By the time this goes to print I’ll be on the way to a city I’ve never visited before to meet a good friend of mine to see a show full of bands that have been on my bucket list for years (more details on this to follow). Needless to say, I’m excited for all of it and in a great, party-time kind of mood. So, what better way to kick off Initial Descent than with the ass kicking metal/punk/thrash/crust offering, Sexual Panic Human Machine, from Finland’s Bonehunter — will be in my ears for the next several hours for sure. Next up is the deadly serious avantgarde black metal from MRTVI on Negative Atonal Dissonance (aptly titled). Third to bat is Gravesite with their second full length of old school and horror inspired death metal, Neverending Trail of Skulls. Last of the top spots but certainly not least is Paganizer with their tenth full length, Land of Weeping Souls — ten albums is a long time but these guys are more ferocious than they’ve ever been. As always though, this is just a taste of what lies ahead so cuddle up to your keyboard, duct tape those headphones to your ears and stay with us for a while.
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Bonehunter – Sexual Panic Human Machine (Hells Headbangers) – metalpunk [full review]
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MRTVI – Negative Atonal Dissonance (Transcending Obscurity) – avantgarde black metal [full review]
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Gravesite – Neverending Trail of Skulls (Xtreem Music) – death metal
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Paganizer – Land of Weeping Souls (Transcending Obscurity) – death metal
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Also on tap:
Barbaric Horde – Tainted Impurity (War Arts Productions) – blackened death metal
Blooming Carrions – Sparkling Rotten Dreams, Cassette (Iron Bonehead) – dark metal
Centuries of Decay – S/T (Independent) – progressive death metal
Deny the Urge – As Darkness Falls (G.U.C.) – death metal
Doom Side of the Moon – S/T (IndieMerch/Independent) – pink floyd covers
Exit Eden – Rhapsodies in Black (Napalm Records) – rock
Kavrila – Blight (Medusa Crush Recordings) – things
King Leviathan – Paean Heretica (Infernum Records) – blackened thrash metal
Moray – Temporal Majesty (Independent / Lion’s Jawbone) – black metal
Mordenial – The Plague (Black Lion Records) – melodic death metal
Nuclear Warfare – Empowered By Hate (MDD Records) – thrash metal
Planet Eater – Blackness from the Stars (Independent) – thrash, death metal
Psy:code – Mørke (Pavement Entertainment) – modern hardcore
Rope Sect – Personae Ingratae, 12″ MLP (Iron Bonehead) – deathrock
Russkaja – Kosmopoliturbo (Napalm Records) – distorted polka ska
The Shadeless Emperor – Ashbled Shores (WormHoleDeath) – melodic death metal
Warbeast – Enter the Arena (Housecore Records) – heavy metal
– Josh
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