As we inch closer and closer to Devil’s Night, this week of new metal absolutely has any and all soundtrack needs covered. And, we’re cranking the chainsaw with a smattering of death metal and a pinch of doom thrown in for good measure. First up is a band that, to me, is legendary in death metal and has always encapsulated what that genre tag means: the mighty MASSACRE. Am I excited? Damn right. It’s been too long, but they’re back with a great album. Following that is an absurdly nasty death doom outing from Worm, a 50/50 merge of Swedish and Floridian leaning death metal from Lovecraftianists Bizarre, slamming death groove from Waking The Cadaver, and, as always, a ton more in the list below. Dig in and enjoy!
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Massacre – Resurgence (Nuclear Blast) – death metal
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Worm – Foreverglade (20 Buck Spin) – death doom
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Bizarre – Invocation Codex (Transcending Obscurity) – death metal
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Waking The Cadaver – Authority Through Intimidation (Unique Leader Records) – death metal
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Also on tap:
Amon Sethis – Part O: The Queen With the Golden Hair (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Apparition – Feel (Profound Lore) – death metal
Armored Saint – Symbol of Salvation, Live (Metal Blade) – heavy metal
Blackfold – Solarus (Trepanation Recordings) – doom
Blackwater Holylight – Silence/Motion (RidingEasy Records) – progressive metal
Cognos – S/T (Willowtip) – prog
Cradle of Filth – Existence Is Futile (Nuclear Blast) – symphonic black metal
Deimler – A Thousand Suns (Xtreem) – death metal
Don’t Grow Old // Burr – Split, EP (Nefarious Industries) – noise rock
Dust Mountain – Hymns for the Wilderness (Svart) – psych rock
Ember Sun – On Earth and Heaven (code666) – funeral doom
Every Time I Die – Radical (Epitaph) – metal
Evil Spell – Padre Vostro (Blasphemous / Music for the Masses) – black / thrash
Exsul – Allegoresis (Caligari) – death metal
Ezra Brooks / Serpent Rider – Visions of Esoteric Splendor (No Remorse) – metal
Fathom Farewell – Kraken, EP (Blood Blast) – metal
Foreignwolf – Your Weapons, Your Words, EP (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Fox Oak – Trolsk Earth, EP (Apocalyptic Witchcraft) – ambient
Furze – Black Psych Tormentor (Independent) – black metal
Ghoul – Live In the Flesh (Tankcrimes) – metal
Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth (Not Music) – black / sludge
Green Lung – Black Harvest (Svart) – metal
Hand of Kalliach – Samhainn (Independent) – metal
Helgrind – Insurrection (Metal Rocka / One Eyed Toad / Cargo) – thrash
Hex A.D. – Funeral Tango for Gods & Men (Fresh Tea) – prog doom
Horns of Domination – Where Voices Leave No Echo (Sepulchral Voice) – black / death
Ignea / Ersedu – Bestia (Independent) – melodic metal
In Crucem Agere – Calling the Void (code666) – black metal
In The Whale – Vanishing Point (Riot Records) – alt rock
Kimura – Circle the Prey (Independent) – metal
Kira – S/T (Kitten Robot Records) – dark minimalism
Knife – S/T (Dying Victims Productions) – speed metal
Kolossus – K (My Kingdom Records) – black metal
Le Chant Noir – La Société Satanique des Poètes Morts (Personal Records) – avantgarde black metal
Organic – Where Graves Abound (Testimony) – death metal
Persona – Animal (Independent) – modern metal
Phantom Fire – The Bust of Beezlebub (Edged Circle) – heavy metal
Primeval Well – Talkin’ in Tongues with Mountain Spirits (Moonlight Cypress Archetypes) – gothic black metal
Ravenous – Hubris (Feast Beast / Spiritual Beast) – power metal
Scarecrow – II (Wise Blood) – doom rock
Seims – Four (Art As Catharsis) – post-rock
Sexmag – Sex Metal (Dying Victims Productions) – black metal
Shadowland – The Necromancer’s Castle (No Remorse) – heavy metal
Shamblemaths – Shamblemaths II (Apollon Records Prog) – prog rock
Skanners – Greatest Hits (Music for the Masses) – heavy metal
Slaves of Kali – Uncharted Trails (Independent) – modern metal
Starset – Horizons (Fearless) – rock
Stockhausen & The Amplified Riot – Have We Lost Our Mind or Have We Found Our Soul?, EP (Artificial Head) – psych rock
Sulphurous – The Black Mouth of Sepulchre (Dark Descent / Me Saco Un Ojo / Dessicated) – death metal
The Sonic Overlords – Last Days of Babylon (M-Theory Audio) – doom / rock
Thirteen Bled Promises – Foundation (Lacerated Enemy Records) – tech death
Venus Syndrome – Cannibal Star (Rockshots) – prog
Zych – Dante’s Inferno Part I (Metal Assault) – prog metal
– Josh