This Toilet Tuesday (2/21/17)
Wow! Look at that; it’s a Toilet Tuesday! And one with an obscene amount of new music at that! Seriously, good lucking sorting through it all, especially if you get caught up on anything that sounds even remotely interesting (as I do). There are a lot of sweet new tunes down there, so help your fellow metal nerd out by checking a couple out and reporting back. Perform your civic duty and help lead us to a better, brighter Toilet.
Resonance Cascade/Järnbörd – Hyperakusi (WOOAAARGH/Downfall/Everydayhate) [Grindcore]
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Back in early January we premiered Resonance Cascade’s “Death Approaching” from their split with Järnbörd. You were warned at the time that Hyperakusi would leave you hard of hearing, but you didn’t listen to us, did you? Now look at you, sitting there with your speakers cranked all the way in the ill-fated hope that these sick blasts and ultra-crusty riffs will blow your tinnitus away. Unfortunately for you, the CDC has determined that there is no cure for grind-induced hypersensitivity, so you might as well make the most of it and grind out in style. FFO: Dismember, Rotten Sound, Nasum 2/24/17 (W.)
Ancst – Furnace (Vendetta/Yehonala) [Black Metal/Crust]
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It probably goes without saying at this point that I have a permanent hard-on for Ancst. Their style of blackened crust (or crustened black?) is consistent almost to a fault; if you’ve heard their past material, then you know what you’re getting here. However, Furnace mixes it up a little bit with a greater focus on doomy bits than most of the rest of their output. It sacrifices none of the vitriol or raging melodies that have cultivated their sound, so no worries there. It’s awesome regardless, and you should cram it into your earholes immediately. 2/19/17 (Spear)
Bathsheba – Servus (Svart Records) [Doom]
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I almost didn’t write about this given my absolute pleb level of knowledge about doom, but I couldn’t let it slip by unnoticed. The riffs are thick and fuzzy and are an all-around good time, but holy hell does that vocal delivery slay. Michelle’s vocals cover soft, soulful cleans to a full on black metal scream and everything in between, and she moves between them with constant ease. I kept looking forward to her entrance during instrumental sections, which is saying something, as the rest of the band are no slouches themselves. Bathsheba are the total package, and you should not miss out on this. – h/t Son Ov Wolf 2/24/17 (Spear)
…Sick of Life – Vivant dans le Passé (Independent) [DSBM]
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Age of Reflection – In the Heat of the Night (AOR Heaven) [Pure Cheese]
Listen to “Blame it on my Heart”
Antropomorphia – Sermon ov Wrath (Metal Blade Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Sermon ov Wrath,” “Crown ov the Dead”
Aseethe – Hopes of Failure (Thrill Jockey Records) [Drone/Doom]
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Asofy – Nessun luogo (Avantgarde Music) [Dreariness Made Sound]
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Axxis – Retrolution (Phonotraxx Publishing) [Heavy/Power Metal]
Blackened Symphony – Blackened Symphony (Art Gates Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “One Day,” “Chain”
Bloodbound – War of Dragons (AFM Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Battle in the Sky”
Caffa – Mental Enslavement (Transylvanian Tapes) [Death Metal]
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Carpatus – Malus Ascendant (Black Lion Productions) [Black Metal]
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Catastrophic Evolution – Road to Dismemberment (Rotten Roll Rex) [Brutal Death Metal]
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Celestial Rite/Funeral Storm – Funeral Rite (split- Iron Bonehead Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen to “The Necromancer” (Funeral Storm)
Coffinshade – In the Darkness I Shall Dwell (Independent) [DSBM]
Listen to “My Winter Scars”
The Committee – Memorandum Occultus (Folter Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Synthetic, Organic Gods”
Daedric Tales – The Divine Menace (Independent) [Symphonic Power Metal]
Listen to “Son of Storms,” “Planes of Oblivion”
Dead of Night – In Search of Ancient Magic (Independent) [Symphonic/Power Metal]
Listen to “Child of Wolves”
Dethonator – Dethonator (Killer Metal Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Dethonator”
Dreaming Dead – Funeral Twilight (Hammerheart Records) [Melodeath]
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Dying Suffocation – In the Darkness of the Lost Forest (Sangue Frio Produções) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Death Bed”
