This Toilet Tuesday (3/13/18)
Welcome once more to This Toilet Tuesday! You know the drill by now: new music comes out and we highlight stuff that probably doesn’t suck. Hans and Bert Banana have a couple for you today; let us know if there’s anything we might have missed otherwise.
RazorRape – Stripped to Kill (Rotten Roll Rex) [Deathgrind]
Listen to “Crawling in the Sewers,” “Face Removal Machine”
What can I say, I can’t resist a dumb band name. Gotta hand it to them though, they took me back to the first time I heard a song from Exhumed and immediately wanted more of those guttural vocals. That’s who they kinda remind me of in terms of production, but they’re more like Inhume or maybe Last Days of Humanity in terms of over-the-top brutality and straightforwardness. I had a goodhearted chuckle at the ridiculousness of it all (which they seem pretty aware of) and look forward to a full spin. 3/12/18 (Hans)
Monotheist – Scourge (Prosthetic Records) [Tech Death]
Listen
A fairly interesting release. Best way to describe it is its a death metal record with progressive elements. Don’t let the Tech Death tag fool you- you’re not going to get that over the top sound like from a band like Archspire. You’re looking at a mix of Suffocation and Mithras with a sprinkle of Death. There were a few instances during the playthrough of the available tracks where the Suffocation influence is super apparent. The progressive elements have a nice spacey vibe to them…which is likely why I drew the Mithras comparison. The production is really clean, so the arrangements stand out rather nicely. Of the available tracks, “Mark of the Beast II” will give you more of that 90’s tech death vibe while “Scourge” will give you more of that proggy tech death vibe. Overall, it’s interesting enough to look forward to the full release. Bobby Koelble (Death) makes an appearance on one of the unreleased tracks, so there’s a little more incentive to check it out. 3/16/18 (Bert Banana)
Pestilent Reign – Pyres (Rising Nemesis Records) [Tech Death]
Listen to “Martyr,” “Gutter’s Filth”
On the other side of the spectrum, Pestilent Reign bring that straight forward Brutal Tech Death. You get your “tweedled-deedle” guitars and blistering blast beats. The song “Gutter’s Filth” has a siqqq breakdown which is a big plus. They do incorporate lots of grooves. More so apparent in the song “Martyr” that “Gutter’s Filth” but the latter’s solo is super groovy, but there’s enough grooves to say there’s a Lamb of God influence here. Vocals are a little on the cleaner side, so don’t expect any dank ass gutturals. Production is rather clean as well. If you’re looking for something to just bang your head to and maybe kill time while on your commute while stuck in traffic, this album will likely satisfy you. 3/16/18 (Bert Banana)
Altar of Gore – Demo (NVNM) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Foul Dwellers in the Sacrificial Pit”
Black Astrology – Abyss of Chaos (Narcoleptica/More Hate) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Evil,” “Crashed Skies”
The Cleaner – Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat (Independent) [Death Thrash]
Listen to “Dead In Respite”
The Crown – Cobra Speed Venom (Metal Blade Records) [Death Thrash]
Listen
Interview
Crocell – Relics (LongLife Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Once Called Slaves”
Cryptic Brood/Minenfeld – Inevitable Death (split- Fucking Kill Records) [Death Metal]
Stream
Damnation Lust – Archpriestess of Sathanas (NVNM) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Infernal Death Legions”
Dautha – Brethren of the Black Soil (Van Records) [Doom]
Decayed Existence – Eulogy (Rottweiler Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Cursed”
Deconstructing Sequence – Cosmic Progression: An Agonizing Journey Through Oddities of Space (Via Nocturna) [Progressive Death Metal]
Listen
Desert Storm – Sentinels (APF Records) [Stoner Doom]
Listen to “Too Far Gone”
Formalist – No One Will Shine Anymore (Third I Rex/Wooaaargh/Toten Schwan) [Post Metal/Sludge]
Listen to “Arson”
Gravehill – The Unchaste, the Profane, & the Wicked (Dark Descent Records) [Death Metal]
Grave Upheaval – Untitled (Nuclear War Now!) [Angry Cave Noises]
Listen to “II-III”
Gygax – 2nd Edition (Creator Destructor Records) [FUCKING NERD METAL]
Listen
Hiidenhauta – 1695 (Inverse Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Nälkäkevät”
Hypnotheticall – Synchreality (Revalve Records) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Dreaming in Digital”
Jaws of Hades – Worship Speed & Death! (NVNM) [Thrash]
Listen to “Worship Speed & Death!”
Jirm – Ex Monumentis (Small Stone) [Stoner]
Listen to “Candle Eyes”
Jörmungand – Zwischenwelten (Independent) [Folk/Black Metal]
Listen
Negative Self – Control the Fear (BDHW Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Underneath the Wave”
On Thorns I Lay – Aegean Sorrow (Alone Records) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Aegean Sorrow,” “Erevos”
Question – Question (Caligari Records) [Death Metal]
Stream
Rivers of Nihil – Where Owls Know My Name (Metal Blade Records) [Progressive/Tech Death]
Listen
Review
Spectral – Neural Correlates of Hate (Loud Rage Music) [Death Metal]
Listen
Susperia – The Lyricist (Agonia Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “I Entered,” “The Lyricist”
Svneatr – The Howl, the Whisper, the Hunt (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “The Hunt,” “Crimson Star”
Veiled – Black Celestial Orbs (Iron Bonehead Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Luminous”
Velvet Viper – Respice Finem (GMR Music Group) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Don’t Leave Before Wintertime”
Venin – La morsure du temps (Grumpy Mood Records) [Heavy Metal]
Preview
Zombie Riot – Reign of Rotten Flesh (Unholy Fire Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Reign of Rotten Flesh”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
