This Toilet Tuesday (5/30/17)
Welcome to This Toilet Tuesday! As I made the brilliant decision to write this at work and everything here is trying to kill me, I’m going to keep this brief. We’ve got lots of good stuff this week, including a bunch from bands I’d never heard of prior to this weekend, so dig in and you’re likely to find something cool. Black metal is particularly abundant this week, but there should be something for everyone down there.
Unleash the Archers – Apex (Napalm Records) [Power Metal]
Listen to “The Matriarch,” “Cleanse the Bloodlines”
Unleash the Archers have steadily improved with each release, and while Time Stands Still set a high bar, the two singles from Apex show that upward trajectory has no signs of stopping. “The Matriarch” showcases the band’s “fun” side, with high-energy driving riffs and catchy hooks. “Cleanse the Bloodlines” is big and epic, darker in tone, lacking neither melody nor headbangability. It goes without saying that power metal fans should have this on their radar, but I think people turned off be the cheesier side of the genre might be able to get into this one as well. 6/2/17 (Spear)
Birdflesh/Organ Dealer – Birdflesh/Organ Dealer (split- Horror Pain Gore Death) [Grindcore]
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NEW BIRDFLESH! This is great news. Is there a full length in the immediate future? I fucking hope so. Birdflesh is so underappreciated. These new tracks depart slightly from previous works. They are a little more on the deathgrind spectrum. I’ve noticed a little bit of a black metal vibe to some of the earlier songs. Nonetheless, the songs are tight as fuck. If you’re interested in getting into grind but are stuck at that death metal phase, this could be a good place to start. Definitely a lot more grooves than previous works. If you liked the last Rotten Sound or Venomous Concept albums, you’re likely going to like the new Birdflesh. The new Organ Dealer rips fucking hard. But what do you expect from a band named Organ Dealer? Again, if you liked that last Rotten Sound (It was a badass album, ok!) or Gadget, then you will surely enjoy Organ Dealer. With a price of $6.66 for the digital release ($10 for CD)…you can’t go wrong and it’s a good way to make up for the fact you likely missed out on limited AxTx release that came out last week. 6/2/17 (BertBanana)
Phobia – Lifeless God (Willowtip Records) [Grindcore]
Listen to “Corpse Slayer,” “Damaged”
I’m going to be blunt: “Damaged” is probably my favourite grind song thus far this year. Combined with how ridiculous last year’s Phobia album was, my expectations are really high for this one. Phobia rarely disappoints, so if you’re a grinder, you might as well just cough up the $7 for the CD now. Even if you aren’t into grind, just pitch the $12 for a t-shirt. The gory details of El Presidente Trump being obliterated is universally satisfying. However, non-grinders, Phobia is a great starting point and both tracks are rather accessible songs. 6/2/17 (BertBanana)
Acherontas – Amarta अमर्त (Formulas of Reptilian Unification Part II) (WTC Productions) [Black Metal]
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Adamon – The End of Time (Independent) [Melodeath]
Preview
Adrenaline Mob – We The People (Century Media Records) [lolbuttz]
Video Breakdown
Aegror – Dead Man’s Diary (STF Records) [Black Metal]
Anamnesi – La proiezione del fuoco (Dusktone) [Black Metal]
Listen to “La Proiezione Del Fuoco”
Annysia – The Dark Knight (Independent) [Symphonic Metal]
Listen to “Dead Ships,” “Necromancer”
Apallic – Of Fate and Sanity (Boersma Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “The Watchmaker”
Brainthrash – Brain Rangers (Independent) [Thrash]
Listen to “All the Chambers”
Charnel Winds – Verschränkung (Feuer Publications) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Atmâsphere,” “Beyond Null Winds”
Dark Matter Secret – Perfect World Creation (The Artisan Era) [Instrumental Prog/Tech]
Listen to “Organic Nucleation,” “Emergence of Time”
Darkreverie – Isis-Lupus-Brigit (Via Nocturna) [Black/Death Metal]
Listen to “Lupus”
Dead Asylum – Death Always Wins (Independent) [Death/Thrash]
Listen to “Death Always Wins”
