Initial Descent: September 18 – 24, 2016

September 24, 2016

aggravator, agonia records, allagaeon, almah, bhavachakra, black lion records, by norse music, carnophage, cdn records, century media, charred walls of the damned, code666 records, darkwell, dead center productions, division vansinne, dysrhythmia, end, enslaved, epitaph, every time i die, fatalist, fda rekotz, gore house productions, grimoire records, hammerheart records, heaven shall burn, heavy psych sounds, hryre, icy steel, independent, indie recordings, Initial Descent, insomnium, invictus recordings, lectern, lifeforce records, massacre records, metal blade records, mondo generator, monte pittman, neurosis, neurot recordings, new releases, noiseart records, nothgard, okkultokrati, pavement entertainment, predatory light, profound lore, prophecy productions, prosthetic records, pure steel records, relapse records, religious observance, ripple music, ruptured birth, sahg, saint vitus, satanath records, season of mist, sin of god, sisters of suffocation, source, southern lord, swine overlord, temple of torturous, test your metal records, the holeum, torrid husk, trap them, true widow, unique leader, usurpress, valborg, via nocturna, wife, witchskull

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.