Release Day Roundup: 4/12/24 | Heavy Blog is Heavy

Top Pick

Adon – Adon (blackened groove death)

Keeping it short an sweet this week, as I’m off to see Gatecreeper in a tiny studio venue this evening, and also because I don’t actually have access to my top pick at the time of writing. Nevertheless, amid all the juicy death metal releases this week it’s the unknown Adon‘s brand of aggressive blackened death metal that has lashed out and caught my ear.

Just when you think there’s only so many times Behemoth‘s “Conquer All” (itself a repurposing of Anthrax‘s “Be All, End All”) can be repurposed, Adon come roaring out of the traps with the nastiest take on the iconic riff yet! What follows is a torrent of blackened death brutality, reminiscent of the mighty Vredehammer or even Death Cult Armageddon–era Dimmu Borgir, sans all those pesky symphonics, with an added layer groove that sets the standard rather high for the for the forthcoming Dååth album in the process. I don’t have the full picture yet, but based on the two tracks on offer, it’s going to be a blast.

Release Roundup

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties – In Ieu of Flowers (heartland/indie rock)

About Us – Take A Piece (melodic rock/metal)

And Hell Followed With – Untoward Perpetuity (deathcore)

<a href="https://ahfw.bandcamp.com/album/untoward-perpetuity?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Untoward Perpetuity by And Hell Followed With</a>

Arrow Minds – S.A.D. (TikTok core)

Attacker – The God Particle (heavy metal, thrash)

<a href="https://attacker1.bandcamp.com/album/the-god-particle?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">The God Particle by Attacker</a>

Battlecreek – Maze Of The Mind (thrash)

Belmont – Liminal (hyperpop punk)

<a href="https://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/liminal?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Liminal by Belmont</a>

Benighted – Ekbom (deathgrind)

<a href="https://benighted.bandcamp.com/album/ekbom?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Ekbom by Benighted</a>

Blue Oyster Cult – Ghost Stories (blues/occult rock)

Bottenhavet – Ljud i Tysta Rum (southern/stoner rock)

Castle Rat – Into the Realm (trad doom)

<a href="https://castleratband.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-realm-2?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Into The Realm by Castle Rat</a>

Corvus Corone – The Finality Of Winter (chill funeral doom?)

<a href="https://sludgecrow.bandcamp.com/album/the-finality-of-winter?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">The Finality of Winter by Corvus Corone</a>

The Cosmic Dead – Infinite Peaks (stoner prog/doom)

Crown of Asteria – Cypher (weird ambient black metal)

<a href="https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/cypher?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Cypher by Crown of Asteria</a>

Crucifier – Led Astray (blackened death metal)

Elfensjón – Zenith (anime power metal)

Elk Witch – Azimuth (stoner groove)

<a href="https://elkwitch.bandcamp.com/album/azimuth?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Azimuth by Elk Witch</a>

Eventide – Waterline (saxy/ambient/electro/post/doom jazz?)

<a href="https://eventideambient.bandcamp.com/album/waterline?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Waterline by Eventide</a>

Exist – Hijacking The Zeitgeist (proggy prog-death)

<a href="https://exist.bandcamp.com/album/hijacking-the-zeitgeist?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Hijacking The Zeitgeist by Exist</a>

Extinct – Incitement of Violence (thrash)

Friends of Hell – God Damned You to Hell (trad/power metal)

Graufar – Scordalus (black metal)

<a href="https://graufar.bandcamp.com/album/scordalus?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Scordalus by Graufar</a>

Greyhaven – Stereo Grief (DEP, Norma Jean)

Griefgod – Deterioration (progressive groove-death)

Grind – Grace & Misery (post-death metal)

<a href="https://grind.bandcamp.com/album/grace-and-misery?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Grace And Misery by GRIND</a>

Heavenly Blue – We Have The Answer (post hardcore, screamo)

<a href="https://heavenlyblueintl.bandcamp.com/album/we-have-the-answer?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">We Have The Answer by HEAVENLY BLUE INTL.</a>

Heavy Temple – Garden Of Heathens (trad doom)

<a href="https://heavytemple.bandcamp.com/album/garden-of-heathens?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Garden of Heathens by Heavy Temple</a>

Heleven – New Horizons Part 2 (prog metal)

Heresiarch – Edifice (death metal)

<a href="https://heresiarchofficial.bandcamp.com/album/edifice?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Edifice by Heresiarch</a>

Hypersonic – Kaosmogonia (symphonic powerish metal)

Icosandria – A Scarlet Lunar Glow (post-prog metal)

Imminence – The Black (djentcore)

Jakobs Castle – Enter: The Castle (why tho?)

Junkyard Drive – Look At Me Now (hard rock)

Karst – Eclipsed Beneath Umbral Divine (brutal disso-death)

<a href="https://karstla.bandcamp.com/album/eclipsed-beneath-umbral-divine?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Eclipsed Beneath Umbral Divine by Karst</a>

Kharma – A World Of Our Own (hardcore)

<a href="https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr72-a-world-of-our-own?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">FSR72 – <em>A World Of Our Own by Kharma</em></a>

Khirki – Κυκεώνας (progressive folk, speed metal)

<a href="https://khirkirocks.bandcamp.com/album/--2?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Κυκεώνας by Khirki</a>

King Zebra – Between The Shadows (hard rock)

Known Demise – Sick and Cold and Blue (nu hardcore)

<a href="https://knowndemise.bandcamp.com/album/sick-and-cold-and-blue?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Sick and Cold and Blue by Known Demise</a>

Lesath – Under the Moon (Post-Metal)

<a href="https://lesathblack.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-moon?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Under The Moon by Lesath</a>

Leyka – Resurrection (metalcore, melodeath)

<a href="https://leykaband.bandcamp.com/album/resurrection?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Resurrection by LEYKA</a>

Love Sex Machine – Trve (post-sludge)

<a href="https://lovesexmachine.bandcamp.com/album/trve?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">TRVE by Love Sex Machine</a>

The Lunar Effect – Sounds Of Green & Blue (doom rock/metal)

Mallephyr – Ruins of Inner Composure (black metal)

Martikor – Acedia (dsbm)

Metz – Up On Gravity Hill (‘member Metz?)

