Weekly Release Roundup: Monday 13th Jan 2025 – Friday 17th Jan 2025
From technical death metal to power metal, to extreme groove and desert fuzz, to melodeath and toilet slam, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out. All these releases are out this week!
Synaptic – Enter the Void (Lifeless Chasm Records)
Unexpected, but not unwelcome, Synaptic are back, and in quick fashion, make sure everyone listening is mightily grateful that they are.
Check out the full review here.
Dragonknight – Legions (Scarlet Records)
Legions delivers power metal, as you know it, without too many genre bending differences, but they deliver the very best version of it with a collection of exciting songs, written wonderfully and executed to perfection.
Check out the full review here.
Sarcator – Swarming Angels & Flies (Century Media)
A cacophony of extreme noise that combines thrash, death, and black metal in an ugly, but notable way. Sarcator’s intensity is at the forefront, and they deliver a breathless explosion of heaviness with impressive aplomb.
Check out the full review here.
Dunes – Land Of The Blind (Ripple Music)
Fuzzed out to the point where the teeth are set on edge, but with lashings of desert-soaked groove, Dunes’ new album takes the best parts of the genre, bows down to the riff, throws in plenty of psychedelia, a sprinkling of doom, and so much more. If you’re a fan of the stoner sound in general you will find plenty to enjoy with Dunes, but you’ll also find an addictive mix of the old and the new that leaves a much stronger impression.
Check out the full review here.
Thy Kingdom Will Burn – The Loss and Redemption (Scarlet Records)
There are a lot of reasons to fall in love with this latest Thy Kingdom Will Burn offering, but none may be as obvious as the bombast that the album has. This is melodeath, but it’s grand melodeath. Delivering intensity not only through thick layers of metal but through bright and brilliant melody.
Check out the full review here.
Cerebral Hemorrhage – Exempting Reality (Comatose Music)
A brutish showcase of death metal at its filthiest. Seven tracks that make your skin crawl, create hot flushes of fear, and leave you feeling like you’ve picked up some horrid disease just by hearing them.
Check out the full review here.
Putrid Defecation – Tales from the Toilet (Stadin Rec)
Are you prepared for some sphincter-loosening noise that is characteristic of the toilet slam genre? No, chances are you’re wondering what the actual f**k the ‘toilet slam’ genre is, and no-one can blame you.
Check out the full review here.
