Recorded from December 2025 through January 2026, Death Mask Messiah is EXUMER's sixth album and fourth for Metal Blade. It's also the first EXUMER LP recorded with the rhythm section of drummer Jerome Reil and bass player Alex Voss. "They have formidably integrated themselves as musicians and friends into the EXUMER tapestry," Mem says. "You can feel their young energy, coupled with our trademark aggression and experience."

The album also surprises with a guest and a cover: Nasty Ronnie of Nasty Savage sings on EXUMER's version of his band's track "Unchained Angel." EXUMER supported Nasty Savage in 1988 on their first European tour.

Conceptually, the record draws on US politics of the last decade, the pandemic, and the use of misinformation to stir cultural divides. Mem also reflected on the 30-year anniversary of the Waco, Texas standoff with the Branch Davidians. "David Koresh was a false prophet who wore a death mask, manipulating and leading his followers to certain death," Mem says. "Each song picks up an individual theme of these two strains of thought."

The title track and lead single brings it together, using the Waco siege and Koresh as its central figure while painting a broader picture of charlatans leading the United States toward ruin through their lust for power.

CD/ LP:

1. Death Mask Messiah
2. Blinding Skies
3. Sin Bleeder
4. Eradication
5. Ravishing Waste
6. Allocated Savagery
7. Serpent
8. Fratricide
9. Scorcher
10. Frozen Ground
11. Unchained Angel