<a href="https://metz.bandcamp.com/album/up-on-gravity-hill?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Up On Gravity Hill by METZ</a>

Mor – Hear The Hour Nearing (black metal)

<a href="https://666mor666.bandcamp.com/album/hear-the-hour-nearing?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Hear the Hour Nearing! by Mòr</a>

Mother of All – Global Parasitic Leviathan (prog/tech thrash)

<a href="https://motherofallofficial.bandcamp.com/album/global-parasitic-leviathan?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Global Parasitic Leviathan by Mother of All</a>

Nag – Boys Of Europe (blackened crust)

<a href="https://naghardcore.bandcamp.com/album/boys-of-europe?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Boys of Europe by NAG</a>

Necrot – Lifeless Birth (deathy death metal)

<a href="https://necrot.bandcamp.com/album/lifeless-birth?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Lifeless Birth by Necrot</a>

Nothing is Real – Acts of Despair and Faith (arguments for the use of AI cover art)

<a href="https://nothingisreal333.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-despair-and-faith?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Acts Of Despair And Faith by Nothing Is Real</a>

Northlane – Mirror’s Edge (SYL-core)

Ornamental – Verwandlung Im Schlaf (psychedelic prog)

<a href="https://ornamental.bandcamp.com/album/verwandlung-im-schlaf?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Verwandlung im Schlaf by Ornamental</a>

Replicant – Infinite Mortality (weird/kinda nu death metal)

<a href="https://replicantband.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-mortality?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Infinite Mortality by REPLICANT</a>

Riot V – Mean Streets (thrash/speed metal)

薔薇の宮殿 [Rose Palace?] – Picaresque (JRPG Power Metal)

Sarcasm – Mourninghoul (deathend meloblack)

<a href="https://hammerheart.bandcamp.com/album/mourninghoul?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Mourninghoul by Sarcasm</a>

Setyoursails – Bad Blood (nu metalcore)

Severe Overbite – Severe Overbite (holy shit)

Shadows of Steel – Twilight II (power metal)

Sleepmakeswaves – It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It (chill post rock)

<a href="https://sleepmakeswaves.bandcamp.com/album/its-here-but-i-have-no-names-for-it?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It by sleepmakeswaves</a>

Spit on Your Grave – Arkanum (groove death)

Sulphur And Mercury – Alchemia Prophetica (deathend heavy metal)

<a href="https://sulphurandmercury.bandcamp.com/album/alchemia-prophetica-2?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Alchemia Prophetica by Sulphur and Mercury</a>

Tårfödd – Mörker (black metal)

<a href="https://trfdd.bandcamp.com/album/m-rker?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Mörker by Tårfödd</a>

Tarot – Glimpse Of The Dawn (trad prog)

<a href="https://hcrtarot.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse-of-the-dawn?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Glimpse Of The Dawn by Tarot</a>

Tenebrific – Labyrinth Of Anguish (blackened death-doom)

<a href="https://tenebrific.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth-of-anguish?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Labyrinth of Anguish by Tenebrific</a>

Tetsuo – Dots (weird sludge doom)

<a href="https://hypershaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/dots?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Dots by Tətsuo</a>

The Acid Machine – Mushrooms (instrumental stoner rock/metal)

<a href="https://theacidmachine.bandcamp.com/album/mushrooms?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Mushrooms by The Acid Machine</a>

Throwing Bricks/Ontaard – Oud Zeer (weird dsbm)

<a href="https://tartarusrecords.com/album/oud-zeer?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Oud Zeer by Throwing Bricks & Ontaard</a>

Tulpa – Temple of Wounds (crusty black metal)

<a href="https://tulpaofficial.bandcamp.com/album/temple-of-wounds?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Temple of Wounds by TULPA</a>

Unborn Generation – …And All We Forget (death metal/grind)

<a href="https://unborngeneration.bandcamp.com/album/and-all-we-forget?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">…and All We Forget by Unborn Generation</a>

Upploppet – Road Runner (garage rock)

<a href="https://upploppet.bandcamp.com/album/road-runner?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Road Runner by Upploppet</a>

Veriteras – The Dark Horizon (powerful melodeath/black)

The Vision Bleak – Weird Tales (goth doom)

<a href="https://the-vision-bleak.bandcamp.com/album/weird-tales?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Weird Tales by The Vision Bleak</a>

Walk Through Fire – Till Aska (Sludgedoom)

<a href="https://walkthroughfire.bandcamp.com/album/till-aska?ref=heavyblogisheavy.com">Till Aska by Walk Through Fire</a>

And, if you’re wondering where Vulture is, maybe go read some of the lyrics from their frontman’s charmingly monikered side project Misogynist. Or, better yet, don’t.

Joshua Bulleid