Here are the new (and recent) metal releases for June 18th through June 24th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect to see most of these albums on shelves or distros on Fridays.
See something we missed or have any thoughts? Let us know in the comments. Plus, as always, feel free to post your own shopping lists. Happy digging.
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Upcoming Releases
Tsjuder — Helvegr | Season of Mist | Black Metal | Norway (Oslo)
This time enlisting Jon Rice (Umbra Vitae, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats) on drums, Tsjuder’s new album continues a legacy of ripping black metal full of frosty, glittering malice.
–Ted Nubel
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Jag Panzer — The Hallowed | Atomic Fire Records | Heavy + Power Metal | United States
The long-running heavy/power band is back with their twelfth album, and it’s pretty rad. While they’re not really ripping along at Ample Destruction speeds all the time anymore, their anthemic metal is rife with creative guitar work and catchy choruses and backed by a steely rhythm section.
–Ted Nubel
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Persekutor — Snow Business | Svart Records | Blackened Heavy Metal | United States (Los Angeles, CA)
Take black’n’roll and dial up the rock’n’roll side as far as it’ll go, spill some whiskey and cocaine on the apparatus, and maybe Persekutor is what seeps out. Arena-rock-ready riffs and booming drums join forces with vocalist Vlad the Inhaler’s charismatic snarls — Snow Business is incredibly fun and alluringly repulsive.
–Ted Nubel
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Stinking Lizaveta — Anthems and Phantoms | Independent | Doom + Stoner Metal | United States
Look, I’ll get to the album itself, but first: I implore you to see this band live. Few metal bands out there operate with even a fraction of the joyful creativity as these folks, and their live cohesion is genuinely invigorating. They’ll be on the road in the US in July – as the saying goes, don’t fuck up.
Okay, back to the album. Free-wheeling, yet absurdly locked-in, Stinking Lizaveta practices their tried-and-true approach to instrumental metal with gusto here. It’s not just a bunch of riffs stapled together, either – each song tells a story, though it’s up to the listener to put words to it.
–Ted Nubel
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Night Mother — In Beautiful Sorrow | Independent | Sludge + Doom Metal | United States
Deep shades of crimson streak this atmospheric doom/sludge offering, its lumbering riffs and pensive interludes distinctly tinted with sadness.
–Ted Nubel
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High Priest — Invocation | Magnetic Eye Records | Stoner + Doom Metal | United States (Chicago, IL)
At last, a full-length! Both of the Chicago doom group’s EPs have been excellent shorter-form releases that pushed the limits of doom and sludge metal, and their long-awaited debut LP continues this trend of cloudy progressive magnificence. Masters of laid-back jams as well as aggressive stoner metal postures, High Priest flexes their full might on Invocation.
–Ted Nubel
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Haradrim — Death of Idols | Trust No One Recordings | Black Metal + Crust | Sweden
Heavy on riffs and scathing sentiment, Death of Idols plays a little loose with black metal and crust’s conventions, but simply to inject more riffs into the proceedings.
–Ted Nubel
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Kreator / Tormentor — Bonecrushing Demos / Rehearsals ’84 – ’85 | High Roller Records | Thrash Metal | Germany
Taken from Kreator’s early existence, during which they were once called Tormentor, this “split” compiles some early material from the band(s). No preview or stream yet that I’ve seen, but worth keeping an eye out for if you’re a collector.
–Ted Nubel
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Krigsgrav — Fires in the Fall | Wise Blood Records | Melodic Black + Doom Metal | United States
Black and doom metal’s melodic potential join forces on Fires in the Fall — expect blazing passion and desolate sorrow.
–Ted Nubel
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Snorlax — The Necrotrophic Abyss | Brilliant Emperor Records | Blackened Death Metal | Australia
Dense and hallucinogenic, The Necrotrophic Abyss ventures into halls of shrieking madness hewed from frantic blast beats and pummeling guitar work.
And, as always, you know it’s blackened death metal because all the ‘of’s are replaced with ‘ov’s. Actually, it’s kind of helpful in this situation because a band name like Snorlax isn’t really cluing anyone into what’s going on.
–Ted Nubel
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