Well, hopefully none of you blew any limbs off doing something dumb with fireworks but if you did then you’ve got nothing but time to check out this week’s goods here on Initial Descent. On the flip side, if you’re totally intact you still have time to do the same. You can’t afford to miss it either way is what I’m saying so…TALLY HO.
Leading the pack is Immortal who return from a nine year silence and a member down (not news at this point) with the aptly titled Northern Chaos Gods and any fears of an Abbath-less album not living up to its gnarly black metal roots are firmly put to death in the first few seconds. On the swampy death metal front, Turkey’s Burial Invocation release their debut full length Abiogenesis. Fans of WITTR will find plenty to love on With the End In Mind‘s latest, Unraveling; Arising and Lucifer return with Lucifer II which falls heavier on the rock end of the spectrum, courtesy of Nicke Andersson, but further showcases Johanna Sadonis’ fantastic voice so there’s that.
As always though, much more to come after the jump so stick around and enjoy!
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Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast) – back metal
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Burial Invocation – Abiogenesis (Dark Descent Records) – death metal
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With the End In Mind – Unraveling; Arising (Temple of Torturous Records) – black metal
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Lucifer – Lucifer II (Century Media Records) – psych rock [full review]
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Also on tap:
1968 – Ballads of the Godless (Hevisike) – hard rock
A Shoreline Dream – Waitout (Latenight Weeknight Records) – gaze-rock
Agregator – Semmibõl, a semmin át (GarageLive Records) – melodic death metal
Ancient Lights – S/T (Ritual Productions) – doom
Decibel Demon – Declassified (Brutal Records) – hard rock
Ekpyrosis – Deathtrips, EP (Crawling Chaos) – avantgarde black metal
Finis – Visions of Doom, EP (Iron Bonehead) – black / doom
Glanville – First Blood (Fat & Holy Records) – heavy rock
Great Electric Quest – Chapter II (Totem Cat Records) – heavy metal
Gwydion – Thirteen (Ultraje) – folk metal
Kielkropf – Ignorance Is Bliss (Sludgelord Records) – sludge / doom
Kingnomad – The Great Nothing (Ripple Music) – psych doom
Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy (Metal Blade Records) – rock
Kontinuum – No Need For Reason (Season of Mist) – noise
MaterDea – Pyaneta (Rockshots Records) – progressive metal / folk [full review]
Maypine – Bend/Break, EP (Independent) – alt-rock
naisian – Rejoinder, EP (Independent) – doom
Nasty Surgeons – Infectious Stench (Xtreem Music) – death / grind
Not My Master – Disobey (Rockshots / Extreme Metal Music) – thrash
Opening Bell – Compound Eyes / Loma Atonal, EP (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia) – avantgarde noise
Quarter Hour of Power – Compilation (Encapsulated Records) – punk / rock
Runespell – Order of Vengeance (Iron Bonehead) – black metal
Secret Cutter – Quantum Eraser (Deathwish / Holy Roar) – grind / sludge
Tujarot – Existencialista, LP (Iron Bonehead) – black metal
Wisdom In Chains – Nothing In Nature Respects Weakness (Demons Run Amok) – hardcore
Yawning Man – The Revolt Against Tired Noises (Heavy Psych Sounds) – psych rock
ZU93 – Mirror Emperor (House of Mythology) – avantgarde
– Josh
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