February 2026 "Death Metal/Grindcore Apocalypse" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0R0a3qxSe1XkOMxBN6gkwi
1. Bolt Thrower - "Intro...Unleashed upon Mankind" (from "War Master", 1991) [submitted by Karl]I
2. Vastum - “Amniosis” (from “Hole Below”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
3. Morbid Angel - "Inquisition/Burn with Me" (from "Domination", 1995) [submitted by Karl]
4. Altars - "Opening the Passage" (from "Ascetic Reflection", 2022) [submitted by Sonny]
5. Wombbath - “Underneath the Rotten Soil” (from “Downfall Rising”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
6. Nefas - "Immolation for the Abyss" (from "Transfiguration to the Ancient's Form", 2000) [submitted by Karl]
7. Immortal Bird - “Neoplastic” (from “Empress/Abscess”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
8. Severe Torture - "Blood" (from "Feasting on Blood", 2000) [submitted by Karl]
9. Knoll - "Gild of Blotted Lucre" (from "Metempiric", 2022)
10. Putridity - "Adipocere Retribution" (from "Morbid Ataraxia", 2025) [submitted by Karl]
11. Sulphur Aeon - “Devotion to the Cosmic Chaos” (from “Gateway to the Antisphere”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
12. Incantation - "United in Repungence" (from "Diabolical Conquest", 1998) [submitted by Sonny]
13. Inverted - "Journey into Shadowland" (from "The Shadowland", 1996) [submitted by Karl]
14. Blasphemic Cruelty - “Imperium of the Lawless One” (from “Crucible of the Infernum”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
15. Broken Torso - "The Ultimate Abhorrence" (from "The Ultimate Abhorrence", 2000) [submitted by Karl]
16. Macabre - "Hitchhiker" (from "Dahmer", 2000)
17. 7 H.Target - "The World Is Mine" (from "Fast-Slow Demolition", 2012)
18. Embalmer - "Morbid Confessions" (from "Rotting Remains EP", 1993)
19. Angelcorpse - "Wartorn" (from "Exterminate", 1998)
20. Ceremony of Silence - "Serpent Slayer" (from "Hálios", 2024) [submitted by Sonny]
21. Ancient Necropsy - “Forces of Evil” (from “Sepulchral Profanation”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
22. Tenebro - "L'angelo caduto tra le luci del teatro" (from "Una lama d'argento", 2025) [submitted by Karl]
23. Acid Death - “Mental Slime” (from “Hall of Mirrors”, 2015) [submitted by Vinny]
24. Karmacipher - "None" (from "Introspectrum", 2020)
25. Moonloop - "A Life Divided" (from "Deeply From the Earth", 2012) [submitted by Sonny]
26. Be'lakor - "Valence" (from "Coherence", 2021)
27. Appalling Spawn - "Manthra of Hope" (from "Freedom, Hope & Fury", 1998) [submitted by Karl]
Sonny has been on form this month. I am rediscovering some appetite for death metal after the last 12 months has been dominated by black and doom metal. The playlist in The Horde this month has only added fuel to that flame. I found it easier to run at the list in thirds this month and took time to check out the releases that individual tracks came from where they jumped out at me in the list. Nefarious, Broken Torso, Knoll, Embalmer and the absolute find of the list, Ceremony of Silence all fell into this category.
I revisited Altars but still cannot get on with that record despite the featured track here being a banger. You can’t go wrong with a Macabre track in my opinion though. Here is a band who manage to take the true macabre essence of people at their worst and put a comedy slant on it without sacrificing the quality of the music. Good to see Angelcorpse getting a run out to alongside some of the more household names like Incantation and Morbid Angel. Speaking of which, Karl’s selection of that track from that album not only led me to discover a great album I had somehow never listened to until this month but it also put me on a Morbid Angel trip for two days solid whilst I was away working and spending a couple of nights in a hotel.