Metal Monthly: New Album Releases - April 2017

|| April 2017 Metal Album Releases



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/// Note: the genres come from Encyclopedia Metallum when available. Genre classifications are not always accurate. ///


Black, Pagan, Folk, Viking

Beyond the Grave - Degradation - 4/1/17 (Black)
Sielunvihollinen - Ruhonkantaja - 4/1/17 (Black)
Vanum - Burning Arrow [EP] - 4/1/17 (Black)
Inferno - Gnosis Kardias (Of Transcension and Involution) - 4/4/17 (Black)
The Sarcophagus - Beyond This World's Illusion - 4/4/17 (Black)
A Lie Nation - Begin Hate [EP] - 4/5/17 (Melodic Black)
Katharos XIII - Negativity - 4/5/17 (Black)
Corpus Diavolis - Atra Lumen - 4/6/17 (Black/Death)
Abduction - To Further Dreams of Failure - 4/6/17 (Black)
Beastcraft - Nocturnal Reverance [EP] - 4/7/17 (Black)
Burial Oath - Beyond the Vale of Shadowlands - 4/7/17 (Black)
Ghost Horizon - The Erotics of Disgust [EP] - 4/7/17 (Atmospheric Black)
Possession - Exorkizein - 4/7/17 (Black/Death)
VII Batallón de la Muerte - Semper Patriae Servire Praesto - 4/7/17 (Black)
Nott - Disfacimento - 4/8/17 (Black)
Oranssi Pazuzu - Farmakologinen [EP] - 4/13/17 (Psychedelic Black)
Dynfari - The Four Doors of the Mind - 4/14/17 (Atmospheric Black)
Naudiz - Wulfasa Kunja - 4/14/17 (Black)
Nightbringer - Terra Damnata - 4/14/17 (Black)
Shores of Null - Black Drapes for Tomorrow - 4/14/17 (Melodic Black/Doom)
Valiant - A Moribund Destiny - 4/14/17 (Epic Atmospheric Black)
Akerbeltz - Satanic - 4/15/17 (Black)
Chaos Cascade - Grotesque Inflictions of Infernal Agony - 4/15/17 (Black/Death/Grindcore)
Marthyrium - Beyond the Thresholds - 4/15/17 (Black)
Nihilation - A Misanthrope's Guide to the Planet - 4/15/17 (Progressive Black)
Argus Megere - VEII - 4/17/17 (Black)
Urangst - Leichnam - 4/20/17 (Depressive Black/Ambient)
Afraid of Destiny - Agony - 4/21/17 (Atmospheric/Depressive Black)
Celestial Grave - Pvtrefactio [EP] - 4/21/17 (Black)
Dystopia - Chaos Philosophorum - 4/21/17 (Black)
Farsot - Fail·Lure - 4/21/17 (Black)
Ghost Bath - Starmourner - 4/21/17 (Depressive/Post-Black)
Abomnium - A Hollow Path - 4/28/17 (Black/Death/Thrash)
Barathrum - Fanatiko - 4/28/17 (Black/Doom)
Corpus Christii - Delusion - 4/28/17 (Black)
Cult of Eibon - Lycan Twilight Sorcery [EP] - 4/28/17 (Black)
Helsótt - The Healer [EP] - 4/28/17 (Folk/Thrash)
Jonne - Kallohonka - 4/28/17 (Folk)
Seide - Beyond the Fallacy - 4/28/17 (Black)
Skyclad - Forward into the Past - 4/28/17 (Folk)
Veldes - The Bitterness Prophecy - 4/28/17 (Atmospheric Black)
Cavemaster - Sob o Abismo do Infinito - 4/29/17 (Black)
Odraedir - Legends of the Dark Times - 4/30/17 (Pagan/Folk)


