Fall is officially upon us and October will begin tomorrow. Who’s excited? ME. And you, of course. No surprise there and no surprise either that many of you are still reeling from the new Opeth album that dropped last week. Well, guess what? We’ve got another list of new stuff for you to get lost in and argue over. All killer, no filler. GO…
Exhumed kick off the witching season with their ninth album and it’s a freaking beast with punishing body blows and feral fangs that rip and tear. Seriously, it’s been quite some time since they’ve sounded this vicious so go and do that, pronto. Another thing to add to the “do now” list is the eighth effort from Insomnium, just when you think a band couldn’t get any better, they do, and they did. Likewise for Ripper’s newest 20 minutes of mind melting thrash – anyone remember how devastating Experiment of Existence was? This one multiplies it many times over. Last up top is Obsidian Tongue’s first utterance in six years and it’s their most affecting and astounding work of black/atmospheric/post/gaze metal to date. Knowing their discography, I’m even shocked I just wrote that, just trust me here. So really, these top slots are all can’t miss albums and start yet another STRONG week. But, there’s so much more and it’s a smorgasbord of gory delights.
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Exhumed – Horror (Relapse) – death metal
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Insomnium – Heart Like A Grave (Century Media) – melodic death metal
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Ripper – Sensory Stagnation, EP (Unspeakable Axe) – thrash
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Obsidian Tongue – Volume III (Bindrune) – black metal
(enjoy an older stream and let me know if you see a new one)
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Also on tap:
Aggravator – S/T (Unspeakable Axe) – death / thrash
Algebra – Pulse? (Unspeakable Axe) – thrash
Anoxia – To the Lions (Mighty Music) – heavy metal
Boris – LφVE & EVφL (Third Man) – amp worship
Cell – Ancient Incantations of Xarbos (Independent) – black metal
Chasing Embers – Beckoning Call (Independent) – metal
Deafest – Ephemeral / From Light and Wind (Tridroid) – black metal
Disrhythmia – Terminal Threshold (Translation Loss) – progressive metal
Dogs for Breakfast – Suiru (Overdrive / WOOAAARGH / Mothership / Shove) – metal
Ehlder – Nordabetraktelse (Nordvis Produktion) – black metal
Entrail – Eater of Starlight (Scry Recordings) – drone
Esogenesi – S/T (Transcending Obscurity) – death / doom
Fought Upon Earth – Grave Miscalculation (Independent) – progressive metal
Friedemann – Mehr Schein als Sein (Exile On Mainstream) – rock / folk
Gatecreeper – Deserted (Relapse) – death metal
Hellhorse – Paradise Lost, EP (Creator-Destructor) – hardcore
In Mourning – Garden of Storms (Agonia) – melodic death / doom
Maïeutiste – Veritas (LADLO) – black metal
Messora – The Door (Independent) – modern metal
MNRVA – Black Sky (Independent) – doom
Monte Luna – Drowners Wives (Argonauta) – psych sludge
Mother’s Tomb – Absent Not Dead (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Myronath – Into the Qliphoth (Non Serviam) – black metal
Nightstalker – Great Hallucinations (Heavy Psych Sounds) – rock
Ramallah – The Last Gasp of Street Rock n Roll (Sailor’s Grave) – punk
Saint Karloff – Interstellar Voodoo (Majestic Mountain) – psych metal
Slutvomit – Copulation of Cloven Hooves (Invictus Productions) – black / death
Syberia – Seeds of Change (Metal Blade) – post-metal
Tir – Mountains Redux (Repose) – dungeon synth
Toxic Holocaust – Primal Future: 2019 (eOne) – thrash
Vukari – Aevum (Independent) – black metal
Vultures – Hunger, EP (Independent) – metalcore
Wömit Angel – Under Sadistic Pressure (Reaper Metal Productions) – punk / black
Xul Ov Kvlten – Entropic Increase From the Omega Aeon (ATMF) – black / death
Zeistencroix – Gen Z (Sliptrick) – post-industrial
– Josh
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