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Initial Descent: April 23 – 29, 2023

April 24, 2023April 22, 2023JoshLeave a comment

Pro tip: if you’re sending promos and don’t get to the point right off the bat (band, album, label, and genre) don’t expect a deep dive seeing as most blogs get between 50 and 100 a day. Just sayin’. Alright then, we’ve got a new week and fresh new batch of killer to get to. Death doomsters Pestilence kick things off this week in the sickest way possible and that’s a good thing, Enforced give a class on how to do death infused thrash properly, Vadiat get in the death metal feels, and Tunic offer up some exquisite noise which we don’t have enough of these days. So, dig in and find your new favorite. See you here throughout the week.

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Album Review: Cloud Rat — “Threshold”

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022Vincent2 Comments

Grind is having a massive couple of weeks right now. Last Friday brought us a new Escuela Grind album (review courtesy of my esteemed colleague and brother), and now I have the sublime pleasure to convince you that you should drop whatever you are doing this Friday and check out Threshold, the latest from Michigan grind stalwarts Cloud Rat. And trust me, I do mean whatever you are doing.

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Initial Descent: October 2 – 8, 2022

October 3, 2022September 30, 2022JoshLeave a comment

Goatwhore – image courtesy of Stephanie Cabral

First up, our thoughts are with all those negatively impacted by the hurricane. There’s plenty of options and ways out there to help if you can so if you’re so inclined, type it in the search bar and go from there. It’s time for new and upcoming metal, and that we have plenty of this week, yet again. Goatwhore kicks things off with their eighth full length and it is massive (more on that later in the week), Armed For Apocalypse and Coffin Torture kick out the sludge metal jams, Cloud Rat again show shy they are at the top of ‘extreme mountain,’ and there’s a slew of other releases hiding out in the list below that keeps the quality pegged. Plenty here to keep you busy throughout the week so happy hunting and stay tuned.

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Initial Descent: September 18 – 24, 2022

September 19, 2022September 16, 2022JoshLeave a comment

This week’s list of new metal might just be the longest list so far this year. I mean, if you can’t find something here just quit. Kidding…or not. Anyway, super bloated list which is always a great thing as there’s something for every discerning taste. We kick things off with an incredible death metal debut from Miscreance (no shit, this thing is great), then we’ve got black metal from Gaerea which is yet again great, KEN Mode returns to flip noise metal on its ear, ritualistic metal gets an upgrade from Frayle, and as you already know, there’s a TON more that follows. Dig in, turn up, and do your thing. We’ll see you here throughout the week.

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CANTO: Northless, KEN mode, Lamb of God, and More

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Alright, so, I’m drafting this post super early in the morning because I need to be on the road soon. Needless to say, this will include some old stuff from yesterday, and I’ll miss plenty of news that emerged today. Deal with it.

Leading off, we have the new single from Northless premiering over at Lambgoat, titled “Of Shadow and Sanguine”. That track features Ethan McCarthy of Primitive Man, and is taken from A Path Beyond Grief. That album drops on July 22nd through Translation Loss.
From there, it’s probably wise to check out the new Lamb of God track we referenced earlier in the week. Here’s the music video for “Nevermore”. As mentioned, Omens will be out on October 7th through Epic Records.
Kreator also brought us some new stuff today. Check out the music video for “Become Immortal” right here. Hate Über Alles is out now on Nuclear Blast.
And then from there, we have Imperial Triumphant. They shared a new track, titled “Merkurius Gilded”, from Spirit of Ecstasy. As a reminder, that one is out on July 22nd through Century Media.
Closing out the week, we should all be excited about new stuff from KEN mode. Null will be out on September 23rd through Artoffact Records, and “A Love Letter” is streaming now… directly below as always. Enjoy.