Saw Cloak, Withered, and Goatwhore over the weekend. It was ridiculously good. I’m still tired. Alright then, new metal is on tap and plenty of it to go around so let’s do this.
Icelandic black metallers Misthyrming are upon us once again with second full length Algleymi and expect another knockout of an album full of living and breathing personality that is cold, intense, and perfectly temperamental. Next up is a cavalcade of crusty rawness on Hexhammaren, the seventh studio album from Martyrdöd, that comes off feeling larger than anything they’ve done to date – strong words but right around the second track you’ll understand. Steamrolling right along we’ve got New England’s nasty death thrash dealers Rancorous with their second demo Stealth Dominion and if early Slayer and Kreator gets your juices flowing then GET ON THIS. Last up top is debut full length De Val from Dutch black metallers Verwoed and not even their last two EP’s can prepare for this multi layered and heavily atmospheric assault, don’t miss it.
Killer top four and there’s a ton more below. Hop to it.
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Misthyrming – Algleymi (Norma Evangelium Diaboli) – black metal
No stream yet so have a spin of the debut and anxiously await:
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Martyrdöd – Hexhammaren (Southern Lord) – crust
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Rancorous – Stealth Dominion (Independent) – death / thrash
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Verwoed – De Val (Argento / Sentient Ruin / Tartarus) – black metal
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Also on tap:
Abrahma – In Time for the Last Rays of Light (Deadlight / Small Stone) – heavy rock
Adrenaline – S/T (Flatspot) – hardcore
Armagedda – Ond Spiritism, Reissue (Nordvis) – black metal
Atala – The Bearer of Light (Salt of the Earth) – desert doom
Black Mold – Tales of Degradation, Cassette Issue (Helldprod) – black / punk
Circle of Witches – Natural Born Sinners (Sliptrick) – heavy metal
Crestfallen Queen – Queen of Swords (Church Within) – blackened rock
Diamond Head – The Coffin Train (Silver Lining Music) – heavy metal
Earth – Full Upon Her Burning Lips (Sargent House) – doom / drone
Emil Bulls – Mixtape (AFM) – rock
Enchantya – On Light and Wrath (Inverse) – goth
Epectase – Astres (I, Voidhanger) – cosmic metal
Esoctrilihum – The Telluric Ashes of the Ö Vrth Immemorial Gods (I, Voidhanger) – black / death
Final Error – The Blind Lead the Blind (Dedication) – hardcore
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Veleno (Nuclear Blast) – symphonic death metal
Goregäng – Neon Graves (Transcending Obscurity) – death / crust
H.C. Slim – Sings (Svart) – folk
Indian Nightmare – By Ancient Force (High Roller) – traditional metal
Irata – Tower (Small Stone) – heavy rock
Kneel – Interstice (Pulmonary) – metal / mathy
Kull – Exile (Black Lion) – black metal
Kval – Laho (Hypnotic Dirge) – atmospheric black metal
LLYN Y CWN – Twll Du (Cold Spring) – ambient
Lvcifyre – Sacrament, EP (Dark Descent) – black / death
Nachtfalter – was bleibt (Echozone) – goth
Neckbeard Deathcamp – So Much for the Tolerant Left (Prosthetic) – neck metal
Nihility – Thus Spoke the Antichrist (Black Lion) – black / death
Nocturnus AD – Paradox (Profound Lore) – death metal
Odyssey – The Swarm (Independent) – instrumental progressive metal
Onkos – S/T (I, Voidhanger) – folk metal
Ontborg – Within the Depths of Oblivion (Independent) – death metal
Pestilent Death – Chapters of Depravity, Vinyl Issue (Blood Harvest) – death metal
Sadness – Circle of Veins (Flowing Downward) – blackgaze
Saint Marie Des Loups – S/T, Re-Release (Amor Fati Productions) – black metal
Salem’s Bend – Supercluster (Ripple Music) – psych rock
Scardust – Sands of Time (M-Theory Audio) – progressive metal
Sinners Bleed – Absolution (War Anthem) – death metal
Sol Sistere – Extinguished Cold Light (Hammerheart) – black metal
Stormlord – Far (Scarlet) – metal
Tanith – In Another Time (Metal Blade) – hard rock
The Progerians – Crush the Wise Men Who Refuse to Submit (Mottow Soundz) – noise
Third Wave – Metamorphosis (Independent) – modern metal
Thonian Horde – Downfall (Grimoire) – stoner
Ulvedharr – World of Chaos (Scarlet) – death metal
Valley of the Sun – Old Gods (Fuzzorama) – heavy rock
Visigoth – Bells of Awakening, 7” (Metal Blade) – heavy metal
Widower – Cataclysmic Sorcery (Black Market Metal Label) – black / thrash
– Josh
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