As I was expecting, Darkthrone’s Old Star does not disappoint so make sure you check it out while perusing what this week has to offer. Speaking of, there’s plenty so let’s get after it.
Cave In literally had the wind knocked out of them with the loss of bassist Caleb Scofield in early 2018 and with even a cursory listen to Final Transmission, last works with Caleb, you can feel it in every note and especially the tear jerking opener which is 100% him – not gonna lie here, it’s a tough album to get through for any fan but ohh so worth it to experience and immerse yourself in this phenomenal album. Next up, with a little extra time on their hands post Caustic recordings, Primitive Man went back in the studio and punched out Steel Casket which draws on their recent forays into noise, ambient, and drone but make no mistake; this IS a Primitive Man release and it destroys. Moving along is the debut, Steeping Corporeal Mass from Fetid, a band that picked the right name based on their nasty, corpsecrushing sound – dirty old death metal done right. Last up top is debut, Flub, from the somewhat star-studded Flub who offer up a dizzying, technical, and avantgarde approach to death metal that has something new around every corner and layers that take double digit spins to peel back. Need different? Right here.
Alright then, jump in and see what other treasures await.
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Cave In – Final Transmission (Hydra Head) – rock
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Primitive Man – Steel Casket (Crown and Throne Ltd. / Tartarus) – P//M
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Fetid – Steeping Corporeal Mess (20 Buck Spin) – death metal
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Flub – S/T (The Artisan Era) – experimental death metal
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Also on tap:
Alase – Vastaus (Inverse) – atmospheric rock
Alberto Rigoni – Prog Injection (Independent) – prog metal
All Hell – The Witch’s Grail (Prosthetic) – blackened thrash
Ancient Hostility – S/T (Akashic Envoy) – black metal
Barbarian – To No God Shall I Kneel (Hells Headbangers) – black / traditional
Daemoni – Black Tyrant (Goathorned Productions) – black metal
Death Hawks – Psychic Harmony (Svart) – psych metal
Depressor – Hell Storms Over Earth, Comp. (Sentient Ruin) – industrial metal
Distant – Tyrannotophia (Unique Leader) – death metal
Driving Slow Motion – Arda (Fail Safe Audio Recording) – post-rock
Drowse – Light Mirror (The Flenser) – blackgaze
Embrace of Disharmony – De Rervm Natvra (My Kingdom Music) – dark metal
Enthroned – Cold Black Suns (Season of Mist) – black metal
Faerie Ring – The Clearing (King Volume) – fuzz rock
Gravefields – Embrace the Void (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Heavenward – A Future Worth Talking About?, Deluxe Issue (Divebomb) – power metal
Helligators – Hell III (Sliptrick) – rock
Hereza – Death Metal Drunks (Godz Ov War Productions) – death metal
Ian Blurton – Signals Through the Flame (Pajama Party) – rock
In Other Climes – Ruthless (Dead Serious Recordings) – hardcore
Infernal Conjuration – Infernale Metallum Mortis (Iron Bonehead) – death metal
Jess By the Lake – Under the Red Light Shine (Svart) – rock
Kingdom – Rotting Carcass Arise upon the Burial Mound (Godz Ov War Productions) – death metal
Misanthropic Rage – Towards the Greyscale Aphorysm (Godz Ov War Productions) – black metal
Mofsed – Rattenkrieg! (Independent) – death metal
Møl – I/II, Comp. (Holy Roar) – blackgaze
Mutilate – Contagium (Iron Bonehead) – black / death metal
Nebula – Holy Shit (Heavy Psych Sounds) – space grunge
Pelican – Nighttime Stories (Southern Lord) – post-rock
Python – Astrological Warfare (:AJNA: / AnnapurnA) – dark rock
Roadsaw – Tinnitus the Night (Ripple Music) – metal
Snøgg – Chhinnamasta (Independent) – experimental black metal
Soulline – The Deep (Profane) – melodic death / hardcore
Statue – Comes To Life, Reissue (Divebomb) – thrash
Tanzwut – Seemannsgarm (AFM) – power metal
Tessitura – Unearth the Underworld, EP (Independent) – death / thrash
The Hÿss – Hound (Independent) – fuzz metal [profile]
The Membranes – What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away (Cherry Red) – post-rock
This Sun No More – In Circles (Sludgelord) – doom / post-metal
Touching God – Profane, EP (Independent) – noise rock
Vulture – Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves (Metal Blade) – thrash
Wykan – Brigid: Of the Night, EP (Independent) – psych metal
– Josh
