This week’s new heavy metal releases include evil circus music, metalcore mastery, and more! To the metals…
Killswitch Engage – This Consequence
Genre: Metalcore
Origin: Westfield, Massachusetts –
Label: Metal Blade
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At times when things are weird and tensions are high I feel like an anthemic metalcore record hits just right, and here is the perfect hit. KsE’s first full-length in six years is as melodic, catchy, heavy, and powerful as you’d hope. Adam D and the boys still got it.
Gaytheist – The Mustache Stays
Genre: Hardcore/noise rock
Origin: Portland, Oregon
Label: Hex Records
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Like KsE, the latest from Gaytheist comes after a lengthy break and a also like Killswitch this feels like a joyous record. If you want sludgy riffs, you’ll be happy. If you want happy heaviness, they’ve got you too.
Melvins/Napalm Death – Savage Imperial Death March
Genre: Sludge/grindcore
Origin: Montesano, Washington/Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Label: AmRep Records
Buy now here
This is sort of a weird one to write about. This was announced late last week and has already sold out. It’s not on streaming or anything as of this recording, but it’s “released” as far as I can tell. Anyway, this is a six track collaboration (the store page emphasizes NOT a split) between the two bands.
Retromorphosis – Psalmus Mortis
Genre: Death metal
Origin: Sweden
Label: Season Of Mist
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Next up some grade-A, no bullshit death metal. This is aggressive and nasty as hell. If you’re a fan of THAT divebomb guitar technique and everything around it, this will be your jam.
Seventh Station – On Shoulders Of Giants
Genre: Progressive metal
Origin: Slovenia
Label: Layered Reality Productions
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This is a wild one. On this EP, Seventh Station are putting their spin on themes by 20th century classical composers. I have to admit that I’m totally ignorant to the source material, but the result sounds like Mr. Bungle/Secret Chiefs 3 colliding with Liquid Tension Experiment. Very much my shit.
Stinky – Solace
Genre: Hardcore/metalcore
Origin: Nantes, France
Label: M-Theory
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The band’s name got my attention here, but what I heard is pretty solid. This is the kind of band that should appeal to fans of both early Bad Omens and Comeback Kid. They’ve got a couple friends with them like Lou Koller from Sick of It All and Andrew Neufeld of the aforementioned Comeback Kid.
Spy – Seen Enough
Genre: Hardcore
Origin: Bay Area, California
Label: Closed Casket Activities
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Closing this week out with a brief but fulfilling hardcore bludgeoning. These six tracks will have you picking up your teeth.
Also dropping this week…
- The 7th Guild – Triumviro (Scarlet) – Power metal
- Abduction – Existentialismus (Candlelight) – Extreme/black metal
- Airforce – Acts Of Madness (ROAR) – Heavy metal
- Anxious – Bambi (Run For Cover) – Pop punk
- Bong-Ra – Black Noise (Debemur Morti) – Experimental
- Cages – Better Mistakes (Through Love Records) – Post-metal/punk
- Claymorean – Eternal Curse (Stormspell Records) – Heavy metal/doom
- Cross Bringer – Healismus Aeternus (Consouling Sounds/Silent Pendulum) – Black metal
- The Dark – The Dark (Arising Empire) – Metalcore/hard rock
- Dirty Honey – Mayhem And Revelry (Dirt) – Rock
- Drugs of Faith – Asymmetrical (Selfmadegod Records) – Grindcore
- Dungavenhooter – Fucked Into Nonexistence (Fiadh Prod) – Death metal/grindcore
- Ellis Mano Band – Morph (SPV) – Hard rock
- Encephalon – Automaton All Along (Artoffact Records) -Industrial
- Four Seconds Ago – 1000 Needles (3DOT Recordings) – Electric rock
- Fractured Insanity – Age Of Manipulation (Xtreem Music) – Technical/brutal death metal
- God Complex – He Watches In Silence (SharpTone) – Post-industrial
- Grab – Kremess (Prophecy) – Black metal
- Homeskin – Soul Washed Bleach (Self-released) – Black metal/grindcore
- Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – The Escapologist (Self-released) – Progressive metal
- Karla Kvlt – Thunderhunter (Exile On Mainstream) – Doom/drone
- Manntra – Titans (Napalm) – Industrial/folk
- Marrowomb – Phisenomie (Self-released) – Black/death metal
- Maud the moth – The Distaff (The Larvarium, La Rubia Producciones, Fenny Compton) – Experimental
- Mean Mistreater – Do Or Die (Dying Victims) – Heavy metal
- Morax – The Amulet (High Roller) – Heavy metal
- Nachtblut – Todschick (Napalm) – Gothic/black metal
- Necronomicon Ex Mortis/Bloodfeast Ritual – You’ve Got Red On You (Self-released) – Death metal
- Katerina Nicole – Serene in Violent Oceans (Self-released) – Hard rock
- One OK Rock – Detox (Fueled By Ramen) – Rock
- Pissgrave – Malignant Worthlessness (Profound Lore Records) – Black metal
- Sacrifice – Volume Six (Cursed Blessings Records/High Roller Records) – Thrash
- Scare – In The End, Was it Worth it? (Self-released) – Hardcore
- Scour – Gold (Housecore) – Blackend grindcore
- Scumripper – For A Few Fixes More (Dying Victims) – Thrash/grind
- Shadow Of The Talisman – As Above, So Below (Eclipse Records) – Alternative metal
- Silos – Apocalips (Judge & Jury) – Rock
- Sin of God – Blood Bound (Exitus Stratagem Records) – Technical death metal/grindcore
- SweetBeast – Illusions (Humalien Records) – Stoner/doom
- To Obey A Tyrant – Frigore Infern (Seek And Strike) – Brutal/symphonic deathcore
- Traitors – Phobias (Self-released) – Deathcore
- Twins Crew – Chapter IV (Scarlet) – Heavy/power metal
- Uncured – Warpath (Conclave Studios) – Nu metal/metalcore
- Vultures Vengeance – Dust Age (High Roller) – Heavy metal
- Warspawn – Immaculate Objection (Blackheaven Records) – Hardcore
- Wrekmeister Harmonies – Flowers In The Spring (Thrill Jockey) – Drone/ambient
- Wren – Black Rain Falls (Church Road) – Atmospheric sludge
- Xenotrone – Into The Void (Archivist Records) – Technical thrash
- Yawning Balch – Vol 3 (Heavy Psych Sounds) – Psychedelic/doom
Source: metalinjection.net
