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Im high on the fumes of Canadian wildfires drifting to the East Coast, so lets just get into the new release calendar while I can still breathe.

Purge (Avalanche Recordings)

Industrial metal pioneers Godflesh return with their latest effort, Purge. Inspired by and thematically picking up where 1992s Pure left off. All the Godflesh hallmarks are hereclanging drums machine, downtuned, sparse riffing, tight rhythms and Justin Broadricks instantly-recognizable vocal deliveryand Purge definitely captures the same feeling as Pure. Songs like Land Lord and You Are the Judge, the Jury and the Executioner show that Godflesh have plenty of ideas left in the tank and take a different direction from 2017s Post Self.

Thoughts and Prayers (Self-release)

Current and former members of Megadeth, Left to Die, Gruesome, Venom Inc., Soilwork and more team up for more old-school grind madness in Kill Division. Thoughts and Prayers puts a heavy emphasis on the bands punk influences with covers of Minor Threat and Suicidal Tendencies, plus Slayers World Painted Blood. The title track kicks things off and is an original. If World Downfall is your classic grind record of choice, tap in to what Kill Division are laying down.

The Singularity (Phase II Xenotaph) (Nuclear Blast)

The wheels turn slowly, but the wheels turn. Melodic/progressive death metal give us their seventh album in the follow up to last years The Singularity (Phase I: Neohumanity). Of course, its been nearly 10 years since that album came out but Xenotaph confirms that Scar Symmetry havent lost their chops in that time. It took a long time for their seventh record to come to fruition, having been in the works to some extent since 2016, and sometimes the album feels a bit formulaic despite that. Still, its a minor gripe and its good to have Scar Symmetry back.

Adderall (Roadrunner)

Things have been fucking weird in the Slipknot camprecap here if you needand it seems to have culminated with the release of Adderall, the first EP in the bands history. Presumably their last release for Roadrunner, it features the previously-released Death March, three versions of Adderall and new tracks Red or Redder and Hard to Be Here. The non-Adderall tracks are clearly mood pieces or interludes meant to bookend the various versions of the songs. Adderall is probably a mostly-for-the-diehards release, but its cool to see that Slipknot can still cause a stir with their weird theatrics.

Primeval Onslaught (20 Buck Spin)

Lets get right to the hackin and slashin with Portland, Oregons Torture Rack. Their new album, Primeval Onslaught, channels filthy old-school death metal vibes in a way that most of their peers fail to achieve. In large part, its due to the songwriting: Torture Racks music sounds and feels era-appropriate but their songwriting isnt a total rehash. Morning Star Massacre and Fucked by Death take a deathgrinding approach to things while the other eight tracks will split you wide open OSDM style.

Other Shit That Comes Out Today:

Cynic, ReFocus (Cynical Sphere) Extreme, Six (earMUSIC) Listen Glass Casket, Glass Casket (Silent Pendulum) Listen Gridfailure & Interstitia, Sunyata Ontology (Pax Aeternum) Listen The Bleeding, Monokrator (Redefining Darkness) Listen

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Sh*t That Comes Out Today - June 9, 2023 - MetalSucks