This Toilet Tuesday (8/1/2017)
Welcome once more to This Toilet Tuesday, your weekly music backlog generator. Hans and I had to fight our way through a colony of sewer-dwelling troglodytes to bring you the goods this week, but we have returned triumphantly. There was a lot of shit to wade through, but we found our haul. Jam these new releases and let us know if we missed anything we should know about.
Bonehunter – Sexual Panic Human Machine (Hells Headbangers) [Black Thrash]
Bear Penis
While I can neither explain that album title nor that cover, what I can tell you is that Bonehunter play some hella fun punk-infused black metal. The first of the two available tracks is already pretty nice, setting the stage with a little intro before embarking on a d-beat romp, but “Digital Evil“ blows it out of the water easily. I love the riffs, I love how nimble the song feels, and perhaps most of all, I love that extremely well-done robo voice in the chorus. Maaaybe Bonehunter could benefit from trimming their songs a little, but as it is, I’m still looking forward to this one a lot. FFO: Saccage, Black Monolith, wolfman dongs 17/8/4 (Hans)
Putrid Offal – Anatomy (Xenokorp) [Deathgrind]
Listen to “Anatomy”
Another week, another deathgrind release. This time it’s veterans Putrid Offal serving up a mix of grind and old school death metal. On the one track on offer, the grind manifests itself in chaotic bursts of energy and buzzsaw riffs being played somewhat faster than what you might be used to. The overall sound and the vocals, however, firmly root everything in death metal. This makes for a dynamic mix that manages to go through several tempos in under three minutes. If you fell like some of the OSDM revival bands could do with a healthy caffeine injection now and then, this one is for you. 17/8/4 (Hans)
Gravesite – Neverending Trail of Skulls (Xtreem Music) [Death Metal]
Stream
On first listen, Gravesite went instantly from a name I barely knew to my most anticipated release of the week. They don’t do anything new or even particularly special in the world of OSDM; they just do everything exactly right. Every riff is on point, the drums are fantastic, and the solos offer up some awesome Carcass-style shred. What it might lack in innovation it makes up entirely in every other respect. Don’t skip this one. 8/1/17 (Spear)
Accept – The Rise of Chaos (Nuclear Blast Records) [Heavy/Speed Metal]
Listen to “The Rise of Chaos”
Adzalaan – Adzalaan (Vrasubatlat) [Black Metal]
Apparatus – Cthulhu II (Independent) [Blackened Death Metal]
Stream
Battalions – Moonburn (Independent) [Sludge/Doom]
Listen to “Amazonian Woman”
Bloodnut – St. Ranga (Independent) [Stoner Doom]
Listen to “Burning Bush”
Crossfaith – Freedom (UNFD) [Metalcore]
Listen to “Diavolos”
Daemon Rising – When the Light Fades (Independent) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Whore,” “Funeral Pyre”
Dark Avenger – The Beloved Bones: Hell (Independent) [Power Metal]
Listen to “The Beloved Bones”
Demonshire – Chapter I: Rising (Independent) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Unite the Clans”
Desecrator of Evil – 666 Thrones (Independent) [Black Metal]
Deny The Urge – As Darkness Falls (GUC) [Death Metal]
Listen to “As Darkness Falls”
Egisöd – As the Sun Died in the Arms of the Night (Independent) [Black Metal]
Stream
Ember Sea – How to Tame a Heart (7hard Records) [Gothic Metal]
Listen to “To Atlantis”
Eshtadur – Mother Gray (Bleeding Music Records) [Blackened Death Metal]
Listen to “Belong to Nowhere”
From the Hellmouth/Mutilatred – From the Hellmouth/Mutilatred (split- Redefining Darkness Records) [Death Metal]
Listen
Immortal Sÿnn – Machine Men (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Strength!” “Blind Soul”
Incursed – The Slavic Covenant (Independent) [Folk Metal]
Kavrila – Blight (Independent) [Sludge]
Listen to “Lungs,” “Abandon”
Marty Friedman – Wall of Sound (Prosthetic Records) [Instrumental Prog Metal]
Listen to “Self Pollution,” “Whiteworm,” “Miracle”
Mordenial – The Plague (Black Lion Records) [Melodeath]
Listen to “The Plague,” “Daylight is Gone,” “No Empathy”
Mortt – Transendensi (Cvlminis) [DSBM]
Stream
MRTVI – Negative Atonal Dissonance (Independent) [Skronky Black Metal]
Listen
Nethermancy – Magick Halls of Ascension (Hellprod Records) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Lilith,” “Sons of The Fallen Angel”
Nuclear Warfare – Empowered by Hate (MDD Records) [Thrash]
Listen to “Let the Hate Reign”
Paganizer – Land of Weeping Souls (Transcending Obscurity) [Death Metal]
Stream (mostly)
Power Crue – Excileosis (Metal Breed Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Believe”
Psynonemous – Evolve (Independent) [Progressive Melodeath]
Listen to “The Ninth Empire”
Quiet Riot – Road Rage (Frontiers Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Freak Flag”
Seven Spires – Solveig (Independent) [Symphonic… everything]
Listen to “The Cabaret of Dreams,” “The Paradox”
The Shadeless Emperor – Ashbled Shores (Wormholedeath) [Melodeath]
Listen to “Too Far Gone,” “Sullen Guard”
Taggarik – Harbingers of Hatred (Eternal Death) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Witch’s Jar”
Thor – Beyond the Pain Barrier (Cleopatra Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “The Calling”
Thunderstick – Something Wicked This Way Comes (Independent) [Heavy Metal]
Stream
Toxik – Breaking Class (Independent) [Thrash]
Listen to “Stand Up”
Utzalu – The Loins of Repentance (Vrasubatlat) [Black Metal]
Listen to “Bloodied Gowns on Cringed Worms”
Wacht – Korona (Independent) [Black Metal]
Stream
Warbeast – Enter the Arena (Housecore Records) [Thrash]
Wild Witch – The Offering (Arthorium Records) [Heavy Metal]
Listen to “Heavy Metal Inferno,” “Night Rulers”
Did we forget a new release? Is there a way we could improve this list? Let us know in the comments below!
