This Toilet Tuesday (11/25/14)
The Void looms. It draws ever nearer. Its blackened hand will reach from the murky depths and drag you down through the sewage. Your body will be broken; your mind, snapped. It will leave you to sink into the blackened forever, choking on a darkness more suffocating than the filth in which you eternally writhe. There are no gods or devils here, or the comfort of other lost souls with whom to share your anguish; only you. Only you to know the infinite despair of the fate of mankind. Welcome to the Void.
Welcome to This Toilet Tuesday. -Spear
Hierophant – Peste (Bridge 9 Records) [D-Beat/Hardcore]
Gird your loins, because this album goes hard. Are they girded? Good, because Hierophant bring the aggression. Blackened, crusty, and void-lovin’, this album will grab you by your greasy long hair and drag you through a rusty scrapyard covered in barbed wire. Then it will piss on you for good measure. Few albums released in 2014 will hit this hard and unrelentingly. Don’t miss it. (W.)
Obscurity – Vintar (Trollzorn) [Viking Metal]
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me on a ship made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead. That’s right, the “Naglfar” is your passage into the grim cold of Helheim, and Obscurity are the boatmen. Dealing a searing black/Viking metal assault somewhere between the more aggressive nature of Schlechtvalk and the grandiose visions of Enslaved, Obscurity offer the perfect wintry soundtrack to battle during the Fimbulvinter. This isn’t a reinvention of the wheel but a solid take on the grand pagan tradition. Check it out. (W.)
Dahakara – Lone Aeon (Independent) [Experimental/Electronic/Black Metal]
Hailing all the way from Istanbul, Turkey, Dahakara is a one man black metal band that combines spacey guitar riffs, electronic ambiance, and layered, menacing vocals. Only one out of the five tracks contains vocals, but Dahakara sets an undeniably dark and satisfying tone against the cosmic backdrop of electronic soundscapes and solid instrumental work. For an easy two bucks, you can pick it up on the Dahakara Bandcamp page, so check it out and support some overseas metal! (Stockhausen)
Skelethal – Interstellar Knowledge of the Purple Entity (Iron Bonehead) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Sabbatical Demonic Invocation”
I’ve noticed lately that my knowledge of the purple entity has been lacking lately, especially in the interstellar department. Luckily, bands on Iron Bonehead tend to have a knack for knocking some brutal sense into us listeners. Although I’ve only heard one song, the new release from Skelethal is shaping up to be a steady, reliable crusher. Stomping around at times and wildly charging at others, “Sabbatical Demonic Invocation” is a down-tuned, crunchy ode to straight up, furious death metal that demands attention. We may not be reinventing the wheel here, but that’s ok. This wheel rules. (Stockhausen)
Axenstar – Where Dreams Are Forgotten (Inner Wound) [Power Metal]
It had been years since I’d listened to Axenstar prior to this last weekend, but lo and behold here they are with a new album. If the track “Fear,” is any indication, it’s going to be a good one, too. Vocalist/bassist Magnus Eriksson differentiates himself from most power metal singers by both the mellow timbre of his voice and the lower register he sings in- not as low as, say, Mathias Blad, but you won’t be hearing much (if any) crazy soaring vocals here. In fact, the band as a whole seems to be a little mellower than other bands in the genre. The music is still fast and intense, but the overall tone is dark and warm. Here’s hoping the rest of Where Dreams Are Forgotten kicks as much ass as “Fear.” (Spear)
Alien Possession/Hurricane Joe – Demolish the Pyramid (Come to the End) [Black Thrash/lolbuttz]
Stream (Alien Possession) Stream (Hurricane Joe)
American Heritage – Prolapse (Solar Flare Records) [Hardcore]
Listen to “Mask of Lies”
Apnea – Ethereal Solitude (physical release- Immortal Frost) [Post-Black Metal]
Stream
Bad Sign – Destroy (Independent) [Butt Rock]
Listen to “Confession”
Baring Teeth – Ghost Chorus Among Old Ruins (Willowtip) [Weird Death]
Stream
Beasts of Torah/Krowos/Cold From Beyond – In Tenebris Flama Trinitas vol.II (split- Eternal Tombs) [Black Metal]
