I’ve said this in multiple different ways over the past few weeks but man, the hits just keep coming. Immolation from last week, COC from a couple weeks back, LoG from a few more weeks back…and we’ve got tons on the way! Anyway, you get the drift and we haven’t even spoken on this week’s excellent choices yet. On that, we’ve got Abrams who continue to refine their sound but are indeed much heavier this time out so if you dug them in the past, you will very much dig them now. Up next is some almighty DEATH METAL from both Reeking Aura and Mylingar. Both have a stellar track record and both continue this tradition unscathed so dig on these as well. Lastly but certainly not least are the rest of the list who bring much to the table for those who are new release starved. Go forth and enjoy!

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Abrams – Loon (Blues Funeral Recordings) – rock / metal

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Reeking Aura – On The Promise of The Moon (Profound Lore Records) – death metal

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Mylingar – Ut (Amor Fati) – death metal

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Also on tap:

American Sharks – Not Dead Yet (Permanent Teeth) – metal / punk

Another Demon – As Above So Below (Ragebreed Records / Earache Records) – thrash

Anthea – Beyond The Dawn (Rockshots Records) – symphonic metal

Ape Unit – Sticks, EP (Lots) – powerviolence

Aziola Cry – Dysphoria Ritual (7D Media) – instrumental prog

Beneath The Skin – S/T (Self) – doom

Boy Witch – S/T (Self) – psych rock

Crippled Black Phoenix – Sceaduhelm (Season of Mist) – post-rock

Daemonium Regni – S/T (Darkness Shall Rise) – black metal

Demons My Friends – Survive/Yourself (Ripple Music) – metal

Doodswens – S/T (Svart Records) – black metal

Draken – Here Be Draken (Dark Essence Records) – hard rock

Evil Warriors – S/T (Into Endless Chaos / Silent Future) – black metal

Exorcizphobia – Neurosis Unbound (Doomentia Records) – thrash

From Ashes To New – Reflections (Better Noise Music) – rock

gif. from god – Dissimulation (Prosthetic Records) – hardcore punk / metal

Godsnake – Inhale The Noise (Massacre Records) – melodic thrash metal

Gout – Actual Bastard (Self) – doom / sludge

Gypsy Pistoleros – Dark Faerie Tales (The New Church Records) – gothic glam punk

Hardline – Shout (Steamhammer) – metal

Hebephrenique – Decathexis (Apocalyptic Witchcraft) – black / death

Ignobleth – Manor of Primitive Anticreation (Caligari Records) – bestial war metal

Ildfar – Der ligger et land (Purity Through Fire) – black metal

Karmamoi – Eternal Mistake (Self) – prog rock

Kathryn Mohr – Carve (Self) – rock

Kill The Silence – Resolve, EP (Self) – post-hardcore

Leila Abdul Rauf – Andros Insidium (20 Buck Spin) – dark

Lividus – Scarabaeus (Nameless Grave Records) – dark metal

LungBurner – Dogma (Terminus Hate City) – metal

Man Band – Strong Man (Faith Healer Records) – heavy rock

Manali – Manali (Vinyltroll Records) – doom / sludge

Master’s Ashes – How The Mighty Have Fallen (Time To Kill Records) – alternative heavy metal

Muerto – Eclipsed Realms (Transcending Obscurity Records) – black metal

Nekrogoblikon – The Boiling Sea, EP (Self) – goblin metal

Occult Hand Order – Meaningless Monuments (Totem Cat Records) – psych rock

Ordh – Blind In Abyssal Realms (Pulverised Records) – progressive death metal

Preludio Ancestral – Guardians of Twilight (Fighter Records) – power metal

Rise Of Kronos – Slaves Of Time (Self) – olympic death metal

Sandmind – 13 Pragas Infernais (Firecum Records) – heavy metal

Since the Fire – Remains Embraced (Self) – metalcore

Skjenk – The Thirst Amendment (Apollon Records) – boogie punk

The Cosmic Dead – Beyond The Beyond (Heavy Psych Sounds) – psych rock

The Last Ten Seconds of Life – The Dead Ones (Metal Blade Records) – metal

The Moon and The Nightspirit – Seed of the Formless (Prophecy Productions) – black metal

The Mugshots – Gloomy, Eerie and Weird (My Kingdom Music) – horror metal

Thundermother – Live ‘n’ Alive (Napalm Records) – rock

Vanderlust – The Human Farm (Rockshots Records) – sci‑fi metal

Vargrav – Dimension: Daemonium (Werewolf) – black metal

Victorius – World War Dinosaur (Perception) – power metal

Warren Schoenbright – Two Dances For The End Of Days (Road To Masochist) – noise / drone

Warside – Cognitive Extinction (Gruesome Records) – death metal

— Josh