Looks to be another great week of releases. Plenty of death, thrash and black with a few progressive albums. There should be something for just about anyone.
Stand outs this week:
Hanging Garden - Not to be confused with the melodic death / doom metal band out of Norway, this is the second album from solo progressive death metal band out of the US with some melodic sections and a little bit of a blackened feel over the top.
Vingulmork - Second album from Norwegian blackened thrash metal band. From their Bandcamp: “Barmhjertighetens Fallitt channels raw despair, sharp melodic hooks and relentless rhythmic force, delivering a sound that is both unmistakably Vingulmork and unmistakably evolved.”
Discouraged - Debut album from Death / Doom band out of Germany. They take inspiration from early Anathema, Paradise Lost and Katatonia while at the same time, modernizing the genre.
Also looking forward to: Distention - Epitaphe - From The Vastland - Bocc - Slime Dimension - Whispered - Offernat
Dream Death by Hanging Garden
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Transcending Obscurity Records
FOR FANS OF: Death - Goreworm - Xenosis
Barmhjertighetens Fallitt by Vingulmork
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Crime Records
FOR FANS OF: Sarcator - Hellripper - Nifelheim
A Farewell in Stages by Discouraged
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: FDA Records
FOR FANS OF: Marianas Rest - Nailed to Obscurity - Cold Insight
Til The End by Til The End
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Lifeforce Records
FOR FANS OF: At the Gates - Nightrage - In Flames
Death Exhibition by Filth
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Me Saco un Ojo Records / Rotted Life
FOR FANS OF: Undergang - Cerebral Rot - Demigod
Exsequiis by Harlott
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Metal Blade Records
FOR FANS OF: Slayer - Exodus - Testament
What Remains by Distention
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: The Artisan Era
FOR FANS OF: Diskreet - Decapitated - The Kennedy Veil
Jacht der Mysteriën by Fluisteraars
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Eisenwald
FOR FANS OF: Turia - Urfaust - Solar Temple
III by Epitaphe
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Aesthetic Death / Gurgling Gore
FOR FANS OF: Assumption - Swallowed - Krypts
Stillbloom by Stillbloom
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Silent Pendulum Records
FOR FANS OF: Laden - Mnajdra
Omnicide - Chapter I by Terrestrial Hospice
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Edged Circle Productions
FOR FANS OF: Gorgoroth - 1349 - Deus Mortem
T by Mother of Millions
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: ViciSolum Records
FOR FANS OF: Transit Method - The Ocean Collective
V Bažinách Vědomí by Sněť
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Czechia
RECORD LABEL: Dark Descent Records / Me Saco un Ojo Records
FOR FANS OF: Necrot - Autopsy - Tomb Mold
No Refuge From Death by Beckoning
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Fifth Funeral Records
FOR FANS OF: Silent Millenia - Limbonic Art - Odium
Necropolitan by Green Lung
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Nuclear Blast Records
FOR FANS OF: The Sword - Elder - Acid Row
When Stars Collide by Xion
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Fireflash Records
FOR FANS OF: Annihilator - Overkill - Coroner
Razorblade Bay by Space Chaser
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Testimony Records
FOR FANS OF: Gama Bomb - Exodus - Anthrax
Strix by Drown in Sulphur
SUBGENRE: Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Noble Demon
FOR FANS OF: Mental Cruelty - Enterprise Earth
Electrifyed by Tygers of Pan Tang
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Target Group
FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Tokyo Blade - Samson
From Dust by Vulgar Mephitis
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Willowtip
FOR FANS OF: Putridity - Defeated Sanity - Disgorge
Self-Antagonized by Dharmethic
SUBGENRE: Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna
FOR FANS OF: Despised Icon - Whitechapel - All Shall Perish
Operating Altar by Cartilage
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records
FOR FANS OF: Impaled - Exhumed - Ghoul
Servant of Ahriman by From The Vastland
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iran
RECORD LABEL: Crawling Chaos
FOR FANS OF: Halla - God Seed
Demolarium by Bocc
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Night Terrors Records
FOR FANS OF: Coffins - Cianide - Winter
The Call by Thy Legacy
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Nameless Grave Records
FOR FANS OF: Omen - Eternal Champion - Wrathblade
Wars of Spirit // Wards of Light by Dreadnought
SUBGENRE: Progressive Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Vesperian
FOR FANS OF: Wayfarer - Elder
Magic Cross by Magic Cross
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records
FOR FANS OF: Devil Master - Cape of Bats - Spiter
Livets Høst by Horizon Ablaze
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Leviatan
FOR FANS OF: Vile Haint - StumpTail
Impasse by Wintering Grounds
SUBGENRE: Progressive Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Laster - Revocation
Slime Dimension by Slime Dimension
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: At the Plates - Hath
The Grand Finale by Killer
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Crossfire - Scavenger - Exciter
Penumbral by In Eclipse
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Andorra
RECORD LABEL: Art Gates Records
FOR FANS OF: The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightrage
Hymns of Despair by Shrineburner
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Windhand - Weedian - Monolord
Toxic Mercenaries by Gammacide
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: No Life ‘til Metal Records
FOR FANS OF: Devastation - Rigor Mortis - Evildead
Honorbound by Whispered
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Ranka - Kustannus
FOR FANS OF: Children of Bodom - Wintersun - Kalmah
Scorn for the U.S.A. by Worldsucks
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Raw Dogs - Take Offense
Loverbone by Crashdeath
SUBGENRE: Thrash / Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Valiant Sentinel - Against Evil
Dreamless Water by Funus
SUBGENRE: Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Noon Records
FOR FANS OF: Forgotten Tomb - Lifelover
Guðlaugar saga by Hrafnablót
SUBGENRE: Folk Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Iceland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Aquilus - Moonsorrow
The Ecstasy of Death by Offernat
SUBGENRE: Progressive Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Orm - Dying Hydra
Requiem II: We Will Slaughter the Lambs by Everything Decays
SUBGENRE: Deathcore / Groove Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Netherlands
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Cavalera Conspiracy - Go Ahead and Die
Gnosis Absolute by Clamosum
SUBGENRE: Melodic Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Pure Wrath - Vallendusk - Dusk in Silence
Astral Presence of Evil by Diabolisher
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Necrophobic - God Dethroned
Godslave by Godslave
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Metalville
FOR FANS OF: Eradicator - Kreator - Contradiction
Inbir by Neolith
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Deformeathing Production
FOR FANS OF: Hate - Azarath - Behemoth
Mausoleum Of Consumption by Sistematic Coprophagia
SUBGENRE: Technical Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Colombia
RECORD LABEL: Parasite Records
FOR FANS OF: Sallow Moth - Stabbing - Defeated Sanity
Love’s Lament by Vûlom
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Croatia
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Narrow Cold - Daylight Dies - Slumber
Lilla vackra människa by Knivad
SUBGENRE: Black Metal / Crust
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Suicide Records
FOR FANS OF: Zorn - Devil Master - Cape of Bats
Let the Posers Fall! by Cardinals Folly
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Cruz del Sur Music
FOR FANS OF: Reverend Bizarre - Minotauri - Serpent Warning
A Wilting Fountain
SUBGENRE: Post Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Romania
RECORD LABEL: Neuronoir
FOR FANS OF: White Ward - Heiden
Hanging Garden had such a beautiful comeback.
Hanging Garden is pretty sick! The other that I’m digging most is Wintering Grounds. Their previous album is pretty incredible too! Honorable mention to the At the Plates reference - I’d never heard of them, so I checked them out and they are hilarious!