This Toilet Tuesday (3/3/20)
It’s Toilet Tuesday, and it’s a big one today; the list is pretty sizable, and it’s fairly eclectic to boot. Karhu’s dishing the goods on a handful of albums today, and there’s way more to pick from if none of those tickle your fancy. Share your own picks down below.
Cardinals Folly – Defying the Righteous Way (Rafchild Records) [Doom]
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Cardinals Folly scored a bullseye three years back with Deranged Pagan Sons so I’m, as they say, excitebike for their new album. The punked-up approach of “Deranging the Priest” sees them rougher and rowdier than ever while “Strange Conflict” hearkens back to a classic style; what they’ve in common is doom metal excellence. Can’t also wait to hear what the shit that’s been shot about black metal on this album is about because black metal Reverend Bizarre is a thing I didn’t know I needed in my life until now. 3/6/20 (Karhu)
Clouds – Durere (Independent) [Death/Doom]
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Daniel Neagoe is keeping busy even after terminating roughly 80% of his numerous bands and memberships. On once-and-again solo project Clouds latest, he stitches together the sadboi (post-) rock and funeral doom styles that have dominated his career. Though the two don’t as much meet as take turns, Durere contributes a few choice moments of slowboi goodness (goddamn that violins and whistles/flutes over doomass dragging on “The Sailor Waves Goodbye” hits hard) that are perfect for this lousy Smarch weather. 3/1/20 (Karhu)
Tribe of Pazuzu – King of All Demons (Independent) [Blackened Death Metal]
Listen to “King of All Demons”
John from Incantation (has a mustache too), Flo from Cryptopsy and that one dude who took over for bass in Pestilence from van Drunen for about 8 minutes. What more do you want to know? Slightly blackened, atmospheric death metal built on tension and repetitive tremolo riffs, with a thick meaty production. Not much of a change from last years debut EP, still not as interesting as it’s lineup, and not even the most interesting death metal record with John McEntee and a man (distantly) associated with van Drunen looming in the horizon. But it’s still worth a shot when it drops, and a step up, if the opener is any indication. 3/6/20 (Karhu)
Ahna – Crimson Dawn (Caligari Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “In Death’s Grip”
Almanac – Rush of Death (Nuclear Blast) [What]
What are these lyrics?
Azure Emote – The Third Perspective (Selfmadegod) [Prog Death]
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Bendida – First of the Heroes (Psychosounds Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Listen to “The Legend of Gilgamesh”
Borgne – Y (LADLO) [Black Metal]
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Born in Exile – Transcendence (Art Gates Records) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Torch”
Burning Witches – Dance with the Devil (Nuclear Blast) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Dance with the Devil”
Cegvera – The Sixth Glare (Stolen Body Records) [Instrumental Doom/Post-Metal]
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Crematory – Unbroken (Napalm Records) [lolbuttz]
Listen to “Rise and Fall,” “Unbroken”
Cross Vein – Beautiful Warrior (Zeno Records Japan) [Symphonic Power Metal]
Listen to “Beautiful Warrior”
Disembowel – Echoes of Terror (Maggot Stomp) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Immolation”
Dwaal – Gospel of the Vile (Dark Essence Records) [Sludge/Post-Metal]
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Earth Rot – Black Tides of Obscurity (Season of Mist) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Dread Rebirth,” “Mind Killer”
Eciton – Suspension of Disbelief (Wormholedeath Records) [Death Metal]
Eilera – Waves (Independent) [Folk]
Listen to “Aquarius”
Elixir – Voyage of the Eagle (Dissonance Productions) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Whisper on the Breeze”
False Mutation – Within the Sickness (Independent) [Death Metal]
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Graveslave – Devotion (Trvasfuk Music) [Death Metal]
Listen to “God of Slaughter”
Hangatyr – Kalt (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Hellrider – The Roots of Violence (Independent) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Take My Revenge”
Kruelty – A Dying Truth (Daymare Recordings) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Introduction to…”
My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast) [Sadboi Doom]
Listen to “Your Broken Shore”
My Material Season – Bloody Pains Stigmata (Repentless Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Frozen Tears”
Novena – Eleventh Hour (Frontiers Music) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Indestructible,” “Sun Dance”
Psychonaut – Unfold the God Man (Pelagic Records) [Sludge]
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Pure Wrath – The Forlorn Soldier (Debemur Morti Productions) [Black Metal]
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Rended – The Empty Sky (Independent) [Instrumental Black Metal]
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Ross the Boss – Born of Fire (AFM Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Denied By The Cross”
Scarab – Martyrs of the Storm (ViciSolum Productions) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Coffin Texts”
Seas of Winter – Forest Aflame (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Life Eternal”
Semblant – Obscura (Frontiers Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Mere Shadow”
Trauma – Ominous Black (Selfmadegod) [Death Metal]
Listen to “The Black Maggots”
Trepalium – From the Ground (Klonosphere) [Groovy Prog Death]
Listen to “From the Ground”
Tulus – Old Old Death (Soulseller Records) [Black Metal]
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Vénen – Apocalyptic (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Vredehammer – Viperous (Indie Recordings) [Blackened Death Metal]
Listen to “Aggressor,” “Winds of Dysphoria”
Wombbath – Choirs of the Fallen (Soulseller Records) [Death Metal]
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Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments!
