New Stuff This Week… 8/5/2024
In Aphelion
Reaperdawn
Century Media Records
Kind of a melodic blackened death thing. Good Stuff
Mushroomhead
Call The Devil
Napalm
Groovin’ catchy and lots goin’ on. And pulls back and gets lighter and melodic in parts too
Fit For A King
Technium (feat Landon Tewers from The Plot In You)
Solid State Records
Kind of a modern industrial deathcore type thing.
HammerFall
Avenge The Fallen
Nuclear Blast Records
9 August 2024
The most classic of power metal that power metalled.
WINGS OF STEEL
GATES OF TWILIGHT
WINGS OF STEEL
Classic metal/power metal with a bigggg vocal sound with a bit of a Dio vibe cool stuff.
Opeth (single)
Section 1 (single)
Reigning Phoenix
At first listen, it’s like, oh cool new Opeth, proggy, kind of heavy… the new Opeth sound… then… GROWLS! They’re Back!! The best of oldpeth and newpeth come together! Can’t wait to hear more (the non radio edit and the whole album!)
Arch Enemy (single)
Dream Stealer (single)
Century Media
Another big surprise this week from another of my favorite swedish bands… this has all of the usual Arch Enemy stuff, shredding guitars, some epic-ness and great stuff all around. Not breaking any new ground, but new heavy stuff is always great
Molder (single)
Catastrophic Reconfiguration
Prosthetic Records
8 November 2024
Single from a death metal band just south of the Border in Joliet, IL. good heavy brutal classic death metal.
Siamese
Elements
Long Branch
a solid rock type thing, modern metal, with some grooves and a bit of electronic element. clean vox, catchy-ish
LURKING TERROR
THIS IS WAR
M-THEORY AUDIO
Death metal with a little black metal darkness.
Marilyn Manson
As Sick As The Secrets Within (single)
Nuclear Blast
A new single… this guy/band has always been just a distant fringe thing to this radio show… a bit commercial but some moments to make it worthy… this is kind of power-ballad-y as far as heaviness goes…
Pøltergeist
Nachtmusik – radio singles
Bad Omen
25 October 2024
A little doom. but also some kind of alt-classic rock sound happening
OXYGEN DESTROYER
Guardian of the Universe
Redefining Darkness Records
9 August 2024
Fast and furious thrashy death metal
CARNIVORE DIPROSOPUS
RISE OF THE INSURRECTION
LABEL: COMATOSE MUSIC
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 9th 2024
Brutal punishing death metal
ADON
Adon
Neuropa
2 August 2024
Good ol classic black metal
BLACKLIST
WITH MURDEROUS INTENT
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2nd 2024
Classic heavier thrash cool stuff
PUNKS OF THE EMPIRE
Album: Gehenna
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: August 6th, 2024
Straightforward classic metal with some groove
The Aphelion
Nascene
Self-Release
9 August 2024
Prog rock / hard rock type stuff. mostly a bit slower, then picks up and gets into some metal type stuff. big male vox a little pushes into some heavier melodic death too. interesting
Lethal Technology
Mechanical Era
Wormholedeath
August 2nd, 2024
death metal with a tech/Industrial and melodic element
Dark Deeds
Death Keeps
Self-released
10 August 2024
Milwaukee band, kind of a sludgey groove metal
Infernal Realm
Chamber of Desolation
Self Released
26 July 2024
Kind of a technical death/extreme thrashy thing. COol.
TSATTHOGGUA
We Are God
Osmose Productions
31 May 2024
Blackened death metal – fast
Aberratio
Release Title: Thánatos
Label: Old Shadows Records
Release Date: August 1, 2023
Here’s some thrashy death metal with some groovin’
JUGULATOR
Release Title: Imperator Insector
Label: Witches Brew
Release Date: July 24, 2024
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, classic metal, catchy cool stuff
Mass of Amara
Through The Ether
Self-Release
14 June 2024
Deathcore… pretty straight up
Scald
Ancient Doom Metal
High Roller Records
26 July 2024
Album title says it all… doomy… clean vox, dark, melodic and, well, doomy
Manic Abraxas
Skinformation
Self Released
Release date: Friday, August 2nd 2024
Kind of a doomy stoner thing musically, but with deathy vox.
Inverted Ascension
Album: Descension
Self Released
Release date: July 12th, 2024
Melodic Black/Death Metal… full on black metal in parts, other parts are more calm with room to breathe.
Oceans of Slumber
Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
Season of Mist
29 July 2024
I was hoping for a metalled up version but I know this band and know better… fairly true to the original with good emotion and just vocal and piano.