Details of some of this week's new releases:
CHAPEL OF DISEASE
ECHOES OF LIGHT
Recorded from October 2022 up to January 2023 at Q7 Studios with Michael Zech (THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, SECRET OF THE MOON) by the three founding members (Laurent T., Cedric T. and David D.), the outcome is a record that plays with many different moods and becomes a whole through uniting contrasts and forming them into one individual landscape of sound
HASHTRONAUT
NO RETURN
A resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep, Weedeater and Bongzilla, ready to inebriate the riff-obsessed masses
Pummeling and intoxcating stoner metal for fans of Sleep, Bongzilla, Electric Wizard and Monolord
SYLVAINE
EG ER FRAMAND
FFO: Eivør, Anna Von Hausswolff, Lingua Ignota, Chelse Wolfe
HULDER
VERSES IN OATH
The hauntingly grandiose new Hulder album Verses in Oath, created during the dreariest cold months of the Northwest winter, constitutes the most majestic, untamed manifestation thus far in the band's journey of conquest, as new territory is put to flame and conquered by sword and shield
FFO: Aeternus, Ancient, Satyricon, Hades, Enslaved, Warmoon Lord, Moonsorrow, Tsjuder
LUCIFER WAS
EN FIX FERDIG MANN
8th album from these 70s rockers from Oslo, Norway
ATROPHY
ASYLUM
Keeping the speed of "Socialized Hate" and the grooves of "Violent By Nature", the album adds a big dose of heaviness to the mix resulting in a satisfying aural kick to the face
BONGZILLA
DABBING (LIVE) ROSIN IN EUROPE
All the songs were recorded during "Dabbing Across Europe &UK Tour" in Spring-Summer 2023
PHOBOCOSM
FOREORDAINED
Foreordained is an amalgamation of everything that came before it. A perfectly balanced fusion of the murky death metal depravity of debut Deprived,blended with the devastating doom of Bringer Of Drought
LEATHER LUNG
GRAVESIDE GRIN
The proper debut album from the New England five-piece has everything promised by their previous EP releases: a thick, chugging concoction of stoner metal, doom, and unrelenting sludge, blended into a refreshingly heavy brew with a catchy kick
DECEPTION
DAENACTEH
Brutal, hard-hitting technical melodic death metal surrounded by beautiful and majestic soundscapes. with orchestral instruments and synths usage. For fans of Wintersun, SepticFlehs and Blood Red Throne
VICINITY
VIII
Brilliant prog metal made in Norway, for fans of bands such as Threshold, Circus Maximus, Haken and Dream Theater
LEAVES EYES
MYTHS OF FATE
With their new album "Myths of Fate" they are back stronger than ever with a new musical monument. You can expect captivating symphonic metal with ethereal melodies, powerful vocals, epic tales and rich instrumentation
FIREWIND
STAND UNITED
SPACED
THIS IS ALL WE EVER GET
Highly anticipated debut album from Buffalo, NY-based band SPACED.
Recorded and mixed by Jay Zubricky (EVERY TIME I DIE, BEACH SLANG, TAKING BACK SUNDAY) at GCR Audio in Buffalo, NY