Why is it that everything stupid is taken to the absolute zenith? Case in point and just one of many examples: The internet was initially a cool communication tool but is now barreling us towards our extinction and it’s our own fault, real nice Clark. DUMB. ANYWHO… this week on Initial Descent one of my long standing faves, Khemmis, return with a self titled album full of doom awesomeness and that’s putting it lightly. Then we’ve got the insanely stupendous death metal of Defiled which is another glorious achievement to kick off the week with. Grotesque goregrind maybe more in line with your desires? GOT YOU COVERED with The Loop of Henle, holy shut the front door this release! Maybe some thinking man’s doom/post-doomish stuff is more your speed? Got you set again with new stuff from Make. All that and TONS more await so chew on all we have to offer and we’ll see you here throughout the week.

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Khemmis – S/T (Nuclear Blast Records) – heavy doom awesomeness

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Defiled – Altered State (Season of Mist) – death metal

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The Loop of Henle – Obscene Grotesqueries (Gurgling Gore) – goregrind

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Make – Exegesis At The End Of Time (Accident Prone) – doom / noise / sludge

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Also on tap:

Absu – The Temples of Offal / Return of The Ancients, Remastered 35th Anniversary Edition (ATMF) – black metal

BalashToth – Equation II – The Antithesis of Life and Free Will (Not‑Even‑Music / Metal Ör Die Records / Pest Records) – melodic death metal

Bloodhunter – Sons of the Abandoned (ROAR) – extreme

Boarzoy – The Great Fires (Self) – metal

Cripple Bastards – La tua foto sul marmo, EP (F.O.A.D.) – grind

Fires In The Distance – Circadian Promise (Prosthetic Records) – melodic death metal

Fleshcrawl – Epitome of Carnage (DMG) – death metal

Foreign Film – A Love Letter (A Love Letter) – metallic hardcore

Gan Eden – GanEden (WormHoleDeath) – metal

Genghis Tron – Signal Fire (Relapse) – metal

Goetia – Mortuary Cult (Carbonized Records) – death metal

Goreworm – Miasmic Solitude (Transcending Obscurity Records) – death metal

Heavenwood – The Tarot of the Bohemians – Part II (Mighty Music) – dark metal

King Potenaz – Arcane Desert Rituals Vol 2 (Majestic Mountain) – stoner doom

KLIMT 1918 – Àmor (Prophecy Productions) – post‑rock

Ljuset – S/T (Silent Future Recordings) – post‑punk indie black metal

Malist – Eternal Echo of the Fall (Self) – black metal

Man Looking Man – S/T (Octopus Rising) – post hardcore

Mirror of My Soul – October Is Rising (Majestic Mountain) – prog rock

Non Serviam – La Lune Dont Mon Ame Est Pleine (Lay Bare Recordings) – extreme

Nuclear Tomb – Epoch Inhumane (Rotted Life) – thrash

Numen – Erre (LADLO) – black metal

Sahhar – Migja ta Mohh Mignun (Time To Kill) – black metal

Scatter – Tech Hell Cyber Thrash (Self) – thrash

Sorrow Sphere – The Wizard of Doom (Club Inferno Ent.) – doom

Soulburn – Quantifying Cosmic Doom (Testimony Records) – blackened death metal

Stormkeep – The Nocturnes of Iswylm (Metal Blade Records / Vesperian GmbH) – black metal

The Heavy Eyes – Focus (Magnetic Eye Records) – heavy blues rock

Tombal – Grave of the Damned (Blood Harvest) – death metal

Twist Lock – Surplus Citizen (Self) – hardcore

Véhémence – Assiégé pour l’Eternité (Antiq) – black metal

Woewarden – The Roots of My Neglect (Self) – atmospheric black metal

— Josh