It’s June folks. I’m old enough to know better than be surprised at how fast time slips away but…JUNE. Anyway, new metal is why you stopped by and that we have plenty of. Leading the charge this week is the self-titled debut album from Hostia and I can assure you that grindcore / extreme metal aficionados will find plenty of special sauce in this one. Next up is Ghost with their latest Prequelle and this one is quickly filling that ‘feel good hit of the summer’ vibe — clean singing and big hooks glorifying the dark one has never been this much fun. Wait, fun? Leaving it there, you decide. Moving on is Everything & Nothing, the debut from Raum Kingdom which has a very strong Amenra vibe so if that’s your thing, and why wouldn’t it be, get on it. Closing down this week’s top four is Creatio et Hominus from Burial In the Sky which finds the band in forward thinking death metal mode this time out and to be sure, this is a good thing. As usual, there’s a ton more so keep reading and keep exploring.
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Hostia – S/T (Via Nocturna) – grind [feature]
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Ghost – Prequelle (Loma Vista) – rock / metal
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Raum Kingdom – Everything & Nothing (Independent) – post-metal [full review]
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Burial In the Sky – Creatio et Hominus (Independent) – progressive death metal [full review]
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Also on tap:
Alien Weaponry – Tū (Napalm Records) – thrash
Angel of Mercy – The Avatar, Reissue (Shadow Kingdom) – heavy metal
Boar – Poseidon (Lost Pilgrims Records) – stoner / doom
Casket Feeder – Scalps, EP (Hibernacula Records) – death metal
Cavurn – Rehearsal, Cassette (Blood Harvest) – death metal
Cult of Occult – Anti Life (Music Fear Satan) – sludge / doom
Dizzy Reed – Rock n Roll Ain’t Easy, CD & Vinyl (Golden Robot Records) – rock
Eye of Solitude – Slaves to Solitude (Independent) – funeral doom [full review]
Endless – Mad Sick Mind (Necromance Records) – death metal
Eufory – Higher and Higher (Sliptrick) – power metal [feature]
Get Some! – Freaky, Filthy, Frustrated (WTF) – hardcore
Glorior Belli – Ô Laudate Dominvs, Repress (Ascension Monuments Media) – black metal
Goddess of Fate – Spiral Orchard Part 1 (Independent) – progressive death metal
Gravecoven – Coughing Blood (Godz Ov War Productions) – black / doom
Gruesome – Twisted Prayers (Relapse Records) – death metal
Head With Wings – From Worry To Shame (Independent) – post metal
Highview – Aftermind (Independent) – rock
Hostile Array – S/T (Independent) – post-hardcore
Human Cull – Revenant (Independent – death / grind
Isenordal – Spectral Embrace (Independent) – neofolk
June 1974 – Nemesi (Visionaire Records) – heavy metal
Lykhaeon – Ominous Eradication of Anguished Souls (Godz Ov War Productions) – black metal
Mist – Free Me of the Sun (Soulseller Records) – doom
MZ.412 – Ulvens Broder (Cold Spring) – black / industrial
Nervosa – Downfall of Mankind (Napalm Records) – thrash
Nicholas Merz – The Limits of Men (Aagoo Records) – post punk
Nocturnal Breed – The Whiskey Tapes (Folter Records) – black / thrash
Nomad – Feral (APF Records) – sludge
Northwoods – Wasteland (Mother Ship Records) – post-hardcore
Nova Flares – S/T, EP (Independent) – dreamgaze
Odd Palace – Things To Place On the Moon (Prime Collective) – prog / alt-rock
Ovate – S/T (Soulseller Records) – black metal
Purgatory – Cold Side of Reality (Unbeaten Records) – hardcore
Quantum Leap – No Reason (Viskningar och vrål) – post-punk
Ricarda Cometa – Ricarda Cometa 2 (Nefarious Industries) – progressive noise
Shitty Person – Judgement (Svart Records) – noise
Soft Science – Maps (Test Pattern Records) – dreamgaze
Soliliquium – Contemplations (Transcending Records) – doom
Sons of Alpha Centauri – Continuum (H42 Records / Cobraside) – prog-rock
Spurv – Myra (Fysisk Format) – post-rock
The Black Sorcery – And the Beast Spake Death From Above (Krucyator Productions) – black / death
The Zealots – Only Rocks Live Forever (Independent) – hard rock
Thou – Inconsolable (Community Records / Gilead Media) – doom
Truchło Strzygi – Umierać (Godz Ov War Productions) – black / punk
Urarv – Argentum (Svart Records) – avant-garde metal
War Goat / Black Ceremonial Kult – Unapproachable Laws of the Abyss (Godz Ov War Productions) – black metal
Wombbath – The Great Desolation (Soulseller Records) – death metal
World Demise – S/T, EP (Flatspot Records) – hardcore
World Untouched By Mankind – The Forests Are Old With Grief (Pacific Threnodies) – dungeon synth
Worshipper – Mirage Daze, EP (Tee Pee Records) – hard rock
– Josh
