raisu” is the new EP by Finnish melodic death metal band Of Spite, which was released on 14 October 2026 via the label Inverse Records. This marks the band’s first new release since their 2023 album Riddle Redemption. The band themselves describe their raw, unvarnished sound – a departure from modern studio methods – with a touch of humour as “Stumblecore”. 1. Crown of Holes 04:57 2. Outoon valoon (Juice Leskinen Slam cover) 04:03 3. Serpent Coil 05:22

ALT “Sangue e Gelo” is the EP by the Goiânia-based death/thrash metal band Leprosy, released on 14 October 2026. This release holds enormous emotional and historical significance for the long-established band, which was originally formed in Goiânia in 1989. in 1989. Today would have been the birthday of the late former bassist Remus Silva, who composed all five Portuguese tracks on the album. The album features three previously unreleased tracks, the single “Abandono” and a rousing live version! 1. Intro 00:39 2. Sangue e Gelo 04:36 3. Abandono 04:34 4. Legado de Sangue 04:59 5. Sangue e Gelo (Live) 05:46