New releases NIGHTWISH, UNTO OTHERS and more this week 9/20

This week’s new heavy metal releases include lots of death metal, lots of epic stuff and more.

Coffin Rot – The dreams of the troubled

Genre: Death Metal
The origin. Portland, Oregon
Label: Maggot Stomp

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This week started with the sophomore edition of these PNW bad boys. With a similar nameCoffin rot“You can already imagine what this is going to sound like, and it doesn’t disappoint in either expectation or performance. It’s basically a perfect modern death metal record that covers a lot of the subgenre’s available territory.

Contaminated – Horror beyond horror

Genre: Death Metal
Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Tag: foggy season

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I know some weeks I lean a little too much on prog or atypical metal stuff. Not so this week though. Here’s some more great death metal. This time you get brief tracks, and lots of them. It’s hell to be a fan of this band as this is their third album in four years.

The Ice Tomb – Lightless space

Genre: Sludge/death metal
The origin. Denver, Colorado
Tag: prosthesis

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On their second album The Ice Tomb are back after a six-year hiatus (Ben left a record and three EPs behind Cammy’s may be to blame for it) with so much fury. This hits hard like a sludge record, fast like a death metal record and black metal in the dark. Tons of grind too.

Kublai Khan TX – Skill Exhibition

Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore
Hometown: Sherman, Texas
Tag: rise

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Here’s another one that hits HARD. This after a breakdown on low speed guitars. Furious as hardcore and manufactured as death. I know these guys are already on the rise, but this will probably accelerate that rise.

Nightwish – Yesterwynde

Genre: Symphonic/Opera Metal
The origin. Kitee, Finland
Tag: nuclear explosion

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Here’s one with some fluff. night wishA first album in four years might take a little tweaking. This is the first in nearly twenty years without bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala. All in all, this is another epic post that will make you want to pick up the Uilleann pipes or something cool. Some versions also include orchestral versions, so if you don’t want those boring vocals and guitars, they’ve got you covered.

To others – Never, Neverland!

Genre: Post-Punk/Gothic Rock
The origin. Portland, Oregon
Label: Century Media

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Never, Neverland! another record is that it’s almost impossible to label the tracks To others people This has moments of punk, goth rock, horror metal, guitar shredding and more. There’s even the cover the ramones classic “Pet Sematary” which they nail.

Charlotte Wessels – The Obsession:

Genre: Hard Rock/Symphonic Metal
Origin: Zwolle, Netherlands
Label: Napalm

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Finishing this week with the severely underrated Charlotte Wessels. The former Delaney The solo concert of the singer is a well of variety and The Obsession: further expands his voice. There are some grand metal moments that you would expect, but this record includes some djent, melodic death metal and folk. This album also has some powerful songs from Simon Simons (an epic) and Alyssa White-Glues (Arch Enemy:).

Also decreasing this week…

• Attack Attack! – A disaster (Oxide Records) – Metalcore
• Black mold – In the dirt of oblivion (Helldprod Records) – Black Metal/Punk
• A burst eye – By order of Agony (Beyond The Top Records) – progressive death metal
• at BornBrok – Am I invisible? (Self-Released) – Groove metal/thrash
• Brant Bjork Trio – Once in the desert (Dun) – Stoner rock
• Crimson veil – Hex: (Reigning Phoenix) – movie rock
• Die So Fluid – Skin hunger (Self-released) – Gothic Rock
• Dreamless veil – Every limb of the flood (Relapse) – Black/death metal
• Dungeon Crawl: – Maze Controller: (Carbonized Records) – Thrash
• Eclipse – Megalomania II (Borders) – Hard Rock
• Radiator – The paradox (Metalville) – Thrash
• A giant walker – Silhouettes (Church Road) – Alternative/nu metal
• Groza – nadir (AOP Records) – Black Metal
• Heart wind – Wind of the Heart III (Pride & Joy Music) – Hard Rock
• not a homer – Circle of dead children (Metal Mastermind) – Cinematic/Opera Metal
• Hostile mass – Below (Self-released) – Metalcore
• Encouraging – A forgotten loss (Self-released) – Progressive Metal
• Cannonball fever – Die Urkatastrofe (Century Media) – melodic death/black metal
• A kingdom of giants – Bleeding star EP (SharpTone) – Metalcore
• in crillo – Return of the Heralds (Scarlet Records) – Power/Heavy Metal
• The last gang – Obscene dreams (Fat Wreck Chords) – Punk
• Mork – Black (Peaceville) – Black Metal
• Setter – The surface seems so far away (Fantasy) – Post-grunge
• Skid Row – Live in London (earMusic) – Glam rock
• Sweet – Full circle (Metalville) – rock
• Theigns & Thralls – The Keep And The Spire (Rockshots Records) – Folk Metal
• Thorium – The Bastard (Emancipation Productions) – Death metal
• true and true – Hollowed Out, Pt. 1: (Self-detached) – Post-hardcore
• In Typhonia – The Gate Of The Veiled Beyond (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Death metal
• Constantly – A parasite (Pagan Records) – Black Metal
• Sold – Sold (Sold) – Sold
• Vision Divine – Blood and tears of angels (Scarlet) – Power/advanced metal
• Void Of Vision: – What I will leave behind (UNFD) – Metalcore
• Wings rejected – Just the basics (Self-released) – Grunge/progressive rock