So, back to reality from last week’s land of sand, sun, saltwater, and relaxation. Ughhhhh. Bills must be paid so here we are. Whatever.
New metal is in abundance which, at this moment, is a very good thing and a very needed thing. Let’s do it… Beastwars returns with an outstanding album — you read that right, BEASTWARS — and you need it, Yellow Eyes are back and continue to keep the american black metal machine exceptionally greased, Low Flying Hawks offers up yet another gaze-y sludge effort, and TheNightTimeProject channels the more rockin’ side of Katatonia which is actually really good.
I’ll be over here perusing at max volume trying to channel last week’s ocean breezes. Don’t mind me, carry on.
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Beastwars – IV (Destroy) – heavy metal
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Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling (Gilead Media) – black metal
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Low Flying Hawks – Anxious Ghosts, EP (Magnetic Eye) – sludge
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TheNightTimeProject – Pale Season (Debemur Morti) – melancholic rock
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Also on tap:
100000 Tonnen Kruppstahl – Teeth Fletcher (WOOAAARGH) – sludge / death
Anthrocene – Nucleation (Independent) – thrash / power / melodic death
Axioma – Crown (Translation Loss) – dark metal
Birdflesh – Extreme Graveyard Tornado (Everlasting Spew) – grind
Bloody Hammers – The Summoning (Napalm) – occult doom
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker – Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore, Reissue (Southern Lord) – drone
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker – Koksofen, Reissue (Southern Lord) – drone
Consecration – Fragilium (Solitude Productions) – death / doom
Contaminated / Kutabare – Death Sick / Funeral Erection (Blood Harvest) – death metal
Deemtee – Flawed Synchronization with Reality (Grimm Distribution/Suprachaotic Records) – experimental black metal
Denial of God – The Shapeless Mass (Osmose / Hells Headbangers) – black metal
Dreams In Fragments – Reflections of a Nightmare (Rockshots) – symphonic metal
Eternal Breath – World of Chaos (Sliptrick) – heavy metal
Galactic Protector – Evening (Burning Witches) – rock
Hate Manifesto – Herald of Triumph, EP (Helter Skelter) – black / death
Holy Tide – Aquila (My Kingdom Music) – metal
Inert – Vermin (Neckbreaker) – death metal
Kapala – Termination Apex (Dunkelheit Produktionen) – grindcore
Keiji Haino + Sumac – Even For Just the Briefest Moments (Trost) – experimental / noise
Lifes – Treading Water (Triple Eye / Middle Man / Knochen Tapes / Here and Now!) – grindcore
Majesty – Legends (Napalm) – heavy metal
Mirror – Pyramid of Terror (Bad Omen) – proto-metal
Monarque – Jusqu’à la Mort (Sepulchral Productions) – black metal
Next Door To Heaven – V Ways To Accept (Sliptrick) – metalcore
Nocturnal Breed – We Only Care for the Violence (Folter) – black / thrash
Pestis Inferos – Beyond the Veil of Light, EP (Independent) – black metal
Putrified J – The Deep End of Horror, EP (Comatose Music) – death metal
Scumripper – All Veins Blazing (Hells Headbangers) – metalpunk
Tar Pit – Tomb of Doom, CD & Vinyl Issue (Ordo MCM) – doom
The Projectionist – Visits From the Nighthags Part II (Appalachian Noise) – black metal
The Take – Same (Demons Run Amok) – hardcore
Those Darn Gnomes – Calling Whitetails to a Tuned Bow (Nefarious Industries) – avantgarde metal
Tristengrav – II – Nychavge (Caligari Records) – gothic black metal
Turkey Vulture – Boxer (Independent) – americana metal
Vectis – The Executioner, Cassette Issue (Helldprod) – black / thrash
Victims – The Horse and Sparrow Theory (Relapse) – crust punk
Zachary Lucky – The Ballad of Losing You (Nordvis) – folk
– Josh
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