This week we have everything from bone-crushing death metal to some melodic jams. Every album here brings its own vibe and they're all straight fire.
For all of our favorite new releases, both singles and albums, be sure to check out the official Knotfest New Flesh playlist.
Autopsy – Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
A deep dive into the raw and visceral depths of death metal. Autopsy manages to maintain their signature sound, blending guttural roars and hauntingly melodic guitar riffs. A classic for those with a stomach for intensity.
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End – The Sin Of Human Frailty
A cacophonous blend of hardcore and grindcore elements, this album offers a relentless sonic assault. It's a cathartic experience for anyone seeking an outlet for their innermost frustrations.
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Endseeker – Global Worming
"Global Worming" delivers a relentless and fierce blend of death metal, maintaining the band's reputation for well-crafted and passionate compositions. The album showcases classic Swedeath style with meaty riffs, potent melodies, and distinctive song flavors, solidifying Endseeker's position as a formidable force in the death metal arena.
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Eternal Evil – The Gates Beyond Mortality
Eternal Evil's sophomore album, "The Gates Beyond Mortality," showcases high-level musicianship with a seamless flow, drawing inspiration from old-school thrash and NWOBHM while infusing elements of black metal. Avoiding the typical sophomore slump, the band solidifies its position as a leading new thrash band, offering an album that combines vintage sounds with modern production.
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Gravesend – Gowanus Death Stomp
A raw representation of urban decay, this album is both a grim commentary on modern life and an ode to old-school death metal. Dark, grimy, and gritty.
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Hollow Front – The Fear Of Letting Go
Melodic yet hard-hitting, this post-hardcore gem delivers an emotionally charged metalcore experience, skillfully blending orchestral elements with raw introspection, highlighting both their musical evolution and unwavering connection to their roots.
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In This Moment – Godmode
Fusing industrial beats with gothic undertones, In This Moment delivers a theatrical and passionate album. Maria Brink's vocals shine, moving effortlessly between fragile cleans and powerful screams.
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Mouth For War – Bleed Yourself
A fierce declaration of inner battles and external conflicts. This metallic hardcore outfit meshes angst with sonic aggression, combining intense musicality with deeply emotional lyricism, surpassing their debut album and standing out as one of the best in its genre.
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Of Virtue – Omen
With powerful riffs and introspective lyrics, this melodic metalcore album is both a call to arms and a reflective journal. It balances aggression with vulnerability in a seamless manner.
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Poppy – Zig
Always unpredictable, Poppy shifts gears once again. "Zig" melds electronic pop with nuanced metal elements, resulting in a kaleidoscope of sounds that's both enchanting and jarring.
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VRSTY - Levitate
Levitate is a sonic journey! VRSTY effortlessly blends atmospheric elements with heavy-hitting riffs, creating a vibe that's both immersive and intense. Each track feels fresh, proving VRSTY isn't afraid to experiment while staying true to their core sound.
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Wargasm – Venom
Wargasm's Venom solidifies their position as a dominant force in the UK heavy music scene, blending electronic-industrial sounds, drawing comparisons to The Prodigy, and even featuring a unique cameo from Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.
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Also out this week…
Aaron Cravens – Regenerate (Wormholedeath)
Aegrus – Invoking The Abysmal Night (Osmose)
Akkadian – The Devil Has Evolved EP (Self)
The Amenta – Plague Of Locus (Debemur Morti)
Anywhere But Now – Utopia (Self)
