This Toilet Tuesday (1/3/23)
Our first Toilet Tuesday of 2023 is short and sweet, which should help you get all caught up on all the year-end stuff in the metalsphere. Not to say there’s nothing good on the way (at least one or two besides the highlighted album is worth a listen), but I’m happy for a break from being inundated with new albums. Let us know if there’s anything new and noteworthy that we’ve missed.
Iravu – A Fate Worse than Home (Vita Detestabilis/Fiadh Productions) [Black Metal]
I don’t find myself actively engaging with atmospheric black metal terribly often, but Iravu kept my attention for a number of reasons. Beyond simply having a good ear for chord layering required for this type of music, Iravu punctuates their dreamy melodic passages with some solid riffs and incredibly flashy leads. It sounds great too, with a big open feel to the production that accentuates that drifting sensation in the music. Plus, sales from this go to a LGBT+ and homeless assistance organization in Malaysia, so you can get yourself some sweet tunes while putting your money to a good cause. 1/6/23 (Spear)
Akloleh – Aybiker Ritual (Off Beet) [Black Metal]
Black Riding Hood – Into Imagination (Independent) [Doom]
Celestial Shadows – The Tragedy of Calufrax (Independent) [Black Metal]
Confined – Eternal Fury of the Disillusioned Ones (Vargheist Records) [Death Metal]
Crotalus – Pre Programmed Decimation (Independent) Death Metal]
Daedric Chamber – Dragon Cult Rising (Independent) [Black Metal]
Endtime/Cosmic Reaper – Doom Sessions Vol. VII (split- Heavy Psych Sounds) [Sludge/Doom]
Eremus – Monólogo (Independent) [Black Metal]
Finistère – Only the Tides Are for Ever (Independent) [Black Metal]
Hajotos – III – Tuho (Independent) [Death Doom]
Hand of Doom – Stray from the Path (Independent) [Death Metal]
Hollows – The Suffering Continues (Independent) [Black Metal]
Intrepid – Slaying of Sanity/Murder of Mind (Independent) [Death Metal]
Perseguidor – Sistema Falso (Octava Records) [Thrash]
Reverted Decay – The Sigil (Independent) [Melodeath]
Vanagandr – Storms of Empire (Independent) [Black Metal]
Varmia – Prolog (M-Theory Audio) [Black Metal]
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments!
