Metal 2017

[CiG]

Crimson Dawn - Gaze of the Scarecrow
(Storytelling epic doom metal from Italy.)

Dark Ages - A Closer Look
(Quite brilliant Italian heavy metal band that seems to be, unfortunately, on nobody's radar.)

Essence of Datum - Nevermore
(Instrumental and melodic technical death metal from Belarus.)

Frozen Sand - Fractals: A Shadow Out of Lights
(Italian progressive metal that excels at storytelling. This one really impresses me, still.)

Dark Matter Secret - Perfect World Creation
(Progressive death metal from Russia.)

Foreseen - Chemical Heritage
(Finnish crossover/thrash.)

Insane - Servants of the Cemetery
(Classic sounding Swedish thrash metal.)

Extravasion - Origins of Magma
(Technical death/thrash from France.)

Cryptic Shift - Cosmic Dreams
(British death/thrash.)

Hellbreaker - The Devil Rides Out
(Columbian alcoholic black/thrash.)

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Black/Folk metal with epic influences from Illinois? What in the fuck?

 

[Master_Yoda77]

And holy fuck, that Crimson Dawn album is massive.

 

[CiG]

 

[Krow]

Ha what a pile of shit that Venom Inc. is. I listened to both of the songs in that link and they're literally groove metal. Might as well get Phil on the mic.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

IDK, they aren't too fucking bad. Certainly not any worse than what fucking Venom's been doing for the past 20 years. Also, those new tunes shouldn't hinder your desire to see them live, they shit ALL fucking over Chronos-fronted Venom.

 

[CiG]

Sex Virgin Killer - Dead End Breaker
(New age old school visual-kei from Japan, not too bad!)

Gruesome - Fragments of Psyche
(New EP by American purveyors of disgusting old school death metal.)

Mangler promo
(Ripping deathrash from Canada.)

Mangler - Dimensions of Terror
(Debut full length for the Canadian deathrashers!)

Grok - Grandest Conjurations
(Mystic black metal from Colorado.)

Malsaint - Brotherhood, Knife & Fire
(French NSBM.)

Der Stürmer - Dessemitizer / 70 A.D.
(Heathenish Greek NSBM.)

Fleshpress - Hulluuden Viiltävä Lasipinta
(Finnish noisy sludge metal legend back with more nightmarish soundscapes.)

Baltimor - Hearse Man
(Bizarre Finnish speed metal.)

Vatican - Alive to the Grave
(Genuinely old heavy metal band from America releasing their first full length after a slew of 1980's demo tapes. This fucking rules.)

Mercury Rust - Overload
(Swedish progressive/power metal. Cool stuff.)

R.U.S.T.X - Too Late
(Obscure heavy metal from Cyprus.)

Front Beast - Purity in Ashes
(Ruthless, masterful German black metal band. Avenger rules!)

Musta - Show no Mercy
(Black speed metal from Finland. Cool band and very raw, I have collaborated with him for his next release, which I did artwork for.)

Ironflame - Lightning Strikes the Crown
(Really, really good USPM! @Einherjar86.)

 

[Sirjack]

Rhode Island fantasy black metal.



Track from Ereb Altor's upcoming new album.



New shit by Shroud Eater, sludge/doom band.



Soulrest, technical death metal.



Instrumental black/folk metal demo from Illinois.



More technical death metal.



This is being reissued by Black Metal Cult Records this month.



Two records I'm really excited about but no tracks have leaked yet:

Mausoleum Gate's Into a Dark Divinity.

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l can't believe you posted that Archspire shite,,,that sort of shit is an abomination to metal.
Anyway, carry on..

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah even I think Archspire is fucking gay

 

[CiG]

I don't really listen to technical death metal (or whatever that band is supposed to be) I posted it for the people that do.

 

[Bloopy]

Best local releases from down here in NZ for the year so far:

Into Orbit - Unearthing (instrumental post-rock/metal)

Arc of Ascent - Realms of the Metaphysical (stoner metal)

Enter the Soil - That Amber Lit Morning (funeral doom)

 

[CiG]

Enter the Soil - That Amber Lit Morning (funeral doom)

I don't listen to a lot of funeral doom and death doom but I thought this was actually pretty good, cool to see it mentioned in here.

 

[Bloopy]

His previous release Still Waiting is great as well.

 

[The Ozzman]

New Toxik album out 8/4

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Yeah even I think Archspire is fucking gay

nah, All Shall Align and The Lucid Collective both have some good tracks and are both 3.5/5 albums in my book.

that track he posited was pretty cool actually, i liked it.

And it completely shits on 99% of the wigger slam shit you jerk it to, sirjack.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Checking out that Enter the Soil now. Good stuff. I really like that style but the newer bands that pull it off seem to be few and far between these days. Will be digging deeper.

The new Fleshpress is, par for the course, incredible. Consistently interesting and always bringing something new to the table. One of the best, most forward thinking bands around.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

More technical death metal.

sick. Wouldnt have went back and looked for this if it wasnt for ozz and sirjack.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Fuck. Yes.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm looking forward to going back through this thread, i've hardly heard anything from this year yet. a lot of stuff looks pretty enticing.

 

[Krow]

Fuck. Yes.

Cool. This is basically Iron Dogs right?