Our This Week in Metal post collects our thoughts on music released in or around this week in the music world. We cover mostly metal, but we consider other genres to allow our writers poseur flexibility. Follow us on Instagram too!
Scuttlegoat's Curmudgeonly Critique
What we get on The Enduring Spirit is certifiably fantastic, but our Goat couldn't have foreseen the direction Tomb Mold would take with this album—nor could anyone have, really. The Enduring Spirit utilizes the dichotomy between different textures, tonalities, timbres, and moods like this Goat hasn't heard a metal album do in quite a while. Dine on that fine mold.
Metalligator's Chomping Commentaries
Altarage have shifted the focus of their formula a bit more towards the War Metal and Grindcore aspects previously present in their work. There is some furious riffing here, that is overwhelming in one moment and commandingly grooving in the next. Best case scenario?
The songs on The Flesh of a New God cycle through ideas like Blackened Death Metal à la Veilburner coupled with desperately hopeful synths that evoke Angelo Badalamenti, Jazz Fusion bits that recall their label mates Sarmat and Afterbirth-like left-field digressions into uplifting melodies. Voidhanger knows how to pick ’em this year. Now if only Billie Eilish would answer their call for a Bekor Qilish-Billie Eilish collab… He's not a bad guy...
Cosmo's Chaotic Curveballs
“Where the Dead Flesh Whispers” is a perfect example of Swedeath that Cosmo would like to hear more of, and if Crawl continue in this same Crust-meets-Grinding Death Metal vein for their upcoming album, it will be a worthwhile release. Feral, on the other hand… find out whether Cosmo made it out alive.
Thanatos opens with riffs that are meant to evoke the listener into a state of trance-like meditation. Album highlights include “Marbas” and “Dawn of the Red Scorpio”, two tracks that really emphasize the moments where this project excels: mixing furious Black Metal and ritualistic chant-singing that gets layered over the growls for a unique and welcome experience. Be careful not to get trapped in the trem-like… errm trance-like state.
This short release (some might call it an EP) contains seven prime cuts from Undergang, clocking in at a tight 21 minutes. If you’ve listened to this band before, specifically Misantropologi, then this EP feels like a direct continuation of that album. Click now to find out seven things OSDM bands don't want you to know...
