painiac:

currently drowning in quality shit to listen to. in an effort to expand upon an earlier post chronicling the tunes i’ve been diggin on, here are some more recs from scha’boi

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• Atavisma – The Chthonic Rituals: 100% pure beef from France. heavy as fuck debut by these relative newcomers. a new contender for my favorite of the year
• Embrace of Thorns – Scorn Aesthetics: this band has been under the radar since their inception, and they’ve yet to put out a stinker
• Burial Invocation – Abiogenesis: Dark Descent stay killin the game with Burial Invocation’s debut, featuring 5 super long tracks of varied and and riffy death metal from Turkey
• Moenen of Xezbeth – Ancienbt Spells of Darkness…: dirty black metal with slow, sludgy riffs that feel malignant and evil. i haven’t really been keeping up with black metal this year, but this one is a ripper
• Hooded Menace – Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed: the kings of modern Finnish death doom return with one of their strongest releases since Never Cross the Dead. with a new vocalist (who still sounds similar enough to the brains of the outfit, Lasse) there is new energy here albeit a slow, sombre, and mournful energy
• Cemetery Lust – Rotting in Piss: one of the scant few thrash bands that are worth a look, Cemetery Lust turns up the knob on the death metal side of their sound and release another quality LP. sixth track “I Am Trash” really speaks to me
• Drawn and Quartered – The One Who Lurks: the mighty Drawn and Quartered return 6 years removed from their last proper album to deliver a thick slab of death metal. they sound less like Immolation these days and have veered in Dead Congregation territory of doomy and atmospheric death metal. not my favorite of theirs, but definitely worth a few listens if you are unsure.
• Mylingar – Döda Drömmar: ugly chaos from Sweden. this is a throttling release, pure harsh brutality. definite poser repellent.
• Mortuous – Through Wilderness: the long awaited debut of these San Jose ham slappers overcomes the hype that came with their quality 2012 demo. don’t miss this one. keep an eye for their long sleeve shirt at your local show, the cool kids will be wearing them
• Inisans – Transition: one of the shortest proper LPs i’ve heard this year, and there is beauty in brevity. death metal from Sweden will never go out of style, and this guys carry the baton proudly. not your typical Swedish DM, which is a good thing.