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The Week In Metal - Week Of May 20 - 26, 2019
Memorial Day weekend couldn't come in a better time. Last week was so prolific with quality releases that any extra free time to catch up with imposing and relentless heavy metal music industry is more than welcome. For those not in States I suggest taking a sick day, paid-time-off or simulate family's emergency to find the time for this new batch of blasphemy because whatever is stoking your fires there's enough fuel to burn the town or two.
Black metal maniacs can plunge into avant-garde Deathspell Omega, go through sludgy Kludde, thrashy Widower and round it all up with symphonic Stormlord and Kull or melodic Nihilisticon and Popioły.
On the bridge from black to death stands Esoctrilihum serving black acid to your death bed, Lvcifyre will drag you through the halls of hell and Nihility storms the scene with its blackened death debut. Symphonic death is back with new opus from revamped lineup of Fleshgod Apocalypse and Nocturnus AD returns with the follow up to almost 30 years old debut The Key.
And that's just the tip of the list! Thrash, progressive, heavy, doom, stoner and gothic are all well represented and worth your time with new thunderous albums from well known bands and scene newcomers. So without wasting any more of your free time...
Till next week...
Stoner, sludge metal from Italy: Hyperwülff - Addendum One (Independent)
Doom, stoner metal from France: Abrahma - In Time For The Last Rays Of Light (Small Stone Records)
Black, avant-garde metal from France: Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces Of Palingenesia (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
Progressive, metalcore from Italy: Destrage - The Chosen One (Metal Blade Records)
Doom metal from United States: Destroyer Of Light - Mors Aeterna (Argonauta Records)
Heavy, hard rock from United Kingdom: Diamond Head - The Coffin Train (Silver Lining Music)
Gothic, heavy metal from Portugal: Enchantya - On Light And Wrath (Inverse Records)
Black metal from France: Esoctrilihum - The Telluric Ashes Of The Ö Vrth Immemorial Gods (I, Voidhanger Records)
Death, symphonic metal from Italy: Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno (Nuclear Blast)
Heavy, speed, punk from Germany: Indian Nightmare - By Ancient Force (High Roller Records)
Black, sludge metal from Belgium: Kludde - In De Kwelm (Consouling Sounds)
Black, symphonic, epic metal from United Kingdom: Kull - Exile (Black Lion Records)
Black, death metal from United Kingdom: Lvcifyre - Sacrament (Dark Descent Records)
Black, death metal from Portugal: Nihility - Thus Spoke The Antichrist (Black Lion Records)
Death metal from United States: Nocturnus AD - Paradox (Profound Lore Records)
Progressive metal from United States: Odyssey - The Swarm (Independent)
Death metal from Germany: Reckless Manslaughter - Caverns Of Perdition (F.D.A. Rekords)
Power, heavy metal from Spain: Reveal - Overlord (WormHoleDeath Records)
Thrash metal from Israel: Shredhead - Live Unholy (Legend Recordings)
Black, power, symphonic metal from Italy: Stormlord - Far (Scarlet Records)
Black metal from United States: Thonian Horde - Downfall (Grimoire Records)
Thrash, black metal from United States: Widower - Cataclysmic Sorcery (Black Market Metal Label)
Progressive, stoner, sludge metal from United States: Atala - The Bearer Of Light (Salt Of The Earth Records)
Heavy metal from Italy: Circle Of Witches - Natural Born Sinners (Sliptrick Records)
Death metal from Brazil: Nervochaos - Ablaze (Hammerheart Records)
International melodic black metal band: Nihilisticon - Behind A Mask A Metaphor Is Written (Flowing Downward)
Black metal from Poland: Popioły - Per Aspera Ad Harenae (Independent)
Hyperwülff, Abrahma, Deathspell Omega, Destrage, Destroyer Of Light, Diamond Head, Enchantya, Esoctrilihum, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Indian Nightmare, Kludde, Kull, Lvcifyre, Nihility, Nocturnus AD, Odyssey, Reckless Manslaughter, Reveal, Shredhead, Stormlord, Thonian Horde, Widower, Atala, Circle Of Witches, Nervochaos, Nihilisticon, Popioły
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