The stuff that goes through my head as I’m doing my daily exercising is about as random as it gets. Yesterday’s statement ‘convenience comes at a price’ led into deeper thought about today’s generation and how everything they need or want has to be here “RIGHT NOW,” and it’s sad. I get it though; Amazon shipping, streaming services, and all that may not have caused it but damn sure don’t help matters. Said convenience has made a lot of folks very soft and there’s no denying that, just look around and pay attention. OK then, new music is why you stopped by and that’s what we’ve got starting with Horrendous who have returned to show why they are part of death metal’s bright future, Nott lay down some sick death doom, Godthyrmm also wallow in the pits of doom but stick with just that, Spirit Adrift are back to right the ship after that last huge back step…oh, you don’t agree? Good, leave it in the comments because this is the internet after all. Moving on, I went with five up top this week since After Earth are dropping an INCREDIBLE melodeath album and trust me when I say that you need to jump on that immediately. So, go snag these five and don’t sleep on the rest in the list that follows because there’s some excellent offerings this week. AND, don’t be an asshole if you have to wait more than four seconds for the pages to load. See ya…

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Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist) – death metal 

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Nott – Hiraeth (Silent Pendulum) – doom / death [profile]

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Godthrymm – Distortions (Profound Lore) – doom

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Spirit Adrift – Ghost at the Gallows (Century Media) – heavy metal

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After Earth – The Rarity of Reason (Independent) – melodic death metal

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Also on tap:

Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree’s – Aion (Magnetic Eye) – psych doom

Bone Dagger – The Veil, EP (Independent) – heavy rock

Borracho – Blurring The Lines of Reality (Kozmik Artifactz) – rock / metal

Cales – Chants of Steel (Edged Circle) – dark metal

Creak – Depth Perception (Prosthetic) – metalcore

Cyhra – The Vertigo Trigger (Nuclear Blast) – heavy metal

Dripping Decay – Festering Grotesqueries (Satanik Royalty) – deathgrind

Fall of the Albatross – Rite (Independent) – prog

Gom Jabbar & Pissing Contest – S/T, Split (Morbid and Miserable) – grind

Oblivion Protocol – The Fall Of The Shires (Atomic Fire Records) – prog hard rock

OXX – The Primordial Blues (Nefarious Industries) – tech metalcore

Pyrkagion – The Katechon and the Unending Fire (Cestrum Nocturnum) – black metal

Ringworm – Seeing Through Fire (Nuclear Blast) – metal

Roots Of The Old Oak – The Devil and His Wicked Ways (Hammerheart) – death / doom

Sanguine Glacialis – Maladaptive Daydreaming (Independent) – metal

Shadow Smile – Signed In Blood (Independent) – modern metal

Sinsation – I Am Man (SODEH) – thrash

Skálmöld – Ydalir (Napalm) – vikings

Something Is Waiting – Absolutely (Learning Curve) – glam / hair / sleaze

The Circle – Of Awakening (AOP Records) – black metal

The Trousers – Animal Gun (Sliptrick) – rock

UKC – Coming Out (Independent) – black metal

Warmen – Here For None (Reaper) – metal

— Josh