Upcoming Metal Releases: 6/25/2023-7/1/2023
Here are the new (and recent) metal releases for June 18th through June 24th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect to see most of these albums on shelves or distros on Fridays.
See something we missed or have any thoughts? Let us know in the comments. Plus, as always, feel free to post your own shopping lists. Happy digging.
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Upcoming Releases
Raven — All Hell’s Breaking Loose | Silver Lining Music | Heavy + Speed Metal | United Kingdom
After sparking the fires of NWOBHM in the early days of the genre, Raven has continued to press on and stay true to their vision of frantic, speed-thirsty heavy metal. Seeing them live is a must, but this new album is easily worth a listen at home too.
–Ted Nubel
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Static Abyss — Aborted from Reality | Peaceville Records | Death + Doom Metal | United States (Oakland, CA)
When Autopsy members Greg Wilkinson and Chris Reifert join forces, one can expect something… grave. This death/doom project already gave us Labyrinth of Veins last year, so this is a blissfully early follow-up. Haunting doom reigns, twisted and marred by Reifert’s unmistakable vocals. It’s almost uncomfortably imaginative: dire riffs paint an irresistible portrait of an agonizing, warped reality.
–Ted Nubel
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Coffin Mulch — Spectral Intercession | Memento Mori | Death Metal | United Kingdom (Glasgow, Scotland)
Coffin Mulch doesn’t just dabble in old-school, HM-2-style death metal, they submerse themselves in it. Or rather, submersed, because on this debut full-length they’ve exploded out of the bloody sewage victorious, entrails clenched in their fists. Rooted in headbangable, menacing riffs and executed with obvious joy, Spectral Intercession is a giblet-soaked delight.
–Ted Nubel
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Before the Dawn — Stormbringers | Napalm Records | Melodic Death + Gothic Metal | Finland
After recently reviving in 2021, Stormbringers is Before the Dawn’s first post-hiatus record – Paavo Laapotti of Kuusuo now handles lead clean vocals. It’s a doom-leaning take on gothic melodic metal, I’d say, with lots of huge chunky riffs. Moody, for sure, but also brimming with optimistic fervor.
–Ted Nubel
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Grafvitnir — Into the Other Wilderness | Regain Records | Melodic Black Metal | Sweden
Grafvitnir isn’t your average atavistic, second-wave-eying black metal band — mostly because they’ve kept things both interesting and authentic. Throughout nine albums since 2012, they’ve consistently managed to hone in an exceptionally memorable, yet cryptic and scornful, approach to melodic black metal. On Into the Outer Wilderness, each motif burns itself into your brain, leaving dazzling embers in its wake.
–Ted Nubel
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Oxblood Forge — Cult of Oblivion | Independent | Heavy + Doom + Stoner Metal | United States (Boston, MA)
Aggressive and unafraid to experiment, Oxblood Forge’s new EP is a reminder that even with a massive resurgence in popularity (relatively speaking, anyway), traditional heavy metal can still surprise. It’s weird and rough-edged, and I’m all for it.
–Ted Nubel
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Lucifixion — Trisect Joy of Pierced Hearts | Sentient Ruin | Raw Black Metal | United States
Trisect Joy of Pierced Hearts is a hell of a title. Even the promo text sets the stakes high – read the Bandcamp blurb and tell me that doesn’t sound like the most ridiculous, most amazing shit ever. Fortunately, the record itself does manage to meet these expectations: it’s an acrobatic rampage that jumps between all number of intricate, violent expressions.
–Ted Nubel
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Eiter — Gewalt | Independent | Black + Death + Grindcore | Germany
Melody plays an intriguing role in this generally unruly, noisy mixture of extreme metal. Caustic vocals and brutalizing riffs reign, but there’s gnarly little bits of delightful weirdness here too.
–Ted Nubel
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None — Inevitable | Hypnotic Dirge Records | Atmospheric + Depressive Black Metal | United States (Portland, OR)
A stroll through a miserable, shrouded landscape of pain sounds about right, given the current polluted air here in Chicago. None’s grim declarations of sorrow take on extra gravitas with cloudy, obscured production.
–Ted Nubel
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