Dekapited – Sin misericordia (Morbid Skull Records) [Black Thrash]
Listen to “Mundo Decadente”
Dirt Forge – Soothsayer (Independent) [Doom]
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Doom Machine – Let There Be Doom/ Vol. 4.5 (Independent) [Doom]
Listen to “Shadow”
Elder – Reflections of a Floating World (Stickman Records) [Prog/Psych Doom]
Listen to “The Falling Veil,” “Staving Off Truth”
Elgibbor – Resist Him (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Fogalord – Masters of War (Limb Music) [Folk Metal]
Listen to “Daughter of the Morning Light”
Gravetemple – Impassable Fears (Svart Records) [Drone/Doom]
Listen to “Elavúlt Földbolygó (World Out of Date)”
Heathen Beast – $cam (Transcending Obscurity) [Blackgrind]
Listen to “It’s Only a Minor Inconvenience”
Horrid – Beyond the Dark Border (Dunkelheit Produktionen) [Death Metal]
Listen
Ikillya – War for an Idea (Urban Yeti Records) [Thrash/Metalcore]
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Irmin – Into My Order (Independent) [Black Metal]
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Jorn – Life on Death Road (Frontiers Music) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Love is the Remedy,” “Life on Death Road”
Lęk – Shadows of Black Souls (Wolfspell Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Absencja Ducha,” “Shadows of Black Souls”
Mean Streak – Blind Faith (Rock of Angels Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Caught in the Crossfire”
Morgon – Evoking Eternity (Via Nocturna) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Antagonist”
Naer Mataron – Lucitherion “Temple of the Radiant Sun” (Witching Hour Production) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Aghios O Drakontas”
Ofermod – Sol Nox (Shadow Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “The Alpha of the Antichrist”
Phidion – The Throes of Scourge (Independent) [Blackened Melodeath]
Listen to “Swarming Spectres”
Progenie Terrestre Pura – oltreLuna (Avantgarde Music) [Black Metal/Ambient]
Riivaus – Lyöden taudein ja kirouksin (Wolfspell Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Uhrirovio,” “Vihan Temppeli”
Salems Lott – Mask of Morality (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “When Heaven Comes Down”
Satanarchist – First Against the Wall (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Paradox”
Satan’s Dealer – Dealer of the Gods (Independent) [Doom]
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Secret Sphere – The Nature of Time (Frontiers Music) [Power Prog]
Listen to “The Calling,” “Courage”
Solegnium – S.C.A.R.S (Limited Blasting/Amputated Vein) [Brutal Death Metal]
Listen to “Matanza Filial”
Tankard – One Foot in the Grave (Nuclear Blast Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “One Foot In The Grave,” “Arena of the True Lies”
Time Lurker – Time Lurker (Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Ethereal Hands,” “Whispering From Space”
Timeworn – Venomous High (Fysisk Format) [Sludge]
Listen to “The Infectious Gloom,” “Night of Owls”
Tod Huetet Uebel – N.A.D.A. (Caverna Abismal Records) [Black Metal]
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Unaussprechlichen Kulten – Keziah Lilith Medea (Chapter X) (Iron Bonehead Productions) [Weird Death]
Listen to “Sacrificio Infanticida”
Vallenfyre – Fear Those Who Fear Him (Century Media Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Kill All Your Masters”
Vin de Mia Trix – Palimpsests (Hypnotic Dirge Records) [Death/Doom]
Listen to “Pharmakos”
Völur – Ancestors (Prophecy Productions) [Experimental Death/Doom]
Listen to “Breaker of Skulls,” “Breaker of Oaths”
Warcry – Donde el silencio se rompió (Jaus Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Rebelde”
Warcursed – Stages of Death (Eternal Hatred Records) [Death Metal]
Listen to “Decomposition”
Warslaves/Fireström – Warriors of Sulfur and Steel (split- Les Fleurs du Mal) [Black/Speed Metal]
Witheria – Infinite Recollection (Twisted Face) [Progressive Death/Thrash]
Listen to “Ultimate Extinction of the Form,” “Infinite Velocity”
Zifir – Kingdom of Nothingness (Duplicate Records) [Black 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 below!
