Into a Cold Abyss

Artist: Eternal Alchemist Album: Invocation of the Black Flames Genre: Black Metal Country: Germany Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. A Violent Cosmic Storm 2. Invocation of the Black Flames 3. Flesh and Bones 4. Slowly Towards the Grave Raw black metal project from Germany, don't sleep on this one.

Artist: Dagorath Album: Glare of the Morning Star Genre: Black Metal Country: Poland Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Crushing the Falsehood of Divinations 2. Whore's Throne Successor 3. Przemienienie 4. Grotesque Procession 5. XIIII 6. Sepulchral Slaughter 7. Delilah 8. Black Magick Covenant Harsh, raw and cold black metal.

Artist: Napalm Genre: Hardcore Country: Australia Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. No Saviours Sydney 4 piece bring you their crushing debut single, keep an eye out for these guys!

Artist: Skeletal Spectre Album: Tomb Coven Genre: Death Metal Country: Sweden Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. The Decapitress 2. Amulet of Impurity 3. Wrath of Corrupta 4. Burial Ground 5. Cursed Ancestry 6. Tomb Coven 7. Eerie Bones Swedish masterpiece blending crushing doom and death metal tones, essential listening for fans of Monotheist era Celtic Frost

Artist: Revel in Flesh Album: Relics of the Deathkult Genre: Death Metal Country: Germany Support:  Bandcamp  /  Spotify  /  Facebook 1. Bonecrusher 2. Corpus Vermis 3. A Chant of Misery 4. Deathkult 5. Phlebotomy: Blood Dripping Healing 6. Nightrealm Ghouls: The Dead Will Walk the Earth 7. The Ending in Fire 8. Casket Ride 9. Pay to Die 10. Mutilation 11. Deny the Light This is a collection of songs previously only found on 7" EP's, perfectly showcasing the bands growth. For fans of death metal that sounds like real death metal

Artist: Bog Wraith Album: Omen Genre: Blackened Deathcore Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. Convocation 2. Contract 3. Prophecy 4. Omen 5. All Hail (feat. Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder) 6. Incantation 7. Idyll 8. Sigil 9. Retaliation 10. Torment (feat. Clint Franklin of Recorruptor) 11. Heir 12. Treason 13. Suppression Straight up nasty

Artist: Rivers of Nihil Album: Where Owls Know My Name Genre: Death Metal Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. Cancer / Moonspeak 2. The Silent Life 3. A Home 4. Old Nothing 5. Subtle Change (Including the Forest of Change and the Dissatisfaction Dance) 6. Terrestria III: Winter 7. Hollow 8. Death Is Real 9. Where Owls Know My Name 10. Capricorn / Agoratopia Go ahead and pick this one up, easily one of the best albums you'll hear all year. 

Artist: Coldworld Album: Wolves and Sheep Genre: Depressive Black Metal Country: Germany Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. Wolves and Sheep 2. The Cave/Wolves and Sheep II This short 25 minute EP is absolutely chilling, rough and exactly what you need. There's a new album coming out this year and I can't wait to see what Georg has in store for us

Artist: My Will Be Done Album: Cast Your Darkness Upon Them Genre: Melodic Death Metal Country: Germany Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Altruistic Requiems 2. Unto Ashes 3. The Passenger 4. Cast Your Darkness Upon Them 5. Bathory 6. No Sympathy for the Misbehaved 7. Delicacies Melodic death metal for fans of The Black Dahlia Murder and Crimson Armada, this one's free on bandcamp and well worth a listen!

Artist: I, Valiance Album: I Genre: Deathcore Country: Australia Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. Moon 2. The Witches Den 3. Mind Speaks Aloud 4. I Am Free Melbourne boys are back and they've brought Mark Poida with them, get ready for some Mr. Bungle flavoured death, crushing riffs and powerful vocals blended in with some weird carnival themes. I couldn't rate this one higher.

Artist: Ataraxy Album: Where All Hope Fades Country: Spain Genre: Death Metal Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. The Absurdity of the Whole Cosmos 2. A Matter Lost in Time 3. One Last Certainty 4. As Uembras D'o Hibierno 5. The Mourning Path 6. The Blackness of Eternal Night Dark and gloomy death metal, slow and melancholic parts bordering on doom metal.

Artist: Ætheria Conscientia Album: Tales from Hydhradh Genre: Progressive Black Metal Country: France Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Mystic Temples of Hydhradh 2. Sacrifice of the Connected Ones 3. Cleansing of the Siraxas - The Exalted Ones 4. Along the Uncertain Path of the Maphoros Black metal from outer space, honestly, as soon as I heard the saxophone I was hooked. This album seamlessly blurs the lines between classic black metal, jazz and progressive metal. With well crafted story telling and enough turns to keep you interested these guys are going to go far. Check this one out.

Artist: Voracious Scourge Album: Our Demise Genre: Death Metal Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Spotify  /  Facebook 1. Vaticination 2. Harbinger of Our Own Demise 3. Fortuity of the Decieved 4. Expatiate the Depraved 5. Oracle of Repugnance Old school, classic death metal. Just solid, crunchy riffs and hammering drums like they did it in the 90's. The band is made up of ex-members of legends Suffocation, Suture, and Sinister. This EP starts the year off with a bang for death metal, and I sure as shit can't wait to see what else these guys have to offer.