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THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

This edition includes sludge, death metal, Melvin metal, and more metal! To the metals…

This edition includes sludge, death metal, Melvin metal, and more metal! To the metals...

This edition includes sludge, death metal, Melvin metal, and more metal! To the metals…

Aborted – Bathos EP THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Death metal
Origin: Beveren, Belgium
Label: Century Media

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Starting off another heavy week with one of the heaviest. Aborted JUST dropped the well-received Retrogore last year, and even though it's just for a pair of songs, fans should be stoked to check out this EP already. It's like a whopping eight minute continuation of the last record.

 

Bison – You Are Not The Ocean You Are The Patient THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Sludge
Origin: Vancouver, Canada
Label: Pelagic Records

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The chap over at Pelagic Records knows sludge metal, which shouldn't be too surprising since the label head is Robin from The Ocean. Bison, especially on this record, prove themselves to be some solid sludge. There are also moments of hardcore aggression, blusey guitar work, post-rock atmosphere, and even some fucking flute. This is definitely one I've going to be spending more time with.

 

Decapitated – AnticultTHE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Death/Groove Metal
Origin: Krosno, Poland
Label: Nuclear Blast

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I've read some not so great reviews of this record, and I frankly couldn't tell you if they're accurate. Sort of just seems like groove metal weaved into some death metal. Which is the problem, I guess? How does this one stand up for y'all in their catalog?

 

Melvins – A Walk With Love And Death THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Melvins
Origin: Montesano, Washington
Label: Ipecac

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My cat hopped into my lap as I began listening to samples of this album, so this appears to be our winner for the week. Anyway, what the fuck do you say about Melvins? It's weird, it's rocking, it's Melvins. It's also a double album, and the Love disc is a film score for a short film by Jesse Nieminen.

 

Next To None – PhasesTHE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Progressive
Origin: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Label: EMP

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Not quite djent, not quite nu metal, not quite post-hardcore, but it's close to all those things. This is the band that features a bunch of really young dudes, one of which is Max Portnoy. Whether of not you dig it, they'll make a majority of you feel like failures.

 

River Black – River Black THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From MELVINS, DECAPITATED, and More Out Today 7/7

Genre: Metal/Hardcore
Origin: New Jersey
Label: Season Of Mist

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This is the debut from a supergroup of sorts featuring current and former members of Revocation, Municipal Waste, Burnt by the Sun. The album is unsurprisingly heavy with occasional thrashy moments, but it's mostly mid-tempo. Features some guest vocals from Brann from Mastodon, so that's a fun lil bonus.

 

Also dropping today…

Blind Guardian – Live Beyond The Spheres (Nuclear Blast) – Power metal
Discipline – Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea (Laser’s Edge) – Progressive
Impure Wilhelmina – Radiation (Season Of Mist) – Post-hardcore
Limbonic Art – Spectre Abysm (Candlelight/Spinefarm) – Symphonic black metal
Michael Monroe – The Best (Spinefarm) – Glam
M.O.D. – Busted, Broke & American (Megaforce) – Crossover thrash
Riverdogs – California (Frontiers) – Rock

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