First off, RIP to L-G Petrov. Death metal will never be the same without this legendary soul. This is not the way any of us wanted to start a new week, but here we are. Again. Unfortunately. New metal: Taking the lead is SC’s blackened thrash maniacs Demiser with a debut full length that’s sure to be the breakout hit of 2021, Eyehategod is back after a long silence and yep, you guessed it, they’re still the undisputed kings of sludge metal, The Crown offer up one of my favorite albums since Deathrace King, and Domestikwom lay out a physical release of their outstanding EP full of experimental metal and noise. Get some.
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Demiser – Through the Gate Eternal (Boris) – black / thrash [interview]
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Eyehategod – A History of Nomadic Behavior (Century Media) – sludge
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The Crown – Royal Destroyer (Metal Blade) – death metal
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Domestikwom – Wallowing In Misery, Cassette Issue (Philip K Discs) – doom / noise / ambient [video premiere]
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Also on tap:
a noend of mine – Sanctuaires (Hypnotic Dirge) – post-prog / melancholic jazz
All My Faith Lost – Untitled (Cyclic Law) – darkwave
Assassin – Holy Terror / The Saga of Nemesis, Demos / Re-Release (High Roller Records) – hardcore thrash
Autarkh – Form in Motion (Season of Mist) – extreme metal
Black Tarpoon – Ten Thousand Throats, Single (Independent) – rock
Bound In Fear – Eternal, EP (Unique Leader) – deathcore
Cactus Flowers – Solace, EP (People. Parties. Places.) – psych
Caskets Open – Concrete Realms of Pain (Seeing Red / Wise Blood) – metal
Chris Maragoth – Behind This Door (Independent) – rock
Cruel Life Inside – Eclipsis Vitae (Casus Belli / Beverina) – atmospheric / post-black metal
Enforced – Kill Grid (Century Media) – crossover thrash
God’s Hate – S/T (Closed Casket Activities) – hardcore
Isgherurd Morth – Hellrduk (Repose) – blackgaze
Mara – Djävulstoner (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Medieval Demon – Arcadian Witchcraft (Hells Headbangers) – black / speed
Minutian – Magical Thinking (Inverse) – prog rock
Myopic & At the Graves – A Cold Sweat of Quiet Dread (Grimoire) – doom
Necropanther – In Depths We Sleep, EP (Independent) – black / thrash / doom
Orden Ogan – Final Days (AFM) – power metal
Pestifer – Expanding Oblivion (Xenocorp) – death metal
Pupil Slicer – Mirrors (Prosthetic) – math / grind
Rioghan – Blackened Sky (Inverse) – prog / goth
Rise to the Sky – Let Me Drown With You (GS Productions) – atmospheric death / doom
Sacrilegious Crown – Plenilunium Cult, EP (Xenoglossy Productions) – black metal
Saga – Symmetry (earMUSIC) – prog
Sepulcros – Vazio (Transcending Obscurity) – death / doom
Sleepless – Blood Libel (Press) – death metal
Slope – Street Heat (BDHW) – hardcore
Snær – Frozen Alchemy (Independent) – black metal
Stortregn – Impermanence (The Artisan Era) – death metal
Sulpur – Embracing Hatred and Beckoning Darkness (Amor Fati / Ancient Records) – black metal
Thorium – Ocean of Blasphemy, Reissue (Emanzipation Productions) – death metal
Thunder Horse – Chosen One (Ripple Music) – doom
Twitch of the Death Nerve – Beset by False Prophets (Comatose Music) – death metal
WitchTit – Intoxicating Lethargy (Independent) – doom
Utbyrd – Varskrik (Petrichor) – black metal / symphonic
Varmia – bal Lada (M-Theory Audio) – black metal
Wesenwille – II: A Material God (Ladlo) – metal
–Josh
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