This Toilet Tuesday (11/14/17)
It is once again Toilet Tuesday, and we are once again bringing you all this week’s newest jams. Hans, Karhu, Lacertilian, and I have picked out some heavy, nasty tunes to destroy yourselves with this morning/afternoon/evening, and that nastiness drips down into the list for the week. If you’ve been craving some heavy new tunes (or metal Christmas music for some reason), this is your week.
Death Toll 80k – Step Down (Svart Records) [Deathgrind]
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How many times can you hit repeat on your Insect Warfare record before craving something slightly different? Ha, trick question, but if you happen to be looking for the very next best thing, look no further than Death Toll 80K. This smashes your head in just as relentlessly and boasts a similar dual vocal approach, but most importantly, it doesn’t neglect to throw in some fun riffs amidst all the chaos. 11/17/17 (Hans)
Northless – Last Bastion of Cowardice (Gilead Media) [Sludge/Post-Metal]
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Northless have long had a talent for combining toxic, leaden riffing with heart-wrenching melody, and Last Bastion of Cowardice is no exception. It’s incredibly heavy in all respects, from its revenge gone wrong concept to the thick, grimy production to the music itself. If you like your sludge to be well and truly sludgy, then this is the album you need. 11/17/17 (Spear)
Aosoth – V: The Inside Scriptures (Agonia Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Her Feet Upon the Earth, Blooming the Fruits of Blood”
The menacing French amalgam return with what is quite possibly their strongest collection of dissonance-laced death yet. V: Inside The Scriptures certainly seems like the logical progression from 2013’s acclaimed IV: Arrow In Heart; however, the songs presented here feel a little less abrasive, more concise, and perhaps more focused as a result. While there are still some vestigial ambient passages nestled between the scathing sinister sermons, the album’s acerbic atmosphere is almost entirely derived from the combination of BST’s bitter riffing sensibilities and MkM’s vitriolic vocals. If you’ve enjoyed Aosoth’s previous work, V: The Inside Scriptures will provide you with a fitting close to the series. 11/17/17 (Lacertilian)
Godflesh – Post Self (Avalanche Recordings) [Industrial Metal]
Listen to “Post Self,” “Be God”
Justin Broadrick isn’t one to repeat himself. Where A World Lit Only By Fire explored the path trod by Streetcleaner, but with complexity and technicality beyond, Post Self looks for the less metal side of Godflesh. Inspired as much by post-punk and earlier industrial as it is by metal, Post-Selfies is an album unlike anything he’s ever done. Yet the riffs are crushing as hell, even if the atmosphere may not be quite as suffocatingly heavy. One of Godflesh’s better, and more intriguing works for certain. 11/17/17 (Karhu)
The Anima Effect – Upheaval (Independent) [Deathcore]
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Antipope – Denial/Survival (Independent) [Progressive Black Metal]
Listen to “Waters Below”
Apex – Declaration of Rights (Independent) [Thrash]
Arrayan Path – Dawn of Aquarius (Pitch Black Records) [Power Metal]
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Atoll – Fallout Frenzy (Gore House Productions) [Slurm]
Listen to “Bikini Atoll Fallout Frenzy”
The Body/Full of Hell – Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (collab- Thrill Jockey Records) [AAAHHHHHH]
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Catapult the Dead – A Universal Emptiness (Doom Stew Records) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Till It Goes Away,” “Anti-Aether”
Cavalera Conspiracy – Psychosis (Napalm Records) [Death/Thrash]
Listen to “Insane”
Chaos Moon – Eschaton Mémoire (Blood Music/Fallen Empire) [Black Metal]
Listen to “The Pillar, The Fall, and The Key I,” “Eschaton Memoire I”
Death the Leveller – I (Journey’s End Records) [Doom]
Listen to “A Call of Men of Noble Blood”
Dim7 – Bats II (Independent) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Beckoning”
Disaffected – The Trinity Threshold (Chaosphere Recordings) [Progressive Death Metal]
Listen to “Pi Alpha Centurian”
Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard (Spinefarm Records) [Stoner Doom]
Listen to “See You In Hell”
Eternal Flight – Retrofuture (Massacre Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Poison”
Galactic Cowboys – Long Way Back to the Moon (Mascot Label Group) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Internal Masquerade”
Game Over – Claiming Supremacy (Scarlet Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Last Before The End”
Grinding Reaction – Tempo, Persistência e Fúria (Diabolicum Records) [Groove/Thrash Metal]
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Gruesome Fate – Repugnant Dissertation of Necrosis (Sound of White Noise Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Corrosive Disposal”
Heavydeath – Sarcophagus in the Sky (Aftermath Music) [Death/Doom]
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Hypergiant – Father Sky (Independent) [Progressive Stoner Doom]
Listen to “Perseus Arm,” “Colossi,” “Island 3”
Jupiterian – Terraforming (Transcending Obscurity) [Death/Doom]
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Ketha – 0 hours starlight (Selfmadegod) [Djent]
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Lady Beast – Vicious Breed (Cruz Del Sur Music) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Every Giant Shall Fall”
The Mighty Wraith – Dragonheart (Independent) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Outcast”
Monolith Cult – Gospel of Despair (Transcending Records) [Doom]
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No Amnesty – Psychopathy (Xtreem Music) [Thrash]
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No Return – The Curse Within (Mighty Music) [Melodeath]
Listen to “The Crimson Rider”
Nullingroots – Into the Grey (Prosthetic Records) [Blackgaze]
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Oblivion – The Path Towards… (Unique Leader Records) [Tech Death]
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Over the Voids… – Over the Voids (Nordvis) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Never Again Will They Hunger”
Phalloplasty – Smear (CDN Records) [Slam]
Listen to “Autosarcophagy”
Pillars – Pyres and Gallows (Seeing Red Records) [Doom]
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Raskasta Joulua – Raskasta Joulua IV (Spinefarm Records) [Cheesy Christmas music]
Redemptus – Every Red Heart Fades to Black (Raging Planet Records) [Sludge]
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Sacrifice Theory – Infected (Bret Hard Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Summer of Hate”
Sacrilegious Rite – Summoned from Beyond (Dunkelheit Produktionen) [Blackened Death Metal]
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Stalker – Shadow of the Sword (Napalm Records) [Speed Metal]
Listen to “Total Annihilation,” “Shadow of the Sword”
Tarja – From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas) (earMusic) [Cheesy Christmas music]
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Town Tundra – Misanthropy Never Fails (Wormholedeath) [Melodeath]
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Tyfon’s Doom – Emperor’s Path (Gates of Hell Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Tyrant’s Sceptre”
Vedmak – Род изгоев (Narcoleptica Productions) [Black Metal]
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Witchery – State of Decay (MMX Productions) [Thrash]
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Wolf Counsel – Age of Madness / Reign of Chaos (Czar of Bullets) [Doom]
Listen to “Age of Madness/Reign of Chaos”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
