The Mighty Decibel

Release date May 17/19 (Prosthetic) Having grown up on thrash and power metal, the thought of pairing the two make me excited, to say the least. Enter Atlanta newcomers Paladin, with their debut album Ascension. Not only do they meld the genres together perfectly, they have their own unique style that is apparent immediately. Taylor Washington takes up the pen, the mic, and lead guitar on this release and he cuts through it like a knife to butter. He is Alexi Laiho with Europ

Expecting doom metal to come out of the speakers upon initial listen to Hey Satan's sophomore full length, I was

Once more into the demo, EP, single, mini-album abyss we delve ..

Love grindcore, but gotta say that I don't usually delve in goregrind, finding the vocals hard to consume.

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Release date May 25/19 (Bandcamp) Not sure how I've missed Martyrdod up to now. Yet another mighty fine D-beat unit out of Sweden, this veteran unit has been in existing since 2003 with Hexhammaren being their fifth full length release. While the overall intensity and harsh vocal style utilized here certainly harkens to the last two Disfear discs (Misanthropic Generation and Live The Storm), Martyrdod differentiate themselves through the insertion of melodic black metal riffa

Motorhead lives on through the punishing grooves found on this third full-length release from the U.K.'s Asomvel

Once more we turn our gaze to the stockpile of EPs, singles, demos and mini-albums ..

We continue venturing into the bottomless pit that is demo, EP, single and mini-album releases ... WULFAZ up first with their three-track, eleven-minute EP entitled Eriks kumbl (sorry - translation attempts came up empty), available on Bandcamp. Grind-infused black metal is at the core here, lyrically focusing on Viking themes I'm told (all songs are sung in their native Danish, I assume). Melodic, yet blistering, elements of folk are also injected into the mayhem creating a

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