What are we doing this week? Oh yea, melting…again! YAY. It is hot and even I, the local summer lover, can admit it. And I love the signs around here at the local farmer’s markets that say “YES indeed it is hot and you will be charged extra if you ask if it’s hot enough for us.” Speaking of turning up the heat: this week’s batch of new releases does just that with some smoldering black metal from Arkhaaik, sizzling speed metal from Atomic Witch, dank death metal from Thorn, and some roasting rock from The Dirty Nil. Oh, and of course, the rest of the list are all equally as hot or toasty or whatever the hell you want to use to express swamp ass heat. With all that being said, we’ll be over here in some water somewhere with something cold to drink and these tight tunes to keep us company. Go investigate and we’ll see you here throughout the week.

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Arkhaaik – Uihtis (Eisenwald) – black metal

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Atomic Witch – Death Etiquette (Redefining Darkness Records) – speed metal

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Thorn – Nebulous Womb of Eternity (Transcending Obscurity Records) – death metal

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The Dirty Nil – The Lash (Dine Alone) – dirty rock

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Also on tap:

Abyssery – Interminable End (Self) – extreme

Agropelter – The Book Of Hours (Lasers Edge) – instru-prog rock

Assertion – Basking in the Gaslight (Spartan Records) – metal

Azure Emote – Cryptic Aura (Testimony Records) – progressive death metal

Beheaded – Għadam (Agonia Records) – death metal

Black Magnet – Megamantra (Federal Prisioner) – industrial metal

Bloodletter – Leave the Light Behind (Wise Blood / Morbid and Miserable) – thrash

Bloodride – Deafening (WormHoleDeath) – thrash

Boneflower – Reveries (Self) – post-hardcore

Bruce Dickinson – More Balls To Picasso (BMG) – metal

Cold Slither – S/T (Reigning Phoenix Music) – fictional GI Joe metal

Cordyceps – Hell Inside (Unique Leader Records) – death metal

Cryptodira – Genesis of Error, EP (Silent Pendulum Records) – experimental metal

Dragon’s Kiss – The Return of the Wild (Firecum Records) – metal

Endless Dismal Moan – Lord of Nightmare (Hessian Firm) – black metal

False Gods – Lost In Darkness and Distance (Self) – sludge

Frusen Sorg – Jag Springer Med Avbrutna, EP (Fiadh Productions / Void Sound) – blackened punk

Goblinsmoker – The King’s Eternal Throne (APF Records) – black / doom

Gràtfall – Thanatopsis (Fiadh Productions) – post-black metal

Grayceon – Then The Darkness (Translation Loss Records) – progressive rock

Grimovetust – Gates To Heptagon Tower (Self) – black metal

Haxprocess – Beyond What Eyes Can See (Transcending Obscurity Records) – death metal

Heavy Halo – Damaged Dream (Silent Pendulum Records) – alt-rock

Hebi Katana – Imperfection (Ripple Music) – doom

Heremita – Umbrae (Fiadh Productions) – black / ambient

Ibex Angel Order – Void Sermon (Void Wanderer Productions) – black metal

Iron Spell – From The Grave (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy metal

Jordfäst – Blodsdåd och hor (Black Lion Records) – deaththrash

Kill Everything – Headless Cum Dumpster (Comatose Music) – brutal death

Kontusion – Insatiable Lust For Death (Profound Lore Records) – death metal

Malformed – Confinement of Flesh (Dark Descent Records) – death metal

Mass Deception – Resurrections (Gruesome Records) – heavy metal

Phobetor – A Solitary Vigil (Black Jasper Records) – blackened death metal

Psycho-Frame – Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother (SharpTone Records) – modern deathcore

Red Brick – Thrown (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) – hardcore / sludge

Rhizaria – Indulgences (Fiadh Productions) – progressive black / death

Scalp – Not Worthy of Human Compassion (Closed Casket Activities) – hardcore

Shadecrown – 0 (Inverse Records) – melodic death / doom

SULT – S/T (Deadbangers Productions) – black metal

Tèlma – Ανθρωποβ?ρος (Dying Victims Productions) – doom

Temptress – Catch The Endless Dawn (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy metal

Verdalack – Force From the Grave (Hells Headbangers) – speed metal

— Josh