Greetings, Decibel readers!
In a digital world choked with insufferable AI-slop, and quite a bit of content that might as well be AI-slop, I want you to know I’m still here for you. Every week, you can rely on me to push my narrow view of what’s worth listening to and cast it as if I represent the general consensus. And there’s no annoying voiceover.
And no call to action, other than to listen to music.
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Abhorrent Expanse – Enter the Misanthropocene
Normally I’m not much for the avant-garde, but Abhorrent Expanse‘s improvisational work of sonic insanity is a definite exception. Unsettling, unnerving and unpredictable — but also unrelentingly heavy and unpretentious.
Enter the Misanthropocene by Abhorrent Expanse
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Anthrodynia – Unspeakable Horrors Emanating from Within
You really can’t have enough cavernous, gloomy death metal like this in your life. This is the Canadian band’s debut album, a strong statement of purpose that aligns them with the musical traditions of Incantation and Disembowlment. Menacing and moody in equal measure.
Stream: Apple Music
Unspeakable Horrors Emanating from Within by Anthrodynia
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Castrator – Coronation of the Grotesque
Deliciously brutal excellence from the well-renowned New York-based act. Coronation of the Grotesque takes the best of gory, brutal death metal, and laces it with extremely effective riff- and solo-work reminiscent of late-90s giants like Nile and Hate Eternal.
Stream: Apple Music
Coronation of the Grotesque by Castrator
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Grand Cadaver – The Rot Beneath
The latest in HM-2 pedal-worship from the Swedish supergroup, featuring Dark Tranquility‘s Mikael Stanne on vocals. This is the band’s followup to 2023’s Deities of Deathlike Sleep.
Stream: Apple Music
The Rot Beneath by Grand Cadaver
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Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands
Speaking of Sweden! Fifteen albums on and still into glory Unleashed rides! Straightforward, grinding death metal, just as Odin intended.
Stream: Apple Music
Fire Upon Your Lands by Unleashed
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