To The Teeth: Testament, Vader, Pyrrhon, Death
New albums
There are new albums, ep’s, splits and demo’s out from Testament (thrash from the USA), Kaatayra (meloblack/folk from Brazil), Tētēma (experimental from the USA - featuring Mike Patton), Aara (atmoblack from Switzerland), Errant (blackened doom/shoegaze from the USA), Haxanü (black form the USA - featuring Alex Poole), Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (psych/acid from the UK), Live Burial (death/thrash from the UK), Balmog (black from Spain), Ad Infinitum (symphonic/power from Switzerland), Dawn of Ouroboros (prog death/black from the USA), Endless Forms Most Gruesome (sludge/doom from Finland), Forndom (dark/scandi-folk from Sweden), Loviatar (doom from Canada), Duivel (black from the Netherlands - featuring members of Urfaust, Lugubrum and Black Anvil), Freeways (heavy/hardrock from Canada), Skam (black/death/crust from Sweden), Slave Hands (doom/sludge/hardcore from Finland), a split from Unreqvited & Asunojokei (blackgaze from Canada, post from Japan), Roman Ring (techdeath/deathcore from the USA - missed this one earlier), August Burns Red (metalcore from the USA), Ghosts in Gold (prog black from the UK), Wvrm (death from the USA), Sørgelig (black from Greece), Omnikinetic have an ep ánd a demo out (black/death from the USA), Symbiotic Growth (prog black from Canada), Caïna (post black from the UK, but this is an ambient ep), a covers split from Viscera /// & Orthodox (post/sludge from Italy and there are so many Orthodoxes that I don't know which this is), Putrescine (death from the USA), Grim Ravine (sludge/doom from the UK), Darkwraith (raw black from the Netherlands), Wampyric Rites (raw black from Ecuador), Pale Mare (sludge/post from Canada), Demonic Death Judge (sludge/stoner from Finland), Pure Reason Revolution (prog from the UK), Woorms (sludge from the USA), Eternal Delyria (melodeath from Switzerland), Svartkonst (black/death from Sweden), Stromptha (atmoblack/doom from Greenland/France), and a live album from the legendary Death (well, death, from the USA).
Plus: you can download a cool sampler from Pelagic Records (<-- !! the link is a direct 270 mb download link), with songs from bands like Mono, A.A. Williams, Rosetta, Envy, Årabrot, and The Ocean.
New singles
There are new songs, singles and advance tracks out from Ulver (avantgarde/electronic from Norway), Vader (death/thrash from Poland), Pyrrhon (tech death from the USA), Al-Namrood (black folk from Saudi Arabia - if you can read or translate Dutch, check out my interview with frontman Mephisto from 2016, the only one he ever did in person), Umbra Vitae (death/grind from the USA - a new Jacob Bannon project), Haken (prog from the UK), Forgotten Tomb (gothic/black/doom from Italy), Winterfylleth (black from the UK), Bolt Gun (noise/doom/drone from Australia), Behold the Arctopus (tech prog from the USA), Steorrah (prog death from Germany), At The Altar Of The Horned God (black/darkwave from Spain), Mystras (black/folk from Greece - Ayloss from Spectral Lore is behind this), Ruadh (atmoblack/folk from the UK), Front (blackened death/thrash from Finland), Ara (tech death from the USA), Lebenssucht (black from Germany), Tombstoner (death from the USA), Warlust (black/thrash from Germany), The Path of Memory (gothic from Switzerland), Arsafes (groove/folk from Russia - it's a Bollywood soundtrack cover and while that sounds horrible, I think it's pretty cool!), Pyre (death from Russia), Secrets of the Moon (goth/dark rock from Germany), Collision (grind/crossover from the Netherlands), Alkymist (prog sludge/doom from Denmark), Calligram (black/hardcore from the UK), Elephant Tree (doom/stoner from the UK), Horisont (hardrock from Sweden), 1000Mods (stoner/doom from Greece), Exocrine (prog/tech death from France), Khôra (melodic black from Ireland), Night Demon (heavy from the USA), Witchcraft (doom/psych from Sweden - but this is acoustic folk) and Allegaeon (tech/melodeath from the USA) did a Yes cover.
Next week
I’m looking forward to next week because of: Dool, Azusa & Nightwish.
Non-metal album of the week: Melkbelly - PITH
Have a great weekend, please stay safe - Peter.