Initial Descent: August 7 – 13, 2022

The Halo Effect

Shorter new metal list than usual this week. I guess everyone decided to take a quick breather? No idea really, but we’ve still got some quality gems to uncover from The Halo Effect, Boris, Grotesqueries, Arch Enemy, and a handful of others. In other words, the list may be short but it has girth. As always, happy hunting and if your band or label wants to be included in an upcoming edition of this here post, hit us up at the email found on our about page and include the pertinent information. I know that sounds elementary, but you’d be surprised. Enjoy and we’ll see you here throughout the week.

The Halo Effect – Days of the Lost (Nuclear Blast) – swedeath

Boris – Heavy Rocks 2022 (Relapse) – metal

Grotesqueries – Haunted Mausoleum, EP (Caligari) – death metal

Arch Enemy – Deceivers (Century Media) – metal

Also on tap:

A-Z – S/T (Metal Blade) – prog

Aronius – Irkalla (The Artisan Era) – tech death

Barbarian – Viperface (Hells Headbangers) – metal

Bled Like Mylee – Nuk Soo Kow (Independent) – metal-kickboxer

Building Upon the Revelation – The Pathways of Discipline (Independent) – instru-prog

Demolyn – Tapes of Demolyn (Independent) – black metal

Ereb Altor – Nattramn, Reissue (Hammerheart) – viking metal

Generation Radio – S/T (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock

Hellfire – Reckoning (RidingEasy) – thrash

Killfeather – Armchair Revolutionaries (Golden Robot) – punk

Leviathan – Mischief of Malcontent (Independent) – prog 

Locrian – New Catastrophism (Profound Lore) – experimental

Mimorium – The Route of Haeresis (Spread Evil) – black metal

Moths – Space Force (Independent) – stoner

Nordic Union – Animalistic (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – heavy metal

Norma Jean – Deathrattle Sing For Me (Solid State) – metal

Opium Lord & Under – Split (APF) – sludge 

Ritualization – Hema Ignis Necros (Iron Bonehead) – death metal

Primitive – With the Rats and Snakes, EP (Independent) – metal

Seventh Storm – Maledictus (Atomic Fire) – metal

Unprocessed – Gold (Spinefarm) – rock

Weregoat – The Devil’s Lust (Iron Bonehead / Parasitic) – black/death metal

Weregoat / Eggs of Gomorrh – Orgiastic Rape of Resurrected Remains (Iron Bonehead / Parasitic) – black/death metal

Wolfbrigade – Anti-Tank Dogs, EP (Armageddon / Agipunk) – punk

Josh

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