Not sayin’ it’s a dead week here on Initial Descent. Rather, it’s a good week to catch up on stuff you may have missed or just relax altogether because, after all, it’s Christmas. Or, if you’re in the mood, check out Druparia’s newest slab of melodic death metal or some vampiric black metal from Order of Nosferat (I mean, who doesn’t need some vampiric black metal for christmas) or some raucous blackened thrash from Genocide Kommando. The possibilities aren’t endless but at least there’s a handful of choices here so go check them out, or not, choice is yours. Now, we’ve got some Santa business to tend to so we may be seeing you here throughout the week annnd maybe not. Never know… merry, merry, and all that.

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Druparia – The River Above (Self) – melodic death metal

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Order of Nosferat – Towards the Nightrealm of Orlok (Purity Through Fire) – vampiric black metal

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Genocide Kommando – Third World War (Osmose Productions) – black / thrash

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Ainzamkait – was des Lebens nicht wert (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Blazemth – Gehenna (Negra Nit) – black metal

Box – Born To Crawl (Miserable Pyre) – ambient

CMPT – Na utrini (Osmose Productions) – black metal

Final Siege – Nuclear Doom State (WormHoleDeath) – metal

Gnipah​å​lan – Folkstorm (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Lament In Winter’s Night – Whereunto the Twilight Leads (Hells Headbangers) – black metal

Machtklang – S/T (Self) – black / doom

Nefarious Dusk – Death Beneath a Starless Sky (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Úlfarr – Fornetes Folm / His Crown Grows From His Skull (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Voidwards – Bagulnik (Aesthetic Death) – doom / drone

Vspolokh – Mertvozem / Мрьтвоземъ (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

— Josh