
Catch that Enslaved Below the Lights stream last week? Maybe it’s still up but if not, and you missed it, shame on you is all I can say. Anyway, another new week and another massive pile of bloody metal to sink your teeth into. Shall we? Rhetorical, of course. The Bay Area’s death metal behemoths Necrot are back with a vicious slab of old school infused death that’ll set your head on fire and make your ears bleed, everyone’s favorite grind masters Pig Destroyer have an EP that is at once familiar but boundary pushing on the backside, Exist chair an all star class on how progressive metal should be done, and Panzerfaust hit us right in the raw yet hypnotic black metal feels and those are good feels, to be sure. See? I told you this week would be massive, and there’s still a ton more below. Enjoy.
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Necrot – Mortal (Tankcrimes) – death metal [interview]
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Pig Destroyer – The Octagonal Stairway, EP (Relapse) – pdxgrind
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Exist – Egoiista (Prosthetic) – progressive metal [interview]
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Panzerfaust – The Suns of Periditon II: Render Unto Eden (Eisenwald) – black metal
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Also on tap:
Aleynmord – The Blinding Light (AOP) – metal
Assimilation – Tainting the Purity (Independent) – death metal
Babirusa – Humanoid (Independent) – deathcore
Begrafven – Dödsriket (Unexploded) – black metal
Black Elephant – Seven Swords (Small Stone Recordings) – fuzz
Cavern – Powdered (Independent) – post-rock
Celestial Sanctuary – Mass Extinction (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Crafting the Conspiracy – The Cosmic Key II (Innerstrength Records) – melodic deathcore
Cultus Profano – Accursed Possession (Debemur Morti Productions) – black metal
Devil’s Witches – Guns, Drugs and Filthy Pictures, 10″, EP (Majestic Mountain) – lounge metal
Dreams of Avalon – Beyond the Dream (Metalville) – melodic rock
Entropy – Force Convergence (Independent) – metal
Exist – Egoiista (Prosthetic) – progressive metal [interview]
From the Depth – Moments (Rockshots) – power metal
Frostvore – Drowned By Blood (Testimony) – death metal
Goatvulva – S/T (Werwolf) – black / death
Gorgatron – Pathogenic Automation (Blood Blast Distribution) – deathgrind
Grumpynators – Still Alive (Mighty Music) – metal
Gutvoid – Astral Bestiary, CD/Vinyl/Tape (Blood Harvest) – death metal
Hinayana – Death of the Cosmic (Napalm) – death / doom
Hymn – Breach Us (Fysisk Format) – doom
Intoxicated – Walled, EP (Seeing Red) – thrash
Luna’s Call – Void (Independent) – prog/tech death
Manticora – To Live to Kill to Live (Vicisolum) – thrash / power
Morta – Fúnebre (Signal Rex) – black metal
Narcissistic Necrosis – The Art of Deformity (Independent) – brutal deathgrind
Nonexist – Like the Fearless Hunter (Mighty Music) – death metal
Núll – Entity (Ván) – black metal
Ominous Resurrection – Judgement, Repress (Terratur Possessions) – metal
Over the Voids… – Hadal (Nordvis) – black metal
Poema Arcanvs – Stardust Solitude (Transcending Obscurity) – doom
Possession – Disentombed Manifestations (Xtreem Music) – death / thrash
Psychoïd – Thrash Impact, Reissue (Music-Records) – thrash
Psychosomatic – The Invisible Prison (Nefarious Industries) – thrash
Radiant Knife – The Body (Independent) – experimental
Redemption – Alive In Color (AFM) – prog
Reptoid – Worship False Gods (Learning Curve) – industrial noise rock
Slomosa – S/T (Apollon) – rock
Spook The Horses – Empty Body (Pelagic Records) – prog
Suicide Circle – Demo MMXX (Osmose Productions) – dbsm
Svederna – Härd (Carnal) – black metal
Svnth – Spring In Blue (Transcending Records) – post-black metal
The Devil’s Trade – The Call of the Iron Peak (Season of Mist) – dark folk
Tsatthoggua – Hallelujah Messiah (Osmose Productions) – metal
Upcdownc – Score (Trepanation Recordings) – progressive sludge
Válvera – Cycle of Disaster (Brutal) – melodic thrash
Vanishing Point – Dead Elysium (AFM) – melodic metal
Venomous Concept – Politics Versus the Erection (Season of Mist) – punk / grind
Veritas – Threads of Fate (Amplified Distribution) – metal
Vital Spirit – In the Faith That Looks Through Death (Hidden Tribe) – black metal
Wampirvs Sinistrvs – Blood of the Vampyre (Harvest of Death) – black metal
Wills Dissolve – Echoes (Hypnotic Dirge) – black / death
– Josh
Woohoo, thanks for the Radiant Knife shout-out!