Piss Test - LP 2 (2017)

Piss Test are a no frills, fast and straight forward garage punk trio. That's it and that's all and this is LP 2. "I still hate Fleetwood Mac, I still dress all in black, I sew patches on my pants, I still get crazy when I dance… and I live in a basement!"

Piss Test - LP 2 (bandcamp)

UT - δ γ ε β (2017)

 

UT released a new album a couple weeks ago, here is that album;

UT - δ γ ε β (bandcamp)

Golden Pelicans - Disciples of Blood (2017)

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Sink your silver teeth into some Golden Pelicans, bud. Trashier than thou punk rock, simple as that.

Golden Pelicans - Disciples of Blood (bandcamp)

Disma - The Graveless Remains (2017)

I really like Disma, and so should you. The Graveless Remains is an EP spanning 15 minutes that will guaranteed make your ejaculate shoot more like a firehose and less like a dud… girls you too. 

Disma - The Graveless Remains (bandcamp)

Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy (2017)

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This is an obligatory Full of Hell post, meaning, you probably already know by now that Full of Hell puts out their new album today, but it doesn't matter because I don't want to be the only bedroom blogger that is out of this circle jerk loop. So here you go, you heard it here first folks, Full of Hell has a new album, it's called 'Trumpeting Ecstasy' and you will probably want to hear me say something like "Trumpeting Ecstasy is a shoe-in for filthiest, heavier than a buffalo ex-lax shit, faster than your first orgasm with a real live girl record of 2017"

I don't know yet, I think this might be a really banging record that might have me longing for the old feral, blood stuck in the larynx, Full of Hell. Only time will tell, and lonely nights wrapped around a bottle of bourbon and anger in my chest.

Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy (bandcamp)

Duel - Witchbanger (2017)

Italy's Duel is soaked in as much THC as Henrix's bandana and they released a new album a few days ago to apparently bang witches to. Acid drip riffs wrapped up in a sound that nods to everything 60's and 70's, nothing new to your ears but that's not the point. My only qualm is that the retro production quality has led for an overall flatter sound, but I think that's the point, and it kinda works here anyway. Speaking of witches, where is Acid Witch?

Duel - Witchbanger (bandcamp)

Venenum - Trance of Death (2017)

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Venenum have been tiptoeing their way through the shadows, frolicking in the sepulchre and spending long moonless nights in the crypt apothecary writing their debut album which has taken them six years after releasing their putrid self-titled EP… Time well spent I guess.

Trance of Death is a masterclass in forward thinking death metal, taking the genre into pools only a small sample are already soaking in. Trance of Death dips and swells into progressive bridges that burrow through segues of psychedelic and subtle occult horror backdrops in a way that steers clear of the heard that before, even though you probably have, a la Occultation, Tribulation, Mitochondrion, Morbis Chron, etc.

I don't want to go on forever so I'll summate; Venenum have given man birth to a record that will see itself among the top of many lists this year, and it's likely earned. Laurels aside, it's worth your listen and then you can decide for yourself.

Listen to the song Trance of Death, Part I: Reflections. It will wrap everything up for you.

Venenum - Trance of Death (bandcamp)

Sunset Images - Obscure Daze (2017)

Two-piece experimental noise rock drenched in fuzz and reverb and recorded live in analog for good measure. Sounds good? Good. It is good. Samuel and Alejandro combine to create a dense fog of sound built around a amalgamation of noise, psych, fuzz, shoegaze, ambient a little bit of butter and a whole lot of evil and darkness with gusto on top.

The album is yours for the price of a venti machiatto you yuppie shit. Listen deep.
Sunset Images - Obscure Daze (bandcamp)

Lluvia - Enigma (2017)

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Mexico's Lluvia is Lord Vast as a one-man force in churning our really ugly black metal with keen acumen for creating a thickly atmosphere that bobs and weaves its way through a network of riffs that run the gamut of hypnotic whirr to frenetic tremolos that shift into these really beautiful moments in the ugliness and despair of his songs. There was a new album (ep) put onto the band camp that has a release date for 2036, I don't know what that means but here is that album;

Lluvia - Enigma (bandcamp)