One of Czechia’s most brutal creature returns with a new scorching album, where each song represents a unique horror story inspired by classic authors.

Continuing to evolve with each album since their inception 25 years ago, Karlovy Vary, Czechia-based Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore stalwarts Cutterred Flesh are back in action with their seventh studio effort, titled The Shapes of Hidden Malice, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed albums Sharing Is Caring (2021) and Love at First Bite (2024). Showcasing a striking artwork by the always phenomenal Eliran Kantor, the new album by Jirka Krš on vocals, Martin Meyer and Vitalij Novák on the guitars, Ondrej Klaban on bass and Jakub Bayer on drums sees the band trim the progressive fat from their previous albums to become more vibrant and slick, resulting in a more fluid and cohesive sound. Not only that, each song represents a unique horror story inspired by classic authors, or in the band’s words, “they dissect the mechanisms of fear and translate them into sound.”

After a sinister start, all hell breaks loose in The Mad Farmstead, with the dark vociferations by Jirka transpiring insanity, accompanied by the massive beats and fills by Jakub, followed by Le Horla, offering a ruthless display of Death Metal a la Cannibal Corpse, with Ondrej’s bass hammering our cranial skulls mercilessly. It’s then time for Martin and Vitalij to deliver a wild fusion of violence and progressiveness through their axes in The King in Yellow, supported by the always demonic beats and fills by Jakub, while The Willows is another no shenanigans, in your face overdose of heaviness by those Czech metallers, with the visceral roars by Jirka sounding truly haunting. And their Technical Death Metal vein arises in Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi, again presenting a killer riff attack by the band’s guitar duo.

Then featuring Hana Hajdová (from Silent Stream of Godless Elegy) on guest vocals, The Feather Pillow brings forward the band’s Deathcore side, with its breakdowns sounding as obscure as they’re evil and harsh, whereas The Letter U presents another solid guitar work by Martin and Vitalij. It offers a good display of brutality, albeit falling flat after a while. They attack in the best Brutal Death Metal and Deathcore style with The Painted Skin, with Jakub sounding like a stone crusher out of control, killing everything and everyone who dares to cross his path; and the band’s guitar duo shows no mercy for their axes (and for our souls) in The Colour Out of Space, firing strident riffs and solos perfect for the demonic guttural by Jirka. Last but certainly not least, there’s time for one final onrush of bestiality named Berenice, showcasing the once again razor-edged, flammable riffage by Martin and Vitalij.

In summary, the breathtaking The Shapes of Hidden Malice is Cutterred Flesh’s most ambitious album to date, representing a fresh outlook and a visceral approach perfect for admirers of the caustic music by renowned acts the likes of Aborted, Cattle Decapitation, Benighted, Devourment, and Enragement, among several others, and you can get in touch with the guys from Cutterred Flesh via Facebook and Instagram, stream their sick discography on any platform like Spotify, and purchase their scorching new album from their own BandCamp or from the Transcending Obscurity Records’ BandCamp, main store, US store or EU store (or click HERE for all things Cutterred Flesh). Those guys are out for blood once again armed with their scathing new album, and once they have you in sight, there’s no escape from their grasp.

Best moments of the album: Le Horla, Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi and The Painted Skin.

Worst moments of the album: The Letter U.

Released in 2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Track listing
1. The Mad Farmstead 3:18
2. Le Horla 3:30
3. The King in Yellow 3:15
4. The Willows 3:07
5. Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi 3:23
6. The Feather Pillow 3:51
7. The Letter U 3:15
8. The Painted Skin 3:34
9. The Colour Out of Space 3:12
10. Berenice 3:22

Band members
Jirka Krš – vocals
Martin Meyer – guitars
Vitalij Novák – guitars
Ondrej Klaban – bass
Jakub Bayer – drums

Guest musician
Hana Hajdová – vocals on “The Feather Pillow”