I’ve got little in the way of words other than this list is a bit longer than it has been lately so if anyone’s missed several weekly picks, we got you. For fans of really slow build sludge and doom with post-metal thrown in for good measure The Osedax has you covered – patience is a virtue and here it will pay off in spades, Lebanese blackened death metallers Kaoteon have teamed up with members of Obscura and At the Gates so there’s that, and punk rockers The Good the Bad and the Zugly offer up a balls out rocker of an album, if that’s your kind of thing. Wide swath of stuff covered here and the list below continues in this same fashion so get your fix, there’s more than just one. (Bonus points if you actually get that)
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The Osedax – Meridians (Independent) – atmospheric sludge / doom
Enjoy this 2015 album until Meridians is available to stream:
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Kaoteon – S/T (Independent) – black / death
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The Good the Bad and the Zugly – Algorithm & Blues (Fysisk Format) – balls out rock
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Also on tap:
Arcana 13 – Black Death, EP (Aural Music) – rock
Blessed Black – Beyond the Crimson Throne (Independent) – doom [profile]
Body Void / Keeper – Split (Tridroid / Roman Numeral Recordings) – sludge
Brotthogg – Echoes of the Past, Expanded Edition (Redefining Darkness) – black metal
Darktribe – Voici L’Homme (Scarlet) – power / progressive
Frogg – A Reptilian Dystopia, EP (Independent) – tech death
Helldown – In Deaths Hands, EP (Independent) – thrash
Horned Almighty – To Fathom the Master’s Grand Design (Scarlet) – extreme
Hyperia – Insanitorium (Sliptrick) – melodic thrash
InMe – Jumpstart Hope (Killing Moon) – metal
L’Homme Absurde – Belong (Independent) – post-metal
Macabre Demise – Awakening (RTM Productions) – death / grind
Mr Bison / Spacetrucker – Turned to Stone Chapter 1: Enter Galactic Wasteland (Ripple Music) – heavy rock
Nephylim – Severance of Serenity (Independent) – melodic death metal
Nobody – Gospel of the Goat (Inverse) – acoustic black metal
Odious Mortem – Synesthesia (Willowtip) – tech death
Orochen – Mechanical Eyes, EP (Independent) – post-rock
Porta Nigra – Schöpfungswut (Soulseller) – black metal
Rat King – Vicious Inhumanity (Within the Mind) – death / grind
Ryte – S/T (Heavy Psych Sounds) – psych rock
Sterbhaus – Krampusnacht (Killhead) – metal
Svarttjern – Shame Is Just A Word (Soulseller) – black metal
The Cult of Dom Keller – Ascend! (Cardinal Fuzz / Little Cloud) – experimental
The Wolf Howls When I Scream Your Name – Where Flies Will Reign, EP (Independent) – gloom rock
Victorious – Space Ninjas From Hell (Napalm) – power metal
Wormhole – The Weakest Among Us (Lacerated Enemy) – tech slam
– Josh
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