Kicking off another week, first thing, here on Initial Descent. None of you spoke up and said you hated the move to Monday so you’re stuck with it but I can’t think of a better way to get the momentum going than some new metal. Let’s do this.
First up is the fantastic debut, Seasons of Salt, from Khôrada which sees ex Agalloch and Giant Squid members unite to form a dark and challenging but beautiful piece of work. Mutilation Rites return with their fiery and filthy brand of black / death metal on Chasm, Future Cult sees The Lion’s Daughter mix extreme metal with 80s style slasherwave which equals a big score, and Wölfblood pull all the stops on their motorpunk, speed warped EP Nightriders which finally sees physical release so get on it.
There you have it, week is officially kicked off. Great openers but there’s many more to get into so stick around. We’ll be seeing you here throughout the week.
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Khorada – Salt (Prophecy Productions) – dark metal [full review]
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Mutilation Rites – Chasm (Gilead Media / Argento Records) – black / doom / punk [feature review]
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The Lion’s Daughter – Future Cult (Season of Mist) – death / black / slasherwave
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Wölfblood – Nightriders, EP (Reaper Metal Productions / Seeing Red Records) – motorpunk
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Also on tap:
Al-Namrood – Ten Years of Resistance (Shaytan Productions) – black metal [feature]
Aparthiva Raktadhara – Agyat Ishvar, 7” EP (Iron Bonehead) – black / death
Arrowbridge – Sirius (Independent) – progressive / djent
Black Elephant – Cosmic Blues (Small Stone Records) – fuzz rock
Carnal Decay – When Push Comes To Shove, EP (Rising Nemesis Records) – brutal death metal
Cemetery Lust – Rotting in Piss (Hells Headbangers) – thrash
Creatures – II (Old Haunt Records) – modern death metal
Cryonic Temple – Deliverance (Scarlet Records) – power metal
Dentist – Night Swimming (Cleopatra Records) – indie rock
Depths of Hatred – Bloodguilt (Prosthetic) – tech death
Epica – Epica vs. Attack On Titan Songs, EP (Nuclear Blast) – symphonic metal
Evil Triplet – Have a Nice Trip (Super Secret Records) – heavy psych
Extremity – Coffin Birth (20 Buck Spin) – death metal [feature review]
Jarboe & Byla – Viscera, Reissue (Translation Loss Records) – ambient noise
Jungle Rot – S/T (Victory Records) – death metal
Finnr’s Cane – Elegy (Prophecy Productions) – atmospheric black metal
Her Despair – Mournography (Independent) – goth metal
Oxygen Destroyer – Bestial Manifestations of Malevolence and Death (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Parius – The Eldritch Realm (Independent) – melodic death metal
Powerwolf – The Sacrament of Sin (Napalm Records) – heavy metal
Sahon – Chanting For the Fallen (Transcending Obscurity) – thrash
Senzar – Non-Titled (Hostile Media) – extreme metal
Skeletonwitch – Devouring Radiant Light (Prosthetic Records) – black / death / thrash
Spaceslug – Eye The Tide (BSFD Records) – psych doom [full review, feature]
Troops of Doom – Fear (Raw Skullz Records) – hardcore
Vanhävd – Låt köttet dö (Independent) – doom
Vokonis – Olde One Ascending, Reissue (Ripple Music) – prog metal
Zombiefication – Below the Grief (Doomentia) – death metal
– Josh
