This Toilet Tuesday (11/8/16)
Welcome once again to This Toilet Tuesday! I have returned from my brief hiatus a happier and better-adjusted man, so let’s not waste any time in bringing that back down to normal levels. This week’s offerings are particularly harrowing, with the likes of Deathspell Omega and Downfall of Gaia lurking in the shadows. W, Lacertilian, and I have picked out a few that may have gone unnoticed otherwise, so jam these before hitting that list.
Akasava – Nothing at Dawn (Triton’s Orbit) [Doom]
Listen to “The Devil’s Tide”
If you like riffs, Akasava have your back like a buttcrack. The vocals may be a deterrent to some of you, but the power of that hard-rockin’, Sabbathian main riff in “The Devil’s Tide” compels you. Just find some spacegrass, lay low, and yet the universe expand. FFO: Mothership, Clutch, Red Fang 11/11/16 (W.)
Ellende – Todbringer (Talheim Records) [Black Metal]
Listen
When I first hit play on “Ballade auf den Tod,” the opening synth notes led me to believe I was in for a Summoning/Caladan Brood-style outpouring of high fantasy nerdery, but such is largely not the case. While there is a healthy amount of that slow, epic, brooding feel to it, but Ellende aren’t afraid to inject a few bursts of speed into the mix. Todbringer is massive and sorrowful; jam this one and maybe that sad skeleton on the cover will feel just a little better. 11/7/16 (Spear)
Asteroid – III (Fuzzorama Records) [Fuzz-Heavy Retro Stoner Rock]
Listen to “Last Days”
Continuing down the path they’ve been merrily treading since the mid-2000’s, rollicking Swedish stoner trio Asteroid are back with their third full-length fuzz-fest. After two excellent albums, the material on III continues in a quite a similar fashion, however there are some more introspective sounding moments interspersed throughout the prevailing sky-gazing wonderment. While the band have ostensibly been affiliated with space throughout their career, the nature of their organic riffing and relatively gritty vocals clearly shows that while they may have stars in their eyes, the soil remains deeply ingrained in their style hiking boots. FFO: Horisont, Graveyard, Brutus, the 70’s. 11/11/16 (Lacertilian)
Aggression – Fragmented Spirit Devils (Xtreem Music) [Thrash]
Listen to “Unleashing the Ghost”
Arkan – Kelem (Overpowered Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Erhal”
Аркона – Возрождение (Napalm Records) [Folk Metal]
Listen to “Возрождение”
Barbarian Swords – Worms (Satanath/The Ritual) [Black/Doom]
Listen to “Pure Demonology”
Belligerent Intent – The Crucifire (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Tyrants of Slaughter”
Black Candle – The Lost Light of the North (Possession Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen
Blackdome – The Chaos Suite (Independent) [Prog Metal]
Blackened – Truth Behind Destruction (Witches Brew) [Thrash]
Listen
Coexistence – Everlasting Scars (Independent) [Prog/Heavy Metal]
Listen to “When the Fire is Rising”
Dark Lunacy – The Rain After the Snow (Fuel Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Gold, Rubies and Diamonds”
Dark Tranquillity – Atoma (Century Media Records) [Chill Melodeath]
Listen to “Atoma”
Deathspell Omega – The Synarchy of Molten Bones (Season of Mist) [Hideous Black Metal]
Stream
Diaboł Boruta – Widziadła (Pure Underground Records) [Folk Metal]
Domain – Pandemonium (Old Temple) [Black Metal]
Stream
Domkraft – The End of Electricity (Magnetic Eye Records) [Doom]
Listen to “The Rift”
Downfall of Gaia – Atrophy (Metal Blade Records) [Black/Sludge]
Listen to “Woe,” “Ephemerol”
Dying Wish – Tükörország (Hammer Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Amit akarsz”
Face of Oblivion – Cataclysmic Desolation (Comatose Music) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Aokigahara”
Freedom Call – Master of Light (SPV) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Metal is for Everyone,” “Hammer Of The Gods”
Ghoulchapel – Echoes of Horror (Independent) [Symphonic Death Metal]
Listen to “Of Unsound Mind”
Hammer King – King Is Rising (Cruz Del Sur) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “King Is Rising”
Hateful Transgression/Jesus Wept/Martyrs of Necromancy – Hateful Transgression x Jesus Wept x Martyrs of Necromancy (split- Transcending Records) [Brutal Death Metal]
Listen to “Inlev” (HT)
The Helldozers – Carnival (Independent) [Groove Metal]
Hemina – Venus (Independent) [Prog Metal]
Listen to that sexy sax
Illusory – Polysyllabic (7hard Records) [Heavy Metal]
In Flames – Battles (Nuclear Blast Records) [lolbuttz]
Listen to “Save Me”
Liv Moon – R.E.D (Victor Records) [Power Metal]
Minotaurus – Insolubilis (Limb Music) [Folk Metal]
Nephrolith – Paleness of the Bled World (Cursed Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Rejoined,” “Moth”
Old Chapel – Visions from Beyond (Chaos Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Stairs To The Vault”
Ravencult – Force of Profanation (Metal Blade Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Tormentor of Flesh,” “Beneath the Relics of Old”
The Ritual Aura – Tæther (Lacerated Enemy Records) [Tech Death]
Listen
S91 – Behold the Mankind (Underground Symphony) [Prog Metal]
Preview
Sanguine Relic – Blood on Old Altars in Remembrance (Perverse Homage) [Black Metal]
Stream
Saor – Guardians (Northern Silence) [Folk/Black Metal]
Stream
Selvans/Downfall of Nur – Selvans/Downfall of Nur (split- Avantgarde Music) [Folk/Black Metal]
Stream
Setentia – Darkness Transcend (Blood Music) [Dissonant Death Metal]
Listen to “The Enemy Within,” “Darkness Transcend,” “Seeds of Death (Departure)”
Siberian Hell Sounds – Svengali (Independent) [Blackened Hardcore]
Stream
Sirenia – Dim Days of Dolor (Napalm Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Listen to “The 12th Hour”
Skullfucked – Blasphemy (Independent) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Sluts Impaled On Their Own Entrails”
Spiritus Mortis – The Year Is One (Svart Records) [Doom]
Sufism – Promo 2016 (Independent) [Brutal Death Metal]
Preview
SxAxT – Unbalanced (Independent) [Thrash]
Preview
Trees of Eternity – Hour of the Nightingale (Svart Records) [Ambient/Doom]
Listen to “Broken Mirror,” “A Million Tears”
Veter Daemonaz – Trivmph (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Sine Reditvm”
Viggenblot – Reticent Markings (Independent) [Melodeath]
Vomitology – Ectotherm Butcher Architect (Limited Blasting Production) [Brutal Death Metal]
Preview
Vomitron – NESessary Evil (Independent) [Nintendo Metal]
Stream
Walking Dead on Broadway – Slaves (Nuclear Blast Records) [Deathcore]
Listen to “Pitchblack”
Xoth – Invasion of the Tentacube (Independent) [Blackened Death Metal]
Listen to “Tentacles of Terror,” “Antediluvian Annihilation”
Ysengrin/Sartegos – Resvrrezionespiritval (split- I, Voidhanger/Nuclear War Now!) [Doom/Black/Death Metal]
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
