I think of this Marcus Aurelius quote a lot: “when you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive…”. If you really stop and think about that for a minute, and I mean REALLY ponder it, you’ll understand that all the horseshit going on today is just noise. If it all ends tomorrow, it ends. But today we’ve got another chance, another shot at whatever so make it count. Anyway, we’ve got some killer new stuff this week from one of my favorite death metal outfits Fulci who not only whip ass but keep classic horror alive, more death / extreme from, again one of my faves, Oxygen Destroyer, and a little something from a band with such an excellent name I had to include them even though I know as little about them as you do…FUCKHAMMER. Yesssss indeed! Consequently this will be my new saying this week. Alright, as usual we’ve got a few more below but pickings are slimmer than last week so choose wisely. See you here throughout the week.

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Fulci – Duck Face Killings (20 Buck Spin) – death metal

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Oxygen Destroyer – Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness Records) – death metal

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Fuckhammer – Scorched Earth Prophets (Self) – death metal

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Also on tap:

Aeon Winds – Aeon (ATMF) – black metal

And So I Watched You From Afar – Megafauna (Pelagic Records) – post-rock

Ashen Horde – Decayed, EP (Self) – metal

Atom Driver – Occupants, EP (Self) – noise

Bless The Dead – We Create This (WormHoleDeath) – groove metal

Blue Oyster Cult – 50th Anniversary Live – Second Night (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – classic rock

Candy Whips – Artificial Melodies (Kitten Robot Records) – glam synth

Carnivore Diprosopus – Rise of the Insurrection (Comatose Music) – death metal

Collapse Under The Empire – Non-Album Singles & Bonus Tracks (Finaltune Records) – post-rock

Dark Deeds – Death Keeps (Self) – deathcore

Fireball Ministry – Their Rock Is Not Our Rock, Reissue (Ripple Music) – metal

Free Ride – Acido Y Puto (Small Stone) – rock

HammerFall – Avenge The Fallen (Nuclear Blast Records) – power metal

Heilung – Lifa Iotungard (Century Media) – metal

Kurokuma – Of Amber and Sand (Self) – vicious psych

Mamaleek – Vida Blue (The Flenser) – deconstructed metal

Monument of Misanthropy – Vile Postmortem Irrumatio (Transcending Obscurity Records) – brutal death metal

Mushroomhead – Call The Devil (Napalm Records) – alt nu-metal

Punks of the Empire – Gehenna (Sliptrick Records) – metal

Siamese – Elements (Long Branch Records) – heavy rock

The Aphelion – Nascene (Self) – progressive metal

— Josh