Uncharted times, folks. Who knows what the right answer to any of this is or will be but I do know there’s a whole list of new metal to uncover so let’s do it. For those of you that like some rock to go with your metal, Abrams returns with their third full length and it’s heavy on the good time jams perfect for whatever you’re doing. Symphonic extreme metal gets a HUGE shot in the arm with Foretoken‘s debut, Pyre roll the death metal dice and come up with doubles, and Black Pestilence fire a shot of blackened punk amongst the masses. So, four really good albums up top and a slew of more down below. Enjoy it!
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Abrams – Modern Ways (Sailor) – rock / metal
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Foretoken – Ruin (Independent) – symphonic / extreme
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Pyre – Chained to Ossuaries (Memento Mori / Dawnbreed) – death metal
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Black Pestilence – Hail the Flesh (Independent) – black / punk
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Also on tap:
Abduction – Jehanne (Finisterian Dead End) – black metal
Abrupt Demise – The Pleasure to Kill and Grind (Raw Skull) – gore death metal
Aether Realm – Redneck Vikings from Hell (Napalm) – melodic death metal
Alkymist – Sanctuary (Indisciplinarian) – doom
An Autumn for Crippled Children – All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet (Prosthetic) – black / gaze
Ancient Burial – Beyond the Watchtowers (Signal Rex) – black metal
Ante-Inferno – Fane (Ukem) – black metal
Armnatt – Dense Fog (Signal Rex) – black metal
Ash Return – The Sharp Blade of Integrity (Swell Creek) – metal / hardcore
Blended Brew – Shove It Down (Mighty Music) – rock / metal
City of Souls – Synaesthesia (Independent) – prog metal
Cosmic Burial – Impakt (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
Cryptworm – Reeking Gunk Abhorrence, Vinyl Issue (Me Saco Un Ojo) – death metal
Czerń – Zgliszcza (Selfmadegod) – hardcore
Deepshade – Soul Divider (Independent) – psych rock
Desert Storm – Omens (APF) – sludge
Dysylumn – Occultation (Signal Rex) – black metal
Final Coil – Convicted of the Right (WormHoleDeath) – post / prog rock
Fleshwolf – S/T (Independent) – death metal
Funeralopolis – …of Deceit and Utter Madness (Memento Mori) – death metal
Golden Ashes – In the Lugubrious Silence of Eternal Light (Oaken Palace) – black / noise
Gruzja – Pierwszy koncert w mieście (Devoted Art Propaganda) – metal
Head of the Demon – Deadly Black Doom (Invictus / The Ajna Offensive) – black / death
Hills Like White Lions – S/T (Independent) – post-metal
Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns (Black Sunset / MDD) – black metal
Icon of Evil – S/T, EP (Selfmadegod) – death metal
Keverra – S/T (Seeing Red) – sludge
Kurnugia – Forlorn and Forsaken (Memento Mori) – death metal
Lasse Reinstroem – Rasputiza (Electric Talon) – psych stoner
Lesoir – Mosaic (Listenable) – prog rock
Lowlives – Bones (Death Culture) – grunge
Monolith – Lord Conspirator (MMD) – death metal
Morte Lune – Temple of Flesh (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
Nadir – The Great Dying (Independent) – black metal
Nulla+ / Othismos – Split (Independent) – black metal
Order of Orias – Ablaze (W.T.C.) – black metal
Reminiscence – Tomorrow’s Gone (Independent) – metal
Resent – Crosshairs (Dry Cough / Nerve Altar / Rope or Guillotine) – sludge
Shatter Brain – Pitchfork Justice (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Slagmark – Purging Sacred Soils (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
The Scum – Dead Eyes (Wild Noise Productions) – death metal
The Sonic Dawn – Enter the Mirage (Heavy Psych Sounds) – psych rock
Tombstoner – Descent to Madness (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Torn In Half – Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Witchkiss – Transformation, EP (Independent) – doom
– Josh
