Forest of Shadows–Among the Dormant Watchers  Genre: Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Post Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal FFO: Evoken, Bell Witch, Hooded Menace With a career spanning over two decades, it’s surprising that this record is only the third LP from this Swedish metal outfit. Quality over quantity I suppose. Among the Dormant Watchers […]

Don’t start crafting your top music lists for this year just yet!  We still have a few weeks left of awesome music and this week I will be sharing a few awesome, new Metal albums that really stood out to me. Chapel of Disease-“…and as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye” […]

Cult Leader–A Patient Man Genre: Metalcore, Sludge Metal, Grindcore FFO: Gaza, Trap Them, All Pigs Mus Die Formed from the ashes of Gaza (the band-not the place), Salt Lake City crust collective Cult Leader started over from the ground up when they gave vocalist Jon Perkin the boot. Perkin had been accused of rape and […]

  Erosion–Maximum Suffering Genre: Sludge Metal, Grindcore, Crust Punk FFO: Converge, Tragedy, Dead in the Dirt Featuring members of Sumac and Baptists, it’s no surprise this project’s new,  Kurt Ballou-produced LP is a filthy, bludgeon to the face. The riffs sonically resemble slabs of concrete and the vocal performance is delivered in the most disgustingly evil way […]

Attan–End of Genre: Hardcore Punk, Post Hardcore, Black Metal, Crust Punk, Sludge Metal FFO: Converge, Neurosis, Cursed This Norwegian hardcore outfit sets the scene ablaze like a wildflower with an absolutely insane debut full length. End Of proves to be an immensely destructive listen from start to finish with plenty of fast-paced blackened crust moments […]

Dead Now–Dead Now Genre: Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal FFO: Torche, Kadavar, Day Old Man Featuring the signature fuzzy styles of alumni Torche guitarist Andrew Elstner as well as members of Riddle of Steel, Tilts, and Day Old Man, Dead Now is a brand new power trio any fan of metal should drop what they’re doing immediately […]

Axis of Despair–Contempt for Man Genre: Grincore, Powerviolence FFO: Napalm Death, Nails, Infest Southern Lord has got a new trick up its sleeve and it comes in the form of a brutally intense, new Swedish Grindcore act known as Axis of Despair. Featuring ex and current members of Nasum, Coldworker, Infanticide, Volturyon, Livet Som Insats, […]

Baptists–Beacon of Faith Genre: Hardcore Punk, Crust Punk FFO: Converge, Cursed, Young and in the Way Hardcore outfit Baptists return from the darkest depths for a third LP drenched in pure malevolence. Beacon of Faith is an adrenaline rush of punishing blackened crust punk that will enthrall fans of Converge to the fullest extent. The […]

Abraham–Look, Here Comes the Dark! Genre: Post Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal, Post Hardcore, Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal FFO: Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Pelican Hailing from Switzerland, Abraham earns the vote for “Least Likely to be Pigeonholed” by The LookOut for 2018 Metal releases. Look, Here Comes the Dark! is equally rewarding as it […]