This Toilet Tuesday (11/4/14)
Welcome, fellow denizens of the porcelain palace, to another Toilet Tuesday! Though the tide of releases has stemmed somewhat this week (since every metal band on the planet NEEDS to release their album on Halloween), the quality of said releases has not! Grab a seat and take a listen to the aural gems below. -Spear
Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel (Season of Mist) [Avant-Garde Metal]
Australia isn’t known for its death metal so much as it is for the terrible ways it can cause your death. Of course, to call Ne Obliviscaris just death metal is doing a disservice to the range of sounds this band produces (much like referring to an agonizing end in Australia as just “death” is severely underselling the brutal way it’s going to finish you). Ne Obliviscaris seamlessly weaves black, death and even violins to form something that sounds like it’s actually progressive. Fans of Portal of I will surely dig it. (Leif Bearikson)
Nader Sadek – The Malefic: Chapter III (Independent) [Death Metal]
Nader Sadek is the curator of one of the most intriguing death metal supergroups in the biz. For those of you unaware, Nader is an artist that spearheads the creative direction of his self-titled project featuring members of Cryptopsy, Cattle Decaptiation, Cannibal Corpse, Neuraxis, Decapitated, Sepultura, Death, and Moonspell. If that list doesn’t make you salivate, the tasty tune “Carrion Whispers” most certainly will. This is excellent, bone-crushing death metal that brings out the best in each performer and unites every element into a palpable force. Plus, if you purchase the upcoming issue of Decibel, you can get The Malefic: Chapter III for free. All you bums get on that, because Nader Sadek rips. (W.)
Cavalera Conspiracy – Pandemonium (Napalm Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Babylonian Pandemonium”
I’m just going to flash my poser badge here right from the get go. I like a lot of Max Cavalera’s work. There are several Soulfly albums I enjoy, I thought Killer Be Killed put out a fun record, and I dug the first Cavalera Conspiracy album. That said, I thought the second CC album was a big dud. Maybe a year ago Max mentioned that he and Igor were working on a grind album, and my interest piqued again, despite how disappointing the last few albums (aside from KBK) he’s put out have been. Fast forward to the new CC album. I wouldn’t call these songs grind, but “Bonzai Kamikaze” and “Babylonian Pandemonium” are certainly much better than anything on Blunt Force Trauma. These songs are a gripping blend of thrash and hardcore perfect for getting your headbang on. Not perfect, but perfectly adequate for a circle-pit inducing barn burner. (W.)
Sidious – Revealed in Profane Splendour (Kaotoxin) [Blackened Death]
Ever wonder what you’d get if you gave Fleshgod Apocalypse better production and a splash of black metal and tech death? The result would be Sidious, a monstrous blackened death metal outfit from London. While Sidious don’t quite approach the velocity of the former, they have a similar bombast to Fleshgod’s writing style and some of the string parts sound reminiscent of parts of Fleshgod’s Agony. However, I believe that Sidious have a few things going for them that Fleshgod could learn from, most notably the production. The mix is crisp and clear, resulting in a much less muddy sound than Labyrinth or Agony. Furthermore, there is much more variety in Sidious’ songwriting. All in all, Revealed in Profane Splendour is an excellent death metal album and an especially impressive debut. (Spear)
Absentia Lunae – Vorwarts (Aeternitas Tenbrarum) [Black Metal]
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Adimiron – Timelapse (Scarlet Records) [Progressive Metal]
Listen to “State of Persistence”
Aeurtum – The Depths of Which These Roots do Bind (Insidious Voices) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Frozen into the Grain”
Animus Mortis – Testimonia (Aeternitas Tenebrarum) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Testimonia”
Annihilation – The Undivided (Independent) [Death Metal]
Listen to “The Great Cycle”
Arkadia – Unrelenting (Inverse Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Unrelenting”
Apostle of Solitude – Of Woe and Wounds (Cruz Del Sur) [Doom]
Listen to “This Mania”
Battalion – Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War (Shiver Records) [Death Metal]
CETI – Brutus Syndrome (Metal Mind Productions) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Wizards of the Modern Worlds”
Circuitry – Circuitry (Independent) [Djent]
Listen to “Watch our Shadows Cast”
Cycle Beating – Age of Depression (Independent) [Groove Metal]
Listen to “Burning Down the Bridge”
Decaying – One to Conquer (Hellthrasher) [Death Metal]
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Dickless Tracy – Paroxysm of Disgust (On Parole Productions) [Grindcore]
Exalt – Pale Light (New Damage Records) [Hardcore]
Listen to “Pale Light”
Folkstone – Otre… L’abisso (Folkstone Productions) [Folk Metal]
Listen to “In Caduta Libera”
Forced Kill – Hard Death (Independent) [Thrash]
Forgotten Land – Omnia Fert Aetas (Independent) [Viking Metal]
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Foul Body Autopsy – So Close to Complete Dehumanization (Grindscene) [Death Metal]
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Ghost Brigade – One with the Storm (Season of Mist) [Post Metal]
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Heart in Hand – A Beautiful White (Century Media) [Metalcore]
Listen to “A Beautiful White”
HeKz – Caerus (Cherry Red Records) [Power Prog]
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Hell in the Club – Devil on my Shoulder (Scarlet Records) [lolbuttz]
Listen to “Bare Hands”
Incincery – Dead, Bound, and Buried (Independent) [Thrash]
Listen to “Silent Supremacy”
Kauan – Muistumia (Blood Music) [Doom/Black Metal]
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Larva ov Cum – Existenza (SheepUnitedNation Productions) [Black Metal]
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Light Bringer – Monument (King Records/Nexus) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Clockwork Journey”
Liv Kristine – Vervain (Napalm Records) [Melodic Metal]
Listen to “Love Decay”
Longobardeath – Old Time Balbiott (Anger Music) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Dai Dai L’e’tardi” (Misfits cover)
Malefice – Bare Hands (Transcend Music) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Forsaken”
Mare Cognitum – Phobos Monolith (I, Voidhanger) [Black Metal]
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Morrigu – Before Light/After Dark (Dark Balance) [Flushcore]
Listen to “My Curse My Sweet Revenge”
Nangilima – The Dark Matter (Xtreem Music) [Doom]
Listen to “Stain of a Broken Life”
Obtruncation – Abode of the Departed Souls (Vic Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Abode of the Departed Souls”
Odyssey – The Turning Tide (Monolithic) [Instrumental Prog]
Listen to “The Devil’s in the Details”, “The Turning Tide”
Piss Vortex – Piss Vortex (Indisciplinarian) [Grind/Experimental]
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Psychostick – Revenge of the Vengeance (Rock Ridge Music) [Comedy Metal]
Saturnine – Mors Vocat (Razorback/Avantgarde) [Doom]
Listen to “Bones and Regrets”
The Skull – For Those Which Are Asleep (Tee Pee Records) [Stoner/Doom]
Listen to “Sick of it All”
Spectral Haze – I.E.V.: Transmuted Nebula Remains (Soulseller) [Doom]
Spiders – Shake Electric (Spinefarm) [Doom]
Listen to “Shake Electric”
Supertanker – Songs from the Ashes (Klonosphere/Season of Mist) [Groove Metal]
Listen to “Below Ground”
Thee Maldoror Kollective – Knownothingism (Argonautica) [Experimental]
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Tongues – Thelésis Ignis (I, Voidhanger) [Black Metal]
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Toothgrinder – Schizophrenic Jubilee (Spinefarm) [Progressive Metal]
Listen to “The Hour Angle”
Triosphere – The Heart of the Matter (AFM Records) [Power Metal]
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Tyranny Enthroned – Our Great Undoing (Blast Head) [Black Metal]
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UnKured – Mutated Earth (Independent) [Death Thrash]
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Without God – Circus of Freaks (Solitude Productions) [Psychedelic/Doom]
Listen to “Flood”
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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