Happy trample people for a Bratz doll day nerds! This Black Friday Edition (which is really a pretty standard edition) features new stuff from some legends, some covers, some sludge, and more! To the metals…
Autopsy – Skull Grinder 
Genre: Death Metal
Origin: Oakland, California
Label: Peaceville
Buy now on Amazon.com
A vinyl only release from the death metal legends. These six tracks on this EP should hold you over until their next full-length onslaught. It's safe to assume there will be a digital release for you anti-wax types.
Converge – Thousands Of Miles Between Us DVD 
Genre: Mathcore
Origin: Salem, Massachusetts
Label: Deathwish
Buy now on Amazon.com
I've seen this band live, and they are fucking intensity personified. This is an attempt to put that intensity on your television. I recommend kicking the shit out of yourself to recreate the live Converge experience.
Danzig – Skeletons 
Genre: Heavy metal
Origin: Lodi, New Jersey
Label: Evillive
Buy now on Amazon.com
I feel like I've heard about this release for a while now, and the day is finally upon us. Glenn and friends cover classics by Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Elvis and a lot more. His trademark bellow doesn't really do it for me on several of these, but fans of the ex-Misfit will likely eat this up.
The Melvins – Across The USA In 51 Days: The Movie DVD 
Genre: Stoner/Various
Origin: Montesano, Washington
Label: Ipecac
Buy now on Amazon.com
Now this isn't quite a full on album, or even a live album, but a metal documentary about a silly, but awesome feat. As the title suggests The Melvins played every state in as many days (and Washington DC). Should be an entertaining watch and might be educational in some ways for younger touring bands.
The Moth Gatherer – The Earth Is The Sky 
Genre: Sludge/Stoner
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Agonia
Buy now on Amazon.com
Really, REALLY heavy. Fucking epic too. Fans of Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Callisto, and any of your bands that love a lurching atmosphere should get on this.
Stone Sour – Straight Outta Burbank 
Genre: Covers
Origin: Des Moines, Iowa
Label: Roadrunner
Buy now at a Record Store as part of Black Friday
More covers in this edition of the Weekly Injection. Stone Sour have returned with another EP of covers, the second of three it seems. This time they're covering The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Bad Brains, Slayer, and Motley Crue. Their covers seem to be pretty true to the originals, which is kind of neat.
Vision Of Disorder – Razed To The Ground 
Genre: Hardcore
Origin: Long Island, New York
Label: Candlelight
Buy now on Amazon.com
There's been a lot of growth to this band. A 20+ hardcore band could stagnate pretty easily (I can think of a few that have, and no one seems to care). Perhaps it's comes from age of these particular dudes, or perhaps it comes from splitting at reuniting a bunch. Regardless, this album is a really interesting listen whether you know the history or not.
Also dropping today…
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Abysmal Lord – Disciples Of The Inferno (Hells Headbangers) – Death/black metal
Al-Namrood – Diaji Al Joor (Shaytan) – Folk black metal
Blackosh – Whores, Booze & Black Metal (Iron Bonehead) – Black metal
Chrome Over Brass – Chrome Over Brass (Deathwish) – Experimental
Culture Killer – Throes Of Mankind (Metal Blade) – Death metal
A Dark Orbit – Inverted (Basick) – Progressive doom
Forgotten Tomb – Love's Burial Ground Re-Release (Agonia)
Furze – Baphomet Wade (Freshtea) – Experimental black metal
Grima – Devotion To Lord (Naturmacht) – Ambient black metal
Hound – Out Of Space (SRA) – The sounds of puppies playing
Message To Venus – Victims & Villains (3Thirteen) – Rock
Necronomicon – Pathfinder Between Heaven And Hell (AFM) – Thrash
Obscene Entity – Lamentia (Tridroid) – Death metal
Ovacord – Quatsch (self) – Experimental instrumental
Phased – Aeon (Czar Of Bullets) – Stoner
Sergeant Steel – Riders Of The Worm (Boyz Tyme) – Hard rock
Serocs – And When The Sky Was Opened (Comatose) – Technical death metal
Sturmovik – Destination Nowhere (Selfmadegod) – Dbeat..?
TAOS – Passion Sodomy Terror (Osmose) – Black metal
The Tumor Called Marla – Trance EP (Imminence) – Metal/electronic
Various Artists – Teach Your Soul With Fire: Vol. IV (Signal Rex) – Various
We Lost The Sea – Departure Songs (Translation Loss) – Post-rock
Whiskey Ritual – Blow With The Devil (Art Of Propaganda) – Black n roll
Zgard – Totem (Svarga) – Black metal
