Alright so, Monday is Halloween and surely by now you have your costume in order? In the midst of a horror movie marathon? Burning a skull candle? If not, why and my god what are you doing?! Anyway, it’s Initial Descent time which means more outstanding metal releases for your ears, souls, and minds. This week we’ve got the debut full length, Louring, from Jagged Mouth and honestly these guys rip a canyon in vile doom metal, highly recommended. Speaking of highly recommended, King Dude treats us to another top shelf album of satanic and dark americana with Sex, the always loud Whores kill it, as usual, on Gold, Ulcerate don’t deviate from their crushing and technical death metal on Shrines of Paralysis, Urfaust continue their mind bending exploration on Empty Space Meditation but do it with a bigger dose of black metal than we’ve come accustomed to recently, and Vermin Womb stay true to their despicable (in a good way) death metal selves on Decline. That was a mouthful. But it’s only the beginning so be sure to check out what else is on tap after the jump.
Jagged Mouth – Louring (Independent) – doom metal, sludge [full review]
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King Dude – Sex (Not Just Religious Music) – dark americana, satan
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Whores – Gold (eOne) – noise rock, sludge
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Ulcerate – Shrines of Paralysis (Relapse Records) – death metal, technical [full review]
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Urfaust – Empty Space Meditation (Van Records) – black metal
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Vermin Womb – Decline (Throatruiner Records) – death metal
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Also on tap:
Across the Burning Sky – The End is Near (MDD Records) – melodic death metal
Albez Duz – Wings of Tzinican (Listenable) – occult doom metal
Anaal Nathrakh – The Whole of the Law (Metal Blade) – black metal
Blind Ego – Liquid (Gentle Art of Music) – progressive
Car Bomb – Meta (Independent) – metal, djent, progressive
Cognitive – Deformity (Unique Leader) – death metal
Crowbar – The Serpent Only Lies (Nuclear Blast) – sludge metal
Crucified Mortals – Psalms of the Dead Choir, CD, LP (Hells Headbangers) – thrash metal
Death Fetishist – Clandestine Sacrament (Debemur Morti) – death metal, experimental
Dehumanized – Beyond the Mind (Comatose Music) – death metal
Deranged – Struck By A Murderous Siege (Agonia Records) – death metal
Final Sign – Hold High The Flame (Tridroid Records) – heavy metal
Krypts – Remnants of Expansion (Dark Descent Records) – death metal
Madder Mortem – Red In Tooth and Claw (Dark Essence Records) – progressive metal
Manatees – Helvellyn (Shelsmusic) – noise
Necroven – Primordial Subjugation (Memento Mori) – death metal
Netherbird – The Grander Voyage (Black Lodge Records) – black metal, death, doom
Norilsk – The Idea of the North, CD, LP (Sunmask/War on Music) – doom metal, death metall
Satanic Warmaster – Black Metal Kommando/Gas Chamber, Reissue (Hells Headbangers) black metal
Sedna – Eterno (WOOAAARGH) – black metal
Steel Hook Prostheses – Calm Morbidity (Malignant Records) – death metal, industrial
Testament – Brotherhood of the Snake (Nuclear Blast) – thrash metal
The Answer – Solas (Napalm Records) – rock
The Black Scorpio Underground – Necrochasm (Husk/Prison Tatt Records) – black metal
The True Werwolf – Death Music, Reissue (Hells Headbangers) – black metal
Unendlich – Scales Of Existence (Horror Pain Gore Death) – black metal
Wang Wen – Sweet Home, Go! (Pelagic Records) – post rock, experimental
Yasru – Börübay (Wormholedeath) – doom metal
– Josh
