Upcoming Metal Releases: 6/18/2023-6/24/2023



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

TsjuderHelvegr | 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

Jag PanzerThe 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

PersekutorSnow 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

Stinking LizavetaAnthems 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

Night MotherIn 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

High PriestInvocation | 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

HaradrimDeath 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

Kreator / TormentorBonecrushing 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

KrigsgravFires 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

SnorlaxThe 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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