Every time I see another news blip that Chris Barnes has opened his mouth, I shake my head and wonder why he’s even talking. For a guy that hasn’t put out a good death metal album in 23 years, he sure can talk some stupid shit. So, in case you missed it, just type it in the search bar and read up for a good laugh. MOVING ON… speaking of good excellent death metal, Immolation are back with a beast of an album and again, I get to knock off another preorder for one of my highly anticipated releases. Much excite. The death metal rolls on with speed freaks Schizophrenia and techies The Last of Lucy, Pike vs The Automaton lands and it’s absolutely Matt Pikeian (good, good thing), and we close with tons more in the list below. By the way, death metal ain’t dead folks. It’s just getting better everyday.
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Immolation – Acts of God (Nuclear Blast) – death metal
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Schizophrenia – Recollections of the Insane (Redefining Darkness) – death / thrash
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The Last of Lucy – Moksha (Transcending Obscurity) – tech death
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Pike vs The Automaton – S/T (MNRK Heavy) – pike metal
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Also on tap:
Annihilator – Metal II (earMUSIC) – metal
Archvile King – À La Ruine (LADLO Productions) – black/thrash
ARD – Take Up My Bones (Prophecy Productions) – doom
Asgaard – What if… (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Black Altar / Vulture Lord – Deathiah Manifesto (Odium) – black metal
Blinded By Hope – We Are (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Bloodywood – Rakshak (Independent) – folk metal
Buñuel – Killers Like Us (Profound Lore) – noise
Circa Arcana – Bridget Viginti, EP (Independent) – metalcore
Crimson Throne – Instinct, EP (Apocalyptic Witchcraft) – black metal
Crusade of Bards – Tales of the Seven Seas (Rockshots) – pirates
Desultory – Bitterness / Into Eternity, Reissues (MDD) – death metal
Devoured Elysium – Void Grave (Gore House Productions) – death metal
Eight.Fold.Path – Fear (Independent) – spacey thrash
Enemy Of The Enemy – The Last Dance (WormHoleDeath) – metal
First Draft – Declines Are Long Gone (LyloProd) – post-metal
Fostermother – The Ocean (Ripple Music) – stoner doom
Fulanno – Nadie esta a salvo del mal (Helter Skelter / Regain) – stoner doom
Fumigation – Structural Extermination (Independent) – death metal
Glasya – Attarghan (Scarlet Records) – epic metal
In Arcadia – Hauntology (Trepanation Recordings) – post-metal
Lark’s Tongue – Eleusis (Consouling Sounds) – psych rock
Lord Agheros – Koine (My Kingdom Music) – avantgarde black metal
Lunar Blood – Twilight Insurgency (Pulverised) – death metal
Kluizenaer – Ein Abbild Der Leere (Wolves of Hades / Breath:Sun.:Bone:Blood.:) – black metal
Mæntra – Kundalini Rising (Independent) – brutal death / industrial
Manic Sinners – King of the Badlands (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock
Masakre – Morbid Extinction, EP (Pulverised) – death / crust
Noircure – Kyrie (Avantgarde Music) – blackgaze
Obšar – Počornily Hory, Počornily Lisy (Void Wanderer Productions) – black metal
Pyrrhic Salvation – Manifestum I (Independent) – tech black / death
ROT T.V. – Tales of Torment (Tee Pee) – rock
Savage Grace – After the Fall From Grace & Master of Disguise, Reissue (Hammerheart) – speed metal
Sickbay – Brutal Existence, EP (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Sleepwulf – Sunbeams Curl (Heavy Psych Sounds) – occult rock
The Blank Canvas – Dark Mirage (Drown Within) – post-rock
The Body & OAA – Enemy of Love (Thrill Jockey) – noise
The Neptune Power Federation – Le Demon De L’Amour (Cruz Del Sur Music) – rock
Tom McKay – Call To the Dæmon Sultan (Independent) – metal
Veonity – Elements of Power (Scarlet Records) – power metal
Vulture Lord / Black Altar – Deathiah Manifesto (Odium) – black / thrash
Weserbergland – Sacrae Symphonia no. 1 (Apollon) – synth
– Josh
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