Shout out to my local record shop who now has one of the most killer collections of metal cassettes (mostly used and obscure) I’ve ever seen. They have vinyl too but the tapes are a newish development so sorry not sorry to those on my Christmas list that’ll get a little less now. Whadda ya want me to do? Alrighty then, this week on Initial Descent we’ve got the good stuff; namely some hotter than hell heavy metal from Sacred Leather, extreme carnography from Tenebro, pulverizing grind from Rotten Sound, and a whole host of other stuff to sink your teeth into. Head below for all the details and we’ll see you here throughout the week…IF I can pry my eyes away from all these J-Cards.

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Sacred Leather – Keep The Fire Burning (King Volume / Wise Blood) – heavy metal

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Tenebro – Una Lama D’Argento (Time To Kill Records) – death metal

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Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction, EP (Season of Mist) – grind

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Also on tap:

Abysmal Grief – Taetra Philosophia (Avantgarde Music) – doom / black metal

Astral Spear – S/T (Signal Rex) – black metal

Atavistia – The Winter Way, Reforged (Blood Blast Distribution) – symphonic death metal

Atmaen – Lullabies From The Dark Ether (Inertial Music) – ambient

Azketem – Amid (Darkness Shall Rise) – metal

Black Rabbit – Warren of Necrosis, EP (Self) – metal

Breaths – Violescent (Fiadh Productions) – hardcore

Buried In Lies – Finding Beauty In Pain (Self) – modern metalcore

Bygone – S/T (Svart Records) – heavy metal

Celestielle – Requiem, EP (Self) – black / doom

CoreLeoni – Live at Hallenstadion Zurich (Perception) – rock

Cryoxyd – This World We Live In… (Dolorem Records) – death metal

Dark Divination – Liito Hengen Ja Veren (Signal Rex) – black metal

Dawn of a Dark Age – Ver Sacrum (My Kingdom Music) – avantgarde black metal

David Galas – The Nihilist (These Hands Melt) – darkwave

Der Rote Milan – Verlust (Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork) – black metal

EFF – Zero (Self) – synth

Endless Curse – Disgusting Existence, EP (Self) – death metal

Fanatisme – Tro, håp og kjærlighet (Fysisk Format Records) – post black metal

Fat Belly – Stories In Stereo (Self) – punk

Fleshvessel – Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded (I, Voidhanger Records) – avantmetal

Fucked Up – Year of the Goat (Tankcrimes) – metal

Glasgow Kiss – Down In Flames (Eclipse Records) – rock

Graham Bonnet Band – Lost In Hollywood Again, Live (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock

House By The Cemetary – Disturbing The Cenotaph (Pulverised Records) – death metal

HUM – three (Tonzonen Records) – heavy psych

Jimi Jamison – 1998 Live Hits (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) – rock

Lust of Decay – Entombed In Sewage (Comatose Music) – death metal

Martröd – Draumsýnir Eldsins (Debemur Morti Productions) – black metal

Nattradio – The Longest Night (Darkness Shall Rise) – doomish

Nel Buio – S/T (Avantgarde Music) – black metal / darkwave

Parásito – Despoblador II (Signal Rex / Vertebrae) – black metal

Pedestal for Leviathan – Enter: Vampyric Manifestation (Personal Records) – black metal

Sator – The Dying Light (Dusktone) – sludge / doom

Sowa – Gdansk Macabre (Self) – heavy post prog

Sun of the Suns – Entanglement (Scarlet Records) – death metal

The Harbinger – Gates of Hell (Inverse Records) – melodic death / doom

Unfyros – Star Blood (Avantgarde Music) – black metal

Void Paradigm – Tout Ira Mieux Sans Nous (I, Voidhanger Records) – metal

Walk In Darkness – Gods Don’t Take Calls (Self) – goth / symphonic metal

Windswept – The Devil’s Vertep (Season of Mist: Underground Activists) – black metal

Zero 9:36 – They Were Always Here (OneRPM) – rock

— Josh