This week's new heavy metal releases include Croatian weirdos, Andorran progsters, Ghoul-ish Oaklanders, and more! To the metals…
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Enterprise Earth – Death: An Anthology
Genre: Deathcore/groove metal
Origin: Spokane, Washington
Label: MNRK Heavy
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On this record – of which I had to confirm numerous times wasn't a compilation – Enterprise Earth and bringing the heavy grooves with plenty of techy moments throughout. They're also brining pals along with them. You're getting some guest spots from Ben from Shadow of Intent, Darius from Spite, Matt from Trivium, and Wes from Alluvial.
Ghoul – Noxious Concoctions
Genre: Death metal/thrash
Origin: Oakland, California
Label: Tankcrimes
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It's been eight years since Ghoul has dropped more than a new single, and the wait for some of their nasty, thrashy death metal is finally over. This is a five track EP with four originals and a Funerot cover. A wild ride, as usual.
KMFDM – Let Go
Genre: Industrial
Origin: Hamburg, Germany
Label: Metropolis
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Feel like dancing while blaring some big driving guitars? KMFDM have you covered. This record feels like that dance scene from the second Matrix movie, but with more on an 80's-90's alternative angle.
meth. – Shame
Genre: Experimental/dissonant death metal
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Label: Prosthetic
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Wasn't dancing a little bit ago so fun? Well, the fun ends now with the latest from meth.. This is a noisy, angry record that makes me feel uneasy. The lyrical subject matter covers depression, addiction, and trauma too. So, yeah. Good times. Hear the whole thing here.
Necrowretch – Swords Of Dajjal
Genre: Blackened death metal
Origin: Valence, Rhône-Alpes, France
Label: Season Of Mist
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Up next is an evil French blackened death metal record. In the four years since their last sinister offering, the band has swapped out their rhythm section. The new dudes know their ways around crushing your eardrums though. This is a dark and enjoyable listen for fans of headbanging a lot.
Persefone – Lingua Ignota: Part I
Genre: Progressive/melodic death metal
Origin: Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Label: Napalm
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Last year Persefone dropped their vocalist and have employed new guy Daniel R. Flys and this EP is our introduction to him. While still full of progressive twists and melodic turns, this is a more intense Persefone than 2022's Metanoia. I'm already looking forward to every sequel that could come from this new chapter. Lauren's full review is right here.
Them Moose Rush – Zepaxia
Genre: Progressive rock
Origin: Bjelovar, Croatia
Label: Dostava Zvuka/Dirty Old Label
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Wrapping this week with a band I will champion every time I can. Them Moose Rush are a band that are constantly shapeshifting from record to record, and often even within each record. Zepaxia sounds like Royal Blood, Portugal. The Man, Dead Poet Society, and others if they injested a smoothie of funk, weed, and prog.
Also dropping this week…
- Artillery – Raw Live (In Copenhell) (Mighty) – Death metal
- Banks Arcade – Death 2 (UNFD) – Metalcore
- Baratro – The Sweet Smell of Unrest (Improved Sequence Records) – Noise metal/experimental
- Being As An Ocean – Death Can Wait (Out Of Line) – Melodic hardcore
- Big Scenic Nowhere – The Waydown (Heavy Psych Sounds) – Progressive/psychedelic rock – Full stream
- Bipolar Architecture – Metaphysicize (Pelagic) – Post-metal
- Corpsevore – Feed The Plague (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) – Death metal/grindcore
- Deadyellow – What Was Left of Them (Self-released) – Post-black metal
- The Deathtones – Universal Monsters (We Are Horror Records) – Horror rock
- Drunemeton – Tir Nan Og (Heidens Hart) – Black metal
- Dwarrowdelf – The Fallen Leaves (Northern Silence Productions) – Epic black metal
- Graywitch – Children Of Gods (Sleaszy Rider SRL) – Heavy metal
- Hasturian Vigil – Unveiling The Brac'thal (Invictus) – Heavy/black metal
- Hero And The Horror – Old Ghosts (Salt Of The Earth Records) – Hard rock/heavy metal
- Hollow Woods – Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants (Signal Rex) – Black metal
- House Of Atreus – Orations EP (Iron Bonehead) – Melodic death metal
- Ignis Absconditus – Golden Horses Of A Dying Future (My Kingdom Music) – Heavy/avant-garde mtal
- Levels – Pulse EP (SharpTone) – Metalcore/melodic djent
- Litosth – Cesariana (Personal) – Melodic black metal
- Masser – The Forlorn Path (Self-released) – Metalcore
- Meanstreak – Blood Moon EP (Step Off) – Heavy/power metal
- Mind Conflict – Temple Of God (Self-released) – Death metal
- Myrath – Karma (earMusic) – Progressive/power metal
- Night Fever – Dead End (Svart) – Hardcore
- Obsidian Tongue – The Stone Heart (Self-released) – Atmospheric black metal
- Perveration – Putrefaction Of Infinite Apogee (Comatose) – Brutal death metal
- Reconciler – Art For Our Sake (Smartpunk) – Punk/Americana
- Silent Stream of Godless Elegy – Jiná (Redblack Productions) – Folk metal
- Slope – Freak Dreams (Century Media) – Experimental metal/alternative rock
- Solbrud – IIII (Vendetta) – Black metal
- Stages Of Decomposition – Raptures Of Psychopathy (Gore House) – Brutal death metal
- Transit Method – Othervoid (Brutal Panda) – Progressive metal
- Troy The Band – Cataclysm (Bonebag Records) – Doom-gaze
- Unaussprechlichen Kulten – Häxan Sabaoth (Iron Bonehead) – Death metal
- Utopia – Shame (Self-released) -Technical death metal/mathcore – Full stream
- Vægtløs – Aftryk (Self-released) – Black metal/shoegaze
- Wandering Oak – Resilience (Self-released) – Heavy/black metal
