First full week of December and, as usual, we’ve hit that time of year that new releases start to slow and focus shifts to best of lists and so forth. BUT, this usually also means a possibility of missing an excellent release by losing focus. Such is the case with our opener here, Phobocosm, who will definitely shake things up with their brand of ridiculously heavy atmospheric death metal, then Sublation follow up with moaaarrrr death metal but from the tech side of things, then we bring the openers to a close with filthy raw black metal from Burial Moon because… December and why not. There are a few more worthy of seeking out this week so go do that and we’ll see you here throughout the week. Happy hunting.

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Phobocosm – Foreordained (Dark Descent) – death metal

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Sublation – On the Advancement of Decay (Independent) – death metal

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Burial Moon – S/T (Signal Rex) – black metal

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Also on tap:

Aawks – Luna (Black Throne Productions) – psych

Avræ Lvnæ – Ntdd Strl (Signal Rex) – black metal

Azathoth’s Dream – Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment (Iron Bonehead) – black metal

Beyond God – The Great Divide (Independent) – symphonic metal

Dawn of a Dark Age – Transumanza (My Kingdom Music) – avantgarde metal

Deemtee – Strange Aeons & Deliriums (Darkness Within) – black metal

Dimmu Borgir – Inspiratio Profanus (Nuclear Blast) – black metal

Dream Drop – Acne Superstar (Independent) – alt-metal

Dusk – Dissolve Into Ash (Dark Symphonies / The Crypt Vinyl) – death / doom

Dwelling Below – S/T (Transcending Obscurity) – death / doom

Everdawn – Venera (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – metal

Geistaz’ika – Midnatsbøn ved Djævelens Portq (Signal Rex) – metal

Ginnungagap – Helical Arising (Signal Rex) – black metal

Grabunhold / Circle of Shadows – Lamentationen, Split (Iron Bonehead) – black metal

Judicator – I Am The Void, EP (Independent) – power metal

Kryptoxik Mortality – Interdimensional Calamitous Extripation (Comatose) – slam

Lies! – Mind Pollution (Coretex / Diorama) – metalcore

Mars Red Sky – Dawn of the Dusk (Mrs Red Sound / Vicious Circle) – psych

Megaton Leviathan – Magick Helmet (Volatile Rock Recordings) – experimental fuzz

Music In Low Frequencies – Catharsis (Raging Planet Records) – black / post metal

Nyrst – Völd (Dark Essence Records) – black metal

Plague of the Fallen – Amongst the Rats (Independent) – death metal

Progony of Sun – Throne of Desolation (Inverse) – black / death

Saasta – Black | Death | Doom (Inverse Records) – death metal

Scumfucks – S/T (Sliptrick Records) – hard rock

Six Foot Six – Beggar’s Hill (Scarlet Records) – heavy metal

Slow – Abîmes I (code666) – funeral doom

Sonny Vincent – Primitive 1969-1976 (Ripple Music) – proto-metal

Swarf Damage – S/T (Independent) – thrash

Trick or Treat – A Creepy Night Live (Scarlet Records) – heavy metal

Tusenårseken – Mardrömsmeditationer (GrindtoDeathRecords) – melodic black metal

VOËMMR – Negras sessões no abismo sul (Signal Rex) – black metal

Void – Jadjow (Brucia) – avantgarde metal

Wrath of Logarius – Necrotic Assimilation (Season of Mist) – black metal

— Josh