Wait. I see you. You’ve already skipped ahead and trying to figure out what genre this week’s CKRAFT offering is. Well, it’s pretty much what it says annnnnd a ton more! They shot us a Profile — linked below — so dig in to that and get some, you won’t be disappointed. Moving on, and since you just HAD to force me into kickstarting this edition of Initial Descent, we’ve got more of the damn-near-ungenre-fitting Hierarchies with their wildly jagged and jazzy death metal thing, then Axetasy hits full throttle and believe me when I say that Dying Victims Productions never misses so do not hesitate to check out this platter of straight ahead metal, and last up top we’ve got some incredibly fun thrash from Hazzerd. This one is guaranteed to warm up any and all frigid ass January bonfire parties. So there’s your top four AND we’ve got a decent list hiding out underneath these few. Plenty here to keep you busy for the next few days but do check back in as we will definitely be seeing you a few more times before end of week. 

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CKRAFT – Uncommon Grounds (Self) – metaljazzmedieval [profile]

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Hierarchies – S/T (Transcending Obscurity Records) – avant death metal

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Axetasy – Withering Tides (Dying Victims Productions) – metal

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Hazzerd – The 3rd Dimension (M-Theory Audio) – thrash

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Also on tap:

Aevum – Kaleidoscope (DarkTunes Music Group) – gothic metal

A.M.E.N. – Argento (My Kingdom Music) – rock

AntiMozdeBeast – The Alien Machine (Self) – industrial

Behexen – Beyond The Four Gates (Werewolf) – black metal

bunsenburner – Reverie (Self) – sludge doom

Cerebral Hemorrage – Exempting Reality (Comatose Music) – death metal

Crimson Storm – Livin’ On The Bad Side (Fighter Records) – speed metal

Datura – Visions For The Celestial, Reissue (Ripple Music) – stoner

Deus Sabaoth – Cycle of Death (Self) – melodic black metal

Dragonknight – Legions (Scarlet Records) – power metal

Dunes – Land of the Blind (Ripple Music) – stoner rock

Eidola – Mend (Blue Swan Records/Rise Records) – post-hardcore

Goatlord Corp. – Temple of Serpent Whores (Nomad Snakepit Productions) – black metal

Godzillionaire – Diminishing Returns (Ripple Music) – heavy rock

Greh – Dysphoric Devotion (Fetzner Records) – black / death

Häxkapell – Om jordens blod och urgravens grepp (Nordvis Produktion) – black metal

Hesperia – Fra Li Monti Sibillini (Hammerheart Records) – medieval black metal

Howling Giant – S/T, EP, 10th Anniversary Reissue (Self) – prog metal

Medusian – Library (Self) – symphonic metal

Necromaniac – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable (Invictus Productions / The Ajna Offensive) – black metal

Necrotech – Necrotechnology (Sentient Ruin) – industrial metal

Onirophagus – Revelations From the Void (Personal Records) – death / doom

Pestilent Scars – Meadows of Misfortune (Inverse Records) – melodic death metal

Putrid Defecation – Tales From The Toilet (Stadin Rec) – death metal

Slinky Vagabond – The Eternal Return (Self) – indie punk

T.A.G.C. – Iso-Erotic Calibration (Cold Spring Records) – industrial ambient

TFNRSH – Book of Circles (Self) – psych / prog rock

The Big Deal – Electrified (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – melodic hard rock

Thy Kingdom Will Burn – The Loss and Redemption (Scarlet Records) – melodic death metal

Time Rift – In Flight (Dying Victims Productions) – rock

Tumenggung – Back On The Streets (Jawbreaker Records) – heavy metal

Vitriolic – Black Steel Vengeance (Dying Victims Productions) – metal

War Gods Of The Deep – Action Space Battle, Fan Club Edition (Astro Dragon Records) – rock / power metal

Wildness – Avenger (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock

— Josh