The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, PARTY CANNON & More Out This Week 3/27

This week’s new heavy metal releases include biker metal from uncle Zakk, blazing black metal, lots of prog, and more! To the metals…

Bekor Qilish – Consecrated Abysses of Dread

Genre: Avant-garde /death metal
Origin: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Label: I, Voidhanger Records)

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Every once in a while I’m hit with a record that sounds like the best type of madness and it’s almost always an I, Voidhanger record. This is one of those records. In the 3:47 runtime of the track below there’s black metal, dissonant death metal, and experimental thrash. The rest of the record dabbles with synths, old school prog, and straight ahead rock n roll. Like I said, the best type of madness.

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Black Label Society – Engines Of Demolition

Genre: Heavy metal
Origin: Los Angeles, California
Label: MNRK Heavy

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It’s been five years since Zakk and his gang of bikers have brought BLS to your ears. Sure, he’s been busy with Zakk Sabbath and Pantera, but these are pure Wylde rock. Expect lots of solos.

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Carnivore A.D. – Transmutation

Genre: Crossover thrash
Origin: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Apostasy

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The whole Carnivore thing is confusing. This is some version of the band’s first release of new material in albums forty years. After reuniting as a tribute to Peter Steele with the “AD,” some of the guys kept going with out him, but now different guys are going still with out the original guys? Anyway, these five songs rip no matter what banner they are using.

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Godsticks – Void

Genre: Progressive rock/metal
Origin: Wales
Label: Kscope

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If your a fan of the Transatlantic and or anything Neal Morse touches, you’ll probably dig this slightly heavier take on that sound. Void is quite groovy, complex, and melodic. Soaring dad prog (meant as a compliment) mixed with djent.

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Only Human – Planned Obsolescence

Genre: Progressive Metal
Origin: Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: Season Of Mist

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More prog. You can’t stop me. This is much heavier that Godsticks, but just as groovy. You’re getting some metalcore mixed in as well as lots of sci-fi influences. Sorta reminds me of Last Chance To Reason.

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Party Cannon – Subjected To A Partying

Genre: Brutal death metal/slam
Origin: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Label: Unique Leader Records

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Do you guys rememeber that episode of Futurama with Slurms Mckenzie? He was a space slug that was the mascot for a soft drink and partied for a living but was so tired and sad about it. I wonder if that’s what it’s like for Party Cannon. Anyway, this EP has some remixes, a couple live tracks, and four new crushing tracks.

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Rivers Ablaze – Inexternal Dread

Genre: Progressive black/death metal
Origin: Budapest, Hungary
Label: Inertial Music

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More progressive metal. Again, you can’t stop me! Actually this is more on the black or death metal side of things anyway. You’re get some breaks for some slight genre shifts, but it’s mostly heavy. Lots of shredding from all involved.

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Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season

Genre: Black metal
Origin: Manchester, England
Label: Napalm

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There is always an grim energy to a Winterfylleth album but rarely does it sound actually angry. This time, they seem pissed. Still all the epic symphonic elements underneath black metal speed, but there’s a rage this time. It’s on the nose to say this, but there’s a fire under them this time.

