Upcoming Metal Releases 10/12/2014 – 10/18/2014
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Here are the new metal releases for the week of 10/12/2014 – 10/18/2014. Release dates are formatted according to proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect to see the bulk of these records on shelves or distros on Tuesday unless otherwise noted. Blurbs and designations are based on available promotional material and perceived buzz.
See something we missed? Goofs? Let us know in the comments. Plus, as always, feel free to post your own shopping lists. Happy digging.
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Anticipated Releases:
Baptists – Bloodmines | Southern Lord | Hardcore | Canada
Furious, hard-charging hardcore with moments of melody beneath the maelstrom.
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Exodus – Blood In Blood Out | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | United States
Singer Steve “Zetro” Souza (Pleasures of the Flesh, Fabulous Disaster) returns for this Bay Area institution’s 11th full-length.
Related to: Heathen, Vile
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Furia – Nocel | Pagan Records | Black metal | Poland
Anthemic fury set in motion by driving guitars. Out on Thursday (October 16).
Related to: Thaw, Massemord, Morowe, FDS
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Horrendous – Ecdysis | Dark Descent Records | Death metal | United States
Second album for this progressive trio with a melo streak.
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Inter Arma – The Cavern | Relapse Records | Sludge, post-metal, black metal | United States
One 40-minute composition of chunky strums and rootsy respites. Dorthia Cottrell of Windhand guests.
Related to: Bastard Sapling
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Kayo Dot – Coffins On Io | The Flenser | Avant-garde, experimental | United States
Toby Driver and company explore the fluorescent-lit moods of movie scores like Blade Runner. Available on Thursday (October 16).
Related to: Maudlin of the Well, Asva, Vaura
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Kruger – Adam And Steve | Listenable Records | Sludge, post-hardcore | Switzerland
Under-appreciated masterminds keeping the rocking and riff-heavy core of bands like Keelhaul and Breach alive. Find their stellar older material here. Too bad the only thing they’ve released is this 20-second teaser.
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The Melvins – Hold It In | Ipecac Recordings | Melvins | United States
Buzz and Dale are joined by Jeff Pinkus and Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers. Adventures ensue.
Related to: Fantômas, Venomous Concept, Shrinebuilder
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Menace Ruine – Venus Armata | Profound Lore Records | Drone, black metal | Canada
Shimmery drone evoking ancient, medieval spirits.
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Occultation – Silence In The Ancestral House | Profound Lore Records | Doom | United States
Classic, guitar-focused doom entwined with goth and death rock.
Related to: Negative Plane
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October 31 – Bury the Hatchet | Hells Headbangers Records | Heavy metal | United States
The mighty King Fowley and his band of lifers rip through ten tracks of true.
Related to: Deceased, Twisted Tower Dire, While Heaven Wept
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Revocation – Deathless | Metal Blade Records | Death/thrash | United States
Speedy and nimble modern metal.
Related to: Artificial Brain
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Rosetta – Flies To Flame | Translation Loss | Post-metal | United States
Patient reverbed build-ups give way to big riffs.
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Sanctuary – The Year the Sun Died | Century Media Records | Progressive metal, power metal | United States
Reformed following the sorta-demise of Nevermore, Warrel Dane and Jim Sheppard find a familiar groove.
Related to: Nevermore
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Swallowed – Lunarterial | Dark Descent Records | Death/doom | Finland
Shambling, howling nastiness befitting the Finnish death/doom legacy.
Related to: Ranger
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Today Is the Day – Animal Mother | Southern Lord | Noise rock, grind | United States
Once again, Steve Austin provides the aural accompaniment for a psychotic break.
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Of Note:
The Acacia Strain – Coma Witch | Rise Records | Metalcore | United States
Groovy breakdown specialists.
Årabrot – I Modi | Fysisk Format | Noise rock, punk | Norway
Takes AmRep’s uneasiness in an experimental direction.
At Dusk – Anhedonia | Broken Limbs Recordings | Black metal | United States
An oppressively depressed blast of bleakness. Stream a track here.
Atrum Tempestas – Néant | Nordavind Records | Black metal | Finland
Nature-obsessed, but without the wispy whimsy of most atmospheric outfits.
Blast Off – World of Lies | Suspiria Records | Thrash | Italy
Exodus-styled thrash with touches of death.
Cara Neir / Venowl – Cara Neir / Venowl | Broken Limbs Recordings | Black metal, doom | United States
Two of the US underground’s most intriguing up-and-comers trade cuts. Cara Neir plow through micro-sized but fully realized black metal. Venowl go long with claustrophobic doom.
Disentomb – Misery | New Standard Elite | Death metal | Australia
Unrelenting brutality trading in needless widdles for maximized impact.
Related to: Entrails Eradicated
Fleshworld / Gazers / Viscera/// – Fleshworld/Gazer/Viscera/// | Sell Your Soul Records | Post-metal | Poland / France / Italy
A three-way post-metal convention. Fleshworld and Gazers sit closer to the post-hardcore side. Viscera/// have a Starkweather-ian blackness.
Hang the Bastard – Sex in the Seventh Circle | Century Media Records | Sludge, doom | United Kingdom
Fuzzed-up Celtic Frost riffs delivered with a stoner-y strut.
Humiliation – Battalion | Deepsend Records | Death metal | Malaysia
Warhawk death metal tossing many bolts.
Inconcessus Lux Lucis – Crux Lupus Corona | I, Voidhanger Records | Black metal | United Kingdom
Quirky black metal with a disarmingly clean tone.
Insanity Alert – Insanity Alert | Empire Records | Thrash, crossover | Austria
Ripping and rollicking thrash heavy on the punk influence. Out on Saturday (October 18). Find older material here.
Kreyskull – Tower Witch | Inverse Records | Hard rock, doom | Finland
Blues-streaked rock with a doomy buzz.
Related to: Demonic Death Judge, Kaihoro
The Lurking Corpses – Workin’ For The Devil | Hells Headbangers Records | Horror punk, death metal | United States
Crosses the streams of a band like Frightmare with the Misfits.
Related to: Ptahil, Fog
MoE – 3 | Fysisk Format | Noise rock | Norway
A limit-pushing tumult of the punk persuasion. Of interest to Harvey Milk fans.
Mortifera – IV: Sanctii Tristhess | Apparitia Recordings | Black metal | France
Though wrought with despair, this trio keeps pistons pumping with a midpaced rock beat. Find older material here.
Related to: Celestia
My Brother The Wind – Once There Was A Time When Time and Space Were One | Free Electric Sound | Rock, psych rock, space rock | Sweden
Improvised and instrumental rock that freely traverses the night sky.
Related to: Anekdoten
N.K.V.D. – Hakmarrja | Avantgarde Music | Black metal, industrial | France
An all-out dissonant assault on the senses. Out on Friday (October 17).
Old Lines – No Child Left Behind | No Sleep Records | Hardcore, d-beat | United States
Raging core with a metallic toughness.
Related to: Pulling Teeth, Ruiner
Perdition Winds – Aura of Suffering | Woodcut Records | Black metal | Finland
A blizzard of kvlt tremolo. Out on Friday (October 17).
Related to: Desolate Shrine, Lie in Ruins, Sepulchral Temple
Posthum – The Black Northern Ritual | Indie Recordings | Black metal | Norway
Lightly melodic, midpaced black metal in the classic mold. Find older material here.
Progenie Terrestre Pura – Asteroidi | Self-released | Dark ambient | Italy
The spacey black metal band takes a breather with an EP of IDM-tinged ambient. Find older material here.
Related to: Urna
Rings Of Saturn – Lugal Ki En | Unique Leader Records | Death metal, deathcore | United States
Over-the-top shreddy lunacy.
Scar Symmetry – The Singularity (Phase 1 – Neohumanity) | Nuclear Blast | Melodeath | Sweden
A hooky slab of modern metal.
Related to: Theory in Practice, Altered Aeon, Zombified, Edge of Sanity, Pan.Thy.Monium, Tormented
Soulskinner – Crypts Of Ancient Wisdom | Xtreem Music | Death metal | Greece
Effective OSDM of the meat and potatoes variety.
Related to: Principality of Hell, Thou Art Lord
Tarnkappe – Tussen Hun En De Zon | Sabbath’s Fire Records | Black metal | Netherlands
Second-wave that hypnotically swings and grooves.
Wormwood – Wormwood | Magic Bullet Records | Hardcore, doom | United States
Core given a smokey, Sabbathian crawl.
Related to: Doomriders
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Writhe – The Shrouded Grove (GBR, black metal, post-black metal)
• Death Metal
Septycal Gorge – Scourge of the Formless Breed (ITA, brutal death metal)
Spawn – Burning Mighty Empires (GER, death metal, death/grind)
• Doom/Sludge/Stoner
Beneath the Storm – Evil Reflection (SLO, funeral doom, sludge)
Horsehunter – Caged in Flesh (AUS, sludge)
House of Lightning – More Lights More Trails (USA, sludge, stoner rock, power pop)
Last Dive – Firstborn (RUS, sludge)
Lone Wanderer – Principles (GER, funeral doom)
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