Black Fate – Between Visions and Lies (Ulterium Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Lines in the Sand”
Blaspherian – Upon the Throne… of Eternal Blasphemous Death (Iron Bonehead) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Phoenix of Uncreation”
Bog Oak – A Treatise on Resurrection and the Afterlife (Svart Records) [Doom]
Preview
Born From Pain – Dance with the Devil (Beatdown Hardwear) [Hardcore]
Listen to “Cause & Effect”
Cadaveric Fumes/Demonic Oath – Entwined in Sepulchral Darkness (Impious Desecration) [Death Metal]
Child Bite – Strange Waste (Housecore) [Sludge/Punk]
Listen to “Molestation of the Arts”
Critical Solution – The Death Lament (Independent) [Thrash]
Listen to “The Death Lament”
Curse the Gods – Siege of Scirehaven (Independent) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Siege of Scirehaven”
Desecravity – Orphic Signs (Willowtip) [Brutal Tech Death]
Listen to “Bloody Terpsichorean Art”
Doctor Smoke – The Witching Hour (Totem Cat Records) [Doom]
Listen to “Faces in the Fog”
Ephemer – Gloire Immortelle (Eisenwald) [Black Metal]
Stream
The Flight of Sleipnir – V. (Napalm Records) [Doom]
Listen to “Beacon in Black Horizon”
Flesh Engine – Purging Existence (Slaney Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Walker of the Planes,” “Purging Existence”
Foscor – Those Horrors Wither (Alone Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Graceful Pandora”
Frostbitten Kingdom – The Winter War Symphony (Wormholedeath) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Lost, Forgotten, and Forlorn”
Grimoire – L’aorasie des spectres rêveurs (Eisenwald) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Tragédie des ombres”
Harmony – Theatre of Redemption (Ulterium Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “The Window of my Soul”
Impalers – Prepare for War (Independent) [Teutonic Thrash]
Listen to “The Hammer” (Motörhead cover)
In Aevum Agere – Limbus Animae (Pure Steel) [Doom]
Listen to “Awaiting”
In Vain – The Little Things That Matter (Independent) [Thrash]
Listen to “No Future for the World,” “Serenity Valley”
Isole – The Calm Hunter (Cyclone Empire) [Epic Doom]
Listen to “The Calm Hunter,” “Dead to Me (The Destroyer pt.II)”
Judas Priest – 5 Souls (Sony Music Entertainment) [Heavy Metal]
Lae – Break the Clasp (Independent) [Post-Metal]
Listen to “Break the Clasp”
Lectern – Fratricidal Concelebration (Sliptrick Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Fratricidal Concelebration”
Lotus Thief – Rervm (Svart Records) [Post-Black/Doom]
Listen to “Miseras”
Midnight Priest – Midnight Steel (Slaney Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Hellbreaker,” “When Midnight Comes”
Mortal Strike – For the Loud and Aggressive (Independent) [Thrash]
Preview
Neonfly – Strangers in Paradise (Inner Wound) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Heart of the Sun”
Nubian Rose – Mental Revolution (Funklord Dynasty) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Break Out”
Omit – Medusa Truth Part 1 (Secret Quarters Records) [Melodic Doom]
Preview
Order From Chaos – Frozen in Steel (Nuclear War Now!) [Black Thrash]
Listen to “The Edge of Forever”
Panzer – Send Them All to Hell (Nuclear Blast) [Teutonic Thrash]
Preview
Rainbow – The Polydor Years (boxed set- Polydor Records) [Heavy Metal]
Schysma – Idiosyncrasy (Revalve Records) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Time Man”
Sereignos – Total Havoc (Evil Prevails) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Daulat Belizzuriah”
Sin7SinS – Purgatory Princess (S7S/Suburban Records) [Melodic Metal]
Preview
Sodom – Sacred Warpath (Steamhammer) [Thrash]
Starless Night – Lost in Life’s Endless Maze (Independent) [Depressive Black Metal]
Listen to “Passionate Hatred (Sheeple)”
The Storyteller – Sacred Fire (Dark Legacy Music) [Power Metal]
Listen to “One Last Stand”
Titan Force – Force of the Titan (compilation- Skol Records) [Power Metal]
Triphon – Awaken (Rockingham Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Artifacts,” “Dark Signals,” “Suffer the Cold”
United Progressive Fraternity – Fall in Love with the World (Inside Out Music) [Fusion]
Stream
Urzeit/Akatharsia – Urzeit/Akatharsia (split- Independent) [Black Metal]
Stream
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
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