The 15 Underground Metal Bands You Might've Missed In September 2023

Looking for something new to listen to? Get acquainted with these tracks from some lesser-known bands thanks to our monthly Underground Roundup! Check out our playlists below featuring this month's picks (as long as they're on streaming services), and you can listen to all previous editions of the Underground Roundup here.

A quick note before we dive into this month's picks – this series has been condensed into a more playlist-focused effort. This playlist will not be wiped clean month to month. Instead, this is a cumulative effort (rotated out yearly) to show off all the great bands you might not have heard of. So go give the playlists a like on Spotify and Apple Music, and enjoy!

1. "Defaced Background" by Bekor Qilish, from their new album Flesh Of A New God. Get it here.
2. "Beyond The Dimensional Gates" by Blood Oath, from their new album Lost In An Eternal Silence. Get it here.
3. "Chavin De Huántar" by Ch'ahom, from their upcoming album Knots Of Abhorrence due out November 3. Pre-order it here.
4. "Wings Of Death" by Crimson Moonlight, from their upcoming EP Abaddon due out November 24. Pre-order it here.
5. "Med mandomen lindad runt halsen" by Ett Dödens Maskineri, from their upcoming album Kulturkriget due out November 28. Pre-order it here.
6. "Death Reigns" by Inculter, from their upcoming album Morbid Origin due out December 8. Pre-order it here.
7. "Synaptic Interface" by Pillar Of Wasps, from their upcoming album A Collective Hallucination due out October 13. Pre-order it here.
8. "Daguerreotype" by Rannoch, from their new album Conflagrations out now. Get it here.
9. "Early Mourning" by Rorcal, from their new album Silence out now. Get it here.
10. "D.S.F.R." by Sühnopfer, from their upcoming album Nous sommes d'hier due out October 6. Pre-order it here.
11. "Endless Dark" by Svartkonst, from their new album May The Night Fall out now. Get it here.
12. "Enterprise" by Underdark, from their upcoming album Managed Decline due out November 24. Pre-order it here.
13. "Indwelling Archon" by Vastum, from their upcoming album Inward To Gethsemane due out November 10. Pre-order it here.
14. "Vessel Possessor" by Wells Valley, from their new album Achamoth out now. Get it here.
15. "Fresh Chaos Greets The Dawn" by Woe, from their new album Legacies Of Frailty out now. Get it here.