This Toilet Tuesday (3/4/25)
From the depths ov Thy piping, by the currents ov Thy waters, we call upon ye to cleanse our collective stink. This week, we’ve got yeast-core, an arachnid deity, and complimentary optical phenomena. The Bowl overflows with fascinating fecal finds this time around, and I can feel the weight of my BC wishlist pressing in on me. If you must, tell us what we missed in the comments so I can dig a further financial pit for myself.
Frogg – Eclipse (Independent) [Tech Death]
It’s no secret that amphibians aren’t doing so hot as a class; Frogg‘s eclectic tech is a welcome consolation prize amidst this eroding diversity. The confident creativity of these NY-based herpetologists recalls The Odious at their most unhinged—a morass of influences ranging from electronica to deathcore that sticks to my neurons like flies to a tongue. Whether channeling the brutal (“Dandelion,” despite the name, is fairly dissonant) or the ethereal (“Wake Up”‘s clean vocals and synths), Eclipse hops between genres like we breathe. Evolution willing, they’ll continue carving out a niche for themselves in the crowded tech death ecosystem. -Roldy
Adamantis – Reforged (No Remorse Records) [Power / Heavy Metal]
Aeons of Ashes – Currents (Running Wild Productions) [Melodeath]
Akaamelda – Death Equals Relief (Independent) [Melodeath]
Astral Woods – Into the Mystical Lands (Independent) [Raw/Lo-Fi Black]
Avenger of Blood – Revenge Is My Name (M-Theory Audio) [Deathrash]
Avulsed – Phoenix Cryptobiosis (Xtreem Music) [Death]
Begrime Exemious – Festering in the Void (Independent) [Blackened Death]
Betrayers – Falling Through the Hourglass (Independent) [Grindcore / Doom]
Bonejammer – Carcinogenesis (Independent) [Crossover Thrash / Grindcore]
Carnal Forge – The Fractured Process (ViciSolum Productions) [Melodeath]
Cryptosis – Celestial Death (Century Media Records) [Prog Thrash]
Cult of Extinction – Nightmare Ascension (Winter Demons) [Blackened Death / War Metal]
Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence (Prosthetic Records) [Prog Blackened Death]
Deathless Legacy – Damnatio Aeterna (Scarlet Records) [Symphonic Heavy Metal]
Destruction – Birth of Malice (Independent) [Thrash]
Eisenblut – The Struggle for Existence (Mystic Glory Order) [Raw/Lo-Fi Black]
Empire Filth – Return to Eden (Metal Productions) [Groove Metal]
Erocis – The Sunken Lands (Independent) [Melodeath / Folk Metal]
Escapade to Serenity – Adventures in Lore (Independent) [Blackened Heavy Metal]
Fermentor – Agreement (Independent) [Death / Heavy Metal / Instrumental]
Forevercold – Ez a szomorú világ (Independent) [Raw/Lo-Fi Black]
Formis – Bestiarius (Defense Records) [Blackened Deathrash]
Guiltless – Teeth to Sky (Neurot Recordings) [Sludge / Doom / Post-Metal]
Harvest of Ash – Castaway (Independent) [Doom / Post-Metal]
Hexabrot – The Order of Things (Independent) [Prog Melodeath]
Holy Death – Paradice (Independent) [Death/Doom / Hardcore]
Hypermass – Apparition Day (Seek & Strike) [Melodeath]
Impurity – The Eternal Sleep (Hammerheart Records) [Death]
Irony of Fate – Equinox (Independent) [Melodeath]
Istapp – Sól tér sortna (Trollzorn Records) [Meloblack]
K L P S – S/T (These Hands Melt) [Sludge / Post-Metal]
Kaiser – 2nd Sound (Majestic Mountain Records) [Stoner Doom / Desert Rock]
Kryptograf – Kryptonomicon (Apollon Records) [Doom / Psych Rock]
Living Tales – Hades (Independent) [Prog Metal]
Mass Burial – May Darkness Come (Dealer Records Gamonal) [Death]
Mercury Tide – Walls of Confusion (Independent) [Power / Heavy Metal]
Mircalla – Paradox 333 (Independent) [Gothic Metal]
Moros – Recrudescent Horror (Knife Hits) [Death/Doom]
Mortuaire – Monde vide (Independent) [Death/Doom]
Mylingen – Svartsyn (Independent) [Blackened Melodeath]
Myth Carver – Twist of Fate (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Necrambulant – Upheaval of Malignant Necrambulance (Gore House Productions) [Slam / Brutal Death]
Necropsyum – Inexistencial Inexistência (Dirae Tenebrae) [Raw/Lo-Fi Black]
Nephylim – Circuition (Independent) [Melodeath]
Niviane – Queen of Phantoms (Rockshots Records) [Power / Melodeath]
Northwind – Jään valtakunta (Independent) [Blackened Folk Metal]
Outburst – Devouring the Masses (Violent Creek Records) [Speed / Thrash]
Pyres – Yun (Hypaethral Records) [Prog Sludge]
Raging Speedhorn – Night Wolf (Spinefarm Records) [Sludge]
Rainbows Are Free – Silver and Gold (Ripple Music) [Stoner Doom / Psych Rock]
Sacrosanct – Kidron (Roar / Rock of Angels) [Prog/Power]
Satan’s Basement – Dedicated to Non-Compliance (Independent) [Sludge]
Seizure – Black Spells and Broomsticks (Independent) [Symphonic Power / Thrash]
Selvforakt – Ormstukken (Cora Records) [Black / Crust Punk]
Solar Monolith – The Crooked Path (Independent) [Stoner Doom]
Spider God – Possess the Devil: The Original Album (Independent) [Meloblack]
Stygian Path – The Lorekeeper (Independent) [Symphonic Power / Folk]
The Death Wheelers – The Ecstasy of Möld (RidingEasy Records) [Stoner Doom / Punk]
The Unguided – Hellven (SixOneSix AB) [Metalcore / Electronic]
Throne of Iron – Adventure Two (No Remorse Records) [Heavy Metal]
Til the End – Dark Kings (Independent) [Blackened Melodeath]
Tommy Concrete – Robot Corpse (Independent) [Prog Metal]
Torpedo Torpedo – Arrows of Time (Electric Fire Records) [Psych Doom]
Trench Foot – Cavernous Necrophagy (Iron Fortress Records) [Death]
Uorvana – Echoes from Soil (Independent) [Atmoblack]
Void of Nothingness – Shamanic Meditation II (Independent) [Experimental Black]
Vorbat – The Immortal Sacrifice (Independent) [Symphonic Black]
Whitechapel – Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade Records) [Deathcore]
Wildfire – Rise (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Zac Leaser – Ascension to Light (Independent) [Tech Death]
