Upcoming metal releases: July 2011

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This is a weak month for new releases, so I’m only listing five or fewer records per category. That’s OK; I’m still catching up on releases from several lifetimes ago. Also, can people actually process more than five new releases per month? That is, fully comprehend them and get to know every note? I highly doubt it. The top five here should do you just fine – and give a look-see to the non-metal picks, too.

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For the “full” (i.e., compiled to the best of our limited ability) calendar of releases, see here.
Use the Agenda view on the top right, and click on entries to expand and collapse them.

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SHOULD RULE HARD

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Profound Lore claims 40% of the month’s top 5.

Avichi – The Devil’s Fractal (7/19)
Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever (7/12)
Disma – Towards the Megalith (7/19)
Exhumed – All Guts, No Glory (7/5)
Ringworm – Scars (7/19)

Disma – “Spectral Domination”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8tc55XBPxU

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MIGHT RULE HARD

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If “EP” is short for “extended play”, why are EPs short?

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room (7/19)
Baring Teeth – Atrophy (7/12)
Hrizg – Inferno (EP) (7/26)
Obsessor – Obsession (EP) (7/19)
Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire – Visceral (EP) (7/19)

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MORBIDLY CURIOUS

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How is Sepultura still a going concern???

Pestilence – Doctrine (7/19)
Sepultura – Kairos (7/12)

Pestilence – “Doctrine”

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NON-METAL WORTH HEARING

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Bacchus: accurately self-described as “Raging HC/Crust from Ireland”.

Bacchus – Bacchus (7/5)
Crone – Endless Midnight (7/19)
Prurient – Bermuda Drain (7/19)
Emma Ruth Rundle – Electric Guitar: One (7/5)
Weird Owl – Build Your Beast a Fire (7/26)

Parasite (from forthcoming lp) by bacchus hc

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