It’s growing more and more hilarious seeing what hills certain folks are willing to die on these days. And yes I do still erupt in a great big, ginormous laugh at any “anonymous” keyboard warrior trying to play tough. ‘Tis where my brain is at currently so you get to roll around in here with me. Lucky you. Anyway, new stuff this week kicks off with Blood Mother, remember Lion’s Daughter…well, here you go but filtered through wild west motifs, and man it slays. Seriously. Then doom kings Warning are back from a looooooong nap with an album that will be divisive for some and a stone cold classic for others, such is life, then we move on to avantmetallers Kilter who just continue to decimate the metal / jazz landscape, and then we have the rest of the list that sits at the ready for you to peruse. Do that and we’ll see you here throughout the week. Correction: somebody will see you here. I will be somewhere in the sun…

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Blood Mother – S/T (Self) – all killer no filler

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Warning – Rituals of Shame (Relapse) – doom

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Kilter – Ten Billion Years (Excursus Production) – avantmetal

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Also on tap:

Avarice – Perpetual Ruin (Mighty Music) – metal

Bantoriak – Vol. II (Argonauta) – desert rock

Baphomet’s Blood – Second Strike (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy / speed

Blood of Angels – Les Agnst ov Thanatous (Self) – death / doom

Bunkerjugend – Systemprobe (Self) – punk / industrial

Chainlacing – Messuage (These Hands Melt) – ambient

Conflux Collective – In the Wake of Saturn (Self) – progressive tech death

Cutthroat – Invoking Terror (Dying Victims Productions) – thrash / death

Einherjer – Lifeblood (By Norse Music) – heavy metal

Endseeker – Coffin Born, EP (Metal Blade Records) – death metal

Eternal Recurrence – S/T (Self) – symphonic metal

Gold Spire – Steps Into Shadow (Awakening) – doom / death

Green Desert Water – Eerie Meadows (Small Stone) – rock

Hyena – Heavy Metal Heroes (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy metal

If I Die Today – I Felt Nothing (Various) – post‑hardcore

Inherits The Void – The Silent Abscission (Avantgarde) – black metal

Into Darkness – Route to the Other Side (Dying Victims Productions) – metal

Iron Kobra – Eternal Dagger (Dying Victims Productions) – heavy metal

Kerry King – From Hell I Rise: Extended Deluxe Edition (Reigning Phoenix Music) – metal

Liminal Sky – All Tomorrow’s Darkness (Karisma) – post‑rock

Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct (Willowtip) – post‑metal

Lost In Kyiv – We’re All Going To Be Fine (Pelagic) – metal

Luman Ad Mortem – A Grave Ascent (Hypnotic Dirge Records) – black metal

Man Rabid – The Messiah Complex I (Black Lodge / Sound Pollution) – heavy metal

mudd shovel – little white hair (Self) – alt‑rock

Mork – Monolitt (Peaceville) – black metal

Nirriti – Dhrupad Anutpada: Apophatic Ragas of Non-Origination (Iron Bonehead) – black / noise

Plaindrifter – Gestalt (Ripple Music) – progressive stoner metal

Quiet Fear – La Tierra Arriba / El Abismo Abajo (Iodine) – rock

Saidan – Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memories Wrist (Avantgarde) – black metal

Scordatura – Led Into Oblivion (Everlasting Spew) – brutal death

Shadowborne – Heaven’s Falling (Scarlet Records) – power metal

Taihr – Allicanto (Tonzonen Records) – progressive metal

The Carburetors – We Ride At Night (Fast Forward) – rock

U.S. Bastards – Negligent Discharge (Self) – punk

Warthrash – No Light Shall Remain (Awakening Records) – death metal

Witching Hour – Past Midnight, Physical Reissue (Dying Victims Productions) – metal

— Josh