Metal Monthly: New Album Releases - February 2017

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|| February 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

Darkened Winter - Dark Age Warfare - 2/1/2017 (Black Metal/Ambient)
Ravengod - Ravengod [EP] - 2/1/2017 (Black Metal)
Rotten Age - Upadek światłości - 2/1/2017 (Black Metal)
De Magia Veterum - Naked Swords into the Wombs of the Enemy - 2/2/2017 (Avant-garde Black Metal)
Warseid - A New Land to Find - 2/2/2017 (Symphonic Folk/Black Metal)
IC Rex - Tulen jumalat - 2/3/2017 (Black Metal)
Todesstoss - Ebne Graun - 2/3/2017 (Black Metal)
VII Batallón de la Muerte - Semper Patriae Servire Praesto - 2/3/2017 (Black Metal)
Hesperia - Caesar [Roma vol.I] - 2/10/2017 (Atmospheric Pagan Black Metal)
Ritual Lair - Mother of Misery and All Repugnance (Diabolo Intervale) [EP] - 2/10/2017 (Black Metal)
Wiegedood - De doden hebben het goed II - 2/10/2017 (Black Metal)
Thormesis - Trümmerfarben - 2/10/2017 (Pagan/Black Metal)
Insanity Cult - Of Despair and Self-Destruction - 2/11/2017 (Black Metal)
Obitus - Slaves of the Vast Machine - 2/16/2017 (Black Metal)
Cnoc an Tursa - The Forty Five - 2/17/2017 (Black/Folk Metal)
Ithilien - Shaping the Soul - 2/17/2017 (Folk Metal/Metalcore)
Nemesis Sopor - MMXL - 2/17/2017 (Black Metal)
White Death - White Death - 2/17/2017 (Black Metal)
Krowos - Verbum Luciferi - 2/17/2017 (Black Metal)
Aherusia - Prometheus: Seven Principles on How to Be Invincible - 2/18/2017 (Folk/Black Metal)
Asofy - Nessun luogo - 2/22/2017 (Black/Doom Metal)
Manetheren - The End - 2/22/2017 (Black Metal)
Endezzma - Morbus Divina [EP] - 2/24/2017 (Black Metal)
Fatherland - Fatherland - 2/24/2017 (Black Metal)
Fjoergyn - Lvciferes - 2/24/2017 (Epic/Avant-garde Black Metal)
Goatmoon - Stella Polaris - 2/24/2017 (Folk/Black Metal)
Trollfest - Helluva - 2/24/2017 (Folk Metal)
Grima - Tales of the Enchanted Woods - 2/25/2017 (Atmospheric Black Metal)
Streams of Blood - Allgegenwärtig - 2/25/2017 (Black Metal)
The Committee - Memorandum Occultus - 2/25/2017 (Atmospheric Black Metal)
Serpent Path - I, The Destroyer [EP] - 2/27/2017 (2/27/2017)

Death

Noise Forest - Boiling Blood [EP] - 2/1/2017 (Metalcore/Death Metal)
Cerebral Edema - Torture and Dismemberment - 2/2/2017 (Brutal Death Metal)
Nailed to Obscurity - King Delusion - 2/3/2017 (Melodic Doom/Death Metal)
Ritualization - Sacraments to the Sons of the Abyss - 2/3/2017 (Blackened Death Metal)
Tomb Mold - Primordial Malignity - 2/3/2017 (Death Metal)
Tomorrow's Demise - Silver Chameleons - 2/3/2017 (Doom/Death Metal)
Hadal Maw - Olm - 2/5/2016 (Technical Death Metal)
Serenity in Murder - The Eclipse - 2/8/2017 (Symphonic/Melodic Black/Death Metal)
Aeternam - Ruins of Empires - 2/10/2017 (Symphonic/Folk/Death Metal)
Arkana Code - Brutal Conflict - 2/10/2017 (Death Metal)
Carnal Decay - You Owe You Pay - 2/10/2017 (Brutal Death Metal)
Cranial Engorgement - Horrific Existence - 2/10/2017 (Brutal Death Metal)
Deivos - Endemic Divine - 2/10/2017 (Technical Death Metal)
Mors Principium Est - Embers of a Dying World - 2/10/2017 (Melodic Death Metal)
Nidingr - The High Heat Licks Against Heaven - 2/10/2017 (Black/Death Metal)
Pestifer - Execration Diatribes - 2/14/2017 (Death Metal)
Engulfed - Engulfed in Obscurity - 2/15/2017 (Death Metal)
Benighted - Necrobreed - 2/17/2017 (Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore)
Morta Skuld - Wounds Deeper than Time - 2/17/2017 (Death Metal)
Scenario II - A New Dawn - 2/17/2017 (Melodic Death/Thrash Metal)
Arabian Death Mask - Grim Realities - 2/20/2017 (Death Metal)
Dreaming Dead - Funeral Twilight - 2/20/2017 (Melodic Death/Thrash Metal)
Expendiency - Sadistic Murder - 2/20/2017 (Brutal Death Metal)
In Thousand Lakes - Age of Decay - 2/20/2017 (Melodic Death Metal)
Triguna - Gratifying Severed Hearts - 2/21/2017 (Progressive Death Metal)
Antropomorphia - Sermon ov Wrath - 2/24/2017 (Death Metal)
Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars - 2/24/2017 (Symphonic Death Metal)
Immolation - Atonement - 2/24/2017 (Death Metal)
Persefone - Aathma - 2/24/2017 (Progressive/Melodic Death Metal)
Pyogenesis - A Kingdom to Disappear - 2/24/2017 (Melodic Death/Doom Metal)
Rebel Souls - The Forces of Darkness - 2/24/2017 (Death/Black Metal)
Sinister - Syncretism - 2/24/2017 (Death Metal)
Six Feet Under - Torment - 2/24/2017 (Death/Groove Metal, Death 'n' Roll)
Sunless - Urraca - 2/24/2017 (Progressive Death Metal)

Thrash, Groove, Speed

Holycide - Annihilate... Then Ask! - 2/1/2017 (Thrash Metal)
Mörbid Carnage - Southland Fist [EP] - 2/1/2017 (Thrash Metal)
Skeletal - Dreadful Life - 2/2/2017 (Thrash/Death Metal)
Overkill - The Grinding Wheel - 2/10/2017 (Thrash Metal, Thrash/Groove Metal)
Primal Attack - Heartless Oppressor - 2/10/2017 (Thrash/Groove Metal)
Bane of Bedlam - Congenital - 2/17/2017 (Thrash Metal)
Invasion - Destroyer of Mankind - 2/17/2017 (Thrash/Death Metal)
Ravager - Eradicate... Annihilate... Exterminate... - 2/17/2017 (Thrash Metal)
The Day of the Beast - The Ultimate Cremation Pyre - 2/22/2017 (Black/Thrash Metal)
Vendetta - The 5th - 2/24/2017 (Thrash Metal)
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic - 2/27/2017 (Thrash Metal/Crossover)

Power, Prog, Symphonic, Gothic

Antheus - Silent Agony - 2/3/2017 (Progressive Heavy Metal)
Edenbridge - The Great Momentum - 2/17/2017 (Symphonic Power Metal)
Axxis - Retrolution - 2/24/2017 (Melodic Heavy/Power Metal)
Bloodbound - War of Dragons - 2/24/2017 (Heavy/Power Metal)
Dead of Night - In Search of Ancient Magic - 2/24/2017 (Symphonic Metal)
Fairytale - Battlestar Rising - 2/24/2017 (Heavy/Power Metal)
Stamina - System of Power - 2/24/2017 (Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal)
Striker - Striker - 2/24/2017 (Heavy/Power Metal)
Talvienkeli - Hybris - 2/24/2017 (Symphonic Metal)
Wretch - The Hunt - 2/24/2017 (Power/Thrash Metal)
Daedric Tales - The Divine Menace - 2/25/2017 (Symphonic Power Metal)

Stoner, Doom, Sludge, Drone

The Cold View - Wounds - 2/1/2017 (Drone/Funeral Doom Metal)
HKY - Omega [EP] - 2/3/2017 (Atmospheric Sludge/Doom/Black Metal)
Gloson - Grimen - 2/13/2017 (Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Metal)
Raptor King - Dinocalypse [EP] - 2/13/2017 (Sludge/Thrash Metal)
(waning) - Still Hours - 2/17/2017 (Ambient Doom Metal/Shoegaze)
Frowning - Extinct - 2/17/2017 (Funeral Doom Metal)
Grim Ravine - The Light Is from Below - 2/17/2017 (Sludge/Doom Metal)
Hymn - Perish - 2/17/2017 (Doom/Stoner Metal)
Nomadic Rituals - Marking the Day - 2/17/2017 (Sludge/Doom Metal)
Xibalba - Diablo, Con Amor​.​. Adios. [EP] - 2/17/2017 (Doom/Death Metal)
Stinking Lizaveta - Journey to the Underworld - 2/17/2017 (Doom/Stoner Metal)
Marche Funèbre - Into the Arms of Darkness - 2/20/2017 (Doom/Death Metal)
Bathsheba - Servus - 2/24/2017 (Doom Metal)
Hark - Machinations - 2/24/2017 (Sludge/Stoner Metal/Rock)
Siberian - Through Ages of Sleep - 2/24/2017 (Sludge/Progressive Metal)
Strange Broue - Seance - 2/24/2017 (Doom/Stoner Metal)
Unearthly Trance - Stalking the Ghost - 2/24/2017 (Sludge/Doom Metal)
Aseethe - Hopes of Failure - 2/24/2017 (Drone/Doom Metal)

Misc

Ghost Avenue - Impact - 2/3/2017 (Melodic Heavy Metal)
Iron Reagan - Crossover Ministry - 2/3/2017 (Crossover/Hardcore Punk)
Tome of the Unreplenished - Cosmoprism: The Theurgy - Act I [EP] - 2/3/2017 (Atmospheric Black Metal/Noise/Power Electronics)
Mutiny Within - Origins - 2/10/2017 (Progressive Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore)
Throne of the Beheaded - A Sunday in Salem - 2/12/2017 (Deathcore)
Agony by Default - Genocide for Survival - 2/17/2017 (Death Metal/Deathcore)
Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain - 2/17/2017 (Heavy Metal)
Crystal Viper - Queen of the Witches - 2/17/2017 (Heavy Metal)
Darkest Hour - Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora - 2/17/2017 (Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore)
Mord'A'Stigmata - Hope - 2/17/2017 (Post-Black/Avant-garde Metal)
Painful Pride - Lost Memories - 2/17/2017 (Heavy Metal)
Blackened Symphony - Blackened Symphony - 2/24/2017 (Melodic Death, Metalcore)
Masterstroke - Edge of No Return [EP] - 2/24/2017 (Heavy Metal)
Mir zur Feier - Ein Streifen Wirklichkeit [EP] - 2/24/2017 (Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore)
Screamer - Hell Machine - 2/24/2017 (Heavy Metal)

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Top Picks for February

TBH February is quite weak and I'm not really looking forward to anything. But, I had to pick something, so here's what I'm going with :D

Invasion - Destroyer of Mankind

Sunless - Urraca

Grima - Tales of the Enchanted Woods

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Notable Releases

Overkill - The Grinding Wheel

Vendetta - The 5th

Immolation - Atonement

Six Feet Under - Torment

Pyogenesis - A Kingdom to Disappear

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@trevsstrem @Ethereal @SoulFallen @HEXcellerate @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 @metalheads @Lounge @anyoneimissed

What's everyone interested in? Hopefully this is a better month for you than me lol

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You already know. :D

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Oh god, Pyogenesis actually became good? I remember the day when they were crappy HIM type of melodic pop-rock amateurish gothic wanabes...
Since when are they like that? Puberty i believe have passed them and they are maturing...

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Oh ? Man ! Busy watching the shit parade in the media :(

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yeah they are one of those bands with very odd and hard to categorize careers:

lol

Based on the video I posted, it seems like they've reverted back to their melodic death/doom-like roots perhaps (?) I'm not very familiar with their stuff because . . . 'Pop Punk'

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I will have a serving of Overkill pls.

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Me too, basically the same reason... But this one sounds... Well, not great, but way better than they did before.

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yeah those guys are still alive and kicking since 1983. I was also initially really excited that Vendetta was releasing a new album. Some of their older stuff was pretty killer. However, they appear to fall into that category of old metal acts that should really just stop imo :D

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Hmm... Daedric Tales I guess? pretty slim pickings in the power metal section... I may have to check out Ghost Avenue to see what "melodic heavy metal" is, sounds like it may be up my alley.

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Yeah that's the Elder Scrolls themed band :D

Yeah not much going on this next month. Like you said, make sure to check out anything labelled 'heavy metal' too. Sometimes you'll get a more power metal sound (iron maidenish), while sometimes you'll get a more straightforward heavy metal sound (something like Motorhead, etc)

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Haven't even looked at the list yet, but Aathma hype!

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these threads make me feel guilty because i feel like i should browse what's being presented before i answer.

it's good Immolation are still releasing, even though they tend to stick to the SATANSATANSATANSATAN schick, their delivery has always been good enough for me. Overkill? I don't know. they're still putting out what sounds like 90's Thrash [ie "Groove"y bollocks] it seems like Kreator are the only ones that really impress me out of the old guard. Testament's latest at least felt like Thrash, so maybe Overkill can pull it off? to be fair, if i want Thrash i can easily pop on anything pre-1992 or just listen to the heaps of other bands that are springing up. we'll see.

there's just so much stuff here that i'll have to listen to some more before i can say what i'm jazzed for.

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Normally I just randomly pick a bunch to try out, and I have to say, either my random picking is really unlucky today, or the vocal mastering on a lot of the albums are weird.

Thanks as always though @Alamar

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One missing, and I noticed because I've been waiting for this: "Lykaia" by Soen

I guess their previous albums were sort of Tool-lite ish, but they're finding their own sound:

Other than that I'm with you, not too much to look forward to this month.

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The two I'm looking forward to.

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hrmm. Looks like they arent even listed on metal-archives. I wonder if folks are considering them to be too much in the hard-rock camp (?)

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New Additions

HKY - Omega [EP] - 2/3/2017 (Atmospheric Sludge/Doom/Black Metal)
Krowos - Verbum Luciferi - 2/17/2017 (Black Metal)
Aseethe - Hopes of Failure - 2/24/2017 (Drone/Doom Metal)

*First post has been updated