Devils, Witches, Ghouls, Freaks, and Sinners it’s our time. October is the month where the freak flags fly, inhibitions are at their most transparent, and the most wicked, vile imaginations are out in full force. Take a step back and breathe in that crisp fall air whilst knowing that Devil’s Night is drawing nigh. Oh yea, all that and a bag of chips. New metal. We got it. You need it. GO…
Pacific Northwest death/doom dealers Mortiferum axe their way onto the scene with a dank ass debut that reaches into the chest cavity, grabs the beating heart, and eats it slowly, very slowly. Then, neatly cleans up and moves on to the next victim. Next, on yet another debut, Australia’s Carcinoid vomits forth a hellishly tortured landscape of putrid death metal nasty enough to make its own blood drenched horror movie. Moving on, extreme metal scene veterans Sammath return with their sixth full length of blackened death/war metal and it’s a smorgasbord of insanity just waiting for a victim. Last up top is Blut Aus Nord, whom I’m sure you’ve heard that their latest full length of otherworldly progressive black metal was leaked by some two-bit-asshole so they decided to unleash the digital and yes, you already know it rules. But now, the physical edition is upon us and woe be unto the souls that miss out. Just sayin’. Top four down, much more to come. FEAST…
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Mortiferum – Disgorged from Psychotic Depths (Profound Lore) – death / doom
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Carcinoid – Metastatic Declination (Memento Mori) – death metal
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Sammath – Across the Rhine is Only Death (Hammerheart) – black / death
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Blut Aus Nord – Hallucinogen, Physical Release (Debemur Morti) – black metal
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Also on tap:
Acathexis – S/T, CD Reissue (Amor Fati / Entropic) – atmospheric black metal
Aegrus – In Manus Satanas (Saturnal) – black metal
Akhlys – Supplication, Remastered (AnnapurnA) – black metal
Alunah – Violet Hour (Heavy Psych Sounds) – hard rock / doom
Arx Atrata – The Path Untravelled (Independent) – atmospheric black metal
Bats – Alter Nature (Independent) – noise
Blackwater Holylight – Veils of Winter (RidingEasy) – psych metal
Burier – S/T (Goatowarex) – black metal
Cold In Berlin – Rituals of Surrender (New Heavy Sounds) – doom
Crepuscle – Heavenly Skies (Creator-Destructor) – symphonic / melodic death metal
Cycles of the Damned – A Time to Survive (Incineration Ceremony Recordings) – post-metal / doom
Dödfödd – Stigma (AnnapurnA / Clavis Secretorvm) – black metal
Dysangelium – Death Leading (W.T.C. Productions) – black metal
Earthbound – Desolate, EP (Independent) – modern metal
Entrails – Rise of the Reaper (Metal Blade) – death metal
Ethereal Kingdoms – Hollow Mirror (Mighty Music) – symphonic metal
Fateful Finality – Executor (Fastball Music) – thrash
Gideon – Out of Control (Equal Vision) – hardcore
Iron Age – The Sleeping Eye, Reissue (20 Buck Spin) – hardcore
Jade – Smoking Mirror (Pulverised) – death / doom
Jumpscare – Don’t Close Your Eyes (Independent) – melodic death / deathcore
Kadavar – For the Dead Travel Fast (Nuclear Blast) – psych rock
Kelly Carmichael – Heavy Heart (Dogstreet) – heavy metal
Life of Agony – The Sound of Scars (Napalm) – crossover
Lindsay Schoolcraft – Martyr (Independent) – symphonic metal
Minus Youth – No Generation (Independent) – hardcore
Nachtterror – Judgement (Hypnotic Dirge) – symphonic black metal
Necroticgorebeast – S/T (Comatose Music) – brutal death
Necrotted – Die For Something Worthwhile (Rising Nemesis) – death metal
Opium Lord – Vore (Sludgelord) – experimental sludge
Orthanc – Carnival (Independent) – power metal
Profanatica – Rotting Incarnation of God (Season of Mist) – black metal
Profetus – The Sadness of Time Passing (Avantgarde Music) – funeral doom
Ramprasad – Tsuris (Anima Recordings) – atmospheric sludge
Resurrect Tomorrow – The Wolf, Remastered (Profane) – metal
Screamer – Highway of Heroes (The Sign) – heavy metal
Shadecrown – Riven (Inverse) – melodic death / doom
Shadow Limb – Burn Scar (Seeing Red) – post-metal
Signs of the Swarm – Vital Deprivation (Unique Leader) – deathcore
Singularity – Place of Chains (The Artisan Era) – symphonic black / tech death
Sorxe – The Ark Burner (Prosthetic) – metal
Stargazer – The Sky Is the Limit (Mighty Music) – hard rock
Stomachal Corrosion – S/T (Greyhaze) – grind
Stormland – Incident Report, EP (Independent) – death metal
The Bleeding – Morbid Prophecy (World War Now) – extreme metal
The Last Reign – Prelude (Independent) – melodic death metal
Thrashfire – Into the Armageddon (Xtreem Music) – thrash
Totengeflüster – The Faceless Divine (Black Lion) – symphonic black metal
Unleash the Archers – Explorers, EP (Napalm) – power metal
Varials – In Darkness (Fearless) – hardcore
Wolf’s Source – Ремиссия духа (Goatowarex) – black metal
– Josh
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