AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN – CLOSURE – POST-METAL

While Closure certainly fits into the post-black metal category, it takes more cues from the raw black metal base than others in this sphere. An Autumn for Crippled Children uses all the hallmarks of atmospheric black metal, with stripped back production and intentionally subdued vocals that paint an image of emotion, but with a brush from farther in the depths. 

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CRYPTA – SHADES OF SORROW – DEATH METAL

The death metal dealers from Sao Paolo, Brazil have delivered another shredding slab of thrashy death metal. Shades of Sorrow shows the band really striving to be one of the elites of contemporary extreme metal. Riffs for days spices up with new melodies coupled with a solid variety of rhythms and layers, Crypta have leveled up an already winning formula. 

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DYMNA LOTVA – THE LAND UNDER THE BLACK WINGS: BLOOD – POST-METAL

Intricate, dense and compelling, Dymna Lotva put the “post” in post-metal in that the go beyond the boundaries of even one of the most boundless genres. Harrowing and heartbreaking, this album evoked a physical reaction as much as an emotional one with each layer of pain explored. 

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HUMANITY’S LAST BREATH – ASHEN – DEATHCORE

Far from simply crushing, these guys get downright oppressive. Ever the oracles of armageddon, Humanity’s Last Breath hold true to their name and their roots, foretelling the death that awaits us all. Unsettling at times, Humanity’s Last Breath knows how to balance haunting and brutal expertly. 

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SKINDRED – SMILE – NU METAL

Chunky breakdowns and nu-metal melodies abound on what is probably Skindred’s catchiest album to date. Skindred is relentless at what they do, with Benji Webbe’s reggae-style gnarly vocals bringing it all together. Stacked with a mix of hip-hop, dance, reggae, rock and metal, these guys continue to explore the darker side of things.

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TEENAGE WRIST – STILL LOVE – ROCK/SHOEGAZE

Wrapping up this week we have the third album from Teenage Wrist. The band steps out of their comfort zone and into uncharted territory, having fully produced this album themselves. This newfound freedom can be heard as the band explores not only the production side of things, but composition, getting heavier at times, while balancing it out with some solid groove.

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ALSO OUT THIS WEEK…

Ancient Torment/Haxen – The Howling Gale Split (Eternal Death)
Ars Moriendi – Lorsque les coeurs s’assechent (Archaic Sound)
Balgaroth – We Bring Calamity EP (Self)
Besta – Terra Em Desapego (Lifeforce)
Big Red Fire Truck – Trouble In Paradise EP (Self)
Blight House – Blight The Way (Syrup Moose)
Chupacabra – Fortified With Ashes EP (Self)
The Crawling – All Of This For Nothing (Grindscene)
Crown Solace – Animus EP (Self)
Dead Neanderthals – Specters (Utech)
Devin Townsend – Devolution #3: Empath Live In America (InsideOut)
Dun Ringill – 150 – Where The Old Gods Play Act 1 (The Sign)
Edward Reekers – The Liberty Project (Music Theories)
Fronteeria – How Eden Rose From Untilled Earth (Self)
Grave Domain – Grave Domain (Weirdjazz)
Hallucinate – From The Bowels Of The Earth (Caligari)
The Idiots – König der Idioten (Massacre)
Impathos – Ascension EP (Self)
Kaj Pousar – Nine Lives (Melodic Passion)
Kent Hilli – Nothing Left To Lose (Frontiers)
Konvolted – Human Reification (Sliptrick)
Korgull The Exterminator – Built To Kill (Xtreem)
Luna In Sanguinem – Flu World Order (Self)
Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II (BMG)
Moose Cult – Moose Cult (Self)
Necrokinesis – A Force Made Flesh (Self)
Noisepoetnobody – This City (Scry)
Old Ghoul – Old Ghoul EP (Helter Skelter)
Panda Kingdom – Panda Kingdom (Dripfeed)
Shipwrecker – Different Beast (Self)
The Shredderz – The Shredderz (Self)
Sleepwalker – Skopofoboexoskelett (Sentient Ruin)
Spitpool – Inhumane Descent EP (Shattered Earth)
Summon The Moon – Persona (Self)
Temple Of Katharsis – Macabre Ritual (Theogonia)
Tumulation – Haunted Funeral Creations (Hammerheart)
Vargr – FTW (Blooddawn)