I’m kicking this off with a plug, because I can. Head over to Magnetic Eye’s Bandcamp page and preorder the upcoming Dirt [Redux]. I’m generally not a fan of cover albums or reimagining type of deals but this one is all that and a bag of chips. Alrighty then, plug over and time to showcase all the new metals this week, YAY. It’s only been three years since Incantation’s last album but with this week’s release of their 12th full length the wait is well worth it and even though they’ve got nothing to prove they still show their supremacy in a stellar year for death metal. Speaking of stellar death metal, Cytotoxin offer up their fourth full length of Chernobyl inspired putridity, Unleash the Archers continue to put the “power” in power metal, and Volcanova rip stoner metal a new asshole. As always, there’s a ton more to dig into so get busy.
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Incantation – Sect of Vile Divinities (Relapse) – death metal
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Cytotoxin – Nuklearth (Unique Leader) – death metal
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Unleash the Archers – Abyss (Napalm) – power metal
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Volcanova – Radical Waves (Independent) – stoner metal
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Also on tap:
Ages – Uncrown (Black Lodge) – melodic black metal
Ars Magna Umbrae – Apotheosis (I, Voidhanger) – black metal
Atramentus – Stygian (20 Buck Spin) – doom
Brandy and the Butcher – Dick Circus (River Monster) – punk / rock
Brimstone Coven – The Woes of a Mortal Earth (Ripple Music) – dark rock
Controlled Death – Death Ceremonies (Cold Spring) – death / industrial
Diesel Machine – Evolve (Metalville) – groove metal
Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang (Profound Lore) – thrash / punk
Flame – Ignis Spiritus (Primitive Reaction) – black / thrash
Funeral For Two – S/T (Inverse) – doom
God’s Bastard – Last Standing Village, EP (I, Voidhanger) – black metal
Homicide – Left For Dead (Independent) – thrash
Idle Threat – Nothing Is Broken For Good (Tooth & Nail) – post-hardcore
Inception of Eternity – Into Darkness (darkSIGN) – symphonic metal
Jesus Wept – Apartheid Redux (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Law of Contagion – Woeful Litanies from the Nether Realms (Moribund) – black / death
Kill the Lights – The Sinner (Fearless) – metal
Mercyless – The Mother of all Plagues (Xenocorp) – death metal
Midgard – Tales of Kreia (Sliptrick) – folk metal
Moths / The Stone Eye – Split (Independent) – prog metal
Next Life – Guru Meditation (Fysisk Format) – metal
Precambrian – Teutonics (Primitive Reaction) – black metal
Prosanctus Inferi – Hypnotic Blood Art (Nuclear War Now! Productions) – black / death
Psychlona – Venus Skytrip (Ripple Music) – stoner
Reasons Behind – Project: M.I.S.T. (Scarlet) – metal / punk
Recorruptor – The Funeral Corridor (Independent) – death metal
Reserving Dirtnaps – Another Disaster (WAR) – metalcore
Repulsive Vision – Necrovictology (Emanzipation Productions) – death metal
Seeming – The Birdwatcher’s Guide to Atrocity (Artoffact) – post-industrial
Self Hypnosis – Contagion of Despair (Svart) – doom
Sensory Amusia – Bereavement (Lacerated Enemy) – death grind
Silver Knife – Unyielding/Unseeing (Amor Fati / Entropic Recordings) – black metal
Sound of Origin – The All Seeing Eye (APF) – stoner metal
Stoned Jesus – First Communion, Reissue (Napalm) – prog / stoner
The King’s Pistol – Rip It Up, EP (Majestic Mountain) – rock
Theyrgy – Exit Strategies, EP (Dead Sage) – post-punk / gaze
These Streets – Stay Awake (Upstate / Blood Blast Distribution) – metal
Toxic Tito – Bestia (Independent) – metal / punk / grunge
Töxik Death – Sepulchral Demons (High Roller) – speed metal
Veonity – Sorrows (Scarlet) – power metal
Verikyyneleet – Ilman Kuolemaa (I, Voidhanger) – black metal
Xythlia – Immortality Through Quantum Suicide (I, Voidhanger) – black metal
– Josh
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