Upcoming Metal Releases 11/2/2014 – 11/8/2014
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Here are the new metal releases for the week of 11/2/2014 – 11/8/2014. 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:
Cavalera Conspiracy – Pandemonium | Napalm Records | Groove metal, thrash | United States
An unexpectedly aggressive addition to the Cavalera catalog.
Related to: Sepultura, Nailbomb, Soulfly, Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom
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Nader Sadek – The Malefic: Chapter III | Self-released | Death metal | International
Sadek ropes together his all-star crew for a four-track EP that will see a release within the pages of Decibel, Terrorizer, and Legacy. A digital release will follow in December. Find older material here.
Related to: Cryptopsy, Aura Noir, Mayhem, Twilight of the Gods, Decapitated, Murder Construct, Cattle Decapitation
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Piss Vortex – Piss Vortex | Indisciplinarian | Grind | Denmark
Dissonant and, sigh, pissed grind that aims for unease.
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The Skull – For Those Which Are Asleep | Tee Pee Records | Doom | United States
Eric Wagner and fellow ex-Trouble members doom through psych-tinged sweet riffs.
Related to: Trouble, Blackfinger, Earthen Grave
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Of Note:
Absentia Lunae – Vorwarts | Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum | Black metal | Italy
A bleak battering that rages against existence’s emptiness.
Related to: Melencolia Estatica
Adimiron – Timelapse | Scarlet Records | Death/thrash | Italy
Glossy modern metal with progressive flourishes.
Animus Mortis – Testimonia | Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum | Black metal | Chile
An off-kilter blackened clatter using meditation to find its center.
Apostle of Solitude – Of Woe and Wounds | Cruz Del Sur Music | Doom | United States
Booming doom balancing its heft by detailing life’s various miseries.
Related to: The Gates of Slumber
Cinis – Subterranean Antiquity | Self-released | Death metal | Poland
An incensed death metal assault that loves the chug. Recommended to fans of Visceral Bleeding and similar outfits.
Related to: Calm Hatchery
Decaying – One To Conquer | Hellthrasher Productions | Death metal | Finland
Goes to war armed with an OSDM buzz.
Exalt – Pale Light | New Damage Records | Hardcore | Canada
Ruthlessly grinding metallic hardcore.
Ghost Brigade – IV – One With The Storm | Season of Mist | Post-metal, doom, melodeath | Finland
Atmospheric ruminations on life’s sadder side. Out on Friday (November 7).
Greber – Kiln Hardened Psalms | Handshake Inc. | Grind, hardcore | Cananda
A bass and drum grind duo that doesn’t skimp on the low-end nor the ferocity. Find older material here.
Related to: Fuck the Facts, The Great Sabatini
Helldorados – Lessons in Decay | Massacre Records | Hard rock | Germany
Guiltily catchy “sleaze rock” that sounds like a slightly more sober Holocaust.
Judicator – At the Expense of Humanity | Masters of Metal Productions | Power metal | United States
Fleshed out to a full band, these underground power metallers have crowd-funded and cut a concept album tribute to singer John Yelland’s brother.
Ladder Devils – Clean Hands | Brutal Panda | Noise rock | United States
Hard-charging, hardcore-tinged noise rock. Think Tar plus Unbroken.
Related to: The Minor Times
Light Bringer – Monument | Nexus | Power metal | Japan
J-pop-infused power metal notable for its ridiculous musicianship.
Mare Cognitum – Phobos Monolith | I, Voidhanger Records | Black metal | United States
An atmosphere-drenched blast of “cosmic mysticism.” Heavier than similar practitioners.
Nangilima – The Dark Matter | Xtreem Music | Death/doom | International
A slow trudge through blackened territory. Gothy synths abound.
Obtruncation – Abode of the Departed Souls | Vic Records | Death metal | Netherlands
A long-running outfit dropping their sophomore release of well-executed, standard death metal.
Pestilential Shadows – Ephemeral | Séance Records | Black metal | Australia
Swirling viciousness that’s suitably necro, but evolves into something bigger.
Related to: Drowning the Light
SaturninE – Mors Vocat | Avantgarde Music / Razorback Recordings | Doom, sludge, black metal | Italy
A slow-moving crawl courtesy of occultists.
Related to: Children of Technology
Sidious – Revealed In Profane Splendour | Kaotoxin Records | Blackened death metal | United Kingdom
Blasting blackened death metal given a symphonic sweep.
Related to: Eyes of Solitude
Spectral Haze – I.E.V.: Transmutated Nebula Remains | Soulseller Records | Doom, stoner metal, psych | Norway
A trip to the outer reaches of the mind. Hawkwind heads should give this a try.
Related to: Purple Hill Witch
Tongues – Thelésis Ignis | I, Voidhanger Records | Death/doom, black metal | Denmark
Big riffs and big growls set this blackened monstrosity in motion.
Tyranny Enthroned – Our Great Undoing | Blast Head Records | Death metal | United States
Lightly blackened death metal of the muscle-flexing Floridian variety.
Without God – Circus of Freaks | Solitude Productions | Stoner metal | Russia
Ticks the requisite stoner boxes of old horror flicks, drugs, and biker boogies.
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Pyriphlegethon – Night of Consecration (NLD, black metal, experimental)
Gnaw Their Tongues – Wir Essen Seelen In Der Nacht (NLD, drone, noise, experimental)
Sahhr – Sahhr (USA, black metal, blackened death metal)
• Core
WVRM – Swarm Sound (USA, hardcore, grind, crust)
• Death Metal
Furious Flame – Unleashed Silence (RUS, blackened death metal)
• Doom/Sludge/Stoner
Quercus – Sfumato (RUS, funeral doom)
Seeming Emptiness – Conversion (GER, post-metal)
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