
Made it out of the mountains and not one Bigfoot to be found. Oh well, guess we’ll have to wait for the next hodgepodge video to surface so we can call bullshit on it. Anyway, I did exactly as I said and had one hell of a soundtrack for the weekend and this week is no different. Why you ask? Well, dear reader, we have treasures for you…
First up is Wisconsin’s Pig’s Blood with their second full length of war tattered death metal, A Flock Slaughtered, and if you thought their self titled debut was good (it was) this is going to blow your ears clean off your cranium. Next is Colombia’s Lucifera who wowed me with Preludio del Mal and its fierce take on blackened death with a slight lean towards thrash but on La Caceria De Brujas, their fourth effort, the band is at their deadliest – the vocals alone are enough to cause bodily harm and add in the d-beat touch? GOLD. Moving along: Fange, France’s answer to a nasty strain of sludge induced doom and death metal, return with Punir and this time they introduce a touch of noise and an industrious feel to the mix – Fange has been a favorite for awhile now and this album seals the deal. Last up top is yet another album, Heretical Sect, full of blackened death / doom from a reclusive bunch called Heretical Sect and again, go now and get it – multiple formats on multiple labels so do that and stop making excuses.
Much more below so don’t delay.
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Pig’s Blood – A Flock Slaughtered (Godz Ov War) – death metal
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Lucifera – La Caceria De Brujas (Dunkelheit) – black / death
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Fange – Punir (Throatruiner) – sludge / death / noise
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Heretical Sect – S/T (Redefining Darkness / Caligari / Vendetta) – black / death / doom
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Also on tap:
Basalt – O Coração Negro da Terra, Re-release (Ritual Productions) – metal
Bastard Noise / Xiphoid Dementia – Human Extinction Engine, Split (Scry / Existence Establishment / Phage Tapes) – death industrial / ambient
Bullseye – Until We Die (Dedication Records) – hardcore
Bus – Never Decide (RidingEasy) – stoner / psych
Chrome Waves – A Grief Observed (Disorder Recordings) – post/alt-metal
Climate of Fear – The Onset of Eternal Darkness (Demons Run Amok) – melodic death
Death Is Death – Death Wears Suit (Concorde Music Company) – thrash
Degraey – Reveries (Independent) – post-metal
Demon Hunter – Peace (Solid State) – metalcore
Demon Hunter – War (Solid State) – metalcore
Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Live In Berlin (Season of Mist) – black metal
Drawn Into Descent – The Endless Endeavor (Avantgarde Music) – black metal
DunkelNacht – Empires of Mediocrity (Non Serviam) – black / death
Eremit – Carrier of Weight (Transcending Obscurity) – sludge / doom
Gruzja – I Iść Dalej (Godz Ov War) – black metal
HateviruS – Hateful Mind (Independent) – metal
Heaume Mortal – Solstices (Ladlo) – black / doom
In Flames – I, The Mask (Nuclear Blast / Eleven Seven) – melodic metal
Jussi Lehtisalo – Dead (Ruton / Ektro) – synth
Katechon – Sanger Fra Auschwitz (Saturnal Records) – black/death metal
Lönndom – Hågkomster Från Nordliga Nejder & Norrskenritual, Reissue (Nordvis) – black metal
Malevolent Creation – The 13th Beast (M-Theory Audio) – death metal
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – Yn OI I Annwn (New Heavy Sounds) – doom
Marsh Dweller – Wanderer (Tridroid Records) – black metal
Oro – Djupets Kall (Endless Winter) – doom / sludge
Outright Resistance – Cargo Cult (Independent) – modern metal
Pissgrave – Posthumous Humiliation (Profound Lore) – death metal
Popiół – Zabobony (Godz Ov War) – black metal
Queensryche – The Verdict (Century Media) – metal
Red Cain – Kindred: Act I (Independent) – modern melodic metal
Riparian – S/T, EP (Grimoire) – death metal
Romasa – Cheering Death (Independent) – sludge / crust
Sacred Monster – Worship the Weird (Independent) – doom
Sisters of Suffocation – Humans Are Broken (Napalm) – death metal
Statement – Force of Life (Mighty Music) – hard rock
Steelwings – Back (Sliptrick) – hard rock
The Riven – S/T (The Sign Records) – rock
Ungraven – Language of Longing, EP (Black Bow) – black / industrial / hardcore
Vimur – Triumphant Master of Fates (Boris Records) – black metal
Warfist – Grünberger (Godz Ov War) – black / thrash
Warish – S/T (RidingEasy Records) – grunge
– Josh
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