This week's new heavy metal releases include blackened metal from some techy folk, a deathcore sequel, epic stuff, and more!
You can also check out select new releases here on vinyl via Gimme Metal. Now, to the metals…
Chelsea Grin – Suffer in Heaven
Genre: Deathcore
Origin: Salt Lake City, Utah
Label: ONErpm
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Last November Chelsea Grin dropped Suffer in Hell and now here is the follow up appropriately titled Suffer In Heaven. It keeps that deathcore party started five months ago with eight more tracks. Last year I said, "Suffer In Hell is eight tracks of rage and I can imagine the other eight on Suffer In Heaven will also be heavy as fuck." and I was right. Heavy as fuck. Jordan has a review for you right here.
Downfall Of Gaia – Silhouettes Of Disgust
Genre: Sludge/post-black metal
Origin: Germany
Label: Metal Blade
Buy now on Bandcamp
Speaking of heavy, here's the latest journey into epic darkness from Downfall of Gaia. This has loads of atmosphere, lots of fast percussion, but hits with a sludge hammer. It's a shame this band isn't bigger. They're consistently solid and interesting.
Foretoken – Triumphs
Genre: Melodic death metal
Origin: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Label: Prosthetic
Buy now via Gimme Metal
It's been a bit since I've covered something that looks and feels like battle metal, and it's time to end that break. The duo of Dan Cooley and Steve Redmond have really dialed in what Foretoken is here and have outdone themselves. This is like a faster paced Amon Amarth with shreddy guitars. A great time.
Harboured – Harboured
Genre: Black/progressive metal
Origin: Denver, Colorado
Label: Lost Futures
Buy now on Bandcamp
When Michael Stancel and Brandon Michael of Allegaeon get some pals from Oak, Ash, & Thorn and Vimana and then decide to get grim, you get Harboured. This has post-rock atmosphere, lots of guitar frettery, and hits different entirely than Allegaeon. This EP is great and I'm excited to hear more from this band already.
Kamelot – The Awakening
Genre: Power/symphonic metal
Origin: Tampa, Florida
Label: Napalm
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Thirty-plus years and thirteen albums into their run, Kamelot still find innovative ways to bring the power. The Awakening feels like their heaviest in some time. Perhaps five years of buildup will to that to a band. Also, this time they're bring a couple guest vocalists in Simone Simons (Epica) and Melissa Bonney (Ad Infinitum) as well as renown cellist Tina Guo.
Night Demon – Outsider
Genre: Heavy metal
Origin: Ventura, California
Label: Century Media
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Bringing it home with some ripping heavy metal from Night Demon. The band's first effort since 2017 is a love letter to Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, and the rest. This is leather and studs in sonic form that would pair well with OGs like Diamond Head or new old schoolers Haunt. Shaun's full review is here.
Also dropping (around) today…
- Aftermath – No Time To Waste (Zoid Music) – Crossover/thrash
- Anarkhon – Obiasot Dwybat Ptnotun (Debemur Morti Productions)
- The Answer – Sundowners (Golden Robot) – Black/death metal
- Ardent Nova – Ardent Nova (Wise Blood Records) – Melodic death metal/thrash
- Blind Oath – Blind Oath (Horton Records) – Heavy metal
- Bred For Slaughter – Here You're Born… Here You Die (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) – Black/death metal
- Carbellion – Weapons Of Choice (Eclipse Records) – Hard rock
- Contrarian – Sage Of Shekhinah (Willowtip) – Technical/progressive death metal
- Cross Country Driver – The New Truth (Frontiers) – Rock
- Dark Sanctuary – Cernunnos (Avantgarde Music) – Neoclassical/darkwave
- Death Reich – Disharmony (Non Serviam Records) – Death metal
- Death Vanish – Hermitic Fire (Eternal Death) – Black metal
- Desolate Realm – Legions (Self-released) – Doom
- Die Like Gentlemen – Hard Truths (Drink This Music) – Hard/progressive rock
- Downshot – Endgame (WTF Records) – Hardcore/rapcore
- Ecstatic Vision – Live At Duna Jam (Heavy Psych Sounds)
- Elysion – Bring Out Your Dead (Massacre Records) – Alternative/gothic metal
- Embryo – A Vivid Shade on Misery (Rockshots Records) – Melodic death metal/metalcore
- Entropia – Total (Agonia) – Black metal/sludge
- Gideon – More Power. More Pain. (Equal Vision) – Melodic hardcore
- Green Yeti – Necropolitan (Self-released) Psychedelic Rock/stoner
- Hyperdontia – Deranged (Me Saco un Ojo) – Death metal
- Ill Communication – Doomsday Brigade (Safe Inside Records) – Hardcore
- Invent Animate – Heavener (UNFD) – Metalcore/progressive metal
- Jaodae – Chimera (Black Throne Productions) – Progressive metal
- John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – The Big Easy (Steamhammer/SPV) – Glam
- Kruelty – Untopia (Profound Lore) – Doom/beatdown – Review
- The Lords Of Altamont – To Hell With Tomorrow The Lords Are Now (Heavy Psych Sounds) – Psychedelic rock
- Mordran – So Falls the Night (Self-released) Atmospheric black metal
- Mystic Circle – Erzdämon (Fireflash) – Melodic black/death metal
- Necrovescent Ruiner – Untouchable Faith Decay (Miserable Pyre) – Black metal
- Narnia – Ghost Town (Sound Pollution) – Melodic metal
- The New Death – Cult Super Natural (Indie Recordings) – Hardcore
- Night Goat – Totem (Black Donut Records) – Alternative/death rock
- Phantom Elite – Blue Blood (Frontiers) – Symphonic/groove metal
- Redemption – I Am The Storm (AFM) – Progressive metal
- RPWL – Crime Scene (The Gentle Art Of Music) – Progressive rock
- Pop Evil – Skeletons (MNRK Heavy) – Hard rock
- Sepulcrum – Lamentation Of Immolated Souls (Chaos Records) – Death metal
- Seven Spires – Live At ProgPower USA XXI (Frontiers) – Symphonic metal
- Søstre – Søstre (Loyal Blood Records) – Black n roll
- Stömb – Massive Disturbed Meta Art (Klonosphere Records) – Instrumental experimental metal
- Stormwarning – Stormwarning (Frontiers) – Melodic rock
- Suotana – Ounas I (Reaper Entertainment) – Melodic black/death metal
- Temtris – Khaos Divine (Wormholedeath) – Heavy metal
- Theory Of A Deadman – Dinosaur (Roadrunner) – Post-grunge/hard rock
- Transworld Identity – Seven Worlds (Frontiers) – Rock
- Treedeon – New World Hoarder (Exile On Mainstream) – Noise rock/sludge
- Úlfúð – Of Existential Distortion (Dark Descent Records) – Black/death metal
- Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant (Amor Fati Productions) – Black metal
- Wardress – Metal Till The End (Black Sunset) – Heavy metal
- World Gone Cold – World Gone Cold (Rockfest Records) – Hard rock
- Words That Burn – Cut Throat Culture (Blood Blast Distribution/Believe Digital) – Metalcore/alt-rock