Bacterial Husk – Anthropogenic Ruin (Self)
Berserker Legion – Chaos Will Reign (Listenable)
Black Eucharist – Inn Of The Vaticide (Godz Ov War)
Blacklist Union – Letters From The Psych Ward (Blu)
Bonafide – Are You Listening? (Black Lodge)
Broder – Skarpretterfossilet (Extremely Rotten)
Cardinals Folly – Live By The Sword (Soulseller)
Cerulean – Carrion Angel EP (Self)
Closure In Moscow – Soft Hell (Bird’s Robe)
CoreLeoni – Alive (Metalville)
Crowdead – Tearing Your Soul Apart (Self)
Darkness Is My Canvas – White Noise EP (Inverse)
Darren Michael Boyd – Hexalogy (Sliptrick)
Dead Serenity – When Worlds Turn To Gray (Inverse)
Dokken – Heaven Comes Down (Silver Lining)
Dominion Of Suffering/Phobonoid – Split (Godz Ov War)
Doro – Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud (Nuclear Blast)
Ecocide – Metamorphosis (Memento Mori)
Efraah Enhsikaah – One Thousand Vultures Waiting To Be Fed (Osmose)
Ego Planet – Ego Planet (Argonauta)
Elm Street – The Great Tribulation (Massacre)
Erection House – Feels Of Correction (Helter Skelter)
Ershetu – Xibalba (Debemur Morti)
Farsoth – Morbid Symphonies (Black Lion)
Flesh Of The Stars – The Glass Garden (Self)
Flukt – Omen Ov Darkness (Dusktone)
Fly To The Sun – Fly To The Sun (Universe)
Freakshow – So Shall it Be (Eonian)
Ghosts Of Atlantis – Riddles Of The Sycophants (Hammerheart)
Glacier Eater – Tempest (Glacier)
Graven Dagger – Graven Dagger (Helter Skelter/Regain)
The Guru Guru – Make (Less) Babies (Hummus)
Hellfrost – Hellfrost (Curtain Call)
Howling Giant – Glass Future (Magnetic Eye)
Ignited – Cradle Of The Wicked (Self)
Iku-Turso – Ikuinen Kirous EP (Purity Through Fire)
Immortal Guardian – Unite And Conquer (M-Theory)
Impalement – The Dawn Of Blackened Death (Self)
Infernalizer – After Dark (Rockshots)
Johan Kihlberg’s Impera – Scandinavium Alive CD/DVD (Metalville)
King Falcon – King Falcon (Mascot)
Lake Malice – Post-Genesis EP (So)
La Mer – Tetrahendra (Godz Ov War)
Legendry – Time Immortal Wept (No Remorse)
Lightlorn – At One With The Night Sky (Black Lion)
Lucid Sins – Dancing In The Dark (Totem Cat)
Malokarpatan – Vertumnus Caesar (Invictus/The Ajna Offensive)
Mangled Carpenter – Salvation Syndrome (Rottweiler/Broken Curfew)
Mark Tremonti – Christmas Classics New & Old (Self)
Martyrdoom – As Torment Prevails (Memento Mori)
Mavro Gala – Tenderness (Venerate)
Mort – Fabulas Vulgaris (Self)
Mourning Mist – Amen (Moribund)
Nebelkrahe – Ephemer (Crawling Chaos)
Nebula – Livewired In Europe (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Noidva – Lappish Shatanism (Purity Through Fire)
Nyos – Waterfall Cave Fantasy, Forever (Pelagic)
Oerheks – Valkengebed (Amor Fati)
Omission – Disciples Of Ravens Vengeance (Xtreem)
One Of Nine – Eternal Sorcery (Argento)
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Spooky Action At A Distance (InsideOut)
Peine Kapital – Peine Kapital (Sludgelord)
Phantom Winter – Her Cold Materials (This Charming Man)
The Plague – Erosion Of Gods (Brilliant Emperor)
Prospective – Reasons To Leave (Self)
Ragana – Desolation’s Flower (The Flenser)
Raining Nails – Human Deeds (Rockshots)
Ramage Inc – Humanity Has Failed (Layered Reality)
Red Reign – Don’t Look Back (Deko)
Robin Trower – Joyful Sky (Provogue)
Scorpion Tea – Scorpion Tea (Give/Take)
Sepulchral Curse – Abhorrent Dimensions (Transcending Obscurity)
Set To Stun – Valkyrie One (Tragic Hero)
Shadowspawn – Blasphemica (Emanzipation)
Sky Empire – The Shifting Tectonic Plates Of Power – Part One (ViciSolum)
Sorcerer – Reign Of The Reaper (Metal Blade)
Summoning Death – A Traumatic Night Of The Creeps EP (Chaos)
Suol – Suol (Swarte Yssel)
Sweatpants Boner – Regurgitation Of Bonerific Cuisine (Maxima)
Taking Back Sunday – 152 (Fantasy)
Three Eyes Of The Void – The Atheist (Folter)
Testimony Of Apocalypse – The Offering (Roxx)
Thanamagus – Lie In Wait< EP (Carbonized)
Throat – We Must Leave You (Svart)
Tortuga – Iterations (Napalm)
Tower Hill – Deathstalker (No Remorse)
Tumannduumband – Throne Of Grief (Cursed Monk)
Veil Of The Serpent – Gallery Of Sin II EP (Self)
Venom – Live From The Hammersmith Odeon Theatre CD/DVD (Dissonance)
Violet Blend – Live And True (Eclipse)
Vokonis – Exist Within Light EP (Majestic Mountain)
Wayfarer – American Gothic (Profound Lore)
W.E.B. – Into Hell Fire We Burn EP (Metal Blade)
White Tundra – White Tundra (All Good Clean)
Witching – Incendium (Translation Loss)
