Upcoming Metal Releases: 9/28/2014–10/4/2014
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Here are the new metal releases for the week of 9/28/2014 – 10/4/2014. 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:
1349 – Massive Cauldron of Chaos | Season of Mist | Black metal | Norway
Another speedy slice of grym black metal from this superpower.
Related to: Den Saakaldte, Satyricon
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Decapitated – Blood Mantra | Nuclear Blast | Death metal | Poland
These tech-y crunchers take a more modern turn.
Related to: Lux Occulta, Morowe
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Electric Wizard – Time To Die | Spinefarm Records | Doom, stoner metal | United Kingdom
A trippy journey through the concept of death courtesy of one of metal’s heaviest bands.
Related to: 13, Sourvein, Satan’s Satyrs
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Khold – Til Endes | Peaceville Records | Black metal | Norway
A riff-filled romp punctuated with plenty of Celtic Frost-isms.
Related to: Sarke, Tulus
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Nightbringer – Ego Dominus Tuus | Season of Mist | Black metal | United States
An ensorcelled blast of the blackened occult. Stream a track here.
Related to: Enthroned, Lvcifyre, Incursus, Excommunion
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Torch Runner – Endless Nothing | Southern Lord | Grind, crust | United States
A sandpaper tone scuffs up already abrasive crust.
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Witch Mountain – Mobile of Angels | Profound Lore Records | Doom | United States
Traditional doom plated with a heaping helping of psych. This is singer Uta Plotkin’s final album with the band.
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Temple of Void – Of Terror and the Supernatural | Rain Without End Records | Death metal, death/doom | United States
Thick OSDM that slows down to a crawl.
Related to: Acid Witch, Failed
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Of Note:
Abbot – Between Our Past and Future Lives | BloodRock Records | Doom, stoner rock | Finland
Relaxes with a rootsy boogie.
As Light Dies – The Love Album – Volume I | Maa Productions | Gothic metal, doom, death/doom, black metal | Spain
Restless and all over the place, As Light Dies aim to work with as many genres as possible.
Black Autumn – Losing the Sun | Rain Without End Records | Black metal | Germany
A solo project balancing atmospheric black metal with stretches of ambient.
Destroying Divinity – Hollow Dominion | Lavadome Productions | Death metal | Czech Republic
The band recalls a belchier Monstrosity and other mid-’90s Floridan death metallers.
Die Choking – II | The Compound | Grind | United States
Pissed grind raging with a death metal intensity.
Evergrey – Hymns For the Broken | AFM Records | Prog, power metal | Sweden
Crooner Tom Englund and company return with another album of dour power.
Related to: Demonoid, Mind’s Eye, Sectu
Fuck The Facts – Abandoned | Noise Salvation | Grind | Canada
Three reworked tracks from the Die Miserable sessions. Equally chunky and quick, with leads aplenty.
Related to: Vile Intent
Guineapig – Bacteria | Rotten Roll Rex | Goregrind | Italy
Lowest common denominator goregrind utilizing Cock and Ball Torture‘s grooviness.
Internal Bleeding – Imperium | Unique Leader Records | Death metal | United States
Workingmanlike slamming death metal in the NYDM mold.
Related to: Pyrexia
Necroholocaust – Holocaustic Goat Metal | Iron Bonehead Productions | Blackened death metal | Canada
Unhinged, uncompromising, and absolutely filthy war metal.
Related to: Morbosidad, Trajeto de Cabra
Overcharge – Accelerate | Unspeakable Axe Records | Speed metal, punk | Italy
A hard-charging trio that adores Motörhead.
Phobocosm – Deprived | Dark Descent Records | Death metal | Canada
A discordant lurch recalling a burnt-beyond-recognition Immolation.
Plateau Sigma – The True Shape of Eskatos | Beyond Productions | Funeral doom | Italy
Funeral doom that’s not afraid to pick up the pace or mix in melody.
Puig Destroyer – Puig Destroyer | No Sleep Records | Grind | United States
Baseball-themed grind madness. As vicious as a Pedro brushback.
Related to: Curl Up and Die, Kowloon Walled City
Rocka Rollas – The Road to Destruction | StormSpell Records | Heavy metal, speed metal | Sweden
A fun celebration of bands like early Blind Guardian.
Seduced – The Proclamation | Self-released | Blackened death metal, death/thrash | Austria
Stout late-’90s death metal taking many blackened detours.
Sempiternal Dusk – Sempiternal Dusk | Dark Descent Records | Death metal | United States
Ugly and echo-y ritualistic death metal. Something of a supergroup formed from prime northwest metalheads.
Related to: Shroud of the Heretic, Aldebaran, The Howling Wind, Burials, Ritual Necromancy
Sick of It All – The Last Act of Defiance | Century Media Records | Hardcore, punk | United States
The legendary NYHC group continues to shed blood, sweat, and no tears. Stream a track here.
Tools of the Trade – Proclamation | Strain Eyes Productions | Grind | Malaysia
True to their name, this trio uses every type of grind attack, from punky breakdowns to breakneck blasts.
Related to: Infectious Maggots, Silent Death
Unwilling Flesh – Between the Living and the Dead | Eihwaz Recordings | Death metal | United States
A reverent throwback to buzzy Swede legends like Carnage.
Related to: Obsequiae
Vomitile – Mastering the Art of Killing | Pitch Black Records | Death metal | Cyprus
Runs mid-’90s death metal through a thrash groove filter.
Vorde – Vorde | Fallen Empire Records | Death metal | United States
Quirky outsider black metal with oodles of atmosphere and additively bonkers vocals.
Related to: Fell Voices, Vilkacis, Ruin Lust
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Things We Missed:
• Black Metal
Dementria – Atrocity of Light (POL, post-black metal, prog)
• Core
As We Draw – Mirages (FRA, hardcore, post-hardcore, post-metal)
• Doom/Sludge/Stoner
Sour Cream – Full Crab (AUS, stoner rock, psych)
Stonewitch – The Godless (GBR, stoner metal, doom)
Swamp Machine – Mondo Magic (GBR, doom, sludge)
• Thrash
Alitor – Eternal Depression (SRB, thrash, progressive thrash)
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