This week's new heavy metal releases include black metal in space, post-rock in a frenzy, death metal in league with Satan, and more! To the metals…
Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All…….
Genre: Black/heavy metal
Origin: Kolbotn, Akershus, Norway
Label: Peaceville
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On album number twenty, Fenriz and Nocturno Culto are taking this black metal party to space. All the evil you'd want from the band is there, but what I've heard so far includes some psychedelic atmosphere. It's a pretty fun shake-up.
Deicide – Banished By Sin
Genre: Death metal
Origin: Tampa, Florida
Label: Reigning Phoenix
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It's been six years since Glen and the gang brought their brand of sinister death metal to the masses. Album number thirteen (spooky!) features a new rhythm guitarist, some controversial artwork choices, and all the brash heaviness you'd expect. Check out out deep dive with Glen here.
Full Of Hell – Coagulated Bliss
Genre: Grindcore
Origin: Ocean City, Maryland
Label: Closed Casket
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Last year saw the ever-prolific Full Of Hell drop a pair of collaboration records and a split, but they're back this year on their own. Coagulated Bliss is a brief but efficient grinding good time. This has some hard rocking grooves, some hardcore fury, and more. If you're not feeling a track wait about ninety seconds and they're move on since they rarely exceed two minutes on a track.
Glassing – From The Other Side Of The Mirror
Genre: Post-rock/mathcore
Origin: Austin, Texas
Label: Pelagic
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Pelagic Records seldom miss, and the latest from Glassing is another win for the label. If you're a fan of post-rock swells or shoegaze spacy-ness but yearn for flurries of chaos, this give this a spin. So often a post-____ record builds to a crescendo, but rarely do they explode like this record does.
Harvestman – Triptych: Part One
Genre: Folk/drone
Origin: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Label: Neurot Recordings
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While Neurosis remains dormant (dead?) Steve Von Till is once again taking us into nature and some more experimental realms with his Harvestman project. Seldom is there a traditionally heavy moment or really traditional song structure. This is all unease via drone, programmed noises, and vibes.
Inter Arma – New Heaven
Genre: Sludge/experimental-metal
Origin: Richmond, Virginia
Label: Relapse
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Inter Arma are a band I have a lot of respect for because they keep me guessing. Their last album was a covers album with a Prince cover. Didn't see that coming. This time they have infused a ton of dissonance and energy into their sludge sound. If you ever wrote them off for being slow or whatever, this might be the turn you've been waiting for.
Ou – 蘇醒 II: Frailty
Genre: Progressive metal
Origin: Beijing, China
Label: InsideOut
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A few years ago Ou dropped their debut record and while I dig it, I figured they were on the verge of a really special album. Their sophomore release is that special album. They are being co-produced and mixed by Devin Townsend so their rhythmic prog has his signature heft behind it. There's truly nothing else like Ou.
St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Genre: Experimental rock
Origin: Dallas, Texas
Label: Total Pleasure Records
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While, I'm not sure if this is the metal album Annie Clark intends to make, this is a darker turn for her. You're getting some fuzzy guitars, heavy synths, and driving rhythms from Dave Grohl on drums. Honestly, sometimes I include an album or artist just outside of what I'm supposed write about as a way to be like, "trust me." This is one of those.
Also dropping this week…
- Lee Aaron – Tattoo Me (Metalville) – Hard rock covers
- Accept – Humanoid (Napalm) – Heavy metal
- ACxDC – G.O.A.T. (Prosthetic) – Powerviolence
- Alien Ant Farm – ~mAntras~ (Megaforce Records) – Alternative rock/metal
- Amiensus – Reclamation: Part 1 (Self-released) – Progressive black metal
- Arð – Untouched By Fire (Prophecy) – Melodic death metal
- AWOL – Tear 'Em To Bits (Flatspot Records) – Hardcore/punk
- Barbarian Swords – Fetid (Base Record Production) – Black metal/doom
- Baron – Beneath The Blazing Abyss (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Death metal/hardcore
- Black Tusk – The Way Forward (Season Of Mist) – Sludge
- Blessed Black – Seasons Vol. 2 (independent) – Doom
- The Blood Of Christ – Sworn Trilogy (CDN Records) – Dark metal
- Cypecore – Make Me Real (Easthaven Records) – Melodic death metal
- Darkness – Blood On Canvas (Massacre Records) – Thrash
- Dätcha Mandala – Koda (DM Prod/Take It Easy/Discos Macarras) – Sludge/psychedelic
- Diamond Construct – Angel Killer Zero (Pale Chord/Greyscale Records) – Nu-metal/metalcore
- Disbelief – Killing Karma (Listenable Records) – Death metal/sludge
- Eye – Dark Light (New Heavy Sounds) – Folk/psychedelic
- Fluisteraars – Manifestaties van de Ontworteling (Eisenwald) – Black metal
- Freeways – Dark Sky Sanctuary (Dying Victims Productions) – Hard rock
- Gomad! & Monster – Sickness (Eclipse Records) – Electronic rock
- Grumpster – Grumpster (Pure Noise Records) – Punk
- Hacavitz – Muerte (Moribund) – Black metal
- Hellish Torment – Hellish Torment (The Soulbutcher's Records) – Black metal
- King Of None – In The Realm (Argonauta Records) – Stoner
- Lethe – Alienation (Dark Essence Records) – Dark rock
- Microwave – Let’s Start Degeneracy (Pure Noise Records) – Post-hardcore
- Morgul Blade – Heavy Metal Wraiths (No Remorse Records) – Heavy/black metal
- My Favourite Nemesis – We Annihilate (Seek & Strike) – Metalcore
- Night King – Inferno (Self-released) – Heavy metal
- Noirnoise – Noirnoise (Self-released) – Black metal
- Obscurial – Heretic (Necrolatry Records) – Death metal
- Party Cannon – Injuries Are Inevitable (Unique Leader Records) – Brutal death metal
- Pulverised – Master’s Personae (Pulverised Records) Death metal
- Six By Six – Beyond Shadowland (InsideOut) – Progressive rock
- Stormborn – Zenith (Rockshots Records) – Power metal
- Thalia – The Rivers Of Books (Rockshop Records) – Progressive hard rock
- Thrower – Blink (Pavement Entertainment) – Alternative rock
- Tombstoner – Rot Stink Rip (Redefining Darkness Records) – Death metal
- Transatlantic – Live At Morsefest 2022 (InsideOut) – Progressive rock
- Tygers Of Pan Tang – Live Blood (Mighty) – Hard rock
- Vesperian Sorrow – Awaken The Greylight (Black Lion Records) – Symphonic black metal
- War Grave – War Grave (UK Thrashers PR) – Power metal/thrash
- Wingless – Ascension (Selfmadegod Records) – Death metal/doom
- Wretched Blessing – Wretched Blessing (Two Mongrels Recordings) – Death metal/hardcore
