This Toilet Tuesday (1/6/26)
O Bellwether Bowl, O Herald ov Hemorrhoids, may our visitations be regular and productive in the year of our Latrine, MMXXVI. This week, we’ve got the better of the “to prevail” bands, a sub’s worst nightmare, and Napalm “comedy.” Folks, it’s a shallow first week of the new year, but there’s more than a few tasty morsels for the stupid bravest among us. As always, let us know what we missed in the comments!
KadavriK – Erde 666 (Independent) [Prog Black / Sludge / Doom]
From the first moments of “Erde 666,” KadavriK displays contempt for genre norms; I can’t tell if I’m listening to Eyehategod or The Who, and that’s before the blackened vocals surface. The inclusion of e-pianos like the Rhodes (“Das Ende des Anthropozäns“) recalls the lush atmospherics of Klabautamann, and there’s a captivating push/pull between sections of airy, ’70s prog rock and acerbic walls of sound that keeps these epic-length tracks from stagnating. Much of the album will remain a mystery until Friday, and I suspect we’ve only scratched the surface of what Erde 666 has to offer. -Roldy
Alatar – Magick for Muthas – The early works (Iron Shield Records) [Heavy Metal]
Amusie – Rapid Resuscitation (Independent) [Power / Heavy Metal]
Battering Ram – Time Masters (Independent) [Thrash / Speed / Heavy Metal]
Beyond the Black – Break the Silence (Nuclear Blast Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Black Usurper – Echoes from Beneath (Independent) [Black]
Bound to Prevail – Enthroned in Torment (Lethal Scissor Records) [Brutal Death]
Bullet – Kickstarter (Steamhammer) [Heavy Metal / Hard Rock]
Denominate – Restoration (Dusktone) [Prog Death]
Ectovoid – In Unreality’s Coffin (Everlasting Spew Records) [Death]
Ero Cras – Synchronicities (Coleiosis Records) [Black]
Fear of Domination – Katharsis (Inverse Records) [Industrial Groove Metal / Electronic]
For My Pain… – Buried Blue (Rainheart Productions) [Gothic Metal / Folk Rock]
I, Forlorn – Requiem (Independent) [Death/Doom]
Krushor – Taste of Hatred (Independent) [Deathrash / Groove Metal]
Moton – Dangeous De Messis (Sathanas Records) [Black]
Nanowar of Steel – The Genghis Khan EP to End All Genghis Khan EPs (Napalm Records) [Power / Heavy Metal]
Norse – Tundra (Independent) [Raw/Lo-Fi Black]
Pâro – Sketches of an Unseen Realm (Independent) [Prog Doom / Post-Metal]
Redivider – Sounds of Malice (Third House Communications) [Death]
Sardonic Allegiance – Coast II (Independent) [Meloblack]
Smoke Rites – Eager Eyes of Talion (Independent) [Doom]
Stranguliatorius – Flies Don’t Lie (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) [Deathgrind]
Venger – Times of Legend (Silver Lining Music) [Heavy Metal]