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Also dropping this week…

• The Academy Is… – Almost There (I Surrender) – Pop punk
• Acidosis – Arrival (Self-released) – Thrash/punk
• Adversam – Daimon (Masked Dead Records / Sulphur Music) – Black metal
• Aggressive Perfector – Come Creeping Fiends (Dying Victims Productions) Speed/black metal
• Ain Sof Aur – Theos-Vel-Samael (I, Voidhanger Records) – Black metal
• Ashen Sun – Velarium (Desert Plain Records) – Gothic rock/metal
• Black Veins –EP 2 (Self-released) – Metalcore
• Blasart – Depravatus Christianis Sacris (Lavadome Productions) – Black metal
• The Casualties – Detonate (Hellcat) – Punk
• Chamber – This Is Goodbye… (Pure Noise) – Mathcore/metalcore
• Chaosaddiction – Kintsugi (Mosher Records) – Groove metal
• Cruel Force – Haneda (Shadow Kingdom Records) -Thrash
• Dark Heart – Evolution (Pride & Joy Music) – Melodic rock
• Defacing God – Darkness Is My Crown (Apostasy Records) – Symphonic black/gothic metal
• Devil’s Cigarette – Meet Me On The Floor Tonight (Wild Kingdom / Sound Pollution) – Hard rock
• Dionysiaque – La Tourbe Des Rêves (I, Voidhanger Records) – Blackened doom/thrash
• Divine Chaos – Hate Reactor (Self-released) Melodic death metal/thrash
• DomJord – Morgonglöd (Vidfare Productions) – Death metal
• Don Broco – Nightmare Tripping (Fearless Records) – Alternative rock/nu metal
• EchoVerse – Fall Towards The Sky (Self-released) – Progressive rock
• Enisum – Autumn Embrace (Avantgarde Music) – Atmospheric black metal/doom
• Final Coil – 1994 (Nyctophobic Records) – Post-rock/progressive
• Flesh Planet – // first flesh (Self-released) – Industrial/shoegaze
• Foetorem – Incongruous Forms Of Evergrowing Rot (Everlasting Spew Records) – Death metal/doom
• Free Throw – Moments Before The Wind (Wax Bodega) – Emo
• Growth – Under The Under (Wild Thing Records) – Technical/avant-garde death metal
• Heavy Metal Shrapnel – Heavy Metal Hairspray (Nameless Grave Records) – Heavy metal
• Helgafell – Chronicles (Naturmacht Productions) – Atmospheric black metal
• Hellripper – Coronach (Century Media) – Speed metal
• Hexenhorde – Sempiternal Witchery (Self-released) – Death metal
• Highgate –Prophecies Of Eternal Horror (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions) – Black metal/doom
• Horion – Doom (Self-released) – Post-rock/mathrock
• Intoxicated – The Dome (Redefining Darkness) – Death metal/thrash
• Iron Savior – Awesome Anthems Of The Galaxy (Perception) – Speed/heavy metal covers
• Iron Slug – Deceit And Misery (Road To Masochist) – Sludge/doom
• Chez Kane – Reckless (Frontiers) – Hard rock
• Këkht Aräkh – Morning Star (Sacred Bones) – Black metal/ambient
• Kerrigan – Wayfarer (High Roller) – Heavy metal
• Life Cycles – No One Escapes Death EP (1126) – Crossover thrash
• Lion’s Share – Inferno (Metalville) – Heavy/power metal
• Love Ghost – Anarchy And Ashes (Metropolis Records) – Heavy metal
• Mallavora – What If Better Never Comes? (Church Road Records) – Alternative metal
• Malum – From The Voids (Dark Essence Records) – Black metal
• Miserate – Weaver Of Witchery (Rekviem Records) – Extreme metal/doom
• Moodring – Death Fetish (SharpTone) – Alternative metal
• Mordeo – Mordeo (Hypaethral Records) – Sludge
• Multiwomb – Anatomy Of Gorelus (Grave Island Records) – Goregrind
• Myrath – Wilderness Of Mirrors (earMusic) – Progressive/power metal
• Obscure Fate – Shades Of A Dying World (Inverse Records) – Melodic death metal
• The Oldest House – The Art Of Abysswalking (I, Voidhanger Records) – Black metal/doom
• Pet Needs – Elbows Out! This Is Capitalism (Xtra Mile) – Alternative rock
• Power Paladin – Beyond The Reach Of Enchantment (ROAR) – Power metal
• Powerwolf – Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) (Napalm Records) – Power metal
• RedRedRed – Deaf Gods (Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records) – StonerStonerStoner
• Resistor – Bite This! (Self-reelased) – Deathcore
• Samurai Pizza Cats – Press Start (Century Media) – Metalcore
• Siege Perilous – Becoming The Dragon (Crunchtronic Records) – Heavy metal
• Sons Of Eternity – Human Beast (Massacre) – Heavy metal
• Sura’sura – Warfare Metal (විරෑපී) – Black metal
• Teeth Of Lamb – Deathward (Kernkraftritter Records) – Speed metal/thrash
• Threat Signal – Revelations (Agonia) – Metalcore/groove metal
• Tomorrow’s Outlook – Black Waves (Battlegod Productions) – Progressive/power metal
• Total Maniac –Love Overdrive (Self-released) – Heavy/speed metal
• Under Exile – Ephermera (Self-released) – Metalcore
• Valyear – An Invitation To Chaos (SelfMadeRecords LLC) – Alternative metal
• Varmia – lauks (M-Theory Audio) – Folk/black metal
• Xtinguish The Code –The Conflict (Grey Matter Records) – Hardcore