Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Closing out the year with one final roundup of new metal releases, covering everything from grindcore, brutal death, and avant-garde black metal to metalcore, djent, and progressive death metal. In this video, I break down a list of December metal albums and EPs, featuring underground gems, audience recommendations, and one final BEST OF THE YEAR pick. Whether you’re into old-school death metal, technical death, metalcore, d-beat thrash, or experimental extreme metal, there’s something here worth checking out before the year ends.
00:00 Intro
00:14 Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction
00:45 Sun Of The Suns – Entanglement
01:25 Profiler – Masquerading Self
02:11 Lychgate – Precipice
03:00 Kakihara – Love Songs Part II
03:37 Cryptic Process – Gulps
04:20 Witness Chamber – Bronze Gates
04:48 Rex Furius – Voidborn Sovereign
05:26 Guttural Slug – Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought
06:04 Atavistia – The Winter Way (Reforged)
06:46 Pedestal for Leviathan – Enter: Vampyric Manifestation
07:34 Head In A Jar – Unbelievable Violence
08:03 Irreversible Mechanist – Graviant
08:48 Fleshvessel – Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded
09:37 Abbie Falls – Life Is Just A Temporary Plan
10:11 Chaos Over Cosmos – The Hypercosmic Paradox
10:51 Mortal Reminder – Mortal Reminder II
11:39 Honorable Mentions
12:57 BEST – Enthroned – Ashspawn
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Closing out the year with one final roundup of new metal releases, covering everything from grindcore, brutal death, and avant-garde black metal to metalcore, djent, and progressive death metal. In this video, I break down a list of December metal albums and EPs, featuring underground gems, audience recommendations, and one final BEST OF THE YEAR pick. Whether you’re into old-school death metal, technical death, metalcore, d-beat thrash, or experimental extreme metal, there’s something here worth checking out before the year ends.
00:00 Intro
00:14 Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction
00:45 Sun Of The Suns – Entanglement
01:25 Profiler – Masquerading Self
02:11 Lychgate – Precipice
03:00 Kakihara – Love Songs Part II
03:37 Cryptic Process – Gulps
04:20 Witness Chamber – Bronze Gates
04:48 Rex Furius – Voidborn Sovereign
05:26 Guttural Slug – Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought
06:04 Atavistia – The Winter Way (Reforged)
06:46 Pedestal for Leviathan – Enter: Vampyric Manifestation
07:34 Head In A Jar – Unbelievable Violence
08:03 Irreversible Mechanist – Graviant
08:48 Fleshvessel – Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded
09:37 Abbie Falls – Life Is Just A Temporary Plan
10:11 Chaos Over Cosmos – The Hypercosmic Paradox
10:51 Mortal Reminder – Mortal Reminder II
11:39 Honorable Mentions
12:57 BEST – Enthroned – Ashspawn
Buy Metal Trenches MERCH (Sick design by CurlyArt): metaltrenches.bigcartel.com
Grow YOUR OWN YouTube Channel with vidiq.com/METAL
Join us on DISCORD! discord.gg/7QTAesh5Pp
Become a Supporter!
patreon.com/metaltrenches
subscribestar.com/metal-trenches
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/dogQCD
Connect:
metaltrenches.com
minds.com/metaltrenches
facebook.com/metaltrenches
metaltrenches.bandcamp.com
twitter.com/MetalTrenches
instagram.com/metal.trenches
I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.
