Undergang - Til Døden Os Skiller (2012)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: Denmark

Getting ready for my head to be pounded into the floorboards once more...

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Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel (2012)

Genre: Black Metal
Country: Ukraine

About time.

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Abyssal - Denouement (2012)

Genre: Death/Black Metal
Country: United Kingdom

Cheers to JGD from The Living Doorway for locating this monster of an album. Numerous influences are evident upon listening to this, all the way from Ulcerate (probably the biggest similarity, even has drumming that approaches Jamie Saint Merat in prowess at times), to Suffocation, Antediluvian, Weapon and even Arghoslent can be found mixed into the hidden murk that this beast is covered in. Very impressive first release and an early contender for AOTY for me. I'll be certainly looking forward to hearing more material from these guys in the future. Album is available for preview and download from Bandcamp.

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Wombbath - Internal Caustic Torments (1993)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: Sweden

Some old-school Swedish death metal that has been rather overlooked and forgotten. It seems that a lot of albums are like that.

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Nocturnal Torment - They Come At Night (2012)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States

Another promising 2012 death metal full length from a band that actually formed in 1988 (Better late than never, of course). Loaded with juicy riffs and some top-notch vocals with a blend of a hoarse, bottom-end grunt and higher shrieks thrown in intermittently for good measure.

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Nekromantheon - Divinity of Death (2010)

Genre: Thrash Metal
Country: Norway

Do you like riffs? Do you like Norway? Do you like having your face sandblasted? Do you want to thrash until the skull covering your irrelevant little brain undergoes liquefaction? Do you want to die via a hailstorm with watermelon-sized hailstones? If you answered yes to any of the previous five questions, get this now.

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Ashdautas / Bone Awl - Split (2011)

Genre: Black Metal
Country: United States

While I've always been more of a fan of Bone Awl than Ashdautas, this long-awaited split presents awesome material from both bands. So if you're a bit tired of listening to dm (lol) then here's some black metal sharp as a razor. The 22-minute epic that is Ashdautas' "Vermilion Stars In Depths Familiar" is particularly good.

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