Weekly Digest, Week 11 / 2026

Friday the 13th proved to be a fitting release date for these albums by Gluttony, Mammon's Throne, Monstrosity and No/Más.

Not into horror? The mainstream releases are significantly less spooky:

Fabienne Erni – Starveil (symphonic metal)

Lamb Of God – Into Oblivion (groove metal)

Angus McSix – Angus McSix And The All-Seeing Astral Eye (power/electronic metal)

UnityTX – Somewhere, In Between… (rap metal)

Vicious Rain – The Anatomy Of Surviving (metalcore)

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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK

Gluttony – Eulogy To Blasphemy

Genre: Death metal

Subjective rating: 3.5/5

Objective rating: 3.5/5

Country of Origin: Sweden

Perhaps fitting considering the name, this sounds less like Entombed and more like the monstrous offspring that ate Entombed. Utterly ravenous for sinew-ripping, cartilage-crunching riffs, this flesh chomper sets off on a mid-paced rampage and just doesn't stop, leaving a trail of steaming human paste in its wake. There's no finesse, no real innovation, but also no slacking. No riff is overused, no one rhythm approach goes on for too long. It delivers massive grooves and plenty of tongue-in-cheek, grisly horror. It knows exactly what the fans are hungry for and delivers in bloody excess.    

Highlight: "Hung From Entrails"

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Mammon's Throne – My Body To The Worms

Genre: Doom/sludge/death metal

Subjective rating: 3.5/5

Objective rating: 3.5/5

Country of origin: Australia

If you're into the kind of non-abyssal, horror-infused and melodically touched death doom that the likes of Hooded Menace have been putting out recently, then this is indeed for you. Pulling from old school doom, sludge and black metal as much as death, it sounds stylistically confident without landing in a precise subgenre. It goes big on vibes, taking its time crafting curses and raising the dead from their graves one by one, but also doesn't shy from mobilizing the whole undead horde and going on the attack every now and then.  

Highlight: "Senseless Death"

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Monstrosity – Screams From Beneath The Surface

Genre: Death metal

Subjective rating: 3.5/5

Objective rating: 3.5/5

Country of origin: USA

There's life yet in this old beast. Eight years after their last release, old school Florida death metallers Monstrosity are back to cause more mayhem. On it they mix in a bit of melodeath battle readiness with thrashy, technically tight riff- and rhythm work, dry vocals and a sprinkling of guitar solos, then soak everything in that unmistakable, classically morbid tone. Sometimes it really surges ahead, sometimes it drags, and not always on purpose. If you're unfamiliar with the band, once you "get" their sound, you're not really in for any surprises. It doesn't flow beautifully, but has loads of that caveman bloodlust, and the technical chops to expertly dissect you once you've been clubbed in the head.

Highlight: "The Colossal Rage"

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No/Más – No Peace

Genre: Grind/hardcore/death metal

Subjective rating: 3.5/5

Objective rating: 3.5/5

Country of origin: USA

If you like your grindcore massively stompy, stark and prone to outbursts of axe grinding, lethal death metal riffage, then this stuff might as well have been tailor made for you.  A strong adherence to hardcore rhythms has the band jump-jogging their way through this whole thing, only occasionally skipping into flailing fits of Napalm Death-like violence. It feels raw, thoroughly hostile and with exhausting live performances in mind. Those that prefer speed and all out ferocity coupled with massive grooves in their deathgrind might feel that this one comes up a bit short, but it will still thoroughly scratch that itch.

Highlight: "Choke Point"