In this, the third full week of new releases, if anyone thought Katatonia wouldn’t be at the top of said third week list, you have been hiding under a rock. This will sound weird but Sky Void of Stars is the most current Katatonia sounding album ever, and I mean that in the best possible way. However, there are more excellent releases that need your attention in the form of death metal from Nothingness, deathdoomgrind deliciousness from Turbid North, and melodic black metal from Inherits The Void. Speaking of knowing us or not; what am I going to say next? Yep, you guessed it…and there’s many more in the list below that are definitely worth seeking out. Ok, ok, trivia time is over. Happy hunting and see you here throughout the week.
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Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars (Napalm Records) – melancholic metal
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Nothingness – Supraliminal (Everlasting Spew) – death metal
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Turbid North – The Decline (Independent) – deathgrind [profile]
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Inherits The Void – The Impending Fall of the Stars (Avantgarde Music) – melodic black metal [feature review]
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Also on tap:
Anareta – Fear Not (Independent) – classical metal
Apokatastasis – The Consecratory Secretion (Hessian Firm) – black / death
Ashen Tomb – S/T (Personal) – death metal
Celestial Scourge – Dimensions Unfurled, EP (Time To Kill) – death metal
Celestial Wizard – Winds of the Cosmos (Scarlet) – power / death
Cloudy Skies – Changes (Argonauta) – post-metal
Deiquisitor – Apotheosis (Extremely Rotten / Night Shroud) – death metal
Druids of Eld – A Day of Sorrow, EP (Independent) – doom / death
Dryad – The Abyssal Plain (Prosthetic Records) – black metal
Dying Light – Shallow Grave (Independent) – metal
Fatalismo – Dominate to Exterminate (Independent) – melodic death metal
Gypsy Chief Goliath & End Of Age – Turned To Stone Chapter 7, Split (Ripple Music) – stoner metal
Heroes & Monsters – S/T (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock
Imperium Dekadenz – Into Sorrow Evermore (Napalm) – black metal
Kommandant – Titan Hammer (APF) – black metal
Laura Cox – Head Above Water (earMUSIC) – rock
Mindless Hope – Mental Truancy (Sliptrick Records) – progressive metal
Natt – S/T (Edged Circle) – progressive metal
Negative Vortex – Tomb Absolute (Sentient Ruin) – death metal
Oak Pantheon – The Absence (Independent) – atmospheric metal
Olēka – Driftwood, EP (WormHoleDeath) – groove / death
Pander – Break the Oath (Argonauta) – stoner doom
Re-Buried – Repulsive Nature (Translation Loss) – death metal
Sarah Halter – The Doom That Binds Us (Sparrow Heart Records) – progressive death metal
Scarlatamusic – Skatepunk (Independent) – metal
Slegest – Avstand (Dark Essence Records) – heavy metal
Tension Rising – The Last Judgement (Independent) – melodic metal
The Mighty Mister Shame – Through Hell (Firecum) – sludge / punk
Tidal Wave – The Lord Knows (Ripple Music) – stoner
Tribunal – The Weight Of Remembrance (20 Buck Spin) – death/doom
Ulth – Umidus Lacer Tecte Horrificus, EP (Independent) – metal
Underneath – Nothing Here Is Held Sacred, EP (Independent) – metalcore
Varjo-Orkesteri – Seremonia (Inverse) – prog rock
Veliu Namai – Alkai (Nordvis) – dark folk
Wuodan’s Wunde – Es glimmt empor aus ewger Nacht (Altare Productions) – atmospheric black metal
– Josh
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