Wait…I have to do this TWO WEEKS IN A ROW?! No worries; Fearless Editor™ Josh returns next week so you only have this old dog screwing things up one more time…
It’s a bit of a light week, what with this nation hanging on for dear life so it can celebrate its 250th year of independence, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing on the horizon for you to dig into. We’ve got some doom and gloom courtesy of Todorol and Season of Mist; a bit of black metal from the likes of Mortem coming from Peaceville, something called Gods & Punks which just by nature of the “stoner prog” tag has me excited…finally we’ve got live Doro incoming for you old guys who remember her back in the day. Reissued on her own label, no less.
Warlock ripped, y’all…
TodoMAL – Graveyards of Joy (Seasons of Mist) – doom
Mortem – Mortekid (Peaceville) – black metal
Gods & Punks – A Shrine By the Sea (Electric Valley Records) – stoner prog
Doro – Live (reissue) (Rare Diamonds) – hard rock
The full tap:
| Initial Descent — New Releases | June 30 – July 3 | ||
| Band | Album | Label | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | |||
| Escapeinout | The Age of Collapse: As Above, So Below | Brutal | metal |
| July 1, 2026 | |||
| Metaladian | Deaditation | Self | heavy metal |
| July 3, 2026 | |||
| Agarwaen | The Murder Trend | Over The Border | extreme |
| Become Death | Vorara | Self | death metal |
| Coprolith | Putrescence | Me Saco Un Ojo / Rotted Life | death metal |
| Dichotomy | Lucifer Owns The Fence | Rottweiler Records | death metal |
| Dominum | Night Is Calling | Napalm | metal |
| Doro | Live | Rare Diamonds | heavy metal |
| Gods & Punks | A Shrine by the Sea | Electric Valley Records | stoner prog |
| Harsh | Feels | Self | rock |
| Illwind | The Unfolding at the End of Light | Personal | doom |
| Insurrectum | The Last Battle | Self | blackened death metal |
| Martyrs Saint | From Strength to Strength | Self | thrash |
| Mortem | Mørketid | Peaceville Records | black metal |
| NXMAD | The Second Fall | APF Records | sludge hardcore |
| PSEUDOBIBLION | Index I | Club Inferno Ent. | death doom |
| Rauhbein | Rebellen & Helden | Perception – Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music | folk punk rock something |
| Solace | Fading Failing Ruin | Magnetic Eye Records | hardcore-infused metal |
| Soothsayer | The Unbinding | Apocalyptic Witchcraft | black / doom |
| Steve Austin | The Magnolia Sessions | Anti-Corp Music | bluegrass/folk/dark country |
| The Tirith | Quetzalcoatl | Self | prog rock |
| Todomal | Graveyards of Joy | Season of Mist | doom |
| Troy The Band | (des) | Railway | gazey |
| Witchsorrow | The Devil and All his Works | Church Road | doom |
| 24 releases | |||
— Chris
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