Honestly, I’m still reeling over the 1-2 punch of Vitriol and Mizmor from last week. And probably will be for some time to come. But, there’s a whole load of killer releases this week so my, and your, listening habits will be crowded and our wallets will be empty. ‘What is this sorcery?’ you ask…well, keep reading dear readers.
When a doom leaning heavy metal band comes out with a debut so impressive it makes waves everywhere, it’s hard to assume their follow up will live up to that hype but Crypt Sermon‘s more than lives up, it surpasses and crushes. Nightfell perfectly capture the darkness and turmoil of current times on their wickedly bleak third album, yet another crusher. I’ve seen Haunter‘s new outing called ‘current day old Opeth’ and that’s a fair assessment but misses a ton of the whipping black metal and visionary songwriting so please go and assess for yourself. Last up top but certainly not least is new stuff from death metallers Baest and if you thought they might soften a bit – WRONG. There you have it, four you need and way more of that below so hop to it.
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Crypt Sermon – The Ruins of Fading Light (Dark Descent) – doom / heavy metal
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Nightfell – Sanity Deranged (20 Buck Spin) – dark metal
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Haunter – Sacramental Death Qualia (I, Voidhanger) – black / death
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Baest – Venenum (Century Media) – death metal
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Also on tap:
Abbinormal – 1996 (Sliptrick) – crossover
Absence of Despair – Desolate (Independent) – modern metalcore
Abythic – Conjuring the Obscure (Xtreem Music) – death metal
Akando – Attack from Ambush (Boersma) – death / black
Alice Cooper – The Breadcrumbs, EP (earMusic) – rock
Asagraum – Dawn of Infinite Fire (Edged Circle Productions) – black metal
Atavistik Death Pose – S/T (crust / black) – WOOAAARGH
Atlantean Kodex – The Course of Empire (Van) – heavy metal
Big Scenic Nowhere – Dying on the Mountain (Blues Funeral Recordings) – desert rock
Blackstar Halo – Siren (Inverse) – melodic metal
Blood Red Throne – Fit To Kill (Mighty Music) – death metal
Brant Bjork – Jalamanta, Deluxe Reissue (Heavy Psych Sounds) – desert rock
Brutality Will Prevail – Misery Sequence (BDHW) – hardcore
Capilla Ardiente – The Siege (Soulfood) – doom
Cemetery Lights – The Underworld (Nuclear War Now! Productions) – black metal
Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence (Sargent House) – dark
Cloud Rat – Pollinator (Artoffact) – extreme
Cockroach Clan – Songs About Blunt Knives and Deep Love (Fysisk Format) – punk rock
Cold – The Things We Can’t Stop (Napalm) – rock
Come Back From the Dead – The Rise of the Blind Ones (Transcending Obscurity) – death metal
Darkend – Spiritual Resonance (Dark Essence) – black metal
Dawn of Ouroboros – Sorrow’s Eclipse (Independent) – progressive black metal
Devilish Impressions – Postmortem Whispering Crows (Non Serviam) – melodic black / death
Dikasterion – Stavelot 1597 / Rome 897 (Amor Fati Productions) – black metal
Dold Vorde Ens Navn – Gjengangere I Hjertets Mørke, EP (Soulseller) – black metal
Endseeker – The Harvest (Metal Blade) – death metal
Eschaton – Death Obsession (Unique Leader) – death metal
Eternity – To Become the Great Beast (Soulseller) – black metal
Formicarius – Rending the Veil of Flesh (Schwarzdorn Production) – black metal
Grand Royale – Take It Easy (The Sign) – rock
Grevia – Misophonic (Lethal Scissors) – grind
Gridfailure and Feel Happiness – Split (Independent) – noise / experimental
Mike Patton and Jean Claude Vannier – Corpse Flower (Ipecac) – avant-garde
Mithridatic – Tetanos Mystique (Xenocorp) – black / death
MMMA – Egoismo (Antifrost) – post-metal
Mourn the Light / Oxblood Forge – S/T, Split (Independent) – doom metal
Nemesis Alpha – Eternal Machines (Sliptrick) – melodic death
One Hour Hell – Voidwalker (Independent) – death metal
Pelegrin – Al Mahruqa (Independent) – psych rock
Phobophilic – Undimensioned Identities (Blood Harvest / Rotted Life) – death metal
PSOTY – Sunless (Candlelight) – post-metal
Ram – The Throne Within (Metal Blade) – heavy metal
Raventale – Morphine Dead Gardens (Ashen Dominion) – funeral doom
Sinner – Santa Muerte (AFM) – heavy metal
Slutavverkning – Arbetets Sorgemusik – Del II (Suicide Records) – punk jazz
Starset – Divisions (Fearless) – cinematic rock
The Ember, The Ash – Consciousness Torn from the Void (Avantgarde Music) – post-black metal
Toxikull – Cursed and Punished (Metal On Metal) – speed / thrash
Ufomammut – XX (Supernatural Cat) – doom
V – Led Into Exile (Suicide Records) – melodic doom
Various Artists – Brutal Africa – The Heavy Metal Cowboys of Botswana (Svart) – metal
Various Artists – Second Coming of Heavy: Chapter 10 (Ripple Music) – metal
Visceral Disgorge – Slithering Evisceration (Agonia) – brutal death metal
Void King – Barren Dominion (Off the Record) – stoner doom
Von Detta – Burn It Clean (Polderrecords) – rock
Wallowing – Planet Loss (Sludgelord / Black Voodoo) – extreme
Warish – Down In Flames (RidingEasy) – proto-grunge
Weeping Sores – False Confession (I, Voidhanger) – death / doom
Winterfylleth – The Siege of Mercia, Live (Candlelight) – black metal
Woundvac – The Road Ahead (Corpse Flower) – grind
– Josh
