Greetings nerds. This week is a slower week for releases, but I'm a bit relieved. I've been moving and the last thing I need is too much good metal holding up progress. This is just the right amount. To the metals…
Gallows – Desolation Sounds
Genre: Hardcore
Origin: Watford, England
Label: Bridge Nine
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I first heard this band a few years ago and they seemed to have more of a straight up hardcore sounds. They were one of the bands Kerrang was ga ga for in the few issues I've read. The little I've heard from this album still has tinges of that band, but they seemed to instead be opting for experimenting and infusing catchy melodies. Not bad. Beats most of what I'd be hearing on my radio waves.
Lancer – Second Storm 
Genre: Heavy metal
Origin: Arvika, Sweden
Label: Despotz
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Fans of Hammerfall and more modern homages to the the ways of Iron Maiden should get on Lancer. Melodic, joyous guitar melodies fuel this collection of heavy metal tracks that will make you want to dust off your denim vest all over again. Also, I'm pretty sure the album cover is a robot emu, so that's worth at least a listen or two.
Murdock – Dead Lung
Genre: Progressive hardcore
Origin: Ireland
Label: Basick
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A chaotic, noisy band for fans of Converge that has a surprising amount of melody buried in their madness. I could see them on a bill with anyone from Mastodon, to Cancer Bats, to Between The Buried and Me, to even Gallows.
Stearica – Fertile
Genre: Instrumental/experimental/sludge
Origin: Torino, Italy
Label: Monotreme
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Full of awesome rhythms and lush atmosphere, Stearica could easily be the latest metal band to crossover into the non-metal world. Or are they are non-metal band crossing over into the metal world? Regardless, great.
Sulphur Aeon – Gateway To The Antisphere
Genre: Death metal
Origin: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Label: Van/Imperium
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This will probably be out big winner for the week. Atmospheric death metal that envelops and disembowels listeners. Oddly beautiful while being just as horrifying.
Also Dropping today…(With genres again…yippee)
Abyss – Heretical Anatomy (20 Buck Spin) – Death metal
Akhlys – The Dreaming I (Debemur Morti) – Atmospheric black metal
Anchor – Distance & Devotion (Gaphals) – Hardcore
Annisokay – Enigmatic Smile (Long Branch / SPV) – Metalcore
At The Dawn – Land In Sight (Bakerteam) – Power metal
Bladecatcher – Obverse EP (EEE) – Grindcore
Bosse-De-Nage – All Fours (Profound Lore) – Black metal
Dance Gavin Dance – Instant Gratification (Rise) – Post hardcore
Eden's Curse – Live With The Curse (AFM) – Power metal
Embrace of Thorns – Darkness Inpenetrable (Nuclear War Now!) – Blackened death metal
Enablers – The Rightful Pivot (Exile On Mainstream) – Experimental/Spoken word
Helfir – Still Bleeding (My Kingdom) – Acoustic dark rock
Infernus – Grinding Christian Flesh (Moribund) – Black metal
Jaded Star – Memories From the Future (Sensory) – Goth metal
Magic Kingdom – Savage Requiem (AFM) – Disney Metal, or power metal
Now and On Earth – Blacked Out (Epitaph) – Metalcore
Omrade – Edari (My Kingdom) – Dark atmospheric symphonic stuff
Outre – Ghost Chants (Godz ov War) – Black metal
Plage – Den Kristne Stank (Alusia) – Black metal
Pohjoinen – Pohjoinen (Inverse) – Sludgy folk
Rongeur – The Catastrophist & As The Blind Strive Demos (Disiplin) – Post metal
Sacred Blood – Argonautica (Pitch Black) – Power metal
Silent Lie – Layers Of Nothing (Bakerteam) – Goth metal
Sinners Moon – Atlantis (Inverse) – Symphonic metal
Starsick System – Daydreamin' (Bakerteam) – Power metal
Strong Addiction – Anesthesia (Inverse) – Post metal
Upsilon Acrux – Sun Square Dialect (New Atlantis) – Avant garde prog
Veld – Daemonic: The Art Of Dantalian (Lacerated Enemy) – Death metal
Velvet Six – Demons Los Divas (Inverse) – Goth rock
Wende – Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft (Moribund) -Atmospheric black metal
Wolfpakk – Rise Of The Animal (AFM) – Wolfcore
Wovoka – Saros (Battleground) – Sludge
