I can just about see the ass of 2022; its hindquarters just ripe for the kicking. Alas, that also means we’re down to the few remaining releases for the year, so Initial Descent is going to be a little light this week. And what better way to celebrate the holiday season with some nasty vampiric black metal? So first up let’s roll out the fangs and stash the garlic for Order of Nosferat, followed closely on the heels by Vampiric Tyrant. Yessiree, there’s something in the mead over there at Purity Through Fire, so maybe we can balance it out a bit by…nope, looks like this new release from Grymmstalt is going to be purely black and gnarled as well. Well, let’s lean into it then. Grab your corpsepaint and your black and white cover art and we’ll cover the metal bases throughout the week.
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Order of Nosferat – Vampiric Wrath Unleashed (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
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Vampyric Tyrant – Zorn und Hass (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
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Grymmstalt – Anthems of Mournful Despondency (Signal Rex) – black metal
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Also on tap:
Absolute Key – The Third Level of Decay (Signal Rex) – metal
Demonio – Electric Voodoo of the Black Dawn (Halter Skelter / Regain) – stoner doom
Embalm – Prelude to Obscurity (20 Buck Spin / Hospital Productions) – brutal death metal
Fleshgore – Carnival of Flesh (Xtreem) – brutal death metal
Godwatt – Vol. III (Time to Kill) – stoner doom
Irae – Assim na Terra como no Inferno (Signal Rex) – black metal
Minus Youth – Sun (Independent) – rock
Occulsed – Parturition of Adulteration (Everlasting Spew) – death metal
Rudra – Eight Mahavidyas (Awakening Records) – epic metal
Spectral Corruption – Requiem (Signal Rex) – black metal
– Chris
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