Death

Abatuar - Perversiones de muerte putrefacta - 4/1/17 (Black/Death)
Bleak Flesh - Overcoming Reality [EP] - 4/1/17 (Progressive/Technical Death)
Sincarnate - In Nomine Homini - 4/1/17 (Doom/Death)
Azarath - In Extremis - 4/7/17 (Death/Black)
Nervochaos - Nyctophilia - 4/7/17 (Death)
Sigil - Kingdom of the Grave - 4/7/17 (Death)
The Crawling - Anatomy of Loss - 4/7/17 (Death/Doom)
Ubiquitous - Ad Portas Inferi - 4/7/17 (Melodic Death)
Defleshed and Gutted - The Prophecy in the Entrails - 4/8/17 (Brutal Death)
Alphoenix - Final Crusades - 4/12/17 (Melodic Death/Metalcore)
Fractal Universe - Engram of Decline - 4/14/17 (Progressive/Technical Death)
Deathawaits - Solve Coagula - 4/14/17 (Death/Thrash/Deathcore)
Lacerta - Lacerta - 4/14/17 (Death)
Necrowretch - Satanic Slavery - 4/14/17 (Death/Black)
Valgrind - Seal of Phobos [EP] - 4/14/17 (Death)
Varg - Götterdämmerung [EP] - 4/14/17 (Melodic Death/Black/Metalcore)
Decemberance - Conceiving Hell - 4/15/17 (Death/Doom)
Ancient Ascendant - Raise the Torch - 4/21/17 (Death)
Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon - 4/21/17 (Technical Death)
Cemetery Urn - Cemetery Urn - 4/21/17 (Death)
Disbelief - The Symbol of Death - 4/21/17 (Death/Thrash/Sludge)
Ingurgitating Oblivion - Vision Wallows in Symphonies of Light - 4/21/17 (Death)
Jotnar - Connected/Condemned - 4/21/17 (Melodic Death)
Mortör - Burn Up the Dead - 4/21/17 (Death/Thrash)
Profanity - The Art of Sickness - 4/21/17 (Death)
Resurgency - No Worlds... nor Gods Beyond - 4/21/17 (Death)
Tehom - The Merciless Light - 4/21/17 (Death)
Vomit Remnants - Hyper Groove Brutality - 4/21/17 (Brutal Death)
Morbid Flesh - Rites of the Mangled - 4/24/17 (Death)
Soulrot - Nameless Hideous Manifestations - 4/24/17 (Death)
The Hallowed Catharsis - Solar Cremation [EP] - 4/26/17 (Deathcore)
Aborted Fetus - The Art of Violent Torture - 4/28/17 (Brutal Death)
Cadaver Disposal - Transformatio Mundi - 4/28/17 (Death)
Hideous Divinity - Adveniens - 4/28/17 (Technical/Brutal Death)
Looking for an Answer - Dios carne - 4/28/17 (Grindcore/Death)
Noumena - Myrrys - 4/28/17 (Melodic Death)
Sarcasm - Within the Sphere of Ethereal Minds - 4/28/17 (Death)
Shadow of Intent - Reclaimer - 4/28/17 (Melodic Deathcore)
Mongol - Warrior Spirit [EP] - 4/29/17 (Folk/Melodic Death)


Thrash, Groove, Speed

Bloodrocuted - For the Dead Travel Fast - 4/1/17 (Thrash)
War Device - Infinite Chaos - 4/1/17 (Thrash)
Scatha - Take the Risk - 4/4/17 (Heavy/Thrash)
Nofuck - Walls of Flesh - 4/5/17 (Thrash/Death)
Amken - Theater of the Absurd - 4/7/17 (Thrash)
Comaniac - Instruction for Destruction - 4/7/17 (Thrash)
Harlott - Extinction - 4/7/17 (Thrash)
All Hell - The Grave Alchemist - 4/14/17 (Black/Thrash/Punk)
Blood Feast - The Future State of Wicked - 4/14/17 (Thrash)
Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon - 4/14/17 (Black/Thrash)
Hellripper - Coagulating Darkness - 4/14/17 (Black/Speed)
Epi-Demic - Malformed Conscience - 4/14/17 (Thrash/Crossover)
Infernäl Mäjesty - No God - 4/14/17 (Thrash Metal)
Lich King - The Omniclasm - 4/14/17 (Thrash)
Death Nöize - Fullmoon Fury Ritual - 4/15/17 (Black/Thrash/Crust)
Revenant Dead - Heroes Without Villains - 4/18/17 (Thrash/Death/Groove)
End All - Signs of Life - 4/19/17 (Thrash)
Disorder - Fuego negro - 4/21/17 (Thrash/Death)
Face Down Hero - False Evidence Appearing Real - 4/21/17 (Thrash)
Slate Grey - World Turns to Black - 4/21/17 (Melodic Thrash)
Foreseen - Grave Danger - 4/21/17 (Thrash/Crossover)
Game Over - Blessed Are the Heretics [EP] - 4/21/17 (Thrash)
Vampire - With Primeval Force - 4/21/17 (Thrash/Death)
Critical Solution - Barbara the Witch - 4/28/17 (Heavy/Thrash)
Assault - The Fallen Reich - 4/30/17 (Thrash/Death)
Extinction - The Monarch Slaves - 4/30/17 (Thrash)


Power, Prog, Symphonic, Gothic

Ruins of Elysium - Seeds of Chaos and Serenity - 4/4/17 (Symphonic)
Kelly Simonz's Blind Faith - Overture of Destruction - 4/5/17 (Neoclassical, Shred)
Arthemis - Blood - Fury - Domination - 4/7/17 (Power/Heavy/Thrash)
Avelion - Illusion of Transparency - 4/7/17 (Melodic Power)
Dragony - Lords of the Hunt [EP] - 4/7/17 (Melodic Power)
Metall - Metal Heads - 4/7/17 (Heavy/Power)
Reflection - Bleed Babylon Bleed - 4/7/17 (Epic Heavy)
Sinheresy - Domino - 4/7/17 (Symphonic/Melodic Heavy)
Defy the Tide - Soteria [EP] - 4/7/17 (Melodic Heavy/Progressive)
Sunless Sky - Doppelgänger - 4/7/17 (Power)
The Lightbringer - Heptanity - 4/7/17 (Melodic Power/Black)
Sailing to Nowhere - Lost in Time - 4/14/17 (Melodic Power)
Cryonic Temple - Into the Glorious Battle - 4/21/17 (Power)
Labÿrinth - Architecture of a God - 4/21/17 (Progressive Power)
Ossian - Az igazi szabadság - 4/21/17 (Heavy/Power)
Vicinity - Recurrence - 4/21/17 (Progressive)
Ayreon - The Source - 4/28/17 (Progressive)
Ibéria - Much Higher than a Hope - 4/28/17 (Heavy/Neoclassical/Progressive)
MindMaze - Resolve - 4/28/17 (Power)
Pyramaze - Contingent - 4/28/17 (Power)
Steeldriver - The Last of the Dragon - 幻惑の誓い - - 4/28/17 (Power)
Until Rain - Inure - 4/28/17 (Progressive)
Vandroya - Beyond the Human Mind - 4/28/17 (Heavy/Power)


Stoner, Doom, Sludge, Drone

Demon Head - Thunder on the Fields - 4/7/17 (Doom/Hard Rock)
Fuoco Fatuo - Backwater - 4/7/17 (Doom/Drone/Death)
The Obsessed - Sacred - 4/7/17 (Doom)
Valborg - Endstrand - 4/7/17 (Progressive Doom/Death)
Arc of Ascent - Realms of the Metaphysical - 4/11/17 (Stoner/Doom)
Funeralium - Of Throes and Blight - 4/12/17 (Funeral Doom)
Funeral Tears - Beyond the Horizon - 4/13/17 (Funeral Doom)
Hellwell - Behind the Demon's Eyes - 4/14/17 (Heavy/Progressive/Doom)
Novembers Doom - Hamartia - 4/14/17 (Death/Doom)
Widows - Oh Deer God - 4/14/17 (Stoner Rock/Metal)
Altar of Betelgeuze - Among the Ruins - 4/15/17 (Doom/Death/Stoner)
Graveyard of Souls - Pequeños fragmentos de tiempo congelado - 4/15/17 (Doom/Death)
Jupiterian - Archaic: Process of Fossilization - 4/15/17 (Sludge, Death/Doom)
Coltsblood - Ascending into Shimmering Darkness - 4/21/17 (Doom/Sludge)
Hessaja - Planet Sedam: ISON [EP] - 4/21/17 (Doom/Sludge)
Obelyskkh - The Providence - 4/21/17 (Psychedelic Doom/Stoner)
Martyrdoom - Grievous Psychosis - 4/24/17 (Death/Doom)
Cursus - Cursus - 4/28/17 (Stoner/Doom)
Duel - Witchbanger - 4/28/17 (Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock)
Elephant Bell - Gates of Dawn - 4/28/17 (Stoner Rock/Metal)
Mammoth Mammoth - Mount the Mountain - 4/28/17 (Stoner Rock/Metal)


Misc

Beyond Fallen - As the Spires Fall - 4/1/17 (Heavy)
Satan's Hallow - Satan's Hallow - 4/1/17 (Heavy)
Basement Torture Killings - There's Something About Beryl - 4/7/17 (Death/Grindcore)
Deep Purple - Infinite - 4/7/17 (Heavy/Hard Rock)
Spitefuel - Second to None - 4/7/17 (Heavy/Hard Rock)
Dust in Mind - Oblivion - 4/7/17 (Industrial/Melodic Death)
Jesters of Destiny - The Sorrows That Refuse to Drown - 4/7/17 (Psychedelic Heavy/Hard Rock)
Trial (Swe) - Motherless - 4/7/17 (Heavy)
Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar - 4/7/17 (Ambient/Avant-garde/Electronica)
Tygers of Pan Tang - Never Give Up [EP] - 4/14/17 (NWOBHM)
Voltax - No Retreat... You Surrender - 4/14/17 (Heavy)
Corroded - Defcon Zero - 4/14/17 (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock)
Disharmony - The Abyss Noir - 4/20/17 (Heavy/Doom)
Cloven Hoof - Who Mourns for the Morning Star? - 4/21/17 (NWOBHM, Heavy/Power)
Devil - To the Gallows - 4/21/17 (Heavy/Doom)
Midnight Rider - Manifestation - 4/21/17 (Heavy)
Night Demon - Darkness Remains - 4/21/17 (Heavy)
Virus - Investigator [EP] - 4/21/17 (Avant-garde Rock/Metal)
All That Remains - Madness - 4/28/17 (Metalcore/Melodic Hard Rock)
Emphasis - Black​.​Mother​.​Earth - 4/28/17 (Post-Metal)
Harpyie - Anima - 4/28/17 (Folk/Heavy)
Life of Agony - A Place Where There's No More Pain - 4/28/17 (Alternative Rock/Metal)
Mythra - Still Burning - 4/28/17 (NWOBHM)
Wolfpakk - Wolves Reign - 4/28/17 (Heavy)

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Top Picks for April

Infernäl Mäjesty - No God



^ Infernäl Mäjesty's fist release, None Shall Defy was a legendary thrash album. Here's hoping that their newest effort will rekindle some of that magic.

Altar of Betelgeuze - Among the Ruins

War Device - Infinite Chaos

Martyrdoom - Grievous Psychosis

Harlott - Extinction

Valgrind - Seal of Phobos [EP]

Bloodrocuted - For the Dead Travel Fast

Amken - Theater of the Absurd

Notable Releases

Deep Purple - Infinite
Classic rock legends Deep Purple are releasing their 20th full-length album.




Ayreon - The Source
Progressive Metal/Rock super-project, Ayreon, is releasing a new album. If you like epic rock/metal operas and symphonic, progressive productions, you'll want to check this out. The guest list on this album is quite something: guitar masters Paul Gilbert and Guthrie Govan join vocalists James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish) and others to round out this release.

@trevsstrem @Ethereal @SoulFallen @anon3995720 @Kat @imaximus @Eli_is_the_name @wkpsfbx @I_fell @ThatBootsGuy @psycho_666 @Freaksmacker @strykerzr350 @DeathSpell @morbid_bean @Goblin @HimTortons @DaveLongHair @geisterfaust @hvm_kim @Nazarene @Big_Al_Tech @w.meri @Goalkeeper @metalheads @Lounge @anyoneimissed

Its that time again. What's looking good for April?

Noumena <3

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I'll have to look through again to check out the sneeki breeki updates that have been made since yesterday, but

  • Burning Arrow - Vanum
  • The Erotics of Disgust - Ghost Horizon
  • The Four Doors of the Mind - Dynfari
  • A Moribund Destiny - Valiant
  • Final Crusades - Alphoenix (not super into this genre, but the musicians are actually rather good)
  • Into Glorious Battle - Cryonic Temple
  • Black.Mother.Earth - Emphasis
  • Motherless - Trial (Swe)

So far

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I see symphonic metal in that list. :D

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well i already have The Obsessed's new one, and Pallbearer's new one, both of which i was excited to see. Sacred's okay for a album by a band i thought had fucked off, especially the Thin Lizzy cover in the middle which made me happy when i recognised it. haven't listed to Pallbearer yet, nor the new Immolation. i'm excited to see Lich King are still going, i've been endeared to them ever since i found their Facebook page years ago, and saw their response to claims that they'd stolen Avenged Sevenfold's logo. ie mocking the piss out of the situation.

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Sweet. Bookmarking this thing for as long as i live. \m/

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What caught my eye (ear?) initially

Going to dig further to find some hidden gems.

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Mostly excited for the new Ayreon album but I'll scroll through and check some of the others out.

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Definitely Ayreon.

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I've been on a Deep Purple binge lately, so I guess I'll see how that turns out. Other than than, more symphonic.

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NIGHTBRINGER!

about the only one i am looking forward to this month.. lol kind of funny how "The Lightbringer" has an album coming too. Coincidence?

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Oranssi Pazuzu. Had no idea they were putting out something new, but they caught my eye from your list.

For anyone curious about them, here's my favorite from them:

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To be honest I'm looking forward to see Ash Borer + Vanum in two weeks, in my birthday. The rest is not important, but being able to see one of my favorite bands here in Madrid is insane, never thought I'd see them.

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Finally listened to Ayreon's The Source. I enjoyed it.

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