Anyone complaining that there hasn’t been a great week for metal thus far in 2016 needs to go immediately and start over, but there won’t be any complaining after this week. Mostly due to Neurosis‘ highly anticipated eleventh full length Fires Within Fires finally seeing the light of day. But that’s not all; Fatalist are back with their insanely good Swedeath saturated The Bitter End, Predatory Light further their black metal chaos on Predatory Light, Trap Them punch you in the mouth with their fifth album Crown Feral while Witchskull breaks out the bluesy doom on The Vast Electric Dark. Switching gears a bit, Dysrhythmia bends time on their progressive instru-metal album The Veil Of Control — let the dissecting begin. And last but not least, Insomnium‘s epic fifth full length Winter’s Gate is a blast. As stated, its another stacked week here on Initial Descent and literally, there’s something for everyone. So hit that ‘continue reading’ link.
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Neurosis – Fires Within Fires (Neurot Recordings) – metal, post, progressive, ambient [full review]
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Predatory Light – Predatory Light (Invictus Productions) – black metal [full review]
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Fatalist – The Bitter End (F.D.A. Rekotz) – death metal
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Witchskull – The Vast Electric (Ripple Music) – doom metal [full review]
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Trap Them – Crown Feral (Prosthetic Records) – hardcore, crust [full review]
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Dysrhythmia – The Veil Of Control (Profound Lore) – instrumental, progressive
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Insomnium – Winter’s Gate (Century Media) – death metal, metal, progressive [full review] [Niilo Sevänen interview]
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Also on tap:
Aggravator – Sterile Existence (Dead Center Productions) – thrash metal
Allegaeon – Proponent for Sentience (Metal Blade Records) – death metal, technical
Almah – E.V.O. (Test Your Metal Records) – power metal/progressive
Bhavachakra – Bhavachakra (Prophecy Productions) – black metal, progressive
Carnophage – Monument (Unique Leader) – death metal, technical
Charred Walls of the Damned – Creatures Watching Over the Dead (Metal Blade Records) – thrash metal
Darkwell – Moloch (Massacre Records) – doom metal, gothic
Division Vansinne – Dimension Darkness (Black Lion Records) – black/death metal
Enslaved – Vikingligr Veldi, Vinyl Remaster (By Norse Music) – black metal
Every Time I Die – Low Teens (Epitaph) – metalcore, rock
Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer (Century Media) – hardcore
Hryre – From Mortality to Infinity (Code666 Records) – black metal, atmospheric
Icy Steel – Through the Ashes (Pure Steel Records) – heavy metal
Lectern – Precept of Delator (Via Nocturna) – death metal
Mondo Generator – Best of, 2LP (Heavy Psych Sounds) – stoner rock
Monte Pittman – Inverted Grasp of Balance (Metal Blade Records) – heavy metal
Nothgard – The Sinner’s Sake (NoiseArt Records) – melodic death metal/progressive
Religious Observance – Boiling Excrement (Independent) – sludge metal/noise/doom
Ruptured Birth – Transmutant (CDN Records) – death metal, brutal
Sahg – Memento Mori (Indie Recordings) – heavy metal, doom
Saint Vitus – Live Vol. 2 (Season Of Mist) – heavy metal
Sin of God – Aenigmata (Satanath Records) – death metal
Sisters of Suffocation – Brutal Queen (Hammerheart Records) – death metal
Source – Return to Nothing (Pavement Entertainment) – progressive metal
Swine Overlord – Entheogenesis (Gore House Productions) – death metal
The Holeum – Negative Abyss (Lifeforce Records) – dark metal/ambient
Torrid Husk/End – Swallow Matewan, Split (Grimoire Records) – black metal
True Widow – AVVOLGERE (Relapse Records) – postmetal
Usurpress – The Regal Tribe (Agonia Records) – doom/crust
Valborg – Werwolf, EP (Temple of Torturous) – dark metal
Wife – Standard Nature, EP (Profound Lore) – electro
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– Josh
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