Sh*t That Comes Out Today: September 2, 2014
Hi MetalSucks reader! Welcome back to Shit That Comes Out Today, your satanic bible of each week’s heavy new releases. We list ’em, we spotlight ’em, we link you to their preview jams and full streams — and everybody wins. And if we missed any legit new shit, we beg you to email us! Thanks! Now crank it up!
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Sólstafir
Ótta (Season of Mist)
On a playlist with: Lantlôs, Primordial, Woods Of Ypres
Listen Ótta full stream (here)
Say you want to get your gentle rock on, but with some Icelandic swing. Well, lucky you! Sólstafir is here with Ótta to confuse you with all the sexy foreign language you can handle. Ótta is chock full of sensitivity, Northern vibes, and hard groove, meaning it’s a 100% dynamic package. And your inability to follow the lyrics (unless you speak Icelandic) adds to the album’s already profound mystical quality.
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The Haunted
Exit Wounds (Century Media)
On a playlist with: Hatesphere, The Crown, Carnal Forge
Listen “Time Will Not Heal” (here) “Cutting Teeth” (here)
I know The Haunted didn’t always have Peter Dolving, but they lost it when they lost him. From Revolver to Unseen we were graced with some of the best vocals in the business. Here. And here. Now we have vanilla groove-core, and they didn’t even put any fucking sprinkles on it. Big frowny face when one of my favorite bands loses their jam and juices.
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Black Tongue
Born Hanged/Falsifier [Redux] EPs reissue (SOAR/Century Media)
On a playlist with: King Conquer, Dysphoria, Echoes Of Misanthropy
Listen “Falsifier” (here) “Eclipse” (here)
Black Tongue has heavy down fucking pat. There’s been a lot of negative noise surrounding Born Hanged, mostly from the “omg stupid breakdownz all sound the same” club. Whatever. This shit is the muscle car of metal — it’s designed to do just one thing, and one thing well. Think cheaply enjoyable, like a Hostess Twinkie or ripping a knee scab off! I love the try-hard, campy insanity of it, and so should you.
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Earth
Primitive And Deadly (Southern Lord)
On a playlist with: Om, Sleep, Boris
Listen “From The Zodiacal Light” (here)
If, like me, you’ve never given psychedelic metal a chance, go for Earth’s Primitive And Deadly, one of few space-out albums that sounds good when you’re stone sober. Big, arching vocal hooks overlap with ambient woosh noises and slow-strumming guitars to create the mood. The lengthy tracks keep you hooked. The album art (#woahdude) will have you drooling. Dope, nope?
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The Color Morale
Hold On Pain Ends (Fearless)
On a playlist with: Like Moths To Flames, Fit For A King, My Ticket Home
Listen Hold On Pain Ends full stream (here)
Hold on, pain ends — but not onto Hold On Pain Ends, which sucks. At least slam-oriented metal can manage enough groove to sound good in the opening slot for, like, Emmure or something. Yet The Color Morale manage only to bungle that meager task.
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Pig Heart Transplant
For Mass Consumption (20 Buck Spin/Iron Lung)
On a playlist with: Swans, Iron Lung, Pitch Shifter
Listen “Film” and “Gift” (here)
Just the band name “Pig Heart Transplant” implies a sound like Cattle Decapitation or Pig Destroyer, right? You’re way off. I’ll let you dive into “Film” and “Gift” to figure it out, and I bet my shiniest penny you’ll come back having not figured a damn thing out. Even in a loose definition of “music,” For Mass Consumption might not fit. Ironic? Or just derp?
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OTHER SHIT THAT COMES OUT TODAY
» Black Twilight Circle Tliltic Tlapoyauak vinyl (The Ajna Offensive) listen listen
Blood Of Kingu Dark Star On The Right Horn Of The Crescent Moon (Season Of Mist) listen
Bloodsoaked Religious Apocalypse (Comatose) listen
Code Orange I Am King (Deathwish) listen
Cowards Shooting Blanks & Pills reissue (Secret Handshake) listen
Dark Fortress Venereal Dawn (Century Media) listen listen
» Emblazoned Eucharistiae Sacramentum (Deepsend) listen
Empress AD Still Life Moving Fast (Roadrunner/The End) listen
» Faithsedge The Answer Of Insanity (Scarlet) listen
Hammerfall (r)Evolution (Nuclear Blast) listen
Horned Almighty World Of Tombs (Scarlet) listen listen
Incite Up In Hell (Minus Head) listen listen read
The King Is Blind The Deficiencies Of Man EP (Mordgrimm) listen
Krieg Transient (Candlelight) listen
Meridian The Awful Truth (Victory) listen listen
Moral Mazes Magic Tommy Jackson (Bridge Nine) listen
Neopera Destined Ways (Armoury) listen
Nethermost Noetic (HPGD) listen
Nostril Caverns Inside The Cell/The Dying’s Last Breath (Tridroid) listen
Oecist XVIII LIII EP (Crowquill) listen
Axel Rudi Pell Into the Storm Deluxe Edition (SPV) listen
Richie Kotzen The Essential Richie Kotzen CD/DVD (Loud & Proud) listen
Set And Setting A Vivid Memory (Prosthetic) listen listen
» Solace Of Requiem Casting Ruin (ViciSolum) listen
Trascendental Nothingness (Xtreem) listen
Vermin Womb Permanence EP (Throatruiner) listen
We Came As Romans Present, Future, And Past DVD (Equal Vision) watch
Weedeater …And Justice For Y’all reissue (Season Of Mist) listen
Weedeater Sixteen Tons reissue (Season Of Mist) listen
Wolf Devil Seed (Century Media) listen listen
YOB Clearing The Path To Ascend (Neurot) listen read
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