Sh*t That Comes Out Today: March 31, 2015
Hi MetalSucks reader! Welcome to a very special Shit That Comes Out Today, your satanic bible of this week’s heavy new releases. We list ‘em, we spotlight ‘em, we link you to their preview jams and full streams — and starting today, we stick ’em in a fancy Spotify playlist for your jamming. Hold your applause, for it’s not our idea (kinda like that Hollywood Undead image up there). But it’s an awesome idea, so six cheers to MetalSucks commenter SoTotesAppropes. Hurrah! Now crank this shit up!
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Antagoniste
The Myth Of Mankind (I, Voidhanger)
On a playlist with: Castevet, As We Draw, Downfall Of Gaia
Listen The Myth Of Mankind full stream (here)
Just like its album artwork, The Myth Of Mankind is a mixture of everything: sludge, doom, and blackened metal + the kitchen sink. Okay, no kitchen sink on the album cover (instead, a skinless due holding a melted face) — but definitely lots of cool factor. And it’s cool factor on which Antagoniste banks. You may call it avant-garde, but ya don’t pick up on any ill-fated pretension other “mix ’em up” bands suffer from.
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Irreversible Mechanism
Infinite Fields (Blood)
On a playlist with: Beyond Creation, Fallujah, Obscura
Listen “The Betrayer Of Time” (here) “Infinite Fields” (here)
Onlly since last year’s Fallujah album have I been so stoked about a more symphonic tech-death album! Infinite Fields is a million parts Soreption-level riffage + another million parts quality songwriting. It’s the latter that actually sells, all the tempo shifts, interludes, and acapella! (Plus pro drumming by former drummer of The Faceless, Lyle Cooper.) A kickass debut album.
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Ufomammut
Ecate (Neurot)
On a playlist with: Bongripper, YOB, Electric Wizard
Listen Ecate full stream (here)
If you didn’t know that Ufomammut has been making albums since 2000, then Ecate is your warning. They write the most rockable doom tunes this side of its playlist buddies! Despite the trippy album art and jam-bandish songs, Ecate is never so stoned that it stumbles on its way to the bathroom or dribbles when it tries to eat a yogurt cup with a fork.
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Entail
United States Of Mind (Memorial)
On a playlist with: Scars Divide, Killswitch Engage, God Forbid
Listen United States Of Mind full stream (here)
Decent metalcore albums are rare birds, and the Madagascar pochards these days sound less and less like the early 2000s ‘core that hooked many of us on metal! United States Of Mind is a reminder that old-school, riff-centered metalcore can sound modern, even with questionable vocals. Blah, though, the vocals do hinder Entail’s effort, but let not that distract you from the solid songwriting behind the noise!
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Blackout
Blackout (Riding Easy)
On a playlist with: Eyehategod, Naam, Elder
Listen Blackout full stream (here)
When psychedelic rock goes post-modern! Fans of experimentation rejoice because Blackout has a try-one/try-all philosophy. Fans of spacey, moody, salty albums than can be jammed while, say, you’re at work or watching internet porn can also rejoice. But the most rejoicing, I predict, will be reserved for Blackout’s vocals: I love their bomb-out, heavy-echo approach!
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Terra
Untitled (Hibernacula)
On a playlist with: Caïna, Deathspell Omega, Velnias
Listen Untitled full stream (here)
Untitled lives on the crunchier, eviler side of black metal’s River Styx. Instead of the polished annihilation of bands like Krallice or Dimmu, you get paper-crumpling fuzz and jams suited for a dim, smoky bar rather than a pit of eternal darkness. Oddly, Terra’s foreboding and terrifying vocals recapture some of that sinfulness. No words!
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OTHER SHIT THAT COMES OUT TODAY
Abhor Ritualia Stramonium (Moribund) listen
Acoda Truth Seeker (Best Before) listen
Ad Nauseam Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est (Lavadome) listen
Akrotheism / Septuagint Sphinx: The Great Enigma of Times split (Forever Plagued) listen
Ancient Rites Laguz (Massacre) listen
Black Flame The Origin Of Fire (Avantgarde) listen
» Blliigghhtted Zeroes (Merdumgriz) listen
Choking On Illusions Rest/Less (Bastardized) listen listen
Corrosion Corrosion EP (Mas-Kina) listen
Crowbar Equilibrium reissue (eOne) listen
Downfall Of Nur Umbras de Barbagia (Avantgarde) listen
» Fortid 9 (Schwarzdorn) listen
Full Devil Jacket Valley Of Bones (eOne) listen
Hollywood Undead Day Of The Dead (Interscope) listen
Hot Lunch Slappy Sunday EP (Scion) listen listen
Inculter Persisting Devolution (Edged Circle) listen
Infesting Swarm Desolation Road (Art Of Propaganda) listen
Iris Divine Karma Sown (Sensory) listen
Katatonia Sanctitude DVD/CD (Kscope) watch
Mor Dagor Redeemer (Osmose) listen
» Multinational Corporations Jamat-al-Maut (Transcending Obscurity) listen
Murg Varg & Bjorn (Nordvis) listen
» Nepente I Will Get Your Soul (Cimmerian Shade) listen
Nightwish Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Nuclear Blast) listen listen
Pantommind Searching For Eternity (Spectastral) listen
Pentagram All Your Sins DVD (Peaceville) watch
Pombagira Flesh Throne Press (Svart) listen listen
Pregierz Blood Sanctions EP (Blood Harvest) listen
Prong Songs From the Black Hole (eOne/SPV) listen
Rise Of Avernus Dramatis Personae (Code 666) listen
Signs Of Darkness The Age Of Decay (Shiver) listen
Spectral Darkwave First Last Contact (Occidental) listen listen
Spylacopa Parallels (Rising Pulse) listen
Temperance Limitless (Scarlet) listen
Three Days Grace Human (RCA) listen
» Tome Of The Unreplenished Innerstanding (I, Voidhanger) listen
Thurisaz The Pulse Of Mourning (Sleaszy Rider) listen
Under Paris Transitions (Imminence) listen
» Violent Reaction Marching On (Revelation) listen
Viper Solfa Carving An Icon (Massacre) listen listen
Voice Of The Soul Catacombs (Hell’s Hammer/Transcending Obscurity) listen
We Are Harlot We Are Harlot (Roadrunner) listen
Where Evil Follows Portable Darkness (Moribund) listen listen
Wino & Conny Ochs Freedom Conspiracy (Exile On Mainstream) listen
» Wrathage Discipline (MAA) listen
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