Here’s the thing: if you’re a band seeking coverage for an upcoming album, the worst thing you can do is go on a site’s socials and leave a shitty comment / get your panties in a wad / be a dumbass about an album review from another band. Pro tip: don’t be that dumbass. Got it?! Alright then… Metallica are BACK, in rare form, and we’re damn excited about it. But, if you’re not as excited as we are, there’s several more excellent choices this week starting with the always wild and eccentric Dødheimsgard, Out of the Mouth of Graves scratch that death metal itch, and All Hell goes all out on a quick blast of blackened thrash. As always though, there’s many more in the list below so get to digging and see you here throughout the week.
Metallica – 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings) – metal-lica
Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville) – avantmetal
Out of the Mouth of Graves – Shrines to Dagon (Vargheist Records) – death metal
All Hell – All Hail The Night, EP (Terminus Hate City) – black / thrash
Also on tap:
1782 – Clamor Luciferi (Heavy Psych Sounds) – occult doom
Aetherius Obscuritas – A Sors Szurke Pora (Paragon / GrimmDistribution) – black metal
Alase – A Matter Of Time (Inverse) – atmospheric prog
Altari – Kröflueldar (Svart Records) – black metal
Anthanatheos – Cross. Deny. Glorify. (Lavadome) – death metal
Archon Angel – II (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – prog metal
Ashrain – Requiem Reloaded (Metalville) – power metal
Attractive Chaos – The Fire Between Us (Independent) – melodic metal
Black Oak – Egolution (Independent) – post-metal
Black Orchid Empire – Tempus Veritas (Season of Mist) – rock
Blazon Rite – Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (Gates of Hell) – metal
Carcariass – Afterworld (Independent) – prog death
Cave Moth – Paralytic Love (Independent) – deathgrind
Chat Pile / Nerver – Brothers In Christ (Reptilian / The Ghost Is Clear) – noise
Crownshard – Awareness (Independent) – death metal
Deathgrave – It’s Only Midnight (Tankcrimes) – deathgrind
Deimos’ Dawn – Anthem of the Lost (MDD) – thrash
Despite The Reverence – Stress Of Evolution (Independent) – rock
Dimentianon – Chapter IV Burning Rebirth (Paragon / Symbol of Domination / Pest) – black / death / doom
Extermination Order – The Siege of Ascalon (War Anthem Records) – death metal
From Fall To Spring – Rise (Arising Empire) – melodic metal
Infected Rain – The Devil’s Dozen (Napalm) – metal
Kaal Nagini – Refracted Lights of a Blind God (Iron Bonehead) – extreme
L.A. Guns – Black Diamonds (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock
Lucifer Star Machine – Satanic Age (The Sign Records) – punk rock
Magnets For Maniacs – 872 (Independent) – metal
Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall – Hunt The Flame (Frontiers s.r.l.) – heavy metal
Mesmur – Chthonic (Solitude Prod. / Aesthetic Death) – death / doom
Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – glam metal
MisophoniA – Still Feel As Blind (Independent) – black / doom
Moon Oracle – Ophidian Glare (Signal Rex / Bestial Burst) – black metal
Moribund Mantras – …of Fathomless Depths (Argento Records) – black / doom
Najing – S/T (Argonauta Records) – post metal
Narcolepsium – Hell Remembered, EP (SavoKarelian) – melodic death metal
Neil Howell – The Wasteland (Independent) – prog
Night Fishing – Live Bait, EP (Brutal Panda Records) – heavy psych
Putrid Yell – Consuming Aberration (Pulverised) – death metal
Red Rum – Book of Legends (Trollzorn) – pirates
Rosslyn – Totentanz (Sliptrick) – heavy metal
Rotpit – Let There Be Rot (War Anthem) – death metal
Sever – At Midnight, By Torch Light (Iron Bonehead) – black metal
Spirit Tomb – The Lotus of Dahlia (Independent) – classical
The Harvest Tree – Spree (Independent) – melodic death metal
The Hellfreaks – Pitch Black Sunset (Napalm) – metalcore
The Infinity Ring – Nemesis & Nativity (Profound Lore Records) – post industrial
Vale – A Senseless Procession (Independent) – post-metal
Vesuvian – Emergence (Independent) – symphonic melodic death metal
VoidCeremony – Threads Of Unknowing (20 Buck Spin) – black / death [interview]
Wild Beyond – S/T (Gates of Hell) – black / thrash
Witte Wieven – Dwaallicht (Babylon Doom Cult) – black / doom
Zeit – Ohnmacht (Independent) – black sludge
Zozobra – Savage Masters (Brutal Panda) – sludge
— Josh
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