Endezzma – Morbus Divina (Pulverised Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Morbus Divina”
Eveth – Entelequia (Rock Estatal Records) [Heavy/Power Metal]
Ex Deo – The Immortal Wars (Napalm Records) [Centurion Metal]
Listen to “The Rise of Hannibal”
Expendiency – Sadistic Murder (Extreme Soul Production) [Toyota Slamry]
Listen to “Sadistic Murder”
Fairytale – Battlestar Rising (Art Gates Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “The Opera House”
Fjoergyn – Lvcifer es (Lifeforce Records) [Avant-Garde/Symphonic Black Metal]
Listen to “Lucifer Es”
Grapeshot – All About to End (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “All In”
Grima – Tales of the Enchanted Woods (Naturmacht Productions) [Black Metal]
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Hark – Machinations (Season of Mist) [Sludgy Rock]
Listen to “Fortune Favors the Insane”
Hetroertzen – Uprising of the Fallen (Listenable Records) [Black Metal]
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Immolation – Atonement (Nuclear Blast Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Destructive Currents,” “Fostering the Divide”
In Thousand Lakes – Age of Decay (Xtreem Music) [Minnesotacore]
Listen to “Death Train”
Jenner – To Live Is to Suffer (Infernö Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “How Deep Is Your Greed”
Manetheren – The End (Avantgarde Music) [Black Metal]
Listen to “The Ritual”
Marche Funèbre – Into the Arms of Darkness (MFL Records) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Lullaby of Insanity”
Mastectomy – Hell on Earth (Rotten Music) [Brutal Death Metal]
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Masterstroke – Edge of No Return (Independent) [Heavy/Power Metal]
Listen to “Edge of No Return”
Mir zur Feier – Ein Streifen Wirklichkeit (RecordJet) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Der Schauende”
Mordbrand – Wilt (Carnal Records) [Death Metal]
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Mordum – And What Is the Truth? (Support Underground) [Death Metal]
Listen to “God saves only queen”
Nan Elmoth – Void Serpent (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Purification”
Nordjevel – Krigsmakt (Osmose Productions) [Black Metal]
Ophicvs – Machine Gun Reaper (Austenitized Records) [Black’n’Roll]
Persefone – Aathma (ViciSolum Records) [Prog/Melodeath]
Listen to “Prison Skin”
Power Trip – Nightmare Logic (Independent) [Crossover Thrash]
Listen to “Executioner’s Tax,” “Firing Squad,” “Nightmare Logic”
Pure Wrath – Ascetic Eventide (Throats Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Colourless Grassland,” “Between Water and Winds”
Pyogenesis – A Kingdom to Disappear (AFM Records) [Melodeath/Gothic/Alt Metal]
Listen to “I Have Seen My Soul,” “Every Man For Himself…And God Against All,” “Blaze, My Northern Flame”
Rebel Souls – The Forces of Darkness (Art Gates Records) [Death/Thrash]
Listen to “Fourfold Wrath”
Sanctuary – Inception (Century Media Records) [Heavy Metal]
Get drilled slowly
Screamer – Hell Machine (High Roller Records) [Heavy Metal]
Scuorn – Parthenope (Dusktone) [Symphonic Black Metal]
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Siberian – Through Ages of Sleep (The Sign Records) [Sludge/Post-Metal]
Listen to “Witness,” “Anima Astray,” “Kingdoms”
Sinister – Syncretism (Massacre Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Neurophobic,” “Blood Soaked Domain”
Six Feet Under – Torment (Metal Blade Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Sacrificial Kill”
Sleazer – Fall into Disgrace (Infernö Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Faded Dream”
Stamina – System of Power (Pride and Joy Records) [Heavy Metal]
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Streams of Blood – Allgegenwärtig (Folter Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Detox”
Striker – Striker (Record Breaking Records) [Heavy/Power Metal]
Listen to “Born To Lose”
Sunless – Urraca (Independent) [Dissonant Death Metal]
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Talvienkeli – Hybris (WormHoleDeath) [Symphonic Metal]
Listen to “Atlas”
Thobbe Englund – Sold My Soul (Metalville) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Sold My Soul”
Triguna – Gratifying Severed Hearts (Independent) [Progressive Death Metal]
Listen to “Dedicate,” “Visceral OBscolation”
Trollfest – Helluva (Napalm Records) [lolbuttz]
Listen to “Steel Sarah,” “Fräulein Helluva”
Unearthly Trance – Stalking the Ghost (Relapse Records) [Sludge/Drone/Doom]
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Vendetta – The 5th (Massacre Records) [Thrash]
Wretch – The Hunt (Pure Steel Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “The Final Stand”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
