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This Week's Recommended New Release (12/18/15)...

12/23/2015

This week's recommended new release (12/18/15):
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The Maledict - Dread (N/A)

With the album release cycle slowing to a crawl as the year draws to a close, there is only one solid album released this week, but it’s a diamond in the rough. The debut album from this Australian quartet is a modern day Death/Doom juggernaut, with atmospheric passages and melodic vocals giving way to bludgeoning metal riffs and growls. While there are moments that borrow heavily from the classic Peaceville sound, this is really a Death Metal album at heart and the Atmospheric Doom is used as a perfect balancing tool. Nice surprise from an unsigned band on a late December release.

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This Week's Recommended New Releases (12/11/15)...

12/16/2015

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This week's recommended new releases (12/11/15):
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Blackwülf - Oblivion Cycle (Ripple)

The second album from this Oakland quartet features rollicking Stoner/Doom Metal with Classic Metal influences and Sabbathian riffs galore. When you’re one of a bazillian bands aping the Sabbath sound, it’s a smart move to stay away from the apocalyptic wails and these guys hone in on the skater/stoner sound vocal-wise, making for a much more contemporary sound. Regardless, these dudes know how to write a goddamn riff. This is definitely one of the more enjoyable and re-playable releases in the latter half of the year.

Monolithe - Epsilon Aurigae (Debemur Morti)

This 5th album from this Parisian 6-piece contains three tracks of bone-crushing Funeral Doom Metal, each clocking in at exactly 15 minutes. Despite the growled vocals, this is an incredibly melodic album for the Funeral Doom genre, with keyboards right up in the mix with the majestic guitars that blaze above the doomy maelstrom. However, this isn’t a feel-good album by any means. Monolithe are masters at mining the deepest recesses of your misery and woe and pounding you into submission with despair. So it’s basically perfect.

Yidhra - Cult of Bathory EP (Black Voodoo)

While I enjoy the occasional EP, I don’t really spend much time reviewing them because there are so many great full-lengths coming out every week. That being said, the second EP (sandwiched around a 2013 full-length) from these Los Angeles doomsters is one of the rare short players that demands attention from the opening riff. They aren’t reinventing the wheel, but they have the classic Doom sound down to a tee. Slow, massive riffs, pounding drums and gruff vocals combine here to create a headbanger’s dream.

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This Week's Recommended New Releases (12/04/15)...

12/8/2015

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This week's recommended new releases (12/04/15):
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Confrontation - Aggregat 4 (Chaos)

Dutch duo; Debut album; Death/Doom Metal

Extreme Cold Winter - Paradise Ends Here (Vic)

Dutch trio; Debut album; Death/Doom Metal

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Noeth Ac Anoeth (New Heavy Sounds)

Wrexham, UK quartet; Debut album; Psychedelic Sludge/ Doom Metal

Secrets of the Moon - Sun (Prophecy)

German quartet; 6th album; Black Metal

Tombstones - Vargariis (Soulseller)

Norwegian trio; 5th album; Stoner/Doom Metal

Un - The Tomb of All Things (Black Bow)

Seattle quartet; Debut album; Doom/Sludge Metal

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This Week's Recommended New Releases (11/27/15)...

12/1/2015

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This week's recommended new releases (11/27/15):
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Black Oath - To Below and Beyond (Terror from Hell)

Italian trio; 3rd album; Classic Doom Metal

Mortalicum - Eyes of the Demon (Metal on Metal)

Swedish trio; 4th album; Heavy/Doom Metal

The Moth Gatherer - The Earth Is The Sky (Agonia)

Swedish trio; 2nd album; Atmospheric Doom Metal

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