This week is a bit of a break from the long new release lists we’ve had as of late. Think of it as a good time to catch up or a good time to let your wallets recover. Don’t get me wrong, just because this list is shorter than usual doesn’t mean the quality drops off so keep that in mind. Alright, lighting the way this week is Blight House with their gore drenched approach to death metal, Sleepwalker continues to be an off kilter black metal mainstay, and Crypta gets down and dirty with their signature heavy handed death metal. Plus, there’s a few more that follow but you already knew that. So, hop aboard this short list week and find you something shiny and new.

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Blight House – Blight The Way (Syrup Moose) – death metal

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夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) – Skopofoboexoskelett (Sentient Ruin) – experimental black metal

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Crypta – Shades of Sorrow (Napalm) – death metal

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Also on tap:

An Autumn For Crippled Children – Closure (Prosthetic) – atmospheric black metal

Ancient Torment / Haxen – The Howling Gale (Eternal Death) – black metal

Ars Moriendi – Lorsque les coeurs s’assechent (Archaic Sound) – atmospheric black metal

Balrogath – We Bring Calamity, EP (Independent) – death metal

Chupacabra – Fortified with Ashes (Independent) – thrash

Crown Solace – Animus (Independent) – symphonic metal

Dead Neanderthals – Specters (Utech) – metal

Dun Ringill – 150-Where the Old Gods Play Act 1 (The Sign Records) – progressive doom

Dymna Lotva – The Land under the Black Wings: Blood (Prophecy) – post-black metal

Hallucinate – From the Bowels of the Earth (Caligari Records) – psych death

High On Fire – The Art of Self Defense, Deluxe Reissue (MNRK Heavy) – metal

Inpathos – Ascension, EP (Independent) – melodic death metal

Konvolted – Human Reification (Sliptrick) – thrash

Körgull The Exterminator – Built To Kill (Xtreem) – speed metal 

Moose Cult – S/T (Independent) – death/doom

No Life – Delinquent (Total Deathcore) – metalcore

Old Ghoul – S/T (Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records) – doom

Panda Kingdom – S/T (Dripfeed) – metal

Revolution Saints – Eagle Flight (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock

Samhain – The Courier (Emanzipation) – death / thrash

Skindred – Smile (Earache) – metal

Summon The Moon – Persona (Independent) – modern metal

Tangled – Thoughts Of Leaving Oscillating Forest (Bird’s Robe Records/ Dunk! Records) – post metal

Temple of Katharsis – Macabre Ritual (Theogonia) – black metal

The Crawling – All of This for Nothing (Grindscene) – doom / death

The Shredderz – S/T (Independent) – metal

Tumulation – Haunted Funeral Creations (Hammerheart) – death / doom

Vargr – FTW (Blooddawn Productions / Regain Records) – dark industrial

— Josh