I realize black Friday is this week but I’ve been hammered for the past three weeks about it and its sales. And over that time many of these have gone as far to proclaim “LAST DAY OF BLACK FRIDAY DEALS IS TODAY!” which for most was a full 1-2 weeks in advance of the actual day. Uhhh, it’s not even that day yet so…anyway, stupid as hell. We keep going like this and we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, and black Friday from July through end of year. Anyway, my ‘old man screaming at the sky’ frustration is PERFECTLY channeled through the nasty new Slôdder we’ve got this week. I’m telling you, these guys are the best sludge metal band going today. Period. So do yourself a favor and get on board with them. Next up is some bone chilling black metal from 1349 (YES!), eerie and dissonant death metal from Phobocosm, and exploratory black metal from Blut Aus Nord. Check these out and dig in below to find more of the good stuff. Also, Happy Thanksgiving for all of you stateside.
Slôdder – Narcissist (Shit County Records) – sludge
1349 – Winter Mass (Season of Mist) – black metal
Phobocosm – Gateway (Dark Descent Records) – death metal
Blut Aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti Productions) – black metal
Also on tap:
5RAND – Ordhalia (Art Gates Records) – metal
All We Leave Behind – In Absence of Light (Octopus Rising) – doom / goth
Avdagata – The Apocalyptic Aeon (At Dawn Records) – melodic black / death
Azzaya – Infernal Blasphemia, EP (Maledict / War Prod) – black / death
Bezdan – Upon The Altar (I Hate Records) – metal
Black Magic Tree – Terra (Majestic Mountain Records) – rock
Carnal Savagery – Crypt of Decay (Moribund Records) – death metal
Darklon – Mind Reaper (No Remorse Records) – power metal
Dead and Dripping – Nefarious Scintillations (Transcending Obscurity Records) – death metal
Death Yell – Demons of Lust (Hells Headbangers) – death / black metal
Doubtsower – The Past Melts Away With A Sneer (Self) – doom
Ergot – Decade (ATMF) – black metal
Excide – Bastard Hymns (SharpTone Records) – metalcore
Fessus – Subcutaneous Tomb (Darkness Shall Rise) – death metal
Garde – Harbinger of Revenge and War (Heidens Hart) – viking metal
Grim Colossus – Unhallowed Blasphemies (Self) – doom
Hyver – Shaâtaunoâr (Antiq) – dungeon synth / black metal
Inca Babies – Reincarnation (Black Lagoon Records) – punk / rock
Infernal Presence – Fiery Paths (Darkness Shall Rise) – metal
Irae – In The Key Of Twilight (Signal Rex) – black metal
Konfession – Im Baumdunkel des Athers (Into Endless Chaos Records) – metal
Malefic Throne – The Conquering Darkness (Agonia Records) – death metal
Master’s Hammer – Maldorör Disco (Darkness Shall Rise) – metal
Munt – The World Is Not Yours (Self) – metal
Myth Carver – Twist of Fate (No Remorse Records) – heavy metal
Nordicwinter – Solitude (Naturmacht Productions) – black metal
Onsetcold – Apocalyptic Sleep (WormHoleDeath) – metal
Pale Horse Ritual – Diabolic Formation (Black Throne Productions) – stoner / doom
Perdition Temple – Malign Apotheosis (Hells Headbangers) – death metal
Puritan Bone – Ecstasy on the Frontier of Blood (Into Endless Chaos Records) – atmospheric black metal
Starmen – Starmenized II (Melodic Passion Records / Sound Pollution) – hard rock
Steel Arctus – Dreamruler (No Remorse Records) – power metal
Suffering – Things Seen But Always Hidden (Apocalyptic Witchcraft) – black metal
Summoning Hellgates – Spear of Conquest (Osmose Productions) – death metal
The Old Dead Tree – London Sessions, EP (Season of Mist) – goth metal
The Ominous Circle – Cloven Tongues of Fire (Osmose Productions) – extreme
Thermality – Concept 42 (Black Lodge Records) – death metal
Thus Defiled – Wings of the Nightstorm, Remaster (VIC Records) – black metal
Triskelyon – Maelstrom of Chaos (Moribund Records) – thrash
Unviâr – Disglaç (ATMF) – black metal
Various Artists – The Downward Spiral Redux (Magnetic Eye Records) – nincovers
Vast Pyre – II Bleak (Octopus Rising) – doom
Verilehto – Aarnihauta (Inverse Records) – black metal
Warahran – Midnight Fire (Self) – black metal
Warfield – Deathrock Devotionals (Cleopatra Records) – deathrock
Will O’ Dusk – The Long Lasting Dusk (Diotima Records) – rock
Yeah, Sick! – Your Herbs and Spices Won’t Save You Now, EP (Self) – punk
— Josh