It seems like just yesterday we were regaling our favorites from 2022…maybe because we just finished BUT that’s not the point. The point is, it’s nearly February already. Where the hell did January go? Doesn’t matter, but you know what does matter? This week’s batch of new metal and we’ll kick that off with one of my most anticipated albums from Sanguisugabogg who have indeed matured just a bit (context) but are still heavily brutal and still the ‘bogg I know and love, you will too. Then we’ve got the always reliable death metal powerhouse of Memoriam, doom and post-metallers WuW return, and Endorphins Lost trip the powerviolence trigger and once again prove their namesake. That’s a slappin’ top four but as always, we’re not even close to done so jump in and happy hunting. See you back here throughout the week.
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Sanguisugabogg – Homicidal Ecstasy (Century Media) – death metal
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Memoriam – Rise To Power (Reaper Entertainment) – death metal [interview]
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WuW – L’Orchaostre (Pelagic) – doom / post-metal
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Endorphins Lost – Night People (Rotten to the Core / To Live a Lie) – powerviolence
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Also on tap:
A Diadem of Dead Stars – Emerald Sunsets (Ill Damnation) – black metal
Act of Impalement – Infernal Ordinance (Caligari) – death / crust
All Out War – Celestial Rot (Translation Loss Records) – metalcore
Black Mold – The Unnatural Red Glow of the Night (Helldprod) – black / punk
Black Water Sunset – Engraved Spectral Aeons (Independent) – death metal
Blackwülf – Thieves & Liars (Ripple Music) – stoner
Carathis – Moonstone & Amethyst (Personal Records) – black metal
Clouds Taste Satanic – Tales of Demonic Possession (Majestic Mountain) – doom
Cromworx – S/T (Northern Silence Productions) – dungeon synth
Death Feast – Risen From The Tomb (Haloran / Larvae) – death / thrash
Debauchery – Cranial Indulgence, Reissue & Remaster (Vargheist) – death metal
Disinter – Breaker of Bones (Pest) – death metal
Elderseer – Drown In The Shallowness (Meuse Music Records) – gothic doom
Eyes – Congratulations (Indisciplinarian) – hardcore
Fugit – Morphogenetic Fractal Hologram (Independent) – post black metal
Fvnerals – Let The Earth Be Silent (Prophecy Productions) – dark ambient doom
Godiva – Hubris (Independent) – symphonic death metal
Grave Next Door – Sanctified Heathen (Black Doomba) – stoner doom
Hellwalker – S/T (Rot’Em) – death metal
Holy Water – S/T (Primal Architecture / Time Release) – doom / post-punk
Jupiter Zeus – Frequency Prison (Independent) – rock
Laughing Stock – Songs for the Future (Apollon Prog) – prog
Matt Miller – Decrepit Shed, Remixed (Blood Blast Distribution) – instrumental tech metal
Mithridatum – Harrowing (Willowtip) – black / death
Narrative – Servants of the Prophets, Martyrs of Men (Independent) – black metal
Nemesism – S/T (Independent) – brutal death
Palace of Worms – Cabal (Acephale Winter Productions) – avantgarde
Polymeras – Dreams & Realities I (Independent) – psych
Rexoria – Imperial Dawn (Black Lodge Records) – heavy/power metal
Russkaja – Turbo Polka Party (Napalm) – punk / ska / polka
Ser – In Fade of Memories (In Fade of Memories) – depressive black metal
Skratte – Akt II: Des Wolfes Klagen (Northern Silence) – folk / black
Stahv – Simple Mercies (Independent) – doomgaze
The Freqs – Poachers (Independent) – stoner rock
Xandria – The Wonders Still Awaiting (Napalm) – symphonic metal
– Josh
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