In the interest of this post’s spirit, this is a week I’ve been looking forward to for some time. To the point, that’s the point of these. If that makes sense. Anyway, we’ve got four titans across two genres in the highlight spots. First up is the long anticipated third album from Angerot who split death metal right down the middle and stomp on its entrails then we’ve got a stunning display of technical death metal precision from Maze of Sothoth. Second, we’ve got a duo of black metal to the tune of two seriously heavy hitters: Xalpen and Mork. Plus, there’s a ton more releases hiding out below so this week will be a fun one for all of us. Happy hunting and see you here throughout the week.
Angerot – The Profound Recreant (Redefining Darkness) – death metal
Maze Of Sothoth – Extirpated Light (Everlasting Spew) – death metal
Xalpen – The Curse of Kwányep (Black Lodge) – black metal
Mork – Dypet (Peaceville) – black metal
Also on tap:
400 Lonely Things – Mother Moon (Cold Spring) – ambient / drone
Acid King – Beyond Vision (Blues Funeral) – doom / psych
Alex Nunziati – Black Space Void (Moribund) – thrash
Animalize – Tales From the Crypt (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy metal
Aphotic – Abyssgazer (Sentient Ruin) – death/doom
Asylum Pyre – Call Me Inhuman (Independent) – power metal
Atomic Trip – Strike #3 (Tentacles Industries) – stoner doom
August Burns Red – Death Below (SharpTone Records) – modern metal
Black Rabbit – Hypnosomnia (Independent) – death thrash
Catacomb – When the Stars Are Right (Xtreem Music) – death metal
Category VI – Firecry (Moribund) – heavy metal
Choir – Songs for a Tarnished World (Total Dissonance Worship) – extreme metal
Danama – Did you know? (Epictronic) – rock
Dawn Ray’d – To Know The Light (Prosthetic) – black metal
Eisenkult – Vulgäre, deutsche Hassmusik (Purity Through Fire) – black metal
Electric Callboy – TEKKNO, Tour Edition (Century Media Records) – electronicore
Emetropia – An Acoustic Endeavor (Independent) – symphonic metal
Endless, Nameless – Living Without (Silent Pendulum) – hardcore / grind / prog
Excalion – Once Upon a Time (Scarlet Records) – prog power metal
Fatso Jetson/Dali’s Llama – Legends of the Desert Vol. 3 (Desert Records) – desert rock
Firmament – We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall (Dying Victims Productions) – metal
Forcefed Horsehead – Monoceros (Owlripper) – deathgrind
Forty Feet Tall – Tunnel Vision (Magnetic Moon) – indie rock
Gatekeeper – From Western Shores (Cruz Del Sur Music) – heavy metal
Grand Royale – Welcome To Grime Town (The Sign) – rock
Hanging Garden – The Garden (Agonia) – goth / doom
Hatesphere – Hatred Reborn (Scarlet) – thrash
Hellcrash – Demonic Assassination (Dying Victims Productions) – speed
Hypnodrone Ensemble – The Signal In The Signal (Trepanation Recordings) – krautrock
Ihsahn – Fascination Street Sessions (Candlelight) – Ihsahn metal
Illuminated Void – Veriditas (Indepednent) – prog death/doom
Judith Alice – Resolute (Secret Entertainment) – rock
Kärbholz – Kapitel 11: Barrikaden (Metalville) – rock
Lankester Merrin – Dark Mother Rises (Black Sunset) – melodic metal
Les Dunes – S/T (Apollon) – slow-core
Mace ‘N’ Chain – Among Ancient Pillars (No Remorse) – death metal
Marianas Rest – Auer (Napalm) – melancholic metal
Matt Geary – Ghost In The Western Trap (Independent) – prog
MDXX – S/T (No Remorse) – heavy metal
Metasphæra – Einheit (Independent) – prog death
Morass of Molasses – End All We Know (Ripple Music) – heavy blues
My Absence By Now – Bliss (The Circle Music) – dark synth
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul (Season of Mist) – progressive metal
Nemesis Inferi – The Mowing Devil (WormHoleDeath) – rock
OTTTO – Life is a Game (ORG) – thrash / punk
Ov Sulfur – The Burden Ov Faith (Century Media Records) – black metal
Primal – Humachine (NoLifeTilMetal) – power metal
Project 86 – OMNI Part 1 (Independent) – sci-fi
Qadmon – Ghosted, EP (Independent) – doom / goth
Rainbow Bridge – Drive (Independent) – psych blues
Sophist – Avenger…Liberator… (Independent) – grind / black / death
Spectral Lore – 11 Days (Independent) – experimental
Subway To Sally – Himmelfahrt (Napalm Records) – gothic metal
The Black Cat’s Eye – The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia (Tonzonen Records) – psych rock
The Turin Horse – Unsavory Impurities (Reptilian) – noise
Void of Light – Enshroud, EP (Trepanation Recordings) – post-metal
Whore of Bethlehem – Ritual of Homicide (Comatose) – black / death
Woe Unto Me – Along the Meandering Ordeals, Reshape the Pivot of Harmony (M-Theory) – doom
Xysma – No Place Like Alone (Svart) – metal
Yevabog – Between Two Fires (Sliptrick) – progressive black metalZØRORMR – The Monolith (Via Nocturna) – black metal
— Josh
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