The following promotional CD provides a comprehensive overview of DSR's latest releases, featuring one song from each of 12 bands (except Infernal Presence, see below for reason), with a total playing time of nearly 74 minutes. German band Infernal Presence kicks off the CD with their cold and frosty black metal song "Into the Obscure/Eternal Exodus", which is actually two songs in one. Both songs are from the band's 6-track debut EP, "Fiery Paths" (2025). Musically, the duo is heavily influenced by Norwegian hordes, especially Satyricon's early discography. The next band is Fessus from Austria. The quartet performs a song from their debut album, "Subcutaneous Tomb" (2025), called "Yizkor", which has a rather dark mood, with a so-called necrotic sound that is sure to kill. I would say that it combines really cool riffs reminiscent of Carcass with the ultra-slow, doom-laden elements of Asphyx. In a word: an exciting combination. The third track on the CD, "Dancing Dead", is performed by the Greek band Penthos and comes from their second full-length album, "Erevos" (2025). The quintet plays in the style of Scandinavian black metal bands, their attitude is fairly straightforward, but to be honest, their playing is sometimes very chaotic. Mouth of Madness follows them. The German duo and their song, "At the Heart of the Unknown", represent a very melodic approach to black metal, with excellent vocals. That's why I recommend everyone listen to their debut album, "Event Horizon" (2025), in all its glory. Another duo, this time from Sweden, Nattradio, tries to bring variety to this compilation, as their music is quite different from what we have heard so far, namely gothic rock, which is also quite experimental. From their second album, "The Longest Night" (2025), they grab our attention with the song "Alright for Now". In keeping with the unusual tone, Azketem's song "End It All" continues in a sort of pop-influenced black metal vein. This somewhat confusing and strange composition comes from the German one-man band's third album, "Amid" (2025). Track 7, "Sarkophag", is the longest, at over 11 minutes. It is performed by a German five-piece band called Gorleben and comes from their second album, "Menetekel" (2025). Their music is quite avant-garde and atmospheric, mixing many styles, but perhaps black metal elements predominate, and the combination of male growls and female screams is very intriguing, at least in my opinion. The cult Czech black metal experimenters Master's Hammer continue with the song "Genesis P. Orridge" from their latest album, "Maldorör Disco" (2025). And, as expected, this song is no exception to their strange musical ideas. Next up are the merchants of gore death metal, Ossuary. The American trio continues to spread their sick death metal recipe in the song "The Undrownable Howl of Evil", which comes from their debut album, "Abhorrent Worship" (2025). With track 10, we return to the black metal genre with German one-man band Cromlech, who perform the song "Ice Curse" from their second album, "Of Owls and Eels" (2025). The keyboard parts are very atmospheric and slightly in the foreground, but the Scandinavian-style guitar riffs and rather harsh screams give the song the desired cold atmosphere. The Swedish band Hersir promotes a blend of primordial yet monotonous black metal, with keyboards creating the atmosphere in the background, while striving for simplicity. Their song is titled "Walking the Way of Giants" and is from their debut album, "Hateful Draugar from the Underground" (2025). The last and 12th song on the CD comes from the German quartet Obsidian Scapes and is titled "Endless Sea of Dead Mirrors". This song is from the band's debut album, "Death Chants Echo from Aphotic Void" (2025), and features a mix of doom and death metal with epic clean vocals. In summary, I would just like to add that DSR deals with really interesting underground bands/releases, so it will be worth keeping an eye on them in the future!!!