Biggest release week of the year so far with 77. This is the first list this year where Substack told me it might be too long for email. If the email client you use truncates the email, you can go to the website (metal-connect.com) to see everything. It will be right at the top of the page. There are quite a few releases this week that I am looking forward to and should keep everyone busy.
Stand outs this week:
Stellar Rot - Debut album from atmospheric black metal duo out of the US. From their Bandcamp: “Stellar Rot began as a concept to explore the deep lore around the Grimdark universe, pulling imagery from a world tormented by countless horrors from beyond the void and humankind being pushed to the brink after unfathomable atrocities they committed to conquer the stars over the course of several millennia.”
Draugr - Second album from Austrian black metal band with norse mythology lyrical themes.
Also looking forward to: Krolok - Bloodmother - Wharflurch - Ludgar - Ice Thunder - Theosophy - Mindvile - Iskald - Autumnfall - Nordicwinter - Uburen - Victims of Contagion - The Last Oblation - Stellar Silence
Where The Formless Ones Dwell by Stellar Rot
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Hypnotic Dirge Records
FOR FANS OF: Blackbraid - Wolves in the Throne Room - Mare Cognitum
Ahnenfeuer - Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. 1 by Draugr
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Immortal Frost Productions
FOR FANS OF: Empeiria - Shagor - Urfaust
Solaris by The Ocean
SUBGENRE: Progressive Atmospheric Sludge / Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Pelagic Records
FOR FANS OF: Cult of Luna - Mastodon - Neurosis
No One Is Coming to Save Us by Burner
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Church Road Records
FOR FANS OF: Gates to Hell - Year of the Knife - No Cure
Never On Your Side by Carcharodon
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Torso - Froglord
The Dance of the Datura by Amanite
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Great Dane Records
FOR FANS OF: Conjureth - Incantation - Tomb Mold
Hričov - Súľov - Lietava by Krolok
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Slovakia
RECORD LABEL: Osmose Productions
FOR FANS OF: Stangarigel - Evilfeast - Ringarë
Militant Black Magic by Bloodmother
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Black Door - Wiegedood - Void Omnia
Rivers of Blood and Critical Defiance
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Kreator - Sodom - Annihilation Process
Metachaos by Aborym
SUBGENRE: Industrial Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Avantgarde Music
FOR FANS OF: Mysticum - Blacklodge - Control Human Delete
Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters by Wharflurch
SUBGENRE: Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Personal Records / Gurgling Gore / Dawnbreed
FOR FANS OF: Slimelord - Hooded Menace - Cavurn
Visions in Death by Desolate Pathway
SUBGENRE: Epic Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Meuse Music Records
FOR FANS OF: Candlemass - Evangelist - Solitude Aeternus
Lay Me Down O Silent Fear by Lacrimas Produndere
SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Steamhammer
FOR FANS OF: Tiamat - Paradise Lost - The Foreshadowing
Psalms of Filth by Zealot Cult
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Ireland
RECORD LABEL: Awakening Records
FOR FANS OF: Obituary - Pestilence - Deicide
Violent Visions by Ludgar
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: GraveRipper - Wraith - Toxic Holocaust
Flawless Intrigue from Hell by Skumstrike
SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Hellripper - Midnight - Bewitcher
Messe de Fer by Meurtrier
SUBGENRE: Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Jawbreaker Records
FOR FANS OF: Traveler - Riot City - Enforcer
Abgrund by Consvmer
SUBGENRE: Metalcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Out of Line Music
FOR FANS OF: Symphony in Peril - Bringing Down Broadway
Jenseitsritt by Midnight Prey
SUBGENRE: Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Spell - Cauldron - Stryker
Mistress of our Time by Watcher
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Dying Victims Productions
FOR FANS OF: Amethyst - Century - Tyrann
Rats in the Cradle by Night Laser
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Steamhammer
FOR FANS OF: Grave Digger - Midnight Dice - Satan’s Hallow
GoaTesT by GoaTesT
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Brazil
RECORD LABEL: Time to Kill Records
FOR FANS OF: Meltification - Bent Sea - Pig Destroyer
Manslayer by Brat
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Prosthetic Records
FOR FANS OF: Escuela Grind - Nails - Noisem
The Hollowing of Godflesh by Crown Magnetar
SUBGENRE: Deathcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Unique Leader Records
FOR FANS OF: Humanity’s Last Breath - Carnifex - Signs of the Swarm
Cor Ex Putredine by Equisetum
SUBGENRE: Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: My Kingdom Music
FOR FANS OF: Saint Vitus - The Obsessed
Internal Inferno by Nail by Nail
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: War Anthem Records
FOR FANS OF: Verheerer - Antrisch - Houle
Angrboda by Ice Thunder
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Grima - Imperium Dekadenz - Nagelfar
Line Before the Event Horizon by Theosophy
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings
FOR FANS OF: Immortal - Ragnarok - Enthroned
The Way by Thrakian
SUBGENRE: Post Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Aonair Records
FOR FANS OF: Laden - Adzes
Old Continent by Mindvile
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain / United States
RECORD LABEL: Satanath Records
FOR FANS OF: Drouth - Svart Crown - Bliss of Flesh
Echoes From the Past by Myhrding
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Downfall Records
FOR FANS OF: Forsmán - Ill Tidings
Curse Of The Mind by Iskald
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Dusktone
FOR FANS OF: Istapp - Naglfar - Vinterland
Decay by Godflesh
SUBGENRE: Industrial Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Relapse Records
FOR FANS OF: Pitchshifter - Ministry - Fear Factory
The Archaic Sins by Autumnfall
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Aruda Music
FOR FANS OF: Thy Serpent - Majesties - Obsequiae
Chapter V: Renewal by Volucrine
SUBGENRE: Progressive Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Inverse Records
FOR FANS OF: Disillusion - Persefone - An Abstract Illusion
Chaos Monolith by Tombstalker
SUBGENRE: Death / Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Adirondack Black Mass / Awakening Records
FOR FANS OF: Laceration - Sentient Horror - Glorious Depravity
A Hopeless Dawn by Nordicwinter
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Naturmacht Productions
FOR FANS OF: None - Grey Sun - Kalmankantaja
Ранова by Излучина
SUBGENRE: Atmospheric Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia
RECORD LABEL: Reflection Media
FOR FANS OF: Domhain - Asunojokei
Amalgamated States by Mucosal
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel - Terrorizer - Immolation
To the Great Monolith III: Rifts by Death. Void. Terror.
SUBGENRE: Blackened Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
RECORD LABEL: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
FOR FANS OF: Arkhaaik - Abstracter - Dragged into Sunlight
Never a Prophet in Your Own Land by Cloven Hoof
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Angel Witch - Heavy Load - Omen
Funeral by Funeral
SUBGENRE: Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Peru
RECORD LABEL: Caligari Records
FOR FANS OF: Heathen Beast - Kapala - Napalm Death
Intercorpse by Intercorpse
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy
RECORD LABEL: Everlasting Spew Records
FOR FANS OF: Horrifier - Autopsy - Croaked
Dødsdans I Aske by Uburen
SUBGENRE: Black / Viking Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: Dusktone
FOR FANS OF: Enslaved - Månegarm - Helheim
You Hate I Hate by Contract Killer
SUBGENRE: Crossover Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Maggot Stomp
FOR FANS OF: High Command - Enforced - Iron Age
Abyss & Ekstasis by Hail Conjurer
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Into Endless Chaos Records
FOR FANS OF: Ride for Revenge - Hollow Woods
Ignis Draconis Daemonicus by Flame
SUBGENRE: Blackened Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Primitive Reaction
FOR FANS OF: Urn - Evil Angel - Inciter
Dissolved in Time by Kongh
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Trust No One Recordings
FOR FANS OF: Cough - Ocean Chief - Yob
Throne of Thorns by Stryper
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Frontiers Records
FOR FANS OF: Dokken - Skid Row - Judas Priest
13ème choc by ADX
SUBGENRE: Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Verycords
FOR FANS OF: Savage Grace - Chevalier - Killers
Last Man Standing by Apocalypse
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: High Roller Records
FOR FANS OF: Iron Maiden - Omega - Legend
Extinguish Thy Flame by Noctule
SUBGENRE: Melodic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Hekseblad - Hulder - Stormkeep
Bloodstain by Bloodstain
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Threeman Recordings
FOR FANS OF: Megadeth - Annihilator - Exodus
Revenge by Sons of Cult
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Black Night Productions
FOR FANS OF: Thy Legacy - Battleroar - Idmon’s Aegis
Ruins by Grave Dance Company
SUBGENRE: Gothic Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany / Austria
RECORD LABEL: Reaper Entertainment
FOR FANS OF: Jack Frost - Stillborn
Egregore by Victims of Contagion
SUBGENRE: Technical Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Obscura - Necrophagist - Spawn of Possession
Eminent Womb by Mama Doom
SUBGENRE: Stoner Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Argonauta Records
FOR FANS OF: Coma Hole - Windhand - Castle Rat
Living to Dream Again by Ethereal Tomb
SUBGENRE: Sludge / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Bat Skull Records
FOR FANS OF: Faetooth - SubRosa - Pallbearer
Ultra-Noise Warfare by Profanation
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Iron Bonehead Productions
FOR FANS OF: Repulsion - Terrorizer - Impetigo
A Trigger in Time: Part I by Dreamseeker
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Avantasia - Angra - Ayreon
Axe by The Last Oblation
SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: The Mosaic Window - Hath - Sulphur Aeon
Brutality Incarnated by Sacreligious
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mortual - Monstrosity - Morbid Angel
(A)live by Oskaal
SUBGENRE: Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Norway
RECORD LABEL: WormHoleDeath
FOR FANS OF: Sallow Moth - Nile - Scarab
For Now, A Slow and Painful Death by Vengeance Within
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Elsinore - Ignobleth
Echoes from the Past by Invincia
SUBGENRE: Melodic Power Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Finland
RECORD LABEL: Escape Music
FOR FANS OF: Cain’s Offering - Angra - Stratovarius
Expeditio by Stellar Silence
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death / Doom Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Poland
RECORD LABEL: Via Nocturna
FOR FANS OF: Swallow the Sun - Daylight Dies - October Tide
Daudi Fenris by Dainsleif
SUBGENRE: Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Ardent Nova - King of Asgard - Amon Amarth
Splintered, Crushed & Shattered by Chemical Storm
SUBGENRE: Thrash Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Korrosive - Blood Tsunami - Kreator
Infiltrate Their Sanctuary by Evil Excess
SUBGENRE: Blackened Speed Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Phantom - Wraith - Death Racer
Verderf by Barren
SUBGENRE: Grindcore
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Belgium
RECORD LABEL: Selfmadegod Records
FOR FANS OF: Barren Path - Gridlink - Mortalized
Noblesse by Mélancolie du Dhampir
SUBGENRE: Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
RECORD LABEL: Oakheart Productions
FOR FANS OF: Visonfethacsis - Endless Dismal Moan
Prototype: Zero Hour by Apöcalypse A.D.
SUBGENRE: Heavy Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Greece
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Validor - Manowar - Manilla Road
The Sorrow and The Stillness (Ad Infinitum In Solitudine) by Aetherfrost
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Melodic Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Wintersun - Children of Bodom - Kalmah
Nach Mir die Fliegen by Dicephal Mortus
SUBGENRE: Industrial Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Mysticum - Thorns - Blacklodge
Medea by Ordeathral
SUBGENRE: Symphonic Black Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Nocturnal Keep - Starer - Silent Millenia
Le trépas de mon âme by Apocryphes
SUBGENRE: Melodic Blackened Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
RECORD LABEL: Independent
FOR FANS OF: Veytik - Morke - Obsequiae
Devoured by Perversion by Slaughtercult
SUBGENRE: Brutal Death Metal
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia
RECORD LABEL: Vicious Instinct Records
FOR FANS OF: Mortician - Cartilage - Devourment
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