This Toilet Tuesday (3/17/15)
Welcome, my fellow flushers, to This Toilet Tuesday! Spring is nearly here: the sun is shining, the days are becoming longer, and the temperature is bearable once again. This all makes it very hard to not be a little bit of a lifelover and thus I have relocated to a sewer, where I can continue writhing in the murk. This week also has a pretty solid showing beyond what W, Leif, and I have covered here, so don’t be afraid to dive into that list down there. Have at it!
C-4 – Death in the Moshpit (Independent) [Grindcore]
Listen to “Puppet Corpse”
There must be something in the water in the Polish grind scene, because every band that’s crawled out of that sewer is nasty, nasty, nasty. Blending an unapologetically punky assault with deep guttural growls reminiscent of the mating calls of a male silverback gorilla, C-4 brings the pain. There isn’t much more to say about it except, “GRIND!”. FFO: Straight Hate, Speedy Gonzalez, Phosphorathic (W.)
Simbiose – Trapped (Anticorpos Records) [Crust]
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I’m on a grind roll today. However, if you like your grind with a much more high energy and DIY vibe to it, might I suggest Simbiose? Trapped features a much, much crustier take on the style than that played by C-4. Oddly enough, though, there’s a ton of unexpected melody on this record. Even if you don’t understand the Portuguese lyrics, you’re still going to be moshing. Grind it out. FFO: Cretin, Yattai, Trap Them (W.)
Funerus – The Black Death (Dark Descent) [Death Metal]
Listen to “The Black Death”
Funerus has been around for what seems like an eternity and have relatively little back catalog to show for it. However, I am a believer of quality over quantity and their latest EP, The Black Death, is certainly a quality release. It knows just how long to pummel you before giving you a breather via some sweetly sludgy riffage. If you prefer your death with a little doom then this EP will be right up your alley. Plus, who doesn’t want that album art showing up in their music collection? (Leif Bearikson)
Serenity In Murder – The Highest of Dystopia (Spiritual Beast/Universal Music) [Melodeath]
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I have a huge soft spot for big, dramatic, soaring melodic death metal bands, and Serenity In Murder deliver that in spades. The overall feel of the album is that of a more hyper Insomnium; blistering riffs and solos are accompanied by piano melodies and warm synths in a perfect complement. Despite the slightly silly name, The Highest of Dystopia is a solid melodeath album. (Spear)
Acolytes of Moros – Herald of the Imminent (Independent) [Doom]
Listen to “Venerate the Dead”
Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire (Independent) [Tech Death]
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Anthropia – Non-Euclidean Spaces (Independent) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Silver Twilight Lodge”
Augurs/Deathgrave – Augurs/Deathgrave (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) [Black Metal]
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Automaton – A Bold New Horizon (Independent) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Quick Cache/Maverick”
Bat – Cruel Discipline (Hell’s Headbangers) [Thrash]
Listen to “Rule of the Beast”
Beautality – Einfallen: A Tale ov Torment & Triumph (Nordavind) [Atmospheric Black Metal]
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Betrayer – Infernum In Terra (Mystic Productions) [Death Metal]
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Bleeding – Behind Transparent Walls (Pure Prog Records) [Prog Metal]
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Dire Peril – Through Time and Space (Dead Inside Records) [Power Metal]
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Dischordia – Sources (Rogue Records) [Stockhausencore]
Listen to “Three Dimensional Defect” (Decapitated cover)
Dodheimsgard – A Umbra Omega (Peaceville Records) [Black Metal]
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Downfall of Nur – Umbras de Barbagia (Avantgarde Music) [Black Metal]
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Drakkar – Run with the Wolf (My Kingdom Music) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Run with the Wolf”
Dynfari – Vegferð Tímans (Code666) [Atmospheric Black Metal]
Listen to “Hasfjor,” “Oreida”
Endless Pain – Cosa Nostra (Nadir Records) [Death Metal]
Ethernity – Obscure Illusions (Independent) [Power Metal]
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Fantom Warior – Morbid Invasion (Electric Assault) [Thrash]
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Fateful Finality – Battery (SPV Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Get Things Straight”
Forgotten Suns – When Worlds Collide (Premiere Music) [Prog Metal]
Listen to “Rise and Fall”
Galar – De Gjenlevende (Dark Essence) [Folk/Black Metal]
Listen to “Tusen kall til solsang ny”
Gorilla Monsoon – Firegod: Feeding the Beast (Supreme Chaos) [Doom]
Listen to “March of the Hellrock Inc.”
Grenouer – Unwanted Today (Mausoleum) [Industrial]
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Harrow – The River (Independent) [Folk/Black Metal]
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Hamerex – The Last Ride (IX Music) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Reign of Fire”
Heidevolk – Velua (Napalm Records) [Folk Metal]
Listen to “Winter Woede”
Incriminating Silence – On the Verge of Waking (Independent) [Shameless Self-Promotion]
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Iscariota – Historia Życia (Defense Records) [Heavy/Power Metal]
Listen to “Obietnica” (NSFW)
Lethal Saint – WWIII (Pure Steel Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Ascend to Power”
Magic Kingdom – Savage Requiem (AFM Records) [Power Metal]
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Majesty – Generation Steel (NoiseArt Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “Hawks Will Fly”
The Man-Eating Tree – In the Absence of Light (Ranka Kustannus) [Dark Metal]
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Mors Subita – Degeneration (OneManArmy) [Death Metal]
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Omega Soul – Void (FDA Rekotz) [Doom/Sludge]
Listen to “The Infinite Flesh”
Ommatidia – Let’s Face It (Dooweet Records) [Melodic Metal]
Listen to “Dark Swelling”
Ordoxe – May Death Be My Shepherd (Galy Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “God Doesn’t Care”
Pyramids – A Northern Meadow (Profound Lore) [Post-Black Metal]
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Rellik – Spiraling Infinite Chaos (Horror Pain Gore Death) [Blackened Death Metal]
Listen to “The Weeping Eyes of Christ”
Riptor – Sounds from Hell (Veteran Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Sounds from Hell”
Sickening Horror – Overflow (Deepsend Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Interstellar”
Sleep Inertia – Growth, Decay, Transformation (G1 Productions) [Djent]
Listen to “Growth”
Suffergrind – Suffergrind (Brutal Mind) [Brutal Death]
Listen to “Bunuh Kamu Sekarang”
Superchief – Trophy Room (Magnetic Eye) [Stoner/Doom]
Listen to “Trophy Room” (NSFW)
Vein of Hate – Dualism (NitroAtmosfericum Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Reaching to the God”
Vidian – Transgressing the Horizon (Independent) [Doom]
Listen to “It’s Like it Cannot Be Broken”
Weak Aside – The Next Offensive (FDA Rekotz) [Death Metal]
Listen to “The Next Offensive”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
(Photos VIA, VIA, VIA, and VIA)
