Upcoming Metal Releases 10/26/2014 – 11/1/2014
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Here are the new metal releases for the week of 10/26/2014 – 11/1/2014. 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:
Abysmal Dawn – Obsolescence | Relapse Records | Death metal | United States
Hefty death metal churning with a modern sense of motion.
Related to: Annihilated, Isolation in Infamy, Bereft
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Anaal Nathrakh – Desideratum | Metal Blade Records | Black metal | United Kingdom
These nutters return to make mayhem with a variety of metal timbres (grind, industrial, and plenty of surprises).
Related to: Fukpig, Mistress, Benediction
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At the Gates – At War With Reality | Century Media Records | Melodeath | Sweden
19 years after Slaughter of the Soul, the album that launched a billion bands, At the Gates return with another melody-inflected death metal LP.
Related to: The Haunted, Brujeria, Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre, Cradle of Filth, Skitsystem, The Great Deceiver, The Crown, Disfear, Nightrage, Agrimonia, all of the bands
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Atriarch – An Unending Pathway | Relapse Records | Doom, deathrock | United States
Depressed, dramatic, and dismal dirges that are equal parts doom and Christian Death.
Related to: Trees, Antioch Arrow
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Beyond Creation – Earthborn Evolution | Season of Mist | Death metal, prog | Canada
Knotty and technically inventive death metal from crafty vets.
Related to: Augury, Atheretic, Catuvolcus, Chthe’ilist
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Dawnbringer – Night of the Hammer | Profound Lore Records | Heavy metal | United States
Chris Black and company construct poetic epics from traditional materials.
Related to: High Spirits, Pharaoh, Superchrist, Metalusafer
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Einherjer – Av Oss, For Oss | Indie Recordings | Viking metal | Norway
Long-running bards of Nordic mythology craft another rousing selection of tales.
Related to: Twilight of the Gods, Battered
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Falls of Rauros – Believe in No Coming Shore | Bindrune Recordings | Black metal, folk metal | United States
Atmospheric and moody black metal that’s at one with nature. Available on Saturday (November 1).
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Giant Squid – Minoans | Translation Loss Records | Prog, doom | United States
Lushly performed and arranged prog inventively exploring doom’s minor key.
Related to: Grayceon, Asunder
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Mysticum – Planet Satan | Peaceville Records | Black metal | Norway
For the follow-up to their 18-year-old debut, these industrial black metallers launch a rocket fueled by lysergic acid diethylamide.
Related to: Amok, Aborym
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Necrophagia – WhiteWorm Cathedral | Season of Mist | Death metal | United States
These O.G. masters of horror fill another bucket of gore.
Related to: Sigh, The Ravenous, Viking Crown, Wurdulak
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Obituary – Inked in Blood | Relapse Records | Death metal | United States
EEEEEuuueeeerrrrgh. The iconic groovers crowdfunded another dive into classic Tardy-isms.
Related to: Meathook Seed, Denial Fiend, Massacre, Death, Six Feet Under, Tardy Brothers
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Riot – Unleash the Fire | Steamhammer | Heavy metal | United States
Nearing their 40th anniversary, the powerful metal purveyors unload another strong set of hooks. First album without singer Mark Reale (R.I.P.).
Related to: Liege Lord, Virgin Steele, S.A. Slayer
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Windhand / Salem’s Pot – Windhand / Salem’s Pot | RidingEasy Records | Doom, stoner metal | United States / Sweden
Two stoner favorites toke-up for Halloween. Out on Friday (October 31).
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Of Note:
Aeonsgate – Pentalpha | The Church Within Records | Doom | International
An hour-long doom song built by an all-star supporting cast.
Related to: Krux, Candlemass, Ephel Duath
Annihilated – XIII Steps To Ruination | Unique Leader Records | Death metal | United States
Chunky brutality concerned with politics and wealth disparity.
Related to: Abysmal Dawn, Flesh Consumed
Aphonic Threnody – When Death Comes | Doomentia Records | Funeral doom | International
Deeply depressed and mournful funeral doom that can still rattle your sternum.
Related to: Arcana Coelestia, Urna, Gallow God
Ascension – Deathless Light | World Terror Committee | Black metal | Germany
These bleak blasters are following up their 2010 LP with two dynamic and dissonant tracks. Find older material here. Available on Friday (October 31).
Astral Doors – Notes From the Shadows | Metalville | Heavy metal, power metal | Sweden
Well-aged heavy metal cheese.
Related to: Civil War, Wuthering Heights
Barbelith – Mirror Unveiled | Grimoire Records | Punk, black metal | United States
Lifts song-building tricks from bands like City of Caterpillar.
Behemoth – Xiądz | New Aeon Musick | Blackened death metal | Poland
A three-track collection of unreleased material. Available on Saturday (November 1).
Black Capricorn – Cult of Black Friars | Stone Stallion Rex | Doom, psych | Italy
Shambling, drug-drenched doom.
Blindeath – Into the Slaughter | Earthquake Terror Noise | Thrash | Italy
Hard-partying rethrash. Of interest to D.R.I. disciples.
Blood Freak – Squalor | Willowtip | Death/grind | United States
Maniac Neil, horror/gore metal heavy, resurfaces with another batch of filth and sleaze.
Related to: Frightmare, Lord Gore, Maniac Killer, Whore
Bloodshot Dawn – Demons | Self-released | Death/thrash, melodeath | United Kingdom
Precise musicianship highlights this amalgam of modern metal elements.
Doombringer – The Grand Sabbath | Nuclear War Now! Productions | Blackened death metal | Poland
Unrelenting ancient evilness coming in shades of black and death. Available on Friday (October 31).
Related to: Bestial Raids, Cultes des Ghoules
Ealdath – Ancient Oath | Parasitic Records | Death/doom | United States
Melancholic leads swirl together with mournful death grunts. Available on Saturday (November 1).
Related to: Aldebaran, Oakhelm, Fall of the Bastards, The Howling Wind
Epitaph – Crawling Out of the Crypt | High Roller Records | Doom, heavy metal | Italy
Members of the cult-adored Black Hole deliver a NWO_HM-tinged slice of doom. Available on Friday (October 31).
Related to: Black Hole
Exorcist – Utterances of Going Forth by Day | Self-released | Speed metal, thrash | Poland
Originally operating in the late ’80s, these speed demons bark with a first-wave blackness. Find older material here. Available on Saturday (November 1).
Fangtooth – …As We Dive Into The Dark | Jolly Roger Records | Doom | Italy
Slow-moving Sabbath worship.
Related to: Bunker 66
Fides Inversa – Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans | World Terror Committee | Black metal | Italy
Sophomore release for these riff-wielding maniacs. Find older material here. Available on Friday (October 31).
Generation of Vipers – Coffin Wisdom | Translation Loss Records | Post-metal, sludge | United States
Cacophonous and pummeling sludge with a post-hardcore streak.
Related to: A Storm of Light, U.S. Christmas
Guerra Total – Cthulhu Zombies & Anti-Cosmic Black Goats | Iron Shield Records | Speed metal, black metal | Colombia
Fresh off a split with Sabbat, these rippers rage through their fifth album since 2010.
Hideous Divinity – Cobra Verde | Unique Leader Records | Death metal | Italy
Racing brutal death driven by machine-like precision.
Related to: Novembre, Hour of Penance
Homewrecker – Circle of Death | A389 Records | Hardcore, punk, crust | United States
An oppressively loud and heavy pummeling.
Isolated – Absolute Obscurity | Diabolus Productions | Death/thrash, melodeath | Sweden
A throwback to the sounds of Gothenburg before it underwent a modern mutation.
Related to: Dødsfall, Dragonland
Just Before Dawn – The Aftermath | Chaos Records | Death metal | International
Anders Biazzi enlists another platoon of growlers for this war-obsessed project.
Related to: Blood Mortized, Amon Amarth
Laster – De verste verte is hier | Dunkelheit Produktionen | Black metal | Netherlands
Atmospheric black metal obscured by a gaussian blur. Available on Saturday (November 1).
Latitude Egress – To Take Up The Cross | Art Of Propaganda | Black metal, doom | Germany
Stout and full-throated doom that has a blackened frostiness and melancholy. Previously Licht erlischt….
Related to: Cross Vault, Horn
Lord of Pagathorn – Nekros Philia | Woodcut Records | Black metal | Finland
A second-wave black metal assault. Out on Friday (October 31).
Related to: Desolate Shrine
Moss – Carmilla (Marcilla) / Spectral Visions | Self-released | Doom, sludge | United Kingdom
An EP of slowly creeping heaviness from this drone-y trio. Out on Friday (October 31).
Necronomichrist – Apparitions of the Obscene | Self-released | Death metal | United States
Ambitious evilness bringing together old Floridan styles with the melodic sweep of Vehemence. Out on Friday (October 31).
Nero Di Marte – Derivae | Prosthetic Records | Post-metal, prog | Italy
An adventurous and heavy assault announcing itself with a dissonant lurch.
Oraculum – Sorcery of the Damned | Invictus Productions | Death metal | Chile
Pleasingly ancient and rotten OSDM.
Pharaoh – Negative Everything | A389 Records | Hardcore, punk, sludge | United States
Furious hardcore riding drawn-out Sabbathian riffs. Available on Friday (October 31).
Putrid Evocation – Echoes of Death | Xtreem Music | Death metal | Chile
A bassy and doomy old school stomp. Available on Saturday (November 1).
Sex Machineguns – Love Games | Kanameishi Records | Heavy metal, power metal | Japan
Lyrical themes: Love, Culture, Food, Masturbation.
Sick/Tired – Dissolution | A389 Records | Grind, powerviolence | United States
A grindy blast befitting genre elders. Includes compositions from Merzbow and Lasse Marhaug.
Spider Kitten – Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree. | Undergroove Records | Stoner metal, doom | United Kingdom
Stretched-out tracks consisting of elements floating together thanks to mind-altering chemicals.
Related to: Taint
Solefald – Norrønasongen (Kosmopolis Nord) | Indie Recordings | Avant-garde, black metal | Norway
A new EP of experimental compositions before the band’s next LP, Kosmopolis Sud, is released in January. Find older material here.
Related to: Age of Silence, Borknagar
Sudden Death – Monolith of Sorrow | Deadbang Records | Death metal | Italy
Horror-obsessed brutal death.
Thy Darkened Shade – Liber Lvcifer I: Khem Sedjet | World Terror Committee | Black metal | Greece
Nasty black metal exploring the occult with classic riffs.
Related to: Acrimonious, Nadiwrath
Unearth – Watchers of Rule | eOne Music | Metalcore | United States
Though NWOAHM as a movement has fizzled, Unearth still sounds like Unearth.
Vesania – Deus Ex Machina | Metal Blade Records | Black metal | Poland
Symphonic, theatrical, and occasionally deathly.
Related to: Decapitated, Vader, Behemoth
Witchmaster – Antichristus Ex Utero | Osmose Productions | Blackened thrash | Poland
More barbaric masochistic devil worship from this long-running thrash squad.
Related to: Christ Agony, Profanum, Supreme Lord, Azarath, Behemoth, Deus Mortem
Wizard Rifle – Here In The Deadlights | Seventh Rule | Psych, stoner | United States
An equally spacey and earthy explosion of riffs. Find older material here.
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Besatt – Nine Sins (POL, black metal)
Infernal Execrator – Ad Infinitum Satanic Adherent (SIN, black metal, blackened thrash)
Pure – Kingdom of Wrath (SUI, black metal)
• Core
Culture Killer – Denial (USA, hardcore, death/grind)
Obliterations – Poison Everything (USA, hardcore, punk)
• Death Metal
Usurpress – Ordained (SWE, death metal, sludge, doom)
• Doom/Sludge/Stoner
Lotus Ash – The Word of God (USA, post-metal, sludge)
Sedna – Sedna (ITA, sludge, post-metal, black metal)
Total Death – Inmerso en la Sangre (ECU, death/doom, melodeath)
• Thrash
Vaitor – Deto-Nación (COL, thrash)
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