Upcoming Metal Releases: 5/18/2014 – 5/24/2014

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Hails, welcome to Good Feud, the heaviest eatery for the living dead, true, and alloy-headed. May I get you drinks? Ah, you’ve already ordered: Gravecrushers. Excellent choice, sir. Well, let me run down our specials today. We have a wonderful Diocletian. Yes, it’s fresh, purchased up the street at the metal market. Our renown chefs glazed it in a thick coating of our secret spice blend named Satan’s snot. Then, it was charred in an oven set to ‘clean.’ Indeed, sir, it does taste hateful. I see you’ve had it before.

If that isn’t of interest, may I suggest our Slaughtbbath? Miss, you definitely are a gourmand! It is from Chile. What a joy to be servicing astute masters of mastication such as yourselves. This night nearly balances the crushing disappointment of my failed acting career. Anyway, excuse me, I’ll stop flagellating myself unless. . .you enjoy watch-no, of course not. Nevermind. Ah, yes, the Slaughtbbath! We sent native hunters into the Chilean wilderness to poach the mythical beast that only appears when 66.6 percent of the moon is showing. Correct, again! You won’t actually be eating the animal, but those who perished trying to capture it. There’s nothing quite like the rich, gamey flavor of impoverished fear, is there? Once more, excellent choice, both of you. I’ll put the order in right away!

I’m sorry, what was that? Lamentations of the Flesh? I’m not familiar with that-uh. Sir. Please put down your knife. Sir. Sir. Oh no. That hurts. SIR. Wait. . .you’re tipping on top of gore-tuity? Slice away! Just. . .mind the pony tail and ignore me while I weep quietly.

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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New metal releases for the week of 5/18/2014 – 5/24/2014. 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.

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Anticipated Releases:

Castle – Under Siege | Prosthetic Records | Doom
These nomadic North Americans bring ye olde doom heft touched up by a bit of black magic.

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Diocletian – Gesundrian | Osmose Productions | Blackened death metal
Absolutely unhinged, war-tested rippers hailing from Auckland. Their third LP. Related to Witchrist.

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Sinister – The Post-Apocalyptic Servant | Massacre Records | Death metal
Despite only employing one original member, these long-running Dutch destroyers offer up a legacy-shining blast for their 11th long-player. Fans who miss “their” Morbid Angel might be interested.

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Vainaja – Kadotetut | Svart Records | Death/doom
These Finnish merchants in groove growl through a chilling concept. More atmosphere than the ozone. Stream a track and learn about the band here.

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Of Note:

Ambush – Firestorm | High Roller Records | Heavy metal
Cheeky NWOSHM created by these tykes who have practiced the old moves.

Амезарак – Daemonolatreia | Satanath Records | Black metal
Uncooked Russian evilness that’s double-bass-quake obsessed.

Bombs Of Hades – Atomic Temples | War Anthem Records | Crust, death metal
This Swedish missile lands between OSDn’ roll and a brigade of wolves. Taking a roadtrip among punk and death metallers? This could be a grand unifier. Includes a connection to The Crown.

Brutal Blues – Brutal Blues | Selfmafegod Records | Grind
Steinar, the nutter from PSUDOKU and Parlamentarisk Sodomi, blasts off to even odder dimensions with Anders, the drummer from Noxagt, on board as a copilot.

Comet Control – Comet Control | Teepee Records | Psych, stoner rock
Former Quest for Fire partners use shoegaze light trails to paint the psych sky.

Dråpsnatt – Hymner till undergången | Nordvis Produktion | Black metal
Harrowing howling offset by woozy, wobbly instrumentation. Stilla on drank, maybe?

Entrapment – Lamentations of the Flesh | Soulseller Records | Death metal
Solo OSDM that will find followers at the Edge of Sanity.

Gravecrusher – Morbid Black Oath | Xtreem Music | Death metal
Hungarian funeral directors embalm the tried and true in a thick buzz.

Hades Archer / Slaughtbbath – Circus of Abominations / Antichristos Thanatos | Iron Bonehead Productions | Black metal
Two Chilean kvlt counselors compare blargh notes.

Infirmary / Aetherium Mors – Infirmary / Aetherium Mors | Bindrune / Eihwaz Recordings | Black metal, death metal, melodeath
The US-based Infirmary are like a Bolt Thrower-armed, deblackened Goatwhore, while the English Aetherium Mors hypnotize with raspier fare.

Mordbrand – Imago | Deathgasm | Death metal
Was there a sale on HM2 pedals this week? Mordbrand does steady Swede death, tossing in old Therion asides. Autopsy‘s Eric Cutler adds guest leads.

Oruga – Blackened Souls | Apathia Records | Post-metal, sludge
A French quintet dead set on blowing out your speakers. Tagged with a ‘post,’ though know the core is light and there’s not a lot of twinkle. Safe for death/doomers.

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Things We Missed:

First off, shout out to Metal on Metal Records who spew stellar doom and other dandies we keep missing. Apologies, ladies and gents! This week, let’s shine the spotlight on the epicus tradicus of Mortalicum and the powah thrash attack of Meliah Rage. Promise: peepers are now peeled.

13th Moon rented out a time-share cavern to bang out blackened death.

Cara Neir jumped genres speedier than the fleetest grinder.

Clouds Taste Satanic slow cooked a doom stew heavy on the wums.

Cursed Altar sacrificed blackened punk pretenders with a purer synthesis.

Dreamsmasher flew through core-leaning grind. Certainly in the pork exploder vein.

Dúnmharú tremmed a set of weepers in the manner of a slightly deathier Primordial.

Mosaic clattered through melodically fascinating longform black metal.

NADIR knew a way to your heart if you needed a sludged-out Brainbombs on psychedelics.

The Occult made a case as a needed Bomb of Hades companion.

Offerstigen‘s depresso doom was entombed in a cassette.

Orgone teched the heck out of avant-death. Artificial Brain heads, give this one a spin.

Oxcross got on the Floor and pounded out plenty of stoner rock hooks.

Parasight meloed a cathartic d-beat.

Slug Lord owned their name, crowning crawling riffs with ultra-low strums.

Telepathy took the instru-metal template and kept things intriguing courtesy of constantly shifting sections.

Torch Runner embarrassed this list collector by somehow flying under the radar. Here it is: upper crust core from the States.

Vassafor and Sinistrous Diabolus bathed in a tub full of doomy muck. The Sinistrous Diabolus side is particularly gorgeous if you find the dismal alluring.

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