As I mentioned in my previous post, I will grouping things by genre style to ensure I reach the right demographic and better organize my time. If you’re a metal head, you’ve come to the right place.
Here are 9 incredible new releases of the Metal variety that may have slipped beneath your musical radar:
Conjurer–Mire
Genre: Sludge Metal, Post Metal, Death Metal
FFO: Isis, Amenra, Primitive Man
The up and coming British act known as Conjurer present an LP encompassing everything a debut should be and more.
Mire contains powerfully executed tunes one would assume a legendary collective would produce at the peak of their career.
Slow, gritty, atmospheric Sludge that packs a serious punch. Stream below!
Dautha–Brethren of the Black Soil
Genre: Doom Metal
FFO: Candlemass, Pallbearer, My Dying Bride
Featuring ex members of Scar Symmetry, Terrorama, and Wardenclyffe, this Swedish Doom quintet births a promising career with Candlemass worship with heavily Gothic undertones.
The vocal performance of Brethren of the Black Soil is a very theatrical, and the riffage is simple yet crushingly catchy.
Stream Dautha‘s debut LP below.
Hell to Pay–bliss.
Genre: Grindcore, Crust Punk, Powerviolence, Death Metal, Noise, Drone
FFO: Entombed, Nails, Full of Hell
Pennsylvania quartet, Hell to Pay, provide listeners with a punishing debut LP.
Featuring members of Jesus Piece, it comes as little surprise bliss. is an intensely powerful-sounding record. Droney noise along the lines Merzbow effortlessly meshes with the traditional “Deathgrind” sound the group offers reminiscent of ’90’s era Death Metal.
Illsa–Corpse Fortress
Genre: Doom, Sludge, Death
FFO: Seven Sisters of Sleep, Hooded Menace, Coffins
Representing Washington, DC, Illsa makes a dazzling return for their Relapse Records debut.
Corpse Fortress marks the fifth’s tally for the band’s catalog hitting all the high marks for the expected sounds on a Relapse release.
Stream the link below for some devastating, groove-induced Doom.
Of Feather & Bone–Bestial Hymns of Perversion
Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore
FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death
It seems Colorado’s Of Feather and Bone have stepped away from their Blackened Crust roots and have thrown all their chips in towards a more straightforward Death Metal sound.
The good news is Bestial Hymns of Perversion proves this trio has scored the jackpot.
These six, horrifying hymns zero in on the brutality of past releases and turns the brutality knobs up to 11.
Stream below!
Rites of Thy Degringolade–The Blade Philosophical
Genre: Black Metal
FFO: Immortal, Darkthrone, Blood Incantation
It seems the present trend of Black Metal is to initiate a merging of another unlikely genre.
The legendary Canadian trio known as Rites of Thy Degringolade strike back with their first album in 13 years solidifying their traditional approach to Black Metal.
Stream The Blade Philosophical below!
Slaves BC–Lo, and I Am Burning
Genre: Black Metal, Hardcore Punk
FFO: Burzum, Young and in the Way, Ramlord
Pittburg’s Slave BC release a sinister new addition to their catalog as they continue to hone their craft of uniting Hardcore Punk with the malevolent forces of Blackened Metal.
Lo, and I Am Burning wears its anguish on its sleeve presenting track after track of intense, heart-wrenching chaos in its most depraved form.
Stream the horror below!
Sojourner–The Shadowed Road
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal
FFO: Agalloch, Panopticon, Harikiri for the Sky
New Zealand Black Metal collective, Sojourner, present an alluring sophomore record that improves upon its predecessor in every category.
The atmospheric aspect calls upon folk influenced-pieces influenced by pagan lore intertwining with elements of fantasy. This concept may sound corny or contrived, but Sojourner manages to execute it flawlessly in the vein of Alcest.
Trna–Earthcult
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Post Rock, Instrumental
FFO: Deafheaven, Ghostbath, Alcest
Allow Trna‘s four alluring, passionate movements to paint strokes of radiant, visceral soundscapes throughout your mind’s canvas.
What Earthcult may lack in a vocal performance is regained tenfold in skilled musicianship found throughout each mammoth piece dancing between the 15 and 20 minute mark.
Stream this Russian trio’s third LP in the link below and immerse yourself in a record that represents the standard every act in the “Blackgaze” movement aspires to achieve.