Upcoming Metal Releases 12/7/2014 – 12/13/2014
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Here are the new metal releases for the week of 12/7/2014 – 12/13/2014. 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:
Cretin – Stranger | Relapse Records | Death/grind | United States
Cretin’s second symphony of blasting thrash, horrified grind, and gory death.
Related to: Exhumed, Repulsion, Liberteer, The County Medical Examiners, Dreaming Dead
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Cult Of Fire – Čtvrtá Symfonie Ohně | Iron Bonehead Productions | Black metal | Czech Republic
An interesting take on Smetana’s “Vltava” highlights this instrumental EP.
Related to: Lykathea Aflame, Appalling Spawn, Death Karma, Dark Storm
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Dimesland – Psychogenic Atrophy | Self-released | Progressive metal, thrash | United States
Riffing in a style both knotty and careening, these Oaklanders recall bands like Voivod and Car Bomb.
Related to: Wild Hunt
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Jucifer – District of Dystopia | Nomadic Fortress | Punk, grind sludge, doom | United States
This genre-restless duo pumped out lofi, swampy grind while in their Winnebago. Find older material here.
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Taake – Stridens Hus | Dark Essence Records | Black metal | Norway
Another distinctly Taake-ian collection of charging black metal accented with folk melodies.
Related to: Deathcult
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Varathron – Untrodden Corridors of Hades | Agonia Records | Black metal, death metal | Greece
Takes a ’90s approach to blackened death (Walpurgisnacht) and gives it a modern sheen.
Related to: Aenaon, No Hand Path
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Of Note:
Astrakhan – A Tapestry Of Scabs And Skin | War on Music Records | Sludge, doom, stoner metal | Canada
A towering monument to the propulsive riff. Find older material here.
Atomic Aggressor – Sights of Suffering | Hells Headbangers Records | Death metal | Chile
Rattling and racing OSDM of the thrashier variety. Has roots in the mid-’80s.
Related to: Sadism, Capilla Ardiente, Valefar
Centinex – Redeeming Filth | Agonia Records | Death metal | Sweden
A cult-adored practitioner of Swedeath dusts off the chainsaws for another go.
Related to: Demonical, Interment, Dellamorte, Uncanny, Diabolical, Volturyon, Spasmodic
Death Wolf – III: Östergötland | Century Media Records | Punk, black metal | Sweden
Fuses fast black n’ roll with the Misfits/Samhain. Find older material here.
Related to: Marduk, Abruptum, Aktiv Dödshjälp
Deathhammer – Evil Power | Hells Headbangers Records | Heavy metal, speed metal | Norway
A pleasingly spare throwback flavored with NWO_HM timbres.
Related to: Black Magic
Decimation – Reign Of Ungodly Creation | Comatose Music | Death metal | Turkey
Brutal death that winds down labyrinthine displays of instrumental dexterity.
Related to: Cenotaph
Execration – Morbid Dimensions | Hells Headbangers Records | Death metal | Norway
This head trip of thrashy death metal finally makes it over to our shores. For fans of Morbus Chron and Horrendous.
Krimh – Krimhera | Self-released | Death metal, post-metal | Austria
Constructor of instrumental anthems. Has a djent-y vibe without that style’s look-at-me solipsism. Find older material here.
Mesmur – Mesmur | code666 | Funeral doom, death/doom | United States
Mournfully blends the gentle with the ultra dense.
Nervochaos – The Art of Vengeance | Greyhaze Records | Death/thrash | Brazil
A groovy and thick take on a Brazilian specialty.
Pythia – Shadows Of A Broken Past | Golden Axe | Power metal, gothic | United Kingdom
An over-the-top pairing of galloping power metal and gothic lushness.
Related to: To-Mera
RAM / Portrait – Under Command | Metal Blade Recordings | Heavy metal | Sweden
Both tradsters toss in an original and two covers.
Related to: Portrait – Hypnosia, Hands of Orlac
Sofisticator – Death by Zapping | Earthquake Terror Noise | Thrash | Italy
An ’80s revival reminiscent of Exodus and Anthrax.
Related to: Sulfur
Unsacred – False Light | Forcefield Records | Crust, black metal | United States
Produces the now-common pairing of black metal and crust, but this sits more on the black metal side. Find older material here.
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Caveman Cult – Rituals of Savagery (USA, war metal, blackened death metal)
Mutter – Trashed Body (USA, avant-garde, industrial)
Xothist – Simulacrum (USA, ambient black metal, noise)
• Death Metal
Trigger – Under Hypnosis (RUS, death metal, slam)
Vircolac – Codex Perfida (IRL, blackened death metal)
• Grind
Six Brew Bantha – Intravenously Commodified (CAN, grind)
• Hardcore/Punk
DRÅP – En Naturlig Död (SWE, crust, hardcore)
Puke – Puke (AUS, powerviolence, grind, hardcore)
• Thrash/Speed Metal
Nekrofilth – Filling My Blood With Poison… (USA, thrash, crossover, death metal)
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