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Upcoming Metal Releases 10/19/2014 - 10/25/2014

Here are the new metal releases for the week of 10/19/2014 – 10/25/2014. 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.

Anticipated Releases:

The Body / SandwormSplit | Thrill Jockey Records | Sludge, black metal | United States
The Body run sludge through an eclectic array of timbres. Sandworm play unvarnished black metal winnowed down to its essential parts. Stream a Sandworm track here.

Scott Walker & Sunn O)))Soused | 4AD | Experimental, avant-garde | United Kingdom / United States
Scott Walker, epitome of the ominous, rides atop Sunn O))) drones, free-jazz skronks, industrial whirrs, and modern classical tone clusters.
Related to: Goatsnake, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr’s Hammer, Burning Witch, Khanate, Ascend

Of Note:

Anthem – Absolute World | Thunderball667 | Heavy metal | Japan
Up-tempo and, ahem, anthemic heavy metal gleaming with leads aplenty.
Related to: Loudness

Carnality – Dystopia | Memorial Records | Death metal | Italy
Thick and buzzy brutality.
Related to: Dementia Senex

Deserted Fear – Kingdom of Worms | F.D.A. Rekotz | Death metal | Germany
Churning OSDM that has a warmonger mentality. Out on Friday (October 24).

Encoffination – III – Hear Me, O’ Death | Selfmadegod Records | Death/doom | United States
Men of many outfits, Elektrokutioner and Ghoat, hook up for a slow-moving mass of cavernous death.
Related to: Father Befouled, Decrepitaph, Howling

Eternal Khan – A Poisoned Psalm | Self-released | Blackened doom | United States
Balances the charred black with the slow and chunky.

Korzus – Legion | AFM Records | Thrash | Brazil
Long-running Brazilian war ensemble delivers its sixth full-length. Out on Friday (October 24).

Lonewolf – Cult of Steel | Massacre Records | Heavy metal, speed metal | France
Straight-up heavy metal with a gruffer delivery. Out on Friday (October 24).
Related to: Nightmare

Oozing Wound – Earth Suck | Thrill Jockey Records | Thrash, crossover | United States
Biting thrash baring punk teeth.
Related to: Zath

Snake Oil – Triptych: A Passage in Time | Self-released | Doom, stoner metal | United States
Galloping and thunderous stoner metal.

Tormenter – Prophetic Deceiver | EBM Records | Thrash | United States
Second album from these thrashers tinged by Death and Master.

Transmaniacon – The Darkening Plain | New Heavy Sounds | Stoner rock, prog | United Kingdom
Equally heady and heavy combination of classic rock and prog freshened up for the future.

Woccon – Solace in Decay | Deathbound Records | Melodic doom, death/doom | United States
Mixes rousing melodic leads with sorrowful death/doom.

Wrekmeister Harmonies – Then It All Came Down | Thrill Jockey Records | Drone, experimental | United States
J.R. Robinson is joined by members of Chicago’s metal scene for this doomy yet ethereal slow-burner. Hear it live here.

Things We Missed:

• Black Metal

Asmodey – Illusive Demonic Emanations (RUS, black metal)

Silberbach – A Prayer of Mass Destruction (GER, black metal, weird)

Vrag – Mourningwood (HUN, atmospheric black metal, DSBM)

• Death Metal

Halahkuh – Break the Shackles (IND, death/thrash)

Nuclear Perversions – Desolation Rituals (blackened death metal)

• Doom/Sludge/Stoner

Burden – Withovt (USA, death/doom)

Haikai No Ku – Ultra High Dimensionality (GBR, psych)

• Grind

Swarrrm – Flower (JPN, grind, experimental)