Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems is Metal Lair’s ongoing series uncovering rare, overlooked tracks and underground metal demos. This hub page is your complete archive, bringing every edition together in one place so you can explore forgotten riffs, hidden gems, and the buried treasures of heavy music history.
Metal has never been about the obvious. Sure, we all know the anthems and the hits, but buried deeper in the catalogs are the songs that tell the real story… These are the deep cuts, the overlooked tracks, the hidden gems and the moments where a band’s true creativity often shines the brightest.
At Metal Lair, we live for those buried treasures. Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems is our ongoing series dedicated to unearthing the tracks casual listeners skip but real metalheads cherish. From thrash legends and prog titans to modern boundary-pushers, each entry shines a light on underrated songs that deserve the spotlight.
This hub page is your archive, your one-stop guide to every Deep Cuts feature on Metal Lair. It’s a living, growing collection that expands with every new installment. Whether you’re a lifelong fan searching for forgotten riffs or a curious explorer diving deeper into heavy music’s underground, this is your map to the darker corners of the metal world.
Latest Deep Cuts:
Check out the freshest entries in our Deep Cuts series. These are the overlooked tracks we’ve unearthed this week.
- Deep Cuts: Nightfall: Enormous – The Anthem of Death/ (1992 Demo)
- Deep Cuts: Maniac Spider Trash – God Bless the Creeps: Dumpster Mummies/ (1994)
- Deep Cuts: Exhorder: Slaughter in the Vatican Demo Version/(1987)
- Deep Cuts: Green Carnation – Dark Reflections of Life and Death/Journey to the End of the Night
- Deep Cuts: Danheim – Skapanir/Title Track
- Deep Cuts: Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone/ Title Track
- Deep Cuts: Amorphis – Disment of Soul
- Deep Cuts: Pupil Slicer – Sophie/Death Goals
- Deep Cuts: Stoned Jesus – Insatiable King/First Communion
- Deep Cuts: AxCx – Song #8/
Morbid Florest - Deep Cuts: Dying Fetus – Pissing in the Mainstream/Killing
On Adrenaline
Deep Cuts by Subgenre:
Explore the hidden gems by style.
Black Metal
- Deep Cuts: Demonic Resurrection – Darkened Moon
- Deep Cuts: Ulvehunger – Subjugated
- Deep Cuts: Melechesh – The Siege of Lachish
- Deep Cuts: Rotting Christ – The Sign of Evil Existence
- Deep Cuts: Celtic Frost – Journey into Fear
Avant-Garde Metal
- Deep Cuts: Ved Buens Ende – Remembrance of Things
- Deep Cuts: Virus – Dead Cities of Syria
Blackened Death Metal
- Deep Cuts: Belphegor – The Goatchrist
- Deep Cuts: Panzerchrist – Weak is The Flesh
- Deep Cuts: Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken
- Deep Cuts: Necrovore – Divus de Mortuus
- Deep Cuts: Sarcófago – Christ’s Death
Symphonic Black Metal
- Deep Cuts: Dimmu Borgir – Inn i evighetens mørke
Gothic Metal
- Deep Cuts: Enthrope – Moon Chains Descent
Blackened Progressive Metal
- Deep Cuts: Dawn of Ouroboros – Poseidon’s Hymn
Extreme Metal
- Deep Cuts: Bathory – You Don’t Move Me
Progressive Metal
- Deep Cuts: Voivod – Jack Luminous
- Deep Cuts: Opeth – By The Pain I See in Others
- Deep Cuts: Gojira – Clone
- Deep Cuts: Mastodon – Just Got Paid
- Deep Cuts: Green Carnation – My Dark Reflections of Life and Death
Doom Metal
- Deep Cuts: Type O Negative – 12 Black Rainbows
- Deep Cuts: Paradise Lost – Frozen Illusion
Funeral Doom
- Deep Cuts: Skepticism – The Gallant Crow
Stoner Metal
- Deep Cuts: Stoned Jesus – Insatiable
Death Metal
- Deep Cuts: Morta Skuld – Of Evil
- Deep Cuts: Obituary – In the End of Life
- Deep Cuts: Cannibal Corpse – Demented Aggression
- Deep Cuts: Death – Legion of Doom
- Deep Cuts: Tiamat – A Winter Shadow
- Deep Cuts: Abhorrence – Vulgar Necrolatry
Technical Death Metal
- Deep Cuts: Cattle Decapitation – Rotting Children for Remote Viewing
- Deep Cuts: Cryptopsy – Slit Your Guts
- Deep Cuts: Gorguts – The Battle of Chamdo
- Deep Cuts: Dying Fetus – Pissing in The Mainstream
- Deep Cuts: Necrophagist – Seven
- Deep Cuts: Disincarnate – Stench of Paradise Burning
Melodic Death Metal
- Deep Cuts: Arch Enemy – Shadow and Dust
- Deep Cuts: Children of Bodom – Tie My Rope
Heavy Metal
- Deep Cuts: Danzig – Pain in The World
- Deep Cuts: Black Label Society – Lost My BetterHalf
Thrash Metal
- Deep Cuts: Flotsam and Jetsam – Date with Hate
- Deep Cuts: HeXeN – Defcon Rising
- Deep Cuts: Slayer – At Dawn They Sleep
- Deep Cuts: Metallica – The Frayed Ends of Sanity
- Deep Cuts: Testament – Reign of Terror
- Deep Cuts: Annihilator – Fantastic Things
- Deep Cuts: Dark Angel – Welcome To The Slaughterhouse
- Deep Cuts: Slaughter Lord – Taste of Blood
Death Doom
- Deep Cuts: Amorphis – Disment of Soul
- Deep Cuts: Paradise Lost – Frozen Illusion
Mathcore
- Deep Cuts: Pupil Slicer – Sophie
Samurai Metal
- Deep Cuts: Ryujin – Kunnecup
Metalcore
- Deep Cuts: Cypcore – The Moment of Impact
Grindcore
- Deep Cuts: AxCx – Song #8
Technical Grindcore
- Deep Cuts: Antigama – Crystal Tune
Power Metal
- Deep Cuts: Powerwolf – Secrets of the Sacristy
Sludge Metal
- Deep Cuts: Black Tusk – Truth Untold
Viking Metal
Folk Metal
- Deep Cuts: Danheim – Skapanir
Groove Metal
- Deep Cuts: Sepultura – Desperate Cry
- Deep Cuts: Kittie – Do You Think I’m A Whore
Deep Cuts Archive
Your complete guide to every Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems feature on Metal Lair. This archive collects all past and future installments in one place.
Welcome to the vault—every riff, every shadowed anthem, all unearthed and waiting in one place.
- Deep Cuts: Nightfall: Enormous – The Anthem of Death
- Deep Cuts: Maniac Spider Trash – God Bless the Creeps
- Deep Cuts: Exhorder: Slaughter in the Vatican Demo Version
- Deep Cuts: System of a Down – Friik-Demo
- Deep Cuts: Limp Bizkit – Crack Addict
- Deep Cuts: Trivium – Ascent of The Phoenix
- Deep Cuts: Nihilist – The Demos
- Deep Cuts: Dismember – Last Blasphemies
- Deep Cuts: Megadeth — The Ghost Tape
- Deep Cuts: Possessed — Death Metal
- Deep Cuts: Green Carnation – My Dark Reflections of Life and Death
- Deep Cuts: Danheim – Skapanir
- Deep Cuts: Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken
- Deep Cuts: Amorphis – Disment of Soul
- Deep Cuts: Paradise Lost – Frozen Illusion
- Deep Cuts: Tiamat – A Winter Shadow
- Deep Cuts: Abhorrence – Vulgar Necrolatry
- Deep Cuts: Slaughter Lord – Taste of Blood
- Deep Cuts: Necrovore – Divus de Mortuus
- Deep Cuts: Sarcófago – Christ’s Death
- Deep Cuts: Pupil Slicer – Sophie
- Deep Cuts: Stoned Jesus – Insatiable
- Deep Cuts: Powerwolf – Secrets of the Sacristy
- Deep Cuts: AxCx – Song #8
- Deep Cuts: Dying Fetus – Pissing in The Mainstream
- Deep Cuts: Demonic Resurection – Darkened Moon
- Deep Cuts: Skepticism – The Gallant Crow
- Deep Cuts: Black Tusk – Truth Untold
- Deep Cuts: Morta Skuld – Of Evil
- Deep Cuts: Virus – Dead Cities of Syria
- Deep Cuts: Testament – Reign of Terror
- Deep Cuts: Mastodon – Just Got Paid
- Deep Cuts: Annihilator- Fantastic Things
- Deep Cuts: Dark Angle – Welcome To The Slaughterhouse
- Deep Cuts: Celtic Frost – Journey Into Fear
- Deep Cuts: Bathory – You Don’t Move Me
- Deep Cuts: Kittie – Do You Think I’m A Whore
- Deep Cuts: Danzig – Pain in The World
- Deep Cuts: Black Label Society – Lost My Better Half
- Deep Cuts: Childfen of Bodom – Tie My Rope
- Deep Cuts: Obituary – In the End of Life
- Deep Cuts: Ryujin – Kunnecup
- Deep Cuts: Dawn of Ouroboros – Poseidon’s Hymn
- Deep Cuts: Arch Enemy – Shadow And Dust
- Deep Cuts: Voivod – Jack Luminous
- Deep Cuts: Flotsam and Jetsam – Date with Hate
- Deep Cuts: Disincarnate – Stench of Paradise Burning
- Deep Cuts: Ulvehunger – Subjugated
- Deep Cuts: Ved Buens Ende – Remembrance of Things
- Deep Cuts: Necrophagist – seven
- Deep Cuts: Panzerchrist – Weak is The Flesh
- Deep Cuts: Gorguts – The Battle of Chamdo
- Deep Cuts: Cypcore – The Moment of Impact
- Deep Cuts: Antigama – Crystal Tune
- Deep Cuts: HeXeN – Defcon Rising
- Deep Cuts: Enthrope – Moon Chains Descent
- Deep Cuts: Belphegor – The Goatchrist
- Deep Cuts: Dimmu Borgir –
Inn i evighetens mørke - Deep Cuts: Melechesh – The Siege of Lachish
- Deep Cuts: Type O Negative – 12 Black Rainbows
- Deep Cuts: Opeth – By The Pain I See in Others
- Deep Cuts: Cattle Decapitation – Rotting Children For Remote Viewing
- Deep Cuts: Slayer – At Dawn They Sleep
- Deep Cuts: Death – Legion of Doom
- Deep Cuts: Rotting Christ – The Sign of Evil Existence
- Deep Cuts: Metallica – The Frayed Ends of Sanity
- Deep Cuts: Cryptopsy – Slit Your Guts
- Deep Cuts: Cannibal Corpse Demented Aggression
- Deep Cuts: Gojira – Clone
- Deep Cuts: Sepultura – Desperate Cry
FAQ – Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems
Q: What are metal deep cuts?
A: Deep cuts are the overlooked songs in a band’s catalog—the hidden gems that reveal their true creativity beyond the hits.
Q: Why does Metal Lair feature deep cuts?
A: Our Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems series is dedicated to uncovering rare riffs, forgotten anthems, and underrated tracks that deserve the spotlight.
Q: How often is the Deep Cuts archive updated?
A: The archive grows every week with new installments, covering everything from black metal and doom to prog, death, and beyond.
Q: Where can I find all Deep Cuts in one place?
A: Right here in the Deep Cuts: Metal’s Hidden Gems archive. Your complete guide to hidden treasures across every metal subgenre.
Q: Does Metal Lair have other ongoing series?
A: Yes! In addition to Deep Cuts, Metal Lair runs Seven Deadly Songs, a weekly feature spotlighting the best new rock and metal tracks released each week.