New releases from CAVE IN, SEPTICFLESH and more released today 5/20

New heavy metal releases this week include epic metal in all its forms, “baroque-influenced” metal, and more! For metal…

Blut Aus Nord – Discord – an unimaginable abyss

Genre: Black/Progressive Metal
Origin: Mondville, France
Tags: Debemur Morti

Something wicked starts this week.fourteenth album Blut Aus Nord Unsurprisingly haunting and dark. It’s like an ominous movie soundtrack with an explosive beat.

collapse – re-swing

Type: Progressive sludge/metal core
Origin: Maythuen, Massachusetts
Tag: recurrence

What if you are collapse (Why don’t you?), you’ll get a lot here re-swing. It’s seventy-plus minute intervals, progressive, filthy weird. This is their first time with bassist Nate Newton (convergence) He is a good fit.

ever gray — Relentless Portrait (Orfenyo)

Genre: Progressive/Power Metal
Place of Origin: Gothenburg, Sweden
Tags: napalm

With so much time off the road in 2020 and 2021, it only makes sense for the already quite prolific Evergrey to take the time to write tons of epic prog jams. The thirteenth album has Tom Englund and The Boys angrier than the previous album. Still, there are tons of epic songs that are all the rage.

James Labry — beautiful shade of grey

Genre: Melodic Metal/Progressive
Origin: Toronto, Ontario
Tag: InsideOut

When James left his dream fellow actor (that’s what they must be called, right?), his songs ended up being more straightforward. beautiful shade of grey Possibly his most melodic solo album to date, as this time he seems to have given up on the harsh collaborators. This really shows LaBrie’s strengths.Jordan has a full review here.

malicious – malicious

Genre: Grooved Metal/Hardcore
Origin: Sheffield, England
Tags: nuclear explosion/MLVLTD

There’s something here that will make a circular pit spin. malicious There’s a lot going on with this record. Hardcore frenzy, metalcore anthem chorus, surprising tech lead lines and big ol’ groove.they are like you glued all the rest arrive hate breed. What an interesting premise for a movie.Max has something to say here.

mortal servants— road to fire

Genre: Post Black Metal
Origin: Nashville, Tennessee
Tags: Drilling Recording

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When Skip the Band Talks This Week mortal slave Caught my attention because their press release included the line “Baroque-Influenced Post Black Metal.” This is what caught my attention. Like most post-black metal records, it has fairly consistent vibrato pickup, high-speed drums, and plenty of ambience, but there’s something special mixed in that gives it some classical whimsy. It’s a unique record that breaks the mold of their sub-sub-(sub?)-genre.

Sepsis — modern primitive

Genre: Symphonic Death Metal
Place of Origin: Athens, Greece
Tags: nuclear explosion

End the week with some epic shit from our favorite Greek vampires. Their first record in five years combined their grandiose symphonic elements with solid death metal to tickle your teeth.Jeff has a full review here.

Dropped today too…

• anvil – Imminent impact (AFM) – Heavy Metals
• Lakta Dara Apartments – Adyapeeth Maranasamhita (Iron Bonehead Productions) – Black/Death Metal
• Assumption – Nether tide (Everlasting Spew Records/Sentient Ruin Laboratories) – Doom/Death Metal
• Get better – hello sun (Revelation) – Hardcore
• swamp body – Frozen Crack Cult (Profound Lore Records) – Death Metal
• Brandy and Butcher – lucky foot (Self) – hard rock
• distraught – when the world dies (translation loss record) – Sludge/doom
• Group D – Group D (undefeated record) – hardcore
• Dark Alamut – Lunaism (Unique Leader Records) – Atmospheric Black/Death Metal
• Yoshizawa – Petrochemical Blues Machine (heavy psychological voice) – Stoner
• Groni Budd – Follow Les Hommes Sucer (Season of Misty) – Goregrind
• Hersott – will and the witch (M-Theory) – Folk/Death Metal
• Lamakia – thundercloud (Aqualamb Records) – Dark Environment
• the ocean of loyalty – strange morning in the garden (American Laundry) – Alternative Rock
• Luther – new world (Mighty Music) – hard rock
• luminous vault – Animate the void (deep lore) – ferrous metal/industrial
• multiple sclerosis – empty (Black Doomba Records) – Doom
• ofi – sleepy night (My Kingdom Music) – avant-garde black metal
• Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – Notes on Nihilism (and Eternal Quest 4 are meaningless (Out Of Line Music) – Industrial/New Folk
• Organ Trail – Anatomical Appetite (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) – Grindcore/Death Metal
• Predatory Light – Death and Twilight (20 Buck Spin) – Doom/Black Metal
• Rodriguez – A Life-Changing Story, Part 1 (self-published) – progressive
• rot – violent utopia (Selfmadegod Records) – Grindcore/Savage Death Metal
• sadism – burn (Agonia) – technical death metal
• sadistic ritual – mystery, endless (Prosthetic Records) – Thrash
• snake – mother of light (Svart) – Ballad
• change space – imagery (Napalm) – Metal Core
• spherical universe experience – go home (Uprising) – avant-garde/symphonic metal
• spices – Vivi (Dais Records) – Rock
• street pie – Gentrification V: Whitewashing (The Flenser) – Experimental
• texas murder crew – wrapped in their blood (coma music) – brutal death metal
• your kingdom will burn – Void and Vengeance (Scarlet) – Melodic Death Metal
• waamatar – medieval spirit (Iron Bonehead Productions) – Black Metal
• ferry – people like people (Tooth & Nail) – rock/pop
• Sini Zan – mass lullaby (Wild Kingdom) – Hard Rock