Upcoming Metal Releases: 8/10/2014 – 8/16/2014
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What this list lacks in numbers it makes up for in cool contrasts. Take the Anticipated Side: Rabbits bash out lizard-brain bouts of aggression, Diskord calculate complex rhythms and synthesize rich dissonance. You’ll like one or the other, or even both. That’s one of metal’s true virtues: all is possible.
But yeah, there’s no getting around the fact that the list-proper is short. (Reason: we’re bracing ourselves for one of the last blow-outs of the summer. Next week will run longer than Arjen Lucassen composing an unabridged Archers recap.) So, to make sure your click wasn’t wasted, we padded out Things We Missed. Give it a look, since plenty of interesting things evaded our ears.
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 8/10/2014 – 8/16/2014. 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:
Diskord – Oscillations | Australopithecus Records / Hellthrasher Productions | Death metal
Appropriately named abstract death metal that experiments in the spirit of Disharmonic Orchestra.
Rabbits – Untoward | Lamb Unlimited | Noise rock, punk
These noisy punk vets stomp forth with simplistic brutality. Stream a track here.
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Of Note:
Abigail / Bömber – We Are Ugly Motherfuckers… Fuck You!!! | Scumbags Productions / Suicide Records | Blackened thrash, blackened speed metal
Japan’s evil Abigail play lo-fi “street metal.” Chile’s Bömber sit a little closer to Lemmy. The latter covers a Discharge and Brainbombs song.
Art of Burning Water – Living Is for Giving, Dying Is for Getting | Self-released | Sludge
Violent sludge circling the void with ultra-distorted vocals.
Atara / Miserable Failure – Hang Them | Kaotoxin | Grind
Two French grinders get political. Atara have more of a deathly groove. Miserable Failure embrace noise.
Deconstructing Sequence – Access Code | Self-released | Blackened death metal
Symphonic-tinged death metal sitting somewhere between Arcturus and Akercocke.
Dying Out Flame – Shiva Rudrastakam | Xtreem Music | Death metal
This Nepalese quartet describe themselves as “Hindu/Vedic Death Metal.” Imagine a brutal death version of Singapore’s Rudra.
Monsterworks – Overhaul | Eat Lead and Die | Thrash
This prolific outfit follows-up March’s Universe with another LP of post-thrash groove that finds its way into other styles.
Postcoital Ulceration – Continuation of Defective Existence After Multiple Ruinous Collapses | Ghastly Music | Death metal
Slammed with brees, squees, and widdles, though with more variance than the typical brutal platter.
Sleep White Winter – Sleep White Winter | Self-released | Black metal
A San Diegan duo mixing DSBM with post-black metal sprawl.
Studfaust – Where the Underdogs Bark | Soulseller Records | Black metal, punk
A punky side-project caked in thrash filth from Faust (Emperor, Blood Tsunami) and Stud Bronson (The Batallion).
Water Torture – Pillbox | Nerve Altar | Powerviolence, grind, punk
NYC’s dual bass trio rages with grindy flights and sludgy crawls.
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Labyrinthine – Ancient Obscurity (USA, black metal)
• Core/Punk
Batworm – Regrimified (USA, punk, hardcore)
Chest Pain – Weltschmerz (USA, powerviolence, hardcore, grind)
Kantamus – Kantamus (FIN, noise rock, punk, sludge)
Maladjusted – Death is the Only Relief (USA, powerviolence, hardcore, punk)
Rort – Vicegrip (USA, hardcore, death metal)
Torso – Community Psychosis (USA, punk, d-beat, hardcore)
Toska – EP I (USA, punk, hardcore, crust)
Worms Feed – S/T MMXII (BEL, hardcore, metalcore, crust)
• Death Metal
Cinis – Subterranean Antiquity (POL, death metal)
Domains – Sinister Ceremonies (ESP, death metal)
Haunting – Sealed Shut (USA, death metal)
• Doom/Sludge
Blacksmoker – Origins (GER, stoner metal)
Funeral Horse – Sinister Rites of the Master (USA, doom, stoner rock)
Maze of Roots – Chapter 2 (FIN, doom, sludge, weird)
Unsilence – A Fire on the Sea (POL, doom, epic doom)
Weed Priest – Worship (IRE, doom, sludge)
• Grind
Coffin Birth – Necrotic Liquefaction (AUS, death/grind, grind)
Implore – Black Knell (GER, grind, hardcore, death/grind)
• Thrash
Urban Grey – Age of Awareness (BUL, crossover, thrash)
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