Some cool stuff, but the end of the year slowdown is here. Some prog, some death metal and more. To the metals…
Mors Principium Est – Dawn of the 5th Era 
Genre: Melodic death metal
Origin: Pori, Finland
Label: AFM
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Why isn't this band bigger? Epic, melodic death metal that is as crushing and technical as it is catchy. With their fifth album, I hope thus new era brings them new success.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlAQ0k1ZXfA[/youtube]
Obscurity – Vintar 
Genre: Folk metal
Origin: Velbert, Germany
Label: Trollzorn
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I discovered while deciding to talk about this band,that there are about a dozen bands on Metal-Archives.com called Obscurity. How does one decide that being the twelfth band with a certain name has a right to a name? Not saying this band didn't have it first, or early on or whatever. Just a thought. Anyway, this one appears to be the only German folk band though. Pretty cool though. Seems to be entirely in German, and I dig when bands stick to their native tongue.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYT1fr1F_Qk[/youtube]
Triosphere – The Heart of the Matter 
Genre: Progressive power metal
Origin: Trondheim, Norway
Label: AFM
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This. Is. Epicnessssss.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFtlAnhzu8[/youtube]
White Arms of Athena – White Arms of Athena 
Genre: Progressive
Origin: Mesquite, Texas
Label: Prosthetic
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This is hands down my pick of the week. Weird, chaotic, technical, beautiful, gross, awesome. This album kind of has everything.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTgcVnkmsA[/youtube]
Also dropping today…
The Amsterdam Red Light District – Gone For A While (Red Light) – Punk
Axenstar – Where Dreams Are Forgotten (Inner Wound) – Power metal
Bhleg – Draumr Ast (Nordvis) – Black metal
Black Fate – Between Visions & Lies (Ulterium) – Progressive
Bloodbound – Stormborn (AFM) – Hardcore
Bog Oak – A Treatise on Resurrection and the Afterlife (Svart) – Sludge
Bombnation – Night Invasion (PRC) – Thrash
Cadaveric Fumes/Demonic Oath – Entwined In Sepulchral Darkness Split EP (Iron Bonehead) – Death metal
Clorange – Instinct (PRC) – Stoner
Donnie Vie – The White Album (Cargo) – Rock
Eye of Solitude – Dear Insanity EP (Kaotoxin) – Doom
Famishgod – Devourers of Light (Xtreem) – Doom
Fortress – Undo The Nothing (Unholy Anarchy) – Doom
Harmony – Theatre of Redemption (Ulterium) – Prog power
Hybrid Sheep – Free From The Clutches of Gods (Tenacity) – Metalcore
Ice Dragon – Dream Dragon (PRC) – Psych
Johnny Wore Black – Walking Underwater Pt. 2 (Dead Cherry)
Lotus Thief – Rervm (Svart) – "Dark, brooding alt rock"
Mothra – Desecrated Thoughts (Vic) – Death metal
My Shameful – Hollow (Moscow Funeral League) – Funeral doom
Neonfly – Strangers In Paradise (Inner Wound) – Power metal
Nightglow – Orpheus (Bakerteam) – Thrash
Osada Vida – The After Effect (Metal Mind) – Prog
Reasons Behind – The Alpha Memory (Maple Metal) – Symphonic power metal
Resumed – Alinations (Bakerteam) – tech death
Samael – Solar Soul Re-Release (Metal Mind) – Industrial
Scapes – One:Unseen:One (Nihil Ultra) – Doom
Sinister – Afterburner Re-Release (Metal Mind) – Death metal
Sinister – Aggressive Measures Re-Release (Metal Mind) – Death metal
Skelethal – Interstellar Knowledge of the Purple Entity EP (Iron Bonehead) – Death metal
Starbynary – Dark Passenger (Bakerteam) – Progressive
Striver – Apocalypse Nightmare (PRC) – Crossover
Voivod – Infini Re-Release (Metal Mind) – Progressive thrash
Voivod – Katorz Re-Release (Metal Mind) – Progressive thrash
