🌶️ To The Teeth: let Thantifaxath pull you under, and Pupil Slicer spit you out

Plus: Inhuman Condition, Necrofier, Myrkur, Bongzilla, Lacuna Coil, Agriculture and 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 🌶️!

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New Albums

🌶️ Thantifaxath (avantgarde black from Canada. FFO: Dodecahedron, Deathspell Omega,

Taking avantgarde to a new level with every release, Thantifaxath have always looked forward. Along they way the never lost their signature sound: twisted and sometimes difficult to digest, discomforting and frankly just a bit scary… but compelling for who is willing to let go of a few natural laws and let Thantifaxath pull you under.

(Not available on Spotify in my region, but for some it’s up. Do check it out on Bandcamp though!)

🌶️ Pupil Slicer (mathcore from the UK. FFO: Heriot, Ithaca, Rolo Tomassi)

Knotty and aggressive, super energetic, yet so melodic and fun. It’s a little bit like nu metal for Generation Z, evolved into something clever, thoughtful and heartfelt. That’s not to say this band is easy: they’ll eat you up and spit you out.

🌶️ Inhuman Condition (death/thrash from the USA)

When that second track kicked in, guitars revving like a monster truck, I couldn’t stop grinning. There are three new songs on this new ep, plus a Blue Oyster Cult cover and a handful of live tracks. This shouldn’t be out, but it’s on Spotify so let’s fuck’n go.

There’s more: Necrofier (melodic black from the USA), an ep from Omnium Gatherum (melodeath from Finland), Jute Gyte (experimental black/ambient from the USA), Victory Over the Sun (post-black from the USA - missed this earlier), Bongzilla (botany/herbalism from the USA), Bodydrinkers (death/black from Ireland), Bríi (electronic/ambient/black from Brazil - same guy as Kaatayra), a live album from Corpsessed (death from Finland), Wytch Hazel (hardrock/heavy from the UK), the first solo album of Einar Solberg (prog from Norway - member of Leprous/Ihsahn) and a soundtrack from Myrkur (atmoblack/folk from Denmark). The rest is in the playlist!

Plus: Candlelight has released the Abbey Road Opeth Remasters: Orchid, Morningrise and My Arms Your Hearse. Not new, but they kinda sound like new.

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New songs

There are new songs out from: Lacuna Coil (🌶️ gothic from Italy), Agriculture (post-black from the USA), Soen (🌶️ prog from Sweden), KEN Mode (noise from Canada), Code Orange (hardcore punk from the USA), Crypta (death from Brazil), The Body (experimental sludge/doom from the USA), Trhä (atmoblack/ambient from the USA), Big Garden (alt rock/punkrock/grunge from the USA - members of Thou), Diabolical Fullmoon (black from Poland), Geld (hardcore punk from Australia), Ringworm (metalcore/thrash from the USA), Onheil (🌶️ blackened heavy/thrash from The Netherlands) and Ascendency (🌶️ death/black from Denmark - w/ members of Hyperdontia, Taphos, Phrenelith etc). The rest is in the playlist!

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Non-heavy & next week

Non-heavy album of the week: Foo Fighters (alternative rock from the USA)

I have gone back and forth on putting the new Foo Fighters down here, or right on top of the newsletter. It *is* heavy after all, but although in that respect it hardly fits the non-heavy category, it also didn’t feel at place up there. You wouldn’t need me to tell you there’s a new FF record right? So, well, here we are. It’s an incredibly beautiful album by the way, here’s my five star review (in Dutch).

My plan b for this week, for what it’s worth, would be Ben Folds.

I’m looking forward to next week because of: Geld, Godflesh & Torture Rack.

What was your favourite? What did I miss? Let me know!