Weekly Release Wednesday? (5/18/22)
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So it’s not Tuesday, but you’re getting your new music roundup anyway. I’m still trying to work my way through all the stuff form last week, so it falls on you all to find the actually good shit this time around. We’ve got one pick that’s basically a given, but let us know what else you’re jamming in the comments.
Sadistic Ritual – The Enigma, Boundless (Prosthetic Records) [Thrash]
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Sadistic Ritual continues to be one of my favorite thrash bands in the modern scene. Though the songs presented so far are of a more mid-tempo feel than the frantic pace of Edge of the Knife and Visionaire of Death, they more than make up for it in the raw evil feel of the tunes. I am hoping for some songs with a little more complex fretwork, but even if they’re not present, the menacing vibe of the album so far is shaping up to be a compelling listen. 5/20/22 (Spear)
Anvil – Impact Is Imminent (AFM Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Ghost Shadow”
Assumption – Hadean Tides (Sentient Ruin) [Death Doom]
Listen
Auraal – Morbid Fears and Compulsions (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Awakening Sun – Heaven Is Whatever (Independent) [Metalcore]
Listen
Blut aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses (Debemur Morti Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen
Caelus – The Voyager, Pt. 1 (Independent) [Melodeath]
Listen to “The Light from Outer Space”
Carnal Ghoul – Back from the Vault (Supreme Chaos Records) [Death Metal]
Listen
Cauchemar – Rosa Mystica (Temple of Mystery Records) [Heavy Metal]
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Charred – Lasting in Pain (Independent) [Death Metal]
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Cities of Mars – Cities of Mars (Ripple Music) [Sci-Fi Doom]
Listen to “Towering Graves (Osmos)”
Clairvoyance – Threshold of Nothingness (Blood Harvest) [Death Metal]
Listen to “The Curse”
Come to Grief – When the World Dies (Translation Loss Records) [Sludge]
Listen
Dark Ages – Between Us (Andromeda Relix Records) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Pristine Eyes”
Disarranged – Barad dûr (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Draghoria – Dangerous Species (Independent) [Thrash]
Drift into Black – Earthtorn (Black Lion Records) [Doom]
Listen to “Weight of Two Worlds”
Elusive God – Trapped in a Future Unknown (Rafchild Records) [Doom]
Listen to “Wrath From Above”
Emissary – Emissary (Independent) [Power Metal]
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Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait: The Orphean Testament (Napalm Records) [Sadboi Prog]
Listen to “Save Us”
Helsótt – Will and the Witch (M-Theory Audio) [Folky Death Metal]
Listen to “Will and the Witch”
Horn – Verzet (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Iris Divine – Mercurial (Layered Reality Productions) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Sapphire”
James LaBrie – Beautiful Shade of Grey (InsideOut Music) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Am I Right”
Leviathan Project – The Final War (Deko Entertainment) [lolbuttz]
Listen to “Origin of Life”
Malevolence – Malicious Intent (Nuclear Blast) [Metalcore/Groove Metal]
Listen to “Still Waters Run Deep”
Mendel – Equilibrium (Independent) [Instrumental Prog]
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MNRVA – Hollow (Black Doomba Records) [Stoner Doom]
Listen
Necroveg – Gluttony (Life After Death Records) [Brutal Death Metal]
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Nocturnacul – The Funeral March (Independent) [Black Metal]
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One Mind Ministry – Gates of Time (Independent) [Black/Death Metal]
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Oratory – Inner Pyre (Independent) [Black/Death Metal]
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Predatory Light – Death and the Twilight Hours (20 Buck Spin) [Black Metal]
Listen to ” To Plead Like Angels”
ProjeKT – Soul (Independent) [Industrial]
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Quartz – On the Edge of No Tomorrow (Cherry Red Records) [Heavy Metal]
Quimera Black Arts – Esclavos de la Luna (Independent) [Death Metal]
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Reckless Manslaughter/Scalpture – Sinister Congregation II (Fucking Kill Records) [Death Metal]
Sailor Hunter – Sailor Hunter (Inverse Records) [Metalcore]
Listen to “Scarred”
Septicflesh – Modern Primitive (Nuclear Blast) [Symphonic Death Metal]
Listen
Sign of Evil – Psychodelic Death (Edged Circle Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Bad Trip”
Sinsid – In Victory (Pitch Black Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “In Victory”
Spheric Universe Experience – Back Home (Uprising Records) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Where We Belong,” “Legacy”
Symphonity – Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack (Limb Music) [Orientalismcore]
Listen to “Marco Polo Part 3: The Plague”
Texas Murder Crew – Wrapped in Their Blood (Comatose Music) [Brutal Death Metal]
Listen to “Ritual Disfigurement”
Thy Kingdom Will Burn – The Void and the Vengeance (Scarlet Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Disbelief,” “Nothing Remains”
Unbowed – Colour the Soul (Independent) [Blackened Melodeath]
Listen to “Hero Lux”
Violentor – Manifesto di odio (Time To Kill Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Vendetta Privata”
Volturian – Red Dragon (Scarlet Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Listen to “Harley”
Warred – The Siren (Independent) [Heavy Metalcore?]
Listen to “The Siren”
矢島舞依 – Metamorphose (Fitone) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Metamorphose”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments!