Literally no words for all the goings on that are going on….and now the scenes coming out of Louisiana are just beyond words. Thoughts are with everyone affected by Ida. Moving on, new release time and we got them. Deathdoomsters Wharflurch are up with their sickening (in a good way, of course) full length debut, so go and get your Flurch’ on. More deathdoom in store from the UK’s Slimelord which based on their last EP, this EP will be a good time (side note: it is). Then we’ve got a pair of heavy metal’s finest with a single from Lady Beast and another entry from Portrait, both are excellent and make for one hell of a good time. So, there’s a thread here; although the world around us is in total disarray there’s still good times to be had with metal. Score. That’s your top four, but stick around for the rest of the list. What’s that? Where’s Maiden you say? It’s in there, just not up top. Deal with it.
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Wharflurch – Psychedelic Realms Ov Hell (Personal / Gurgling Gore) – death metal
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Slimelord – Moss Contamination, EP (Dry Cough) – death / doom
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Lady Beast – The Poisoned Path (Reaper) – heavy metal
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Portrait – At One With None (Metal Blade) – heavy metal
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Also on tap:
Antediluvian – The Divine Punishment (Nuclear War Now! Productions) – metal
Behemoth – Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic), Reissue (Metal Blade) – black / death
Beyond Grace – Our Kingdom Undone (Prosthetic Records) – death metal
Biere Noire – Piece Secrete (Throatruiner / Croux) – black metal
Bloodphemy – Blood Sacrifice (Emanzipation Productions) – extreme
Closet Disco Queen & The Flying Raclettes – Omelette du Fromage (Hummus) – prog
Cryptae – Decrepit Collection (Sentient Ruin) – death metal
Dagtum – Revered Decadence (Eastbreath / BRC-30) – death / sludge
Dead Soul Alliance – Behind the Scenes (Bitter Loss) – death metal
Deathsomnia – You Will Never Find Peace (Isolation) – darkwave
Defacement – S/T (I, Voidhanger) – dissonant death/black metal
Deformatory – Inversion of the Unseen Horizon (Independent) – metal
Doctor Smoke – Dreamers and the Dead (Ripple Music) – heavy metal
Earth Groans – The Body, EP (Solid State) – metal
Forever Autumn – Hail the Forest Dark (Independent) – doom
Genocidio – The Grave (Nuclear War Now! Productions) – black / death
Grandeur – Aurea Aetas (Personal) – black metal
Heretic – Feast (Soman / Treehouse) – experimental
Illum Adora – Ophidian Kult (Folter) – black metal
In the Absence of Words – A Collection II (Independent) – dark ambient
Internal Bleeding – Heritage of Sickness II (Comatose) – death metal
Iron Maiden – Senjutsu (BMG) – maiden metal
Lotan – Angelus Pestis (UPRISING!) – black metal
Malison – Death’s Embrace (Metal Assault) – thrash / power
Mysterizer – The Holy War 1095 (Rockshots) – heavy / power
Nattmaran – The Lurking Evil (Independent) – thrash ‘n roll
Necrosexual – Seeds of Seduction (Folkvangr) – black / speed
Nuummite – Celestial Triarchy (Trepanation Recordings) – post-metal
Pestilential Shadows – Revenant (Seance Records) – black metal
Rise to the Sky – Per Aspera Ad Astra (GS Productions) – death / doom
Ropes of Night – Impossible Space (Golden Antenna Records) – dark wave
Rotting Christ – Der Perfekte Traum (VinylStore.Gr) – black metal
Schizogoat – War, Pestilence and Sacrifice (Helldprod) – black metal
Seething Akira – Dysfunctional Wonderland (FiXT) – modern metal
Sermon of Flames – I Have Seen The Light, And It Was Repulsive (I, Voidhanger) – black / death
Sol Kia – Zos Ethos (I, Voidhanger) – psychedelic black metal
SpermChurch – merdeka atau mati (Riverworm) – elecro
Stone Deaf – Killers (Coffin & Bolt Records) – desert rock
The Maledict – Remembrance (Independent) – death / doom
The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic II (Nuclear Blast) – rock
The Picturebooks – The Major Minor Collective (Century Media) – metal / rock
Thecodontion and Vessel of Iniquity – Split (I, Voidhanger) – experimental/noise
Tommy Stewart’s Dyerwulf – Doomsday Deferred (Black Doomba Records) – doom
Total Isolation / Sedimentum – Split (Seed Of Doom Records) – death metal
Tuesday The Sky – The Blurred Horizon (Metal Blade) – progressive metal
Various Artists – Eurodance – The Metal Way (Antichrist magazine) – metal
Vow – Icarian (Surviving Sounds) – post-metal
Wingtips – Cutting Room Floor (Artoffact) – darkwave / synth pop
– Josh
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