🌶️ To The Teeth: frosty atmoblack from late yearlist contender Ringarë
Plus: It's singles season with Spectral Voice/Lore, Darkspace, Ihsahn, Borknagar, Ulver & much more!
Welcome to the To The Teeth newsletter! Your weekly update of new heavy music. You can listen to (most) everything in the playlist on Spotify. If you like what you read, go to Patreon (receive a patch!) & Bandcamp (buy a patch!). Peppers are hot 🌶️!
New Albums
🌶️ Ringarë - Of Momentous Endless Night
Atmospheric black, USA
FFO: Chaos Moon, Emperor, Stormkeep
This album messes up my year end list. Or does it? Well, to be honest, I actually left open a slot for Ringarë, because I loved the single so much. The rest of the album? Amazing. It’s a fantastic trip to a snowy, dark forest with nothing but great icy melodies to rain down on you. The clean vocals are a great surprise, and I hope they give the drummer a raise.
🌶️ Sulfuric Hatred - Sulfuric Hatred
Black/death/grind, USA
FFO: Tetragrammicide, Abyssal, Teitanblood
Sulfuric Hatred - who share members with Undeath and Vile Ritual - get it. Riffs, muck, it’s all very nicely balanced. Also, when you name a song ‘World Fucking Collapsing’, you know it’s gonna be hard.
🌶️ Therion - Leviathan III
Symphonic, Sweden
FFO: Epica, Amorphis, Haggard
I’ve never been a Therion fan. Let’s get that out of the way. When I was young I thought they were goofy and cheesy and I made fun of them and of people who liked them. I can’t say they nor I have changed much, but here we are, album 19 or something, and part of a big ole trilogy, apparently. Gotta respect that. And you know what: I’m listening to the thing now and goddamnit, I’m enjoying it.
There’s more: Cryptworm (death from the UK), a split from Firmament & Midnight Prey (heavy from Germany & heavy/speed from Germany), Gåte (folkrock from Norway), Mêlée des Aurores (black from Canada - w/ members of Cantique Lépreux, Délétère, Forteresse), Sombre Héritage (black from Canada), Solitary Sabred (🌶️ epic power from Cyprus), Infernal Execrator (black/death from Singapore), Revulsed (tech/brutal death from Australia), Imperialist (black from the USA), an ep from Demoncy (🌶️ black from the USA) and a live album from Children of Bodom (melodeath/power from Finland). The rest is in the playlist!
New songs
It finally happened. Spectral Voice and Spectral Lore in one newsletter. We’re spectralling, people. They’re both long ass songs, and both are spectacularly good. Spectral Voice actually released their single last friday, but a few hours after I sent out the newsletter.
While I have you on the phone, can I also point out excellent new tracks from Ihsahn, Foscor, Borknagar, the mighty Darkspace and ULVER! Good week!
There are new songs out from: Spectral Voice (🌶️ death/doom from the USA), Spectral Lore (🌶️ atmoblack from Greece), Ulver (🌶️ dark electronic from Norway) Darkspace (🌶️ atmoblack from Switzerland), Ihsahn (🌶️ prog from Norway), Borknagar (🌶️ progressive black from Norway), Foscor (🌶️ prog black from Spain), Hulder (🌶️ black from the USA), Vastum (death from the USA - this is the Decibel flexi track), Madder Mortem (🌶️ prog from Norway), Morta Skuld (🌶️ death from the USA), Upon Stone (🌶️ melodeath from the USA), Unsouling (atmospheric death from the USA), Hannes Grossmann (prog/tech death from Germany), Ghoul (death/thrash/grind from the USA) and a live track from Samael (black/industrial/electronic from Switzerland). The rest is in the playlist!
Non-heavy & next week
Non-heavy album of the week: Ambrose Akinmusire (jazz from the USA)
I’m looking forward to next week because of: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze.
What was your favourite? What did I miss? Let me know!