Salty is fast becoming my summer word. But, honestly, I’m extremely grateful for all the killer metal released so far that has aided and abetted my quest to find the nastiest, angriest, speediest, best bourbon guzzling music around that helps chase the bullshit away. So, there’s the bright side. This week’s new release list is yet another example of a good freaking week as we’ve got death metal from both Fulci and Tombstoner and one of those has a synthy horror B side dedicated to an absolute legend of horror fame (guess which one), extreme black metal from Craven Idol, and sludgy-charred-hardcore from Erdve. But, as always, there’s a ton more hanging out below these top four. Get some.
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Fulci – Exhumed Information (Time To Kill) – death metal
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Tombstoner – Victims of Vile Torture (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
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Craven Idol – Forked Tongues (Dark Descent) – black metal / extreme
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Erdve – Savigaila (Season of Mist) – sludge / black metal / hardcore
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Also on tap:
Arcane Marrow – The Elders Present to Me (Moonlight Cypress Archetypes) – black metal
Archangel A.D. – Casus Belli (Independent) – thrash
Band of Bastards – Delete. Repeat (Independent) – hardcore
Caedere – Eighty Years’ War (Via Nocturna) – death metal
Capstan – Separate (Fearless) – rock
Crypt Monarch – The Necronaut (Electric Valley) – doom / stoner
Death Tribe – Beyond the Red Light District: A Canal Experiment (Blood Blast) – death metal
Disemperium – Malefic Obliteration (Sentient Ruin) -black / death / grind
Epoch of Chirality – Nucleosynthesis (Independent) – metal
Eradicator – Influence Denied (Metalville) – thrash
Exil – Warning (Armageddon Label) – hardcore punk
Flame, Dear Flame – Aegis (Eisenwald) – doom metal
Godslave – Positive Aggressive (Metalville) – thrash
Hexenclad – Heathenheart (CDN) – folk / pagan metal
Hypnosia – Extreme Hatred (Petrichor) – thrash
Incinerate – Back to Reality (Spirit Coffin Publishing) – death / thrash
Krossfyre – Rites of Extermination (Hells Headbangers) – death/black/thrash
Lykhaeon – Opprobrium (Repose Records) – black/death
Mama Doom – Ash Bone Skin N Stone (Majestic Mountain) – doom
Marius Leirånes – Langtidsperspektiv (Apollon Records) – post-rock
Montezuma’s Revenge – S.W.I.M. (DTH Records) – sludge metal
Mordred – The Dark Parade (M-Theory Audio) – thrash
Necrogod – In Extremis (Transcending Obscurity) – death metal
Necromantical Invocation – Dogme el Rituel de la Haute Magie (Helter Skelter / Regain) – metal
Phoenix Rising – Acta Est Fabula (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Pistols At Dawn – Nocturnal Youth, EP (Independent) – rock
Planet of the Dead – Pilgrims (Independent) – stoner
Plant My Bones – Stage 1.0 (Inverse) – prog
Platens – Of Poetry and Silent Mastery (Avalon / Marquee) – melodic metal
Purification – The Exterminating Angel (Rafchild Records) – doom
Scald – Will of the Gods is Great Power, Reissue (High Roller) – doom
Sleep Waker – Alias (UNFD) – sci-fi
Temple of Dread – Hades Unleashed (Testimony) – death metal
The Age of Truth – Resolute (Contessa Music) – hard rock
WaxWorm – Mea Kulpa (Trepanation Recordings) – industrial
Wings of Destiny – Memento Mori (WormHoleDeath) – metal
–Josh
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