sulphurous - the black mouth of sepulchre

boy, what a blast of relentless death/doom from denmark. much unexpected, much appreciated. one of the coolest releases this year. me saco un ojo records. 2021.

happy new year to you dudes and dudettes...

eximperitus - sahrartu

these crazy metalheads from belarus went through a lot in recent times regarding the political situation in their home country. don't know if this added to the greatness that is this new album but"sahrartu" is a masterpiece and much overlooked, it seems. check them out! random colour vinyl out of 300 copies. willowtip records. 2021.

the ocean - pelagial

great album by a great band (or collective as they only have one-two stable members) in a nice vinyl edition. double clear 10" vinyl in a gatefold with obi strip. proggy/sludgy metal that makes you crave for more. released in 2013 on metal blade. this is a 2019 re-press on pelagic records.

archspire - bleed the future

the new archspire is a tech death kick to the head. brilliant record! couldn't resist to get the tape version as well. milky clear/white marble out of 200 copies and tape limited to the same amount of copies. season of mist records. 2021.

liar - deathrow earth

finally a re-press of the 1999 album 'deathrow earth' by H8000 hardcore legend's liar. i was hunting this og burgundy pressing for quite some time but never came across a single copy. needless tosay i am stoked to have it now in hands, and what a beauty it is. crazy dunk! pressing and limited to 107 copies. self-released by former band members (i believe) under the banner of fx7 records.

psycroptic - the watcher of all

bought this pretty exactly one year ago but never posted it, so here we go. two track e.p. by australia's finest in techy death metal, psycroptic. solid but only two songs leave you really wanting more, so what about a new album actually? 300 copies pressed by agonia records. 2020.

burial in the sky - the consumed self

real proggy death metal including the dude who played the saxophone on rivers of nihil's last two records. to be heard on bass and obviously on sax here. really good stuff and the vinyl pressings looks lovely, too. 250 copies pressed by rising nemesis records. 2021.

crowbar - sever the wicked hand

yet another re-issue of a crowbar album by e-one heavy (or mnrk heavy as the company is called now). i passed on a few because i have previous pressings but with 'sever the wicked hand' it was a no-brainer to get a copy because i was severly lacking a vinyl copy of the album. 500 copies on opaque apple red vinyl. none heavier.

mastodon - hushed and grim

ah man, i don't know. there are quite some real good songs on 'hushed & grim' but i still don't really know whether this album clicks with me or not. i can't be sure really as i had way too few listens as of now. the 80min + of the album don't help in that matter because i find it hard to sit through that long of a duration. what is safe to say is that this record is a bit more mellow than previous work. i'll give it another listen... reprise records